Beech 1900D
N175MH
Southern Cross Aviation Flight SXA414
Hakodate, Japan to Burlington, Vermont
RJCH -UHSS - UHMM - PAOM - PANC - CYEG - CYWG - KBTV
5800 nautical miles
May, 2007


First Officer Putnam, Kazuyuki Komorida, Captain Krueger

Changing the registration from JA016A to N175MH

400 Feet... Flaps Up, Climb Power, After Take-Off Checklist

Captain Krueger flies the Hakodate Reversal Three Departure, runway visible below

Refueling, Yuzhno, Sakhalin Island

Stand-up headroom for a 6-footer

The Front Office

660 pounds of fuel per hour, at 24,600 feet (7,500 meters), yields...

An IAS of 175 Knots and a TAS of 250 Knots

Ice breaking near the shore, Sea of Othosk

Landfall, Russian Siberia

On Final, Magadan, Russia

Refueling, Magadan

The Orthodox meets the Unorthodox, Magadan City

Magadan City

Magadan City

Magadan City

Defunct Neon Sign, Magadan

Air Traffic over Siberia, Opposite Direction, Above

Seals on the Ice, Bering Sea, Nome, Alaska

Scorching Hot Day, 65 Degrees, Anchorage, Alaska

Southeast of Anchorage

Southeast of Anchorage

Lower, Flatter and Warmer, near Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Delivery Complete, On the ramp, Burlington, Vermont
Route Maps

Cleared from RJCH (Hakodate) to UHSS (Yuzhno) via Hakodate Reversal Three, V2 SPE, V8 AWE, B337 ANIMO, R446
Small "X" on Route B337 notes transition instructions from Flight Level, Feet to Flight Level, Meters

Note "X" - Altitude changes take place on the Russian side of the FIR

Spacing between levels increases above 8100 meters

1. Hakodate, Japan
2. Yuzhno, Sakalin Island
3. Magadan, Russia
4. Nome, Alaska
5. Anchorage, Alaska
6. Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
7. Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
8. Burlington, Vermont

Flight track from Edmonton to Winnipeg

Flight track from Winnipeg to Burlington

70 Knot Tailwinds across Canada pushed highest groundspeed to 350 Knots
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