The Great Australian Crawl: In this event we explore Australia by circumnavigating the continent but still getting a good feel for the terrain, vegetation and civilisation throughout this great land down under.
The series will cover forty events (colour coded by state) around Australia as follows:
Leg 1: Bankstown(YSBK) to Coffs Harbour(YCFS).
Details to follow. Hope you can join us.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS INFORMATION IS FOR FLIGHT SIMULATION USE ONLY.
Regards, Paul
ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …
Group Flight: 2022-11-04T09:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: Bankstown(YSBK) Parramatta(PRT) Pennant Hills(PENH) Hornsby(HSY) Cottage Pt(YCGP) Patonga(PAA) Warnervale(YWVA) Lake Macquarie(YLMQ) Nobbys Head(NBB) Anna Bay(ANA) Port Stephens Lighthouse(PSS) Broughton Is(BRI) Sugarloaf Pt(SUG) Taree(YTRE) Port Macquarie(YPMQ) South West Rocks(YSWK) Coffs Harbour(YCFS).
Take off from Bankstown(YSBK)
Track 354 deg to Parramatta(PRT) 6.5nm
Track 022 deg to Pennant Hills(PENH) 5.6nm
Track 019 deg to Hornsby(HSY) 3.4nm
Track 035 deg to Cottage Pt(YCGP) 6.7nm
If Float Plane, Full Stop Landing at Cottage Pt(YCGP)
If Float Plane, Take off from Cottage Pt(YCGP)
Track 024 deg to Patonga(PAA) 4.8nm
Track 012 deg to Warnervale(YWVA) 20nm
Touch and Go at Warnervale(YWVA)
Track 034 deg to Lake Macquarie(YLMQ) 15.2nm
Touch and Go at Lake Macquarie(YLMQ)
Track 026 deg to Nobbys Head(NBB) 11.6nm
Track 049 deg to Anna Bay(ANA) 16.8nm
Track 058 deg to Port Stephens Lighthouse 6.7nm
Track 019 deg to Broughton Is(BRI) 9.7nm
Track 038 deg to Sugarloaf Pt(SUG) 15.3nm
Track 345 deg to Taree(YTRE) 33nm
Full Stop Landing at Taree(YTRE) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Taree(YTRE)
Track 021 deg to Port Macquarie(YPMQ) 33nm
Touch and Go at Port Macquarie(YPMQ)
Track 003 deg to South West Rocks(YSWK) 32nm
Touch and Go at South West Rocks(YSWK)
Track 344 deg to Nambucca Heads(NHS) 16.8nm
Track 004 deg to Coffs Harbour(YCFS) 10.6nm
Full Stop Landing at Coffs Harbour(YCFS).
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 3,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details
Bankstown(YSBK)
Elev: 34’
RW 11L/29R Asphalt
RW 11C/29C Asphalt
RW 11R/29L Asphalt
Cottage Pt(YCGP)
Elev: 0’
RW Water
Warnervale(YWVA)
Elev: 25’
RW 02/20 Asphalt
Lake Macquarie/Aeropelican(YLMQ)
Elev: 5’
RW 07/25 Asphalt
Taree(YTRE)
Elev: 38’
RW 04/22 Asphalt
12/30 Grass
Port Macquarie(YPMQ)
Elev: 15’
RW 03/21 Asphalt
South West Rocks(YSWK)
Elev: 5’
RW 17/35 Grass
Coffs Harbour(YCFS)
Elev: 18’
RW 03/21 Oil Treated
RW 10/28 Oil Treated
For airport comprehensive airport details refer: Aeronautical Information Package - Airservices .
The information is available under the latest ERSA. Simply search for the airport.
Aircraft: GA aircraft of you choice. Float plane if landing at Cottage Pt.
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 TRAFFIC selected, scroll down to the last option and set USE GENERIC PLANE MODELS to OFF
Turning off Crash/Damage:
Select Options/Assistance
Expand Failure & Damage
Disable Crash Damage
Disable Aircraft Stress Damage
Disable Engine Stress Damage
Accept the changes
Voice Room: My personal Discord server is used for voice comms. If you haven’t already joined my server, click on the below link to request access. I will set you up as a Member so you can access the server. Ensure you do this prior to the flight, as latecomers will need to wait for the next event.
Link to join the Voice Room: Aussie Group Flights Team - On-line Flying
Note: this link is only valid for 7 days from posting.
Weather/Time: We will set the time to 8am. This will allow us to fly in daylight and choose REAL weather so that the winds are correct.
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 Live Weather and move the time slide bar to show 8:00am.
Click Close and Fly from the World Map view.
We can start departing from 09:00z. 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 Points of Interest
Select Options/Assistance
Expand POI
Set Landmark Markers to ON
Set City Markers to ON
Set Airport Markers to ON
Accept the changes
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
Still confused, check out the multiplayer video tutorial from SimHangar Flight Simulation: MSFS | MULTIPLAYER | How To Guide | Everything You Need To Know | Fly in events coming soon. - YouTube
Let me know if there’s anything else that I’ve missed that you need to know.,
Regards, Paul
Flight Plans to support the event …
Refer further below in this post for the flight plans.
Charts to support the event …
Charts removed for copywrite reasons.
Print this flight card out for your easy reference during the flight (Note: only available up to the date of the flight): Dropbox - Flight Card.pdf - Simplify your life
Event reminder…
Added a waypoint Nambucca Heads after South West Rocks. Use the below Flight Plan.
Little NavMap: VFR Bankstown Aerodrome (YSBK) to Coffs Harbour (YCFS).lnmpln (4.3 KB)
MSFS: VFR Bankstown Aerodrome (YSBK) to Coffs Harbour (YCFS).pln (6.4 KB)