Aussie Group Flights Team - Island hopping to the Bahamas Pt 2 of 2

Join us as we continue our Island Hopping to the Bahamas in the recently released Twin Otter or Kodiak (or any GA aircraft of your choice).

If you select a float version, feel free to mix it up with airport and water landings, as many airports are next to the water anyway.

Details to follow. Hope you can join us.

Regards, Paul

ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …

Group Flight: 2022-02-18T09:00:00Z

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

Route: TDPD(Melville Hall) - TFFM(Marie Galante) - TFFS(Le Saints) - TFFB(Ballif) - TFFR(Le Raizet) - TRPG(Osborne Intl) - TKPN(Vance Winkworth Amory) - TKPK(Bradshaw Intl) - TNCE(F.D.Roosevelt) - TNCS(Juancho E.Yrausquin) - TFFJ(St Barthelemy Is) - TNCM(Princess Juliana Intl) - TFFG(Grand Case) - TQPF(Wallblake).

Take off from Melville Hall(TDPD)
Track 020 deg to Marie Galante(TFFM) 19.4nm
Touch and Go at Marie Galante(TFFM)
Track 284 deg to Le Saints(TFFS) 17.8nm
Touch and Go at Le Saints(TFFS)
Track 329 deg to Baillif(TFFB) 12.9nm
Touch and Go at Baillif(TFFB)
Track 055 deg to Le Raizet(TFFR) 19.6nm
Touch and Go at Le Raizet(TFFR)
Track 324 deg to Osborne Intl(TRPG) 50nm
Touch and Go at Osborne Intl(TRPG)
Track 332 deg to Vance Winkworth Amory(TKPN) 34nm
Touch and Go at Vance Winkworth Amory(TKPN)
Track 325 deg to Bradshaw Intl(TKPK) 9.7nm
Full Stop Landing at Bradshaw Intl(TKPK) --- 10min Break
Take off from Bradshaw Intl(TKPK)
Track 321 deg to F.D.Roosevelt(TNCE) 18.6nm
Touch and Go at F.D.Roosevelt(TNCE)
Track 318 deg to Juancho E.Yrausquin(TNCS) 16.4nm
Touch and Go at Juancho E.Yrausquin(TNCS)
Track 069 deg to St Barthelemy I(TFFJ) 27nm
Full Stop Landing at St Barthelemy I(TFFJ)
Take off from St Barthelemy I(TFFJ)
Track 313 deg to Princess Juliana Intl(TFFG) 17.2nm
Touch and Go at Princess Juliana Intl(TFFG)
Track 058 deg to Grand Case(TFFG) 5nm
Touch and Go at Grand Case(TFFG)
Track 012 deg to Wallblake(TQPF) 6.3nm
Full Stop Landing at Wallblake(TQPF)

Altitude: The route can be flown up to 3,500’ to be clear of terrain.

Airport details:

Melville Hall(TDPD)
Elev: 90’
RW 09/27 Asphalt

Marie Galante(TFFM)
Elev: 19’
RW 09/27 Bituminous

Le Saints(TFFS)
Elev: 26’
RW 09/27 Asphalt

Baillif(TFFB)
Elev: 38’
RW 14/32 Bituminous

Le Raizet(TFFR)
Elev: 35’
RW 12/30 Asphalt

Osborne Intl(TRPG)
Elev: 550’
RW 10/28 Asphalt

Vance Winkworth Amory(TKPN)
Elev: 25’
RW 10/28 Asphalt

Bradshaw Intl(TKPK)
Elev: 168’
RW 07/25 Asphalt

F.D.Roosevelt(TNCE)
Elev: 131’
RW 06/24 Bituminous

Juancho E.Yrausquin(TNCS)
Elev: 138’
RW 12/30 Asphalt

St Barthelemy I(TFFJ)
Elev: 48’
RW 10/28 Cement

Princess Juliana Intl(TNCM)
Elev: 14’
RW 10/28 Asphalt

Grand Case(TFFG)
Elev: 23’
RW 12/30 Bituminous

Wallblake(TQPF)
Elev: 124’
RW 11/29 Asphalt

Aircraft: Twin Otter, Kodiak 100 or Caravan (or similar Bush Plane).

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

Flight Plans to support the event …

Little NavMap: IFR Melville Hall (TDPD) to Wallblake (TQPF).lnmpln (3.6 KB)

MSFS: IFR Melville Hall (TDPD) to Wallblake (TQPF).pln (4.9 KB)

Print this flight card out for your easy reference during the flight (Note: only available up to the date of the flight):

Charts to support the event …


Airport Diagram Melville Hall(TDPD)


Airport Diagram Bradshaw Intl(TKPK)


Airport Diagram St Barthelemy I(TFFJ)


Airport Diagram Wallblake(TQPF)

Click on the below link to download airports for the Bahamas. Thanks to WOZ for providing and hosting the files: Dropbox - BAHAMAS.7z - Simplify your life

For those that enjoyed last weeks flight, this is one to NOT MISS. A number of challenging landings and spectacular scenery.

See you later today.

We will do a Full Stop Landing at TNCS. This is a very short runway and will test our skills.

Sorry Guys, I considered this area to be the Bahamas when it’s actually the Caribbean Islands. I will plan another event that uses the scenery I noted above in the Bahamas. Another geography lesson learned.

Regards, Paul