Aussie Group Flights Team: Follow the Orient Express - Tille to Prunay

In this event we use a nostalgic aircraft like the Tiger Moth to “roughly” follow the route of the Orient Express on it’s route from Calais in France to Ataturk in Turkey.

As the distance covered with each event is kept to roughly 100nm for time management, the series spans 17 legs. We also have had to call in on small airports along the route which take us away from the railway route, to help manage the distance and time allowed for each event.

We do however, call into all the major cities along the route.

Series Legs …

Leg 1: Calais to Tille (France)
Leg 2: Tille to Prunay (France)
Leg 3: Prunay to Essey (France)
Leg 4: Essey to Houssen (France)
Leg 5: Houssen to Friedrichshafen (Gernany)
Leg 6: Friedrichshafen to Munich (Gernamy)
Leg 7: Munich to St Georgen (Austria)
Leg 8: St Georgen to M.R.Stefanik (Slovakia)
Leg 9: M.R.Stefanik to Ferihegy (Hungary)
Leg 10: Ferihegy to Bekescsaba (Hungary)
Leg 11: Bekescsaba to Saulesti-Constantin Manolache (Romania)
Leg 12: Saulesti-Constantin Manolache to Geamana (Romania)
Leg 13: Geamana to Staro Selishte (Bulgaria)
Leg 14: Staro Selishte to Burgas (Bulgaria)
Leg 15: Burgas to Mustrak (Bulgaria)
Leg 16: Mustrak to Kesan (Turkey)
Leg 17: Kesan to Ataturk (Turkey)

Leg 2: Tille to Prunay (France)

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: 2023-08-07T20:00:00Z

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

Route: Tille(LFOB) Persan-Beaumont(LFPA) Paris(POI2) Charles-De-Gaulle(LFPG) Esbly(LFPE) Belleau(LFFH) Reims(POI1) Prunay(LFQA).

Take off from Tille(LFOB)
Track 154 deg to Persan-Beaumont(LFPA) 19nm
Touch and Go at Persan-Beaumont(LFPA)
Track 174 deg to Paris(POI2)
Track 043 deg to Charles-De-Gaulle(LFPG) 11.3nm
Full Stop Landing at Charles-De-Gaulle(LFPG) +++ 10 minute break +++
Take off from Charles-De-Gaulle(LFPG)
Track 112 deg to Esbly(LFPE) 12.3nm
Touch and Go at Esbly(LFPE)
Track 066 deg to Belleau(LFFH) 22nm
Touch and Go at Belleau(LFFH)
Track 065 deg to Reims(POI1) 28nm
Track 115 deg to Prunay(LFQA) 6.1nm
Full Stop landing at Prunay(LFQA).

Altitude: The route can be flown up to 2,500’ to be clear of terrain.

Airport details

Tille(LFOB)
Elev: 359’
RW 12/30 Asphalt
RW 04/22 Asphalt

Persan-Beaumont(LFPA)
Elev: 149’
RW 10/28 Asphalt
RW 10R/28L Grass
RW 05/23 Grass

Charles-De-Gaulle(LFPG)
Elev: 392’
RW 09L/27R Asphalt
RW 09R/27L Asphalt
RW 08L/26R Asphalt
RW 08R/26L Asphalt

Esbly(LFPE)
Elev: 220’
RW 16L/24R Grass
RW 16R/24L Grass
RW 07L/25R Grass
RW 07R/25L Grass

Belleau(LFFH)
Elev: 723’
RW 03/21 Grass

Prunay(LFQA)
Elev: 313’
RW 07/25 Bituminous
RW 06/24 Grass

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 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 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 for the events …

Little NavMap: VFR Tille (LFOB) to Prunay (LFQA).lnmpln (2.4 KB)

MSFS: VFR Tille (LFOB) to Prunay (LFQA).pln (3.1 KB)

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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_OXP.pdf - Simplify your life

Event reminder …