Climb aboard your Icon A5 for some Island hopping and water landings.
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: 2023-12-06T20:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: Coronel Raul Arias Espinoza(MPRA) Contadora(MPCS) San Miguel(MPSN) Punta Cocos(MP26) San Jose Is(SIC) Fernando Eleta(MPFE) Viveros Is(IVI) Coronel Rau Arias Espinoza(MPRA)
Take off from Coronel Raul Arias Espinoza(MPRA)
Track 269 deg to Water Landing(LP5) 1.4nm
Full Stop Landing at Water Landing(LP5)
Take off from Water Landing(LP5)
Track 179 deg to Water Landing(LP4) 6.5nm
Full Stop Landing at Water Landing(LP4)
Take off from Water Landing(LP4)
Track 091 deg to Contadora(MPCS) 1.7nm
Touch and Go at Contadora(MPCS)
Track 132 deg to San Miguel(MPSN) 6.4nm
Touch and Go at San Miguel(MPSN)
Track 173 deg to Water Landing(LP2) 9.1nm
Full Stop Landing at Water Landing(LP2)
Take off from Water Landing(LP2)
Track 187 deg to Punta Cocos(MP26) 5nm
Full Stop Landing at Punta Cocos(MP26) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Punta Cocos(MP26)
Track 288 deg to San Jose Is(SIC) 10.5nm
Touch and Go at San Jose Is(SIC)
Track 274 deg to Water Landing(LP3) 3nm
Full Stop Landing at Water Landing(LP3)
Take off from Water Landing(LP3)
Track 011 deg to Fernando Eleta(MPFE) 9nm
Touch and Go at Fernando Eleta(MPFE)
Track 066 deg to Viveros Is(IVI) 7.4nm
Touch and Go at Viveros Is(IVI)
Track 354 deg to Water Landing(LP1) 6.2nm
Full Stop Landing at Water Landing(LP1)
Take off from Water Landing(LP1)
Track 352 deg to Coronel Raul Arias Espinoza(MPRA) 3.6nm
Full Stop Landing at Coronel Raul Arias Espinoza(MPRA).
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 1,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details
Coronel Raul Arias Espinoza(MPRA)
Elev: 43’
RW 18/36 Asphalt
Contadora(MPCS)
Elev: 70’
RW 01/19 Dirt
San Miguel(MPSN)
Elev: 61’
RW 03/21 Asphalt
Punta Cocos(MP26)
Elev: 92’
RW 08/26 Bituminous
San Jose Is(SIC)
Elev: 112’
RW 13/31 Dirt
Fernando Eleta(MPFE)
Elev: 311’
RW 01/19 Asphalt
Viveros Is(IVI)
Elev: 80’
RW 01/19 Dirt
Aircraft: Icon A5
IMPORTANT: In the interest of keeping it REAL, please refrain from selecting inappropriate aircraft, like airliners. Unless it is appropriate for the event. 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 20:00z. 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 Coronel Raul Arias Espinoza (MPRA) to Coronel Raul Arias Espinoza (MPRA).lnmpln (3.4 KB)
MSFS: VFR Coronel Raul Arias Espinoza (MPRA) to Coronel Raul Arias Espinoza (MPRA).pln (4.5 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_1.pdf - Simplify your life
Event reminder …