Let's see your airports! :)

[DAVENRINO]

I have never flown a Citation II but I am sure  they would fall into the Pacific before they got halfway to Hawaii from the west coast.  You might make Manila from Hong Kong but prolly be a raft commander before you even got to Guam 8-9 hours short of Honolulu.

[Enduro]

Originally posted by LYNX
I used to live on Baker St Costa Merasa  about the way point out  but left of JW Airport / Orange County Airport.  That bronze is is too big.

Err is this shot is from the south

Hi, Lynx.  

Notice Catalina Island about 20 miles out to sea.  That should give you a good perspective.

Didn't know you used to live so close by.

[Golfer]

Originally posted by DAVENRINO
I have never flown a Citation II but I am sure  they would fall into the Pacific before they got halfway to Hawaii from the west coast.  You might make Manila from Hong Kong but prolly be a raft commander before you even got to Guam 8-9 hours short of Honolulu.

Thats what I was getting at

By the rule of thumb calcs I have...

4800lbs total fuel
-1600 first hour
-1400 second
-1200 third and every hour after...
ruh ro...only 600 lbs left after all that leaving 30 minutes!

Looking at the info it looks like the mistake they made is this:

Since I'm burning in the sim 400PPH/Side if you multiply that by two that gives you 800PPH total.  800PPH just happens to be half of the total first hour burn, so it looks like they took the fuel consumption for one JT-15 engine and divided it by two, rather than multiplying it by two in their flight model.  It's logical to look at the charts for a JT-15 and not multiply by two.  This almost bit me on the ATP written when I had a homer simpson "Doh" moment when calculating fuel burn for a 727...I kinda sorta forgot the third engine

I was sure an email was in order but now at least I have a theory on what might have gone amiss.  What a great place this is when it stimulates thought rather than hate