simming news » Flights http://pacific.simmingnews.com News, reviews, links and goings on in the flight simulator world - with a Pacific twist. Focusing on aircraft, airlines and information relevant to kiwi, aussie and pacific rim simmers Thu, 02 Oct 2014 08:03:53 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.0.38 United Island Hopper across the Pacific http://pacific.simmingnews.com/2014/06/30/united-island-hopper-across-the-pacific/ http://pacific.simmingnews.com/2014/06/30/united-island-hopper-across-the-pacific/#comments Mon, 30 Jun 2014 09:02:20 +0000 http://pacific.simmingnews.com/?p=117 Fascinating article on Airchive.com this week about a trans Pacific Ocean route serviced by United (formerly a Continental service) all the way from Los Angeles to Guam via the Marshal Islands and a few other planned and un-planned stop-overs along the way. The entire route spent on 737s with connecting options at the Guam end of things onwards to South East Asia, China and Japan. Sounds like a bit of a marathon but most Simmers I imagine would be happy to endure it in real life. Heck, I think I’ll have a crack at it in the PMDG this weekend :)

How about flying on a 737-800 across the Pacific Ocean, westward from Honolulu to the tiny spits of sand which make up the Marshall Islands and the Federated States of Micronesia. It is a 15ish hour travel day which could be completed in 7 on the nonstop to Guam. But for the people living and working on these remote atolls, the United Island Hopper represents their primary connection to the outside world. It is one of the last true “milk run” flights operating in the world

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