Aussie Group Flights Team: Golden Oldie - Flying Route 66 (Part 1)

Join us as we fly the Route 66 in the iconic Pitts Special.

I’d like to acknowledge Medps/CheerfulLlama38 (David) for suggesting the event and providing supporting information.

It is not the whole of Route 66 (which is a bit patchy these days, in any case) and comprises 2 sessions in Arizona and California.

Session 1 is from Flagstaff (KFLG) to Danby (CL18), about 210 nm, with a coffee break at Kingman (KIGM).

Session 2 is from Danby (CL18) to Santa Monica Muni (KSMO), about 199 nm, with a coffee break at Palisades Ranch (19CL).

We will fly over some iconic Route 66 towns, such as Oatman. Intention is to do touch and go’s at each airfield on the routes (including some disused ones), with full stops at the obvious places.

The default Pitts is a perfect choice but if you have the Reno Racers Pitts, you might like to select one of them also.

Details to follow. Hope you can join us.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS INFORMATION IS FOR FLIGHT SIMULATION USE ONLY.

Regards, Paul

ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …

Group Flight: 2023-12-17T20:00:00Z

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

Route: Flagstaff Pulliam(KFLG) Seligman(P23) Grand Canyon Caverns(L37) Peach Springs Valentine Kingman(KIGM) McConnico Airstrip Oatman Eagle Airfield(A09) Goffs Danby Airstrip(CL18).

Take off from Flagstaff Pulliam(KFLG)
Track 271 deg to Seligman(P23) 61nm
Touch and Go at Seligman(P23)
Track 293 deg to Grand Canyon Caverns(L37) 21nm
Touch and Go at Grand Canyon Caverns(L37)
Track 266 deg to Peach Springs 8.2nm
Track 221 deg to Valentine 15.2nm
Track 230 deg to Kingman(KIGM) 15.6nm
Full Stop Landing at Kingman(KIGM) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Kingman(KIGM)
Track 218 deg to McConnico Airstrip 11.3nm
Track 233 deg to Oatman 14.9nm
Track 223 deg to Eagle Airfield(A09) 14.2nm
Touch and Go at Eagle Airfield(A09)
Track 264 deg to Goffs 22nm
Track 202 deg to Danby Airstrip(CL18) 26nm
Full Stop Landing at Danby Airstrip(CL18)

Altitude: The route can be flown up to 8,500’ to be clear of terrain.

Airport details

Flagstaff Pulliam(KFLG)
Elev: 7,015’
RW 03/23 Bituminous

Saligman(P23)
Elev: 5,237’
RW 04/22 Asphalt

Grand Canyon Caverns(L37)
Elev: 5,397’
RW 05/23 Cement

Kingman(KIGM)
Elev: 3,449’
RW 03/21 Asphalt
RW 17/35 Asphalt

Eagle Airfield(A09)
Elev: 485’
RW 17/35 Asphalt

Danby Airstrip(CL18)
Elev: 1,352’
RW 05/23 Dirt

Aircraft: Pitts Special.

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 South East Asia.

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 09:00z. 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 to support the event …

Little NavMap: VFR Flagstaff Pulliam (KFLG) to Danby Airstrip (CL18).lnmpln (3.0 KB)

MSFS: VFR Flagstaff Pulliam (KFLG) to Danby Airstrip (CL18).pln (4.1 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

Event reminder …