ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …
Group Flight: 2021-02-12T09:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: VNLK (Lukla) – Everest Base Camp 1 – Summit Mt Everest – VNTR (Tumlingtar) – VNBJ (Bhojpur) – VNKD (Bhojpur) - VNLD (Lamidada) - VNKL (Kangel Danda) - VNPL (Phaplu) - VNLK (Lukla).
Take off from Lukla (VNLK)
Track 284 deg to Dudh Koshi river at UP1 (User Point 1) 1nm
Track to the right 004 deg to fork in river at UP2 (User Point 2) 6nm
Track to the right 034 deg to fork in river at UP3 (User Point 3) 3nm
Track to the right 048 deg to fork in river at UP4 (User Point 4) 4.7nm
Track to the left 012 deg to Base Camp 1 6.6nm
Track 106 deg up the valley to User Point 5 (UP5) 4.8nm
Track 354 deg to Everest Summit 1.3nm
Land/Touch and Go on Everest Summit
Take off from Everest Summit
Track 160 deg to Tumlingtar (VNTR) 43nm
Touch and Go at Tumlingtar (VNTR)
Track 217 deg to Bhojpur (VNBJ) 12.6nm
Touch and Go at Bhojpur (VNBJ)
Track 278 deg to Bhojpur (VNKD) 15nm
Full Stop Landing at Bhojpur (VNBJ)
Take off from Bhojpur (VNBJ)
Track 309 deg to Lamidada (VNLD) 6.8nm
Touch and Go at Lamidada (VNLD)
Track 352 deg to Kangel Danda (VNKL) 9.6nm
Touch and Go at Kangel Danda (VNKL)
Track 333 deg to Phaplu (VNPL) 7.2nm
Touch and Go at Phaplu (VNPL)
Track 037 deg to Lukla (VNLK) 12.8nm
Full Stop landing at Lukla (VNLK)
Altitude: The route can be flown at whatever altitude to suite the terrain.
Airport details:
Lukla (VNLK)
Elev: 9,251’
RW 06/24
Tumlingtar (VNTR)
Elev: 1,316’
RW 16/34
Bhojpur (VNBJ)
Elev: 3,962’
RW 17/35
Bhojpur (VNKD)
Elev: 4,435’
RW 18/26
Lamidada (VNLD)
Elev: 4,035’
RW 08/26
Kangel Danda (VNKL)
Elev: 6,832’
RW 11/29
Phaplu (VNPL)
Elev: 8,097
RW 02/20
Aircraft: Suggest the Got Gravel Cub for the event. This is a free aircraft. It’s powerful, can perform short landings and suits a range of terrain - available for free at : Savage Carbon - STOL Realism Mod • Flight Simulator 2020.
Recommend using the NavMap to follow the route while you fly. First ensure you load the flightplan, which will be supplied.
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 GRAPHICS 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.
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 (for 9:00z start) or say 7:45am if you arrive 15mins early.
Click Close and Fly from the World Map view.
We can start departing from 9:00z. 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
Let me know if there’s anything else that I’ve missed that you need to know.,
Regards, Paul
