ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …
Group Flight: 2022-12-23T09:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: Cairns(YBCS) Trinity Beach(TRIN) Palm Cove(PCVE) Wangetti(WAT) Port Douglas(PTD) Daintree(DAIN) Bloomfield River(YBMD) Cooktown(YCKN) Hope Vale(YHPV) Kalpowar(YKPR) Bizant(YBIZ) Yarranden(YYDN) Coen Town(YCTP) Coen(YCOE).
Take off from Cairns(YBCS)
Track 326 deg to Trinity Beach(TRIN) 6.9nm
Track 310 deg to Palm Cove(PCVE) 2.8nm
Track 305 deg to Wangetti(WAT) 7.7nm
Track 325 deg to Port Douglas(PTD) 12.4nm
Track 322 deg to Daintree(DAIN) 16.4nm
Track 356 deg to Bloomfield River(YBMD) 23nm
Touch and Go at Bloomfield River(YBMD)
Track 335 deg to Cooktown(YCKN) 27nm
Full Stop Landing at Cooktown(YCKN) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Cooktown(YCKN)
Track 327 deg to Hope Vale(YHPV) 10.3nm
Touch and Go at Hope Vale(YHPV)
Track 289 deg to Kalpowar(YKPR) 57nm
Touch and Go at Kalpowar(YKPR)
Track 321 deg to Bizant(YBIZ) 10.7nm
Track 293 deg to Yarraden(YYDN) 54nm
Touch and Go at Yarraden(YYDN)
Track 335 deg to Coen Town(YCTP) 22nm
Touch and Go at Coen Town(YCTP)
Track 336 deg to Coen(YCOE) 12.3nm
Full Stop Landing at Coen(YCOE).
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 5,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details
Cairns(YBCS)
Elev: 10’
RW 15/33 Asphalt
Bloomfield River(YBMD)
Elev: 29’
RW 12/30 Grass
Cooktown(YCKN)
Elev: 26’
RW 11/29 Asphalt
Hope Vale(YHPV)
Elev: 205’
RW 10/28 Grass
Kalpowar(YKPR)
Elev: 73’
RW 11/29 Grass
Bizant(YBIZ)
Elev: 45’
RW 18/36 Grass
Yarraden(YYDN)
Elev: 789’
RW 04/22 Dirt
Coen Town(YCTP)
Elev: 634’
RW 08/26 Dirt
Coen(YCOE)
Elev: 533’
RW 11/29 Bituminous
RW 06/24 Dirt
For airport comprehensive airport details refer: Aeronautical Information Package - Airservices .
The information is available under the latest ERSA. Simply search for the airport.
Aircraft: GA aircraft of you choice. Would suit a Bonanza or similar.
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 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