The Great Australian Crawl: In this event we explore Australia by circumnavigating the continent but still getting a good feel for the terrain, vegetation and civilisation throughout this great land down under.
The series will cover forty events (colour coded by state) around Australia as follows:
Leg 31: Woomera to Parafield.
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: 2023-06-09T10:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: Woomera(YPWR) Port Augusta(YPAG) Port Pirie(YPIR) Balaklava(YBVA) Gawler(YGAW) Parafield(YPPF).
Take off from Woomera(YPWR)
Track 144 deg to Port Augusta(YPAG) 94nm
Touch and Go at Port Augusta(YPAG)
Track 155 deg to Port Pirie(YPIR) 46nm
Full Stop Landing at Port Pirie(YPIR) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Port Pirie(YPIR)
Track 154 deg to Balaklava(YBVA) 54nm
Touch and Go at Balaklava(YBVA)
Track 141 deg to Gawler(YGAW) 36nm
Touch and Go at Gawler(YGAW)
Track 193 deg to Parafield(YPPF) 12.5nm
Full Stop Landing at Parafield(YPPF).
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 2,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details
Woomera(YPWR)
Elev: 549’
RW 18/36 Asphalt
RW 12/30 Asphalt
Port Augusta(YPAG)
Elev: 56’
RW 15/33 Bituminous
Port Pirie(YPIR)
Elev: 39’
RW 08/26 Asphalt
RW 17/35 Dirt
RW 03/21 Dirt
Balaklava(YBVA)
Elev: 148’
RW 16/34 Cement
RW 13/31 Cement
Gawler(YGAW)
Elev: 165’
RW 05/23 Cement
RW 13/31 Cement
Parafield(YPPF)
Elev: 57’
RW 08L/26R Asphalt
RW 08R/26L Asphalt
RW 03L/21R Asphalt
RW 03R/21L Asphalt
For comprehensive airport details refer: Aeronautical Information Package - Airservices .
The information is available under the latest ERSA. Simply search for the airport.
Aircraft: Bonanza or similar speed.
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: Discord
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 10:00z. 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 event …
Little NavMap: VFR Woomera (YPWR) to Parafield (YPPF).lnmpln (2.2 KB)
MSFS: VFR Woomera (YPWR) to Parafield (YPPF).pln (2.6 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_GAC.pdf - Simplify your life
Hi mate, does the voice room work for Xbox users? I fly with multiplayer turned on but have never joined in a group flight, so I don’t know how to talk to anybody, I do have a head set and mic setup.
Yes. We have Xbox users that talk on Discord in our voice room. It makes all the difference if you can enjoy the chatter with other pilots during the event.
I personally don’t use Xbox when I fly but there are a number of other pilots that join in and can offer assistance. If you join about 30mins prior to the departure time, you can chat with the guys.
You need a Discord account. Join this server (link provided) and then go to the Event Voice channel and talk.
Hope to see you soon on a group flight.
Event reminder …