Since I made some new drawings I thought it would be nice to make a trip report using drawings instead of pics.
We took of from RWY24"Kaagbaan"at Amsterdam, Schiphol.
This time I could watch the spotters standing near the RWY instead of standing there myself.
We flew PH-KCF"Annie Romein" and took of with 257.1 tons of which 84.7 tons fuel.
Rotation speed was 165 knots or 297kph or 185mph
We were sitting in seats 38A&B, only 2 abreast and almost in the tail.
Here we are flying on FL320, position 30°W-40°N close to the Acores.
Made this drawing from this pic
http://www.airliners.net/open.file/225191/M/
All seats were filled.
When we were approaching Guadaloupe the crew invited us in the cockpit and we stayed there for at least 45 minutes.
I was able to make this picture.
At that time the parameters read: FL370, IAS 268 kts, GS 482 kts, TAS 477 kts, wind 338°/19 kts, OAT -52°C, N1 90.1%, N2 96.2% , EGT 652°C and fuel flow 2300kgs/hr per engine.
We had three pilots: a captain, a first ( Belgian ) and a second officer.
After 9 hours and 30 minutes the fun was over and we landed on RWY 10 at TNCA/AUA Queen Beatrix airport in Oranjestad.
We landed with a weight of 184.8 tons and a speed of 149 kts, or 268kph or 167mph, having used 72.3 tons of fuel.
