Pull that dusty old Caribou out of your hangar and let’s do some Island hopping in the Bahamas.
Details to follow. Hope you can join us.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS INFORMATION IS FOR FLIGHT SIMULATION USE ONLY.
Regards, Paul
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ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …
Group Flight: 2023-12-20T20:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: Deadmans Cay(MYLD) Stella Maris(MYLS) Hog Cay Exuma(MYZ1) Exuma Intl(MYEF) Lee Stocking(MYXE) Rudder Cut Cay(MYX7) Farmer’s Cay(MYE3) Black Point Airport(MYEB) Staniel Cay Airport(MYES) Fowl Cay(MYXA) Normans Cay(MYEN).
Take off from Deadmans Cay(MYLD)
Track 348 deg to Stella Maris(MYLS) 26nm
Touch and Go at Stella Maris(MYLS)
Track 238 deg to Hog Cay Exuma(MYZ1) 16.8nm
Touch and Go at Hog Cay Exuma(MYZ1)
Track 305 deg to Exuma Intl(MYEF) 23nm
Touch and Go at Exuma Intl(MYEF)
Track 325 deg to Lee Stocking(MYXE) 17.9nm
Full Stop Landing at Lee Stocking(MYXE) +++ 10 minute break +++
Take off from Lee Stocking(MYXE)
Track 318 deg to Rudder Cut Cay(MYX7) 10.4nm
Touch and Go at Rudder Cut Cay(MYX7)
Track 327 deg to Farmer's Cay(MYE3) 6.1nm
Touch and Go at Farmer's Cay(MYE3)
Track 342 deg to Black Point Airport(MYEB) 8.6nm
Touch and Go at Black Point Airport(MYEB)
Track 344 deg to Staniel Cay Airport(MYES) 5.3nm
Touch and Go at Staniel Cay Airport(MYES)
Track 326 deg to Fowl Cay(MYXA) 8.3nm
Touch and Go at Fowl Cay(MYXA)
Track 331 deg to Normans Cay(MYEN) 25nm
Full Stop Landing at Normans Cay(MYEN)
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 2,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details
Deadmans Cay(MYLD)
Elev: 10’
RW 09/27 Asphalt
Stella Maris(MYLS)
Elev: 7’
RW 13/31 Asphalt
Hog Cay Exuma(MYZ1)
Elev: 15’
RW 12/30 Asphalt
Exuma Intl(MYEF)
Elev: 9’
RW 12/30 Asphalt
Lee Stocking(MYXE)
Elev: 27’
RW 12/30 Cement
Rudder Cut Cay(MYX7)
Elev: 14’
RW 09/27 Cement
Little Farmers Cay(MYFC)
Elev: 13’
RW 17/35 Cement
Black Point Airport(MYEB)
Elev: 15’
RW 11/29 Cement
Staniel Cay Airport(MYES)
Elev: 5’
RW 17/35 Asphalt
Fowl Cay(MYXA)
Elev: 24’
RW 09/27 Asphalt
Norman Cay(MYEN)
Elev: 13’
RW 03/21 Cement
Aircraft: Caribou
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: IFR Deadmans Cay (MYLD) to Normans Cay (MYEN).lnmpln (3.0 KB)
MSFS: IFR Deadmans Cay (MYLD) to Normans Cay (MYEN).pln (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_1.pdf - Simplify your life
Event reminder …