ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …
Group Flight: 2021-02-05T09:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: PAJN (Juneau Intl) – Mendenhall Glacier – Herbert Glacier – Eagle Glacier – Benjamin Island – Glacier Bay National Park – PAGS (Gustavus) – PAOH (Hoonah) – 7AK2 (Snettisham) - PAJN (Juneau Intl).
Take off from Juneau Intl (PAJN)
Track 350 deg over the township and up into the Glacier at UP1 (User Point 1) 7nm
Track 313 deg to LP1 (Landing Point 1) 3nm
Land on the Mendenhall Glacier at LP1
Take off from Mendenhall Glacier (LP1)
Track 358 deg to User Point 2 (UP2) 2.4nm
Track 341 deg to User Point 3 (UP3) 1.8nm
Track 225 deg to LP2 (Landing Point 2) 2.7nm
Land on the Herbert Glacier at LP2
Take off from Herbert Glacier (LP2)
Track 300 deg to Landing Point 3 (LP3) 4.8nm
Land on the Eagle Glacier at LP3
Take off from Eagle Glacier (LP3)
Track 177 deg to Eagle Lake (UP4) 3nm
Track 242 deg to Benjamin Island (UP4) 5.7nm
Land on the Northern point of Benjamin Is at LP4
Take off from Benjamin Is (LP4)
Track 235 deg to Landing Point 5(LP5) 19nm
Land in the Glacier Bay National Park at LP5
Take off from Glacier Bay National Park at (LP5)
Track 143 deg to User Point 5 (UP5) 9.6nm
Track 275 deg to Gustavus (PAGS) 9.7nm
Full Stop landing at Gustavus (PAGS)
Take off from Gustavus (PAGS)
Track 132 deg to Hoonah (PAOH) 22nm
Touch and Go at Hoonah (PAOH)
Take off from Hoonah (PAOH)
Track 064 deg to Snettisham (7AK2) 53nm
Touch and Go at Snettisham (7AK2)
Take off from Snettisham (7AK2)
Track 261 deg to User Point 6 (UP6) 16.6nm
Track 289 deg to Juneau Intl (PAJN) 14.2nm
Full Stop landing at Juneau Intl (PAJN)
Altitude: The route can be flown at whatever altitude to suite the terrain.
Airport details:
Juneau Intl (PAJN)
Elev: 24’
RW 08/26
Gustavus (HE23)
Elev: 32’
RW 11/29
RW 02/20
Hoonah (PAOH)
Elev: 18’
RW 06/24
Snettisham (7AK2)
Elev: 14’
RW 16/34
Aircraft: Suggest the Got Gravel Cub for the event. This is a free aircraft. It’s powerful, can perform short landings and suits a range of terrains (link at the beginning of the post). Recommend using the NavMap to follow the route while you fly. First ensure you load the flightplan, which will be supplied.
IMPORTANT: In the interest of keeping it REAL, please refrain from selecting inappropriate aircraft, like airliners. This only detracts from the immersion of the flight.
Seeing Aircraft Correctly: You need to do two things to ensure you can see the other pilots in the event and see them in the aircraft they selected.
Select the same server: To do this, proceed as follows:
From the Welcome Screen, click on your Username (top right)
From the list of servers, under Servers, select WEST USA
Turn off Generic Planes: To do this, proceed as follows:
From the Welcome Screen, click on OPTIONS
Click on GENERAL
With GRAPHICS selected, scroll down to the last option and set USE GENERIC PLANE MODELS to OFF
Turning off Crash/Damage:
Select Options/General/Flight Model
Select Legacy Model, so you can adjust the settings below
Move Crash Realism to 0
Select Modern Model, to reselect the appropriate flight model
Accept the settings
Next:
Select Options/Assistance
Expand Failure & Damage
Disable Crash Damage
Accept the changes
Voice Room: Discord for Official MSFS Community: Event #1 or Event #2 are the voice rooms available to us. I need to see which is available on the day and reserve it. I will be in the room and get it authorised for our use. Just look for my Userid: VHFIB to determine which room to enter. Until the room is open only one person can be in the room. In the past we have needed to use a PTT (push to talk) button. This is no longer required, so you can use voice activated comms. Some people prefer to use their phone or ipad etc for Discord comms.
Note: if you are new to the Discord Server for MSFS, you will need to “react” to get access to the voice rooms.
To “react”, once in the Discord for Official MSFS, click on the Important - Info option and at the very bottom, click on the button (last item at the bottom of the screen) to react and provide access. Note: clicking on the button accepts the conditions etc., which you can read via the available links.
Weather/Time: We will set the time 12hrs prior, i.e., 8am. This will allow us to fly in daylight and choose CLEAR Weather, so can enjoy the scenery:
From the World Map view, click on Flight Conditions (upper right of screen)
Click on All Players, Live Traffic, Custom
Under Weather and Time, select Clear Weather and move the time slide bar to show 8:00am (for 9:00z start) or say 7:45am if you arrive 15mins early.
Click Close and Fly from the World Map view.
We can start departing from 9:00z. There will be no need for official radio calls. Lets just have some fun taking in the scenery and the social aspects of the event.
Turning on Name Tags (This will assist you in following the group if you get disoriented):
Select Options/GeneralTraffic
Set Show Traffic Nameplates to On
Accept the settings
Let me know if there’s anything else that I’ve missed that you need to know.,
Regards, Paul
