Aussie Group Flights Team - CJ4 World Tour: YSBK to YBMK

Welcome to the CJ4 World Tour. In this event we will fly 71 legs across over 50 countries covering over 60,000nm.

Leg 1 of 71: Bankstown(YSBK) to Mackay(YBMK)

Details to follow. Hope you can join us.

Regards, Paul

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Bankstown is a suburb south west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. It is 16 kilometres south-west of the Sydney central business district and is located in the local government area of the City of Canterbury-Bankstown, having previously been the administrative centre of the City of Bankstown prior to 2016. It is the most populous suburb within the City of Canterbury-Bankstown.

Mackay (/məˈkaɪ/) is a city in the Mackay Region on the eastern or Coral Sea coast of Queensland, Australia.[3] It is located about 970 kilometres (603 mi) north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia’s sugar.[4]

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ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …

Group Flight: 2022-01-27T09:00:00Z

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

Route: YSBK RIC W214 OLTIN W180 ARM W347 GLA W636 RK CARON MK YBMK

Cruising Altitude: FL420.

Airport details:
Bankstown(YSBK)
Elev: 34’
RW 11L/29R Asphalt
RW 11C/29C Asphalt
RW 11R/29L Asphalt

Mackay(YBMK)
Elev: 17’
RW 14/32 Cement

Aircraft: CJ4 (Working Title edition): Working Title /CJ4 - v0.12.11

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 WEST USA

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 REAL TIME and REAL WEATHER. This will allow us to fly in a variety of times based on the timezone we are flying.

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 Real Time. 
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: IFR Bankstown (YSBK) to Mackay (YBMK).lnmpln (4.2 KB)

MSFS: IFR Bankstown (YSBK) to Mackay (YBMK).pln (6.2 KB)

Hey buddy hru? Just wondering do u really need to fly the CJ4 or can u fly another jet?
Reason im asking because i don’t have that 1…Romeo

You must have it, as it comes with the base pack. The Working Title addon is free.

Event reminder …

Hey buddy never mind it was the first 1 i saw lol not the second 1 ha ha…
Also updated it to the latest version v0.12.11 c u in the skies…

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Mod to Flight Plan: YSBK RIC CAPER W214 OLTIN W180 ARM W347 GLA W636 RK VANVA MK YBMK

Some waypoints appeared to be invalid.

Regards, Paul