Join us as we take off from Half Moon Bay in the San Francisco area, fly across the bay area and up into the mountains. We call in on some airports for touch and goes with a full stop at Sacramento Executive, where we can enjoy a short rest before heading onto Lake Tahoe.
Details to follow. Hope you can join us.
Regards, Paul
ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …
Group Flight: 2021-06-04T10:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: KHAF(Half Moon Bay) - San Francisco - Alcatraz - KAPC(Napa Co) - Lake Berryessa - KEDU(University) - KSAC(Sacramento Exec) - Lake Folsam - KAUN(Auburn Mun) - KPVF(Placerville) - KTVL(Lake Tahoe).
Take off from Half Moon Bay(KHAF)
Track 355 deg to San Francisco 15.7nm
Track 003 deg to Alcatraz 3.4nm
Track 001 deg to Napa Co(KAPC) 24nm
Touch and Go at Napa Co(KAPC)
Track 350 deg to Lake Berryessa 24nm
Track 087 deg to University(KEDU) 22nm
Touch and Go at University(KEDU)
Track 080 deg to Sacramento Exec(KSAC) 13.8nm
Full Stop landing at Sacramento Exec(KSAC)
Track 038 deg to Lake Folsam 22nm
Track 355 deg to Auburn Mun(KAUN) 13.7nm
Touch and Go at Auburn Mun(KAUN)
Track 118 deg to Placerville(KPVF) 21nm
Touch and Go at Placerville(KPVF)
Track 059 deg to Lake Tahoe(KTVL) 37nm
Full Stop Landing at Lake Tahoe(KTVL)
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 10,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details:
Half Moon Bay(KHAF)
Elev: 48’
RW 12/30 Asphalt
Napa Co(KAPC)
Elev: 22’
RW 06/24 Cement
RW 01L/19R Cement
RW 01R/19L Bituminous
University(KEDU)
Elev: 64’
RW 17/35 Asphalt
Sacramento Exec(KSAC)
Elev: 22’
RW 02/20 Bituminous
RW 16/34 Bituminous
RW 12/30 Asphalt
Auburn Mun(KAUN)
Elev: 1,515’
RW 07/25 Bituminous
Placerville(KPVF)
Elev: 2,581’
RW 05/23 Asphalt
Lake Tahoe(KTVL)
Elev: 6,259’
RW 18/36 Asphalt
Aircraft: The following planes are recommended:
C172
Arrow
SR22
Note, the distance is only 195nm, so the C172 can fly the route in around 2 hrs.
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/General/Flight Model
Select Legacy Model, so you can adjust the settings below
Move Crash Realism to 0
Select Modern Model, to reselect the appropriate flight model
Accept the settings
Next:
Select Options/Assistance
Expand Failure & Damage
Disable Crash Damage
Accept the changes
Voice Room: Discord for Official MSFS Community: Event #1 or Event #2 are the voice rooms available to us. I need to see which is available on the day and reserve it. I will be in the room and get it authorised for our use. Just look for my Userid: VHFIB to determine which room to enter. Until the room is open only one person can be in the room. In the past we have needed to use a PTT (push to talk) button. This is no longer required, so you can use voice activated comms. Some people prefer to use their phone or ipad etc for Discord comms.
Note: if you are new to the Discord Server for MSFS, you will need to “react” to get access to the voice rooms.
To “react”, once in the Discord for Official MSFS, click on the Important - Info option and at the very bottom, click on the button (last item at the bottom of the screen) to react and provide access. Note: clicking on the button accepts the conditions etc., which you can read via the available links.
Link to join the Voice Room: https://discord.gg/JRq56V5s
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 CLEAR Weather, so can enjoy the scenery:
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 Clear 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 10:00z. 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 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 for the event …
Little NavMap:
VFR Half Moon Bay (KHAF) to Lake Tahoe (KTVL).lnmpln (2.9 KB)
MSFS:
VFR Half Moon Bay (KHAF) to Lake Tahoe (KTVL).pln (3.7 KB)
Print this Flight Card out for your easy reference during the flight …
Event reminder …
Bummer. Missed it. Looks like a good route.
Maybe the Aussies should get a regular thing going and give plenty of notice.
G’day. Sorry you missed the flight. This was my 40th event which has always been held on a Friday at the same time each week. I post the coming event early in the week prior to the flight. It is also advertised in the MSFS Discord channel.
Maybe you can join in one of the many flights to come.
Regards, Paul
Awesome. I only just found the events section. Too busy flying, I guess. Hope to join in future.
Also just joined the Discord (much to my 16yo sons disgust, dad hanging out in his zone) and waiting for approval.
