Aussie Group Flights Team: Golden Oldie - Battle of Britain Airfields

Group Flight: 2023-04-24T00:00:00Z

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

Route: Kenley Aerodrome(EGKN) Titsey Airstrip(EGOT) (Calais-Dunkerque(LFAC) Deal(AG77) Maypole Airfield(EGHB) Eastchurch Airfield(EGOL) Detling(DET) Biggin Hill(EGKB).

Take off from Kenley Aeordrome(EGKN)
Track 111 deg to Titsey Airstrip(EGOT) 4.9nm
Touch and Go at Titsey Airstrip(EGOT)
Track 078 deg to Dunton Green(WP1) 5.7nm
Track 090 deg to West Malling(WP2) 8.6nm
Track 131 deg to Boughton Monchelsea(WP3) 5.7nm
Track 108 deg to Ashford(WP4) 11nm
Track 103 deg to Hawkinge(WP5) 14.2nm
Track 084 deg to Dover(WP6) 6.7nm
Track 061 deg to White Cliffs of Dover(WP7) 1.7nm

Form up and cross the channel in formation

Track 115 deg to Calais-Dunkerque(LFAC) 24nm
Full Stop Landing at Calais-Dunkerque(LFAC) +++ 10 min break +++
Take off from Calais-Dunkerque(LFAC)

Form up and cross the channel in formation

Track 296 deg to White Cliffs of Dover(WP8) 24nm
Track 347 deg to Deal(AG77) 3.8nm
Touch and Go at Deal(AG77)
Track 347 deg to Sandwich(WP9) 4.3nm
Track 012 deg to Manston(WP10) 4.4nm
Track 266 deg to Maypole Airfield(EGHB) 8nm
Touch and Go at Maypole Airfield(EGHB)
Track 261 deg to Faversham(WP11) 10nm
Track 342 deg to Eastchurch Airfield(EGOL) 5.7mn
Touch and Go at Eastchurch Airfield(EGOL)
Track 238 deg to DET VOR(DET) 11.1nm
Track 277 deg to Ham Hill(WP12) 6.5nm
Track 343 deg to Gravesend(WP13) 7.8nm
Track 242 deg to Biggin Hill(EGKB) 14.2nm
Full Stop Landing at Biggin Hill(EGKB)

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

Airport details

Kenley Aeordrome(EGKN)
Elev: 565’
RW 02/20 Asphalt (02 not available)
RW 12/30 Asphalt

Titsey Airstrip(EGOT)
Elev: 422’
RW 05/23 Grass

Calais-Dunkerque(LFAC)
Elev: 12’
RW 06/24 Bituminous

Deal(AG77)
Elev: 183’
RW 02/20 Asphalt

Maypole Airfield(EGHB)
Elev: 119’
RW 01/19 Grass

EastchurchAirfield(EGOL)
Elev: 60’
RW 08/26 Grass

Biggin HIll(EGKB)
Elev: 599’
RW 03/21 Asphalt

Aircraft: War Bird - Spitfire, Hurricane, Mustang, etc,.

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