Join us as we do some 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
This is actually the Lesser Antilles Islands. The Bahamas Islands are north of Puerto Rico and Hispaniola.
Geography was never my strong point. We will however end up in the Bahamas.
No worries. Just helping out. Great flight plan.
ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …
Group Flight: 2022-02-11T09:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: TGPY(Point Salines Intl) - TPGP(Grenville) - TGPZ(Lauriston) - TVSU(Union I. Intl) - TVSC(Canouan) - TVSM(Mustique Is) - TVSB(J.F.Mitchell) - TVSV(E.T.Joshua) - TVSA(Argyle Intl) - TLPL(Hewnorra Intl) - TLPC(George F.Charles) - TFFF(Le Lamentin) - TDCF(Canefield Intl) - TDPD(Melville Hall).
Take off from Point Salines Intl(TGPY)
Track 065 deg to Grenville(TPGP) 13nm
Touch and Go at Grenville(TPGP)
Track 038 deg to Lauriston(TGPZ) 22nm
Touch and Go at Lauriston(TGPZ)
Track 040 deg to Union I. Intl(TVSU) 8nm
Touch and Go at Union I. Intl(TVSU)
Track 049 deg to Canouan(TVSC) 7.4nm
Touch and Go at Canouan(TVSC)
Track 056 deg to Mustique Is(TVSM) 14.8nm
Touch and Go at Mustique Is(TVSM)
Track 337 deg to J.F.Mitchell(TVSB) 7.7nm
Touch and Go at J.F.Mitchell(TVSB)
Track 033 deg to E T Joshua(TVSV) 9.8nm
Touch and Go at E T Joshua(TVSV)
Track 090 deg to Argyle Intl(TVSA) 3.8nm
Touch and Go at Argyle Intl(TVSA)
Track 034 deg to Hewanorra Intl(TLPL) 36nm
Full Stop Landing at Hewanorra Intl(TLPL) --- 10min Break
Take off from Hewanorra Intl(TLPL)
Track 008 deg to George F.Charles(TLPC) 17.4nm
Touch and Go at George F.Charles(TLPC)
Track 015 deg to Le Lamentin(TFFF) 34nm
Touch and Go at Le Lamentin(TFFF)
Track 348 deg to Canefield Intl(TDCF) 50nm
Touch and Go at Canefield Intl(TDCF)
Track 038 deg to Melville Hall(TDPD) 13.7nm
Full Stop Landing at Melville Hall(TDPD)
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 3,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details:
Point Salines Intl(TGPY)
Elev: 45’
RW 10/28 Bituminous
Grenville(TPGP)
Elev: 48’
RW 09/27 Bituminous
Lauriston(TGPZ)
Elev: 5’
RW 09/27 Bituminous
Union I. Intl(TVSU)
Elev: 18’
RW 08/26 Asphalt
Canouan(TVSC)
Elev: 16’
RW 13/31 Asphalt
Mustique Is(TVSM)
Elev: 9’
RW 09/27 Bituminous
J.F.Mitchell(TVSB)
Elev: 15’
RW 12/30 Bituminous
E T Joshua(TVSV)
Elev: 28’
RW 07/25 Bituminous
Argyle Intl(TVSA)
Elev: 136’
RW 04/22 Asphalt
Hewanorra Intl(TLPL)
Elev: 14’
RW 10/28 Asphalt
George F.Charles(TLPC)
Elev: 22’
RW 09/27 Bituminous
Le Lamentin(TFFF)
Elev: 16’
RW 10/28 Asphalt
Canefield Intl(TDCF)
Elev: 13’
RW 01/19 Asphalt
Melville Hall(TDPD)
Elev: 90’
RW 09/27 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: 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 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: VFR Point Salines Intl (TGPY) to Melville Hall (TDPD).lnmpln (3.6 KB)
MSFS: VFR Point Salines Intl (TGPY) to Melville Hall (TDPD).pln (4.9 KB)
Charts to support the event …
Print this flight card out for your easy reference during the flight (Note: only available up to the date of the flight):
Click on the below link to download airports for the Bahamas. Thanks to WOZ for providing and hosting the files: https://www.dropbox.com/s/17cj9ahrao7flxd/BAHAMAS.7z?dl=0
Event reminder …
