This scenic adventure sees us taking off from Helena Regional (KHLN) for a scenic flight through the Rocky Mountains to Eureka airport (88M). During the flight we will experience majestic views of the rugged Rocky Mountains. There are a number of airports that we will fly over and can perform touch and goes or full stop landings along the route.
Details to follow. All welcome, hope you can join us.
Regards, Paul
ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …
Group Flight: (2020-12-23T09:00:00Z)
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: KHLN (Helena Rgnl) – 1MT4 (Davis) - 11MT (Ox Bow Ranch) - 55MT (Missouri River Ranch) - MT86 (Bar E) - S69 (Lincoln) - 28MT (Cain Ranch) - MT39 (Black Canyon Ranch) - 23S - (Seeley Lake) - S04 (Condon USFS) - 0S1 (Meadow Creek) - 8U4 (Spotted Bear) - 8U2 (Schafer USFS) - 8S0 (Starr-Browning) - 2MT1 (Ryan Field) - MT60 (Langton Airstrip – 88M (Eureka).
If you wish to use the autopilot in MSFS, load the following plan, which focuses on each of the airports.
KHLN TO 88M.PLN (7.0 KB)
If you have Little Nav Map, you can load this plan into it and follow it there.
Altitude: The route can be flown at 9,500’ but you can vary the altitude to suite the terrain.
If you have the time, feel free to land/touch and go as you feel comfortable, however the following airports have been assigned:
Helana Regnl (KHLN) Take Off
Davis (1MT4) Touch and Go
Missouri River Ranch (55MT) Touch and Go
Cain Ranch (23MT) Touch and Go
Condon USFS (S04) Full Stop Landing and Take Off
Schafer USFS (8U2) Touch and Go
Ryan Field (2MT1) Touch and Go
Eureka (88M) Full Stop Landing
Airport details:
Helena Rgnl (KHLN)
Elev: 3,848’
RW 09/27, 17/35, 05/23
Davis (1MT4)
Elev: 3,785’
RW 09/27
Ox Bow Ranch (11MT)
Elev: 3,635’
RW 12/30
Missouri River Ranch (55MT)
Elev: 3,462’
RW 01/19
Bar E (MT86)
Elev: 3,875’
RW 04/22
Lincoln (S69)
Elev: 4,589’
RW 04/22
Cain Ranch (28MT)
Elev: 4,480’
RW 17/35
Black Canyon Ranch (MT39)
Elev: 4,260’
RW 08/26
Seeley Lake (23S)
Elev: 4,218’
RW 16/34
Condon USFS (S04)
Elev: 3,686’
RW 13/31
Meadow Creek (0S1)
Elev: 3,979’
RW 17/35
Spotted Bear (8U4)
Elev: 3,666’
RW 14/32
Schafer USFS (8U2)
Elev: 4,853’
RW 07/25
Starr-Browning (8S0)
Elev: 4,638’
RW 06/24
Ryan Field (2MT1)
Elev: 3,660
RW 16/34
Langton Airstrip (MT60)
Elev: 3,900’
RW 13/31
Eureka (88M)
Elev: 2,663’
RW 01/19
Aircraft: Select any fast single or twin GA aircraft for the event.
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:
Turn off Generic Planes: To do this, proceed as follows:
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 MS FS, you will need to “react” to get access to the voice rooms.
To “react”, once in the Discord for Official MS FS, 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:
We can start departing from 8pm. 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.
Multiplayer Map: Currently, the VFR map won’t show Live players, so if you get lost, it’s difficult to find where the other flyers are. The free multiplayer map, will show the other players (that are using the map) and allow you to see their heading, speed, altitude and callsign. But it will only show those using the map. The below map tool is excellent but only as good as the volume of people using it.
Not mandatory but if you would like to use this map, see the below for details:
Link to moving map: https://events.flighttracker.tech/ 12 13 23 17 22 32
Once viewing the map, click on Join to download the client that connects MSFS for tracking your flights. Note the .NET Core Windows Runtime requirement that needs installing also.
Let me know if there’s anything else that I’ve missed that you need to know.
Regards, Paul
Great job, Paul.
I’ll be there 
I’m going to attempt to join you tonight for my first MP flight! (from Denver). I setup all the options and I guess as far as starting location, I can just select a random parking spot?
See you then!
Hi. Yep, just pick a random parking spot.
It’s all pretty casual and a friendly bunch of guys.
Look forward to seeing you in a couple of hours.
Thanks! Its 2:00 AM here but I’m excited and would like to join for an hour at least. Also I don’t have a mic setup yet but I’d like to listen in on the Discord channel so I’ll try that for now. See you soon.
