When: 2024-01-22T20:00:00Z
In this six part series we will fly the beloved Tiger Moth in areas of Canada. I’d like to acknowledge Medps/CheerfulLlama38 (David) for suggesting the event and providing supporting information.
Supporting details for the series: Dropbox - A_Canadian_Tour_by_Tiger_Moth.pdf - Simplify your life
Part 4: Cache Creek to Chilliwack.
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 …
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: Cache Creek(CAZ5) Spences Bridge(POI01) Thompson River(POI02) Nicomen(POI03) Thompson River(POI04) Lytton(CYLY) Kanaka Bar(POI05) Boston Bar Airfield(POI06) Fraser River(POI07 & POI08) Hope(CYHE) Hicks Creek(POI09) Campbell Lake(POI10) Pretty Estates Resort(CYCV) Chilliwack(CYCW).
Take off from Cache Creek(CAZ5)
Track 161 deg to Spences Bridge(POI01) 19.7nm
Track 212 deg to Thompson River(POI02) 5.1nm
Track 166 deg Nicomen(POI03) 7.7nm
Track 250 deg to Thompson River(POI04) 5.5nm
Track 215 deg to Lytton(CYLY) 1.2nm
Touch and Go at Lytton(CYLY)
Track 164 deg to Kanaka Bar(POI05) 7.9nm
Track 145 deg to Boston Bar Airfield(POI06) 8.3nm
Full Stop Landing at Boston Bar Airfield(POI06) +++ 10 minute break +++
Take off from Boston Bar Airfield(POI06)
Track 149 deg to Fraser River(POI07) 9.7nm
Track 163 deg to Fraser River(POI08) 25nm
Track 211 deg to Hope(CYHE) 4.3nm
Touch and Go at Hope(CYHE)
Track 227 deg to Hicks Creek(POI09) 9.7nm
Track 254 deg to Campbell Lake(POI10) 4.1nm
Track 227 deg to Pretty Estates Resort(CYCV) 5.4nm
Touch and Go at Pretty Estates Resort(CYCV)
Track 162 deg to Chilliwack(CYCW) 6nm
Full Stop landing at Chilliwack(CYCW).
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 5,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details
Cache Creek
Elev: 2,040’
RW 15/33 Asphalt
Lytton(CYLY)
Elev: 921’
RW 02/20 Asphalt
Boston Bar Airfield(POI06)
Elev: Unknown
RW 14/32 Unknown Surface
Hope(CYHE)
Elev: 128’
RW 07/25 Grass
Pretty Estates Resort(CYCV)
Elev: 42’
RW 02/20 Cement
Chilliwack(CYCW)
Elev: 32’
RW 07/25 Asphalt
Aircraft: Tiger Moth
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 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.
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 Cache Creek (CAZ5) to Chilliwack (CYCW).lnmpln (3.8 KB)
MSFS: VFR Cache Creek (CAZ5) to Chilliwack (CYCW).pln (5.1 KB)
Refer to the Discord Server for the Flight Card for this event.
Event reminder …