Select your favourite Bush Plane and do some Island hopping in the Azores. Be prepared for landing on top of or inside of volcanoes.
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: 2023-12-07T20:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: Horta(LPHR) Pico(LPPI) Sao Jorge(LPSJ) Graciosa(LPGR) Lajes AB(LPLA).
Take off from Horta(LPHR)
Track 011 deg to Landing Point 1(LP1) 3.4nm
Full Stop Landing at Landing Point 1(LP1)
Take off from Landing Point 1(LP1)
Track 016 deg to Landing Point 2(LP2) 0.6nm
Full Stop Landing at Landing Point 2(LP2)
Take off from Landing Point 2(LP2)
Track 125 deg to Landing Point 3(LP3) 16.1nm
Full Stop Landing at Landing Point 3(LP3)
Take off from Landing Point 3(LP3)
Track 349 deg to Pico(LPPI) 5.4nm
Touch and Go at Pico(LPPI)
Track 071 deg to Sao Jorge(LPSJ) 14.3nm
Full Stop Landing at Sao Jorge(LPSJ) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Sao Jorge(LPSJ)
Track 090 deg to Landing Point 4(LP4) 2.5nm
Full Stop Landing at Landing Point 4(LP4)
Take off from Landing Point 4(LP4)
Track 018 deg to Graciosa(LPGR) 26nm
Touch and Go at Graciosa(LPGR)
Track 157 deg to Landing Point 5(LP5) 4.7nm
Full Stop Landing at Landing Point 5(LP5)
Take off from Landing Point 5(LP5)
Track 128 deg to Landing Point 6(LP6) 35nm
Full Stop Landing at Landing Point 6(LP6)
Take off from Landing Point 6(LP6)
Track 088 deg to Lajes AB(LPLA) 10.9nm
Full Stop Landing at Lajes AB(LPLA).
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 8,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details
Horta(LPHR)
Elev: 117’
RW 10/28 Asphalt
Pico(LPPI)
Elev: 114’
RW 09/27 Asphalt
Sao Jorge(LPSJ)
Elev: 335’
RW 13/31 Asphalt
Graciosa(LPGR)
Elev: 86’
RW 09/27 Bituminous
Lajes AB(LPLA)
Elev: 180’
RW 15/33 Bituminous
Aircraft: Bush Plane
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 20:00z. 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 Horta (LPHR) to Lajes AB (LPLA).lnmpln (3.0 KB)
MSFS: VFR Horta (LPHR) to Lajes AB (LPLA).pln (4.0 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_2.pdf - Simplify your life
Event reminder …