Aussie Group Flights Team: Aussie Heart - Cunderdin to Jandakot (Fri 17th 0900z)

Aussie Heart: In this event we explore Australia by flying from east to west. Commencing at Ballina on the east coast and ending up at Jandakot on the west coast.

Aircraft for this leg: MR-2

The series will cover fourteen events across Australia as follows:

Leg 1: Ballina(YBNA) to Inverell(YIVL)
Leg 2: Inverell(YIVL) to Lightning Ridge(YLRD)
Leg 3: Lightning Ridge(LRD) to Bourke(YBKE)
Leg 4: Bourke(YBKE) to Wanaaring(YWAG)
Leg 5: Wanaaring(YWAG) to Moomba(YOOM)
Leg 6: Moomba(YOOM) to Leigh Creek(YLEC)
Leg 7: Leigh Creek(YLEC) to Coober Pedy(YCBP)
Leg 8: Coober Pedy(YCBP) to Alice Springs(YBAS)
Leg 9: Alice Springs(YBAS) to Ayers Rock(YAYE)
Leg 10: Ayers Rock(YAYE) to Jameson(YJAM)
Leg 11: Jameson(YJAM) to Kalgoorlie(YCTW)
Leg 12: Kalgoolie(YCTW) to Windarling(YWDG)
Leg 13: Windarling(YWDG) to Cunderdin(YCUN)
Leg 14: Cunderdin(YCUN) to Jandakot(YPJT)

Leg 14: Cunderdin(YCUN) to Jandakot(YPJT)

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: 2023-11-17T09:00:00Z

PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.

Route: Cunderdin(YCUN) Northam(YNTM) Bindoon(YBON) Gingin(YGIG) Rottnest Is(YRTI) Garden Is(YGAD) Murray Field(YMUL) Serpentine(YSEN) Jandakot(YPJT).

Take off from Cunderdin(YUN)
Track 270 deg to Northam(YNTM) 27nm
Touch and Go at Northam(YNTM)
Track 314 deg to Bindoon(YBON) 29nm
Touch and Go at Bindoon(YBON)
Track 245 deg to Gingin(YGIG) 23nm
Touch and Go at Gigin(YGIG)
Track 209 deg to Rottnest Is(YRTI) 36nm
Full Stop Landing at Rottnest Is(YRTI) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Rottnest Is(YRTI)
Track 154 deg to Garden Is(YGAD) 15.9nm
Touch and Go at Garden Is(YGAD)
Track 157 deg to Murray Field(YMUL) 17.8nm
Touch and Go at Murray Field(YMUL)
Track 018 deg to Serpentine(YSEN) 7.2nm
Touch and Go at Serpentine(YSEN)
Track 003 deg to Jandakot(YPJT) 17.9nm
Full Stop Landing at Jandakot(YPJT).

Altitude: The route can be flown up to 2,500’ to be clear of terrain.

Airport details

Cunderdin(YCUN)
Elev: 705’
RW 05/23 Asphalt
RW 14/32 Asphalt

Northam(YNTM)
Elev: 500’
RW 14/32 Asphalt

Bindoon(YBON)
Elev: 1,003’
RW 05/23 Asphalt

Gingin(YGIG)
Elev: 247’
RW 08/26 Bituminous

Rottnest Is(YRTI)
Elev: 12’
RW 09/27 Asphalt

Garden Is(YGAD)
Elev: 30’
RW 05/23 Asphalt

Murray Field(YMUL)
Elev: 56’
RW 05/23 Asphalt
RW 09/27 Dirt

Serpentine(YSEN)
Elev: 30’
RW 05/23 Asphalt

Jandakot(YPJT)
Elev: 99’
RW 06L/24R Asphalt
RW 06R/24L Asphalt
RW 12/30 Asphalt

For comprehensive airport details refer: Aeronautical Information Package - Airservices .
The information is available under the latest ERSA. Simply search for the airport.

Aircraft: MU-2

IMPORTANT: In the interest of keeping it REAL, please refrain from selecting inappropriate aircraft, like airliners. Unless it is appropriate for the event. 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 South East Asia.

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 …

Little NavMap: VFR Cunderdin (YCUN) to Jandakot (YPJT).lnmpln (2.6 KB)

MSFS: VFR Cunderdin (YCUN) to Jandakot (YPJT).pln (3.4 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_AH.pdf - Simplify your life

Event reminder …