Climb aboard your favourite twin and take a VFR flight from Bankstown(YSBK) in Sydney NSW, one of Australia’s busiest airports to Moorabbin(YMMB) near Melbourne in Vic. We will land at Australia’s National Capital city - Canberra for a short break.
Details to follow. Hope you can join us.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS INFORMATION IS FOR FLIGHT SIMULATION USE ONLY.
Regards, Paul
Group Flight:2023-06-12T00:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: Bankstown(YSBK) TWRN Ingleburn(INGL) Campbelltown(CAMB) Picton(PIC) Mittagong(YMIG) Goulburn(YGLB) Canberra(YSCB) Tumbarumba(YTUU) Albury(YMAY) Wangaratta(YWGT) Merton(YMEO) Lilydale(YLIL) Moorabbin(YMMB).
Take off from Bankstown(YSBK)
Track 249 deg to TWRN 5nm
Track 203 deg to Ingleburn(INGL) 2.6nm
Track 199 deg to Campbelltown(CAMB) 7.1nm
Track 220 deg to Picton(PIC) 10.3nm
Track 186 deg to Mittagong(YMIG) 17.3nm
Track 228 deg to Goulburn(YGLB) 44nm
Track 208 deg to Canberra(YSCB) 40nm
Full Stop Landing at Canberra(YSCB) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Canberra(YSCB)
Track 234 deg to Tumbarumba(YTUU) 70nm
Track 236 deg to Albury(YMAY) 49nm
Track 224 deg to Wangaratta(YWGT) 38nm
Track 209 deg to Merton(YMEO) 44nm
Track 188 deg to Lilydale(YLIL) 46nm
Track 204 deg to Moorabbin(YMMB) 21nm
Full Stop Landing at Moorabbin(YMMB)
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 8,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details:
Bankstown(YSBK)
Elev: 34’
RW 11L/29R Asphalt
RW 11C/29C Asphalt
RW 11R/29L Asphalt
Canberra(YSCB)
Elev: 1,886’
RW 17/35 Asphalt
RW 12/30 Asphalt
Moorabbin(YMMB)
Elev: 55’
RW 17L/35R Asphalt
RW 17R/35L Asphalt
RW 13L/31R Asphalt
RW 13R/31L Asphalt
RW 04/22 Asphalt
Aircraft: Your favourite twin GA aircraft.
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 24:00z. There will be no need for official radio calls. Let’s 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 event …
Little NavMap: VFR Bankstown Aerodrome (YSBK) to Moorabbin (YMMB).lnmpln (3.7 KB)
MSFS: VFR Bankstown Aerodrome (YSBK) to Moorabbin (YMMB).pln (5.1 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_GO.pdf - Simplify your life
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