ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …
Group Flight: 2023-08-20T20:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: KJAC(Jackson Hole) - LAGIC - UP2(Jackson Lake) - UP1(Yellowstone Lake) - UP5(Fishing Bridge) - UP6(Canyon Village) - Canyon Run to UP12 - UP13 - UP14(Monument Geyser Basin) - UP4(Old Faithful) - KWYS(Yellowstone) - MT46(Lakeview) - 4U9(Dell Flight Strip) - UP3(Clark Canyon Reservoir) - KDLN(Dillon).
Take off from Jackson Hole(KJAC)
Track 014 deg to LAGIC 9.9nm
Track 336 deg to Jackson Lake 9.2nm
Land at position UP2
Take off from Jackson Lake
Track 009 deg to Yellowstone Lake 36nm
Land at position UP1
Take off from Yellowstone Lake
Track 352 deg to Fishing Bridge 5.6nm
Track 315 deg to Canyon Village 11.4nm
Descend into the Canyon to the right and follow the river course up to UP12
Track 230 deg to UP13 7.2nm
Track 217 deg to Monument Geyser Basin 12.8nm
Track 180 deg to Old Faithful(UP4) 14.6nm
Track 305 deg to Yellowstone(KWYS) 18.4nm
Full Stop Landing at Yellowstone(KWYS) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Yellowstone(KWYS)
Track 249 deg to Lakeview(MT46) 29nm
Track 267 deg to Dell Flight Strip(4U9) 40nm
Touch and Go at Dell Flight Strip(4U9)
Track 322 deg to Clark Canyon Reservoir 15.6nm
Land at position UP3
Take off from Clark Canyon Reservoir
Track 025 deg to Dillon(KDLN) 22nm
Full Stop Landing at Dillon(KDLN)
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 10,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details:
Jackson Hole(KJAC)
Elev: 6,451’
RW 01/19 Bituminous
Yellowstone(KWYS)
Elev: 6,649’
RW 01/19 Bituminous
Lakeview(MT46)
Elev: 6,630’
RW 17/35 Grass
Dell Flight Strip(4U9)
Elev: 6,007’
RW 14/32 Asphalt
Dillon(KDLN)
Elev: 5,245’
RW 17/35 Bituminous
RW 04/22 Bituminous
Aircraft: Your favourite floatplane.
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. Unless of course the event includes airliners.
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. 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
