Aussie Group Flights Team: Canadian Moth Series - Chilliwack Return

When: 2024-01-29T20:00:00Z

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: Chilliwack Return.

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: Chilliwack(CYCW) Mission(POI01) Fort Langley(CBQ2) Pitt Meadows(CYPK) New Pattullo Bridge(POI2) Alex Fraser Bridge(POI3) Queensborough Bridge(POI04) Vancouver Harbour(POI05) University of British Columbia(POI06) Vancouver Intl(CYVR) Vancouver Boundary Bay(CZBB) Delta Heritage Air Park(CAK3) Surrey - King George Airpark(CSK8) Langley(CYNJ) Abbotsford(CYXX) Chilliwack(CYCW).

Take off from Chilliwack(CYCW)
Track 248 deg to Mission(POI01) 14nm
Track 267 deg to Fort Langley(CBQ2) 10.6nm
Touch and Go at Fort Langley(CBQ2) 
Track 280 deg to Pitt Meadows(CYPK) 6.8nm
Touch and Go at Pitt Meadows(CYPK)
Track 250 deg to New Pattullo Bridge(POI02) 7.1nm
Track 198 deg to Alex Fraser Bridge(POI03) 3.5nm
Track 340 deg to Queensborough Bridge(POI04) 2.2nm
Track 295 deg to Vancouver Harbour(POI05) 9nm
Track 232 deg to University of British Columbia(POI06) 5.5nm
Track 130 deg to Vancouver Intl(CYVR) 4.7nm
Full Stop Landing at Vancouver Intl(CYVR) +++ 10 minute break +++
Take off from Vancouver Intl(CYVR)
Track 120 deg to Vancouver/Boundary Bay(CZBB) 10nm
Touch and Go at Vancouver/Boundary Bay(CZBB)
Track 068 deg to Delta Heritage Air Park(CAK3) 2.8nm
Touch and Go at Delta Heritage Air Park(CAK3)
Track 068 deg to Surrey - King George Air Park(CSK8) 4.6nm
Touch and Go at Surrey - King George Air Park(CSK8)
Track 071 deg to Langley(CYNJ) 7.6nm
Touch and Go at Langley(CYNJ)
Track 097 deg to Abbotsford(CYXX) 11.6nm
Touch and Go at Abbotsford(CYXX)
Track 049 deg to Chilliwack(CYCW) 18.2nm
Full Stop landing at Chilliwack(CYCW).

Altitude: The route can be flown up to 3,500’ to be clear of terrain.

Airport details

Chilliwack(CYCW)
Elev: 32’
RW 07/25 Asphalt

Fort Langley(CBQ2)
Elev: 33’
RW 08/26 Bituminous

Pitt Meadows(CYPK)
Elev: 12’
RW 08L/26R Asphalt
RW 08R/26L Asphalt
RW 18/36 Asphalt

Vancouver Intl(CYVR)
Elev: 13’
RW 08L/26R Cement
RW 08R/26L Cement
RW 13/31 Asphalt

Vancourver/Boundary Bay(CZBB)
Elev: 6’
RW 13/31 Asphalt
RW 07/25 Asphalt

Delta Heritage Air Park(CAK3)
Elev: 10’
RW 07/25 Dirt

Surrey - King George Air Park(CSK8)
Elev: 2’
RW 05/23 Grass

Langley(CYNJ)
Elev: 34’
RW 01/19 Bituminous
RW 07/25 Bituminous

Abbotsford(CYXX)
Elev: 194’
RW 01/19 Asphalt
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 Chilliwack (CYCW) to Chilliwack (CYCW).lnmpln (4.3 KB)

MSFS: VFR Chilliwack (CYCW) to Chilliwack (CYCW).pln (5.4 KB)

Refer to the Discord Server for the Flight Card for this event.

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