Climb aboard your favourite small jet and lets drop in on some alpine airports on our way from Eagle County to Telluride.
Details to follow. Hope you can join us.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS INFORMATION IS FOR FLIGHT SIMULATION USE ONLY.
Regards, Paul
Group Flight: 2023-05-11T20:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: Eagle County Rgnl(KEGE) Aspen(KASE) Crested Butte(0C02) Redlands(44C0) Montrose Rgnl(KMTJ) Telluride Rgnl(KTEX).
Take off from Eagle County Rgnl(KEGE)
Track 166 deg to Aspen(KASE) 25nm
Full Stop Landing at Aspen(KASE) +++ 2 min turnaround +++
Take off from Aspen(KASE)
Track 179 deg to Crested Butte Airpark(0C02) 22nm
Full Stop Landing at Crested Butte Airpark(0C02) +++ 2 min turnaround +++
Take off from Crested Butte Airpark(0C02)
Track 261 deg to Redlands(44C0) 40nm
Full Stop Landing at Redlands(44C0) +++ 10 min Rest Stop +++
Take off from Redlands(44C0)
Track 184 deg to Montrose Rgnl(KMTJ) 20nm
Full Stop Landing at Montrose Rgnl(KMTJ) +++ 2 min turnaround +++
Take off from Montrose Rgnl(KMTJ)
Track 172 deg to Telluride Rgnl(KTEX) 33nm
Full Stop Landing at Telluride Rgnl(KTEX)
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 16,000’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details
Eagle County Rgnl(KEGE)
Elev: 6,547’
RW 07/25 Asphalt
Aspen-Pitkin Co(KASE)
Elev: 7,838’
RW 15/33 Asphalt
Crested Butte Airpark(0C02)
Elev: 4,323’
RW 11/29 Asphalt
Redlands(44C0)
Elev: 6,391’
RW 16/34 Asphalt
Montrose Rgnl(KMTJ)
Elev: 5,759’
RW 17/35 Bituminous
RW 13/31 Asphalt
Telluride Rgnl(KTEX)
Elev: 9,070’
RW 09/27 Bituminous
Aircraft: CJ4, Longitude, HondaJet, Vision Jet, Mustang.
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 20:00z. There will be no need for official radio calls. Let’s 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 for the event …
Little NavMap: IFR Eagle County Rgnl (KEGE) to Telluride Regl (KTEX).lnmpln (2.0 KB)
MSFS: IFR Eagle County Rgnl (KEGE) to Telluride Regl (KTEX).pln (2.6 KB)
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