Don’t be a GOOSE. Climb aboard your GOOSE and join us as we create a spash on a number of the Lochs in Scotland, as we make our way from Inverness to Glasgow.
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:2023-06-29T20:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: Inverness(EGPE) Loch Tay(SWR1) Glasgow(EGPF)
Take off from Inverness(EGPE)
Track 180 deg to Loch Moy 9.6nm
Full Stop Landing in Lock Moy
Take off from Lock Moy
Track 249 deg to Loch Ruthven 9.8nm
Full Stop Landing in Loch Ruthven
Take off from Loch Ruthven
Track 242 deg to Loch Ness 7.4nm
Full Stop Landing in Loch Ness
Take off from Loch Ness
Track 234 deg to Loch Garry 17.1nm
Full Stop landing in Loch Garry
Take off from Loch Garry
Track 176 deg to Loch Lochy 6.1nm
Full Stop landing in Loch Lochy
Take off from Loch Lochy
Track 153 deg to Loch Treig 11.4nm
Full Stop Landing in Loch Treig
Take off from Loch Treig
Track 126 deg to Loch Ossian 3.7nm
Full Stop Landing in Loch Ossian
Take off from Loch Ossian
Track 118 deg to Loch Rannoch 11.8nm
Full Stop Landing in Loch Rannoch
Take off from Loch Rannoch
Track 172 deg to Loch Tay(SWR1) 11.9nm
Full Stop Landing in Loch Tay(SWR1) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Loch Tay
Track 175 deg to Loch Earn 6.5nm
Full Stop Landing in Loch Earn
Take off from Loch Earn
Track 212 deg to Loch Lubnaig 5.9nm
Full Stop Landing in Loch Lubnaig
Take off from Loch Lubnaig
Track 174 deg to Loch Venachar 4.9nm
Full Stop Landing in Loch Venachar
Take off from Loch Venachar
Track 230 deg to Loch Lomond 13.4nm
Full Stop Landing in Loch Lomond
Take off from Loch Lomond
Track 157 deg to Glasgow(EGPF) 13nm
Full Stop Landing at Glasgow(EGPF)
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 7,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details
Inverness(EGPE)
Elev: 31’
RW 05/23 Asphalt
RW 11/29 Asphalt
Loch-Tay(SWR1)
Elev: 348’
RW 07/25 Water
Glasgow(EGPF)
Elev: 26’
RW 05/23 Asphalt
Aircraft: Grumman Goose
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 20:00z. There will be no need for official radio calls. Let’s 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 Inverness (EGPE) to Glasgow Airport (EGPF).lnmpln (3.6 KB)
MSFS: VFR Inverness (EGPE) to Glasgow Airport (EGPF).pln (4.0 KB)
Suggested scenery addons …
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.pdf - Simplify your life
Event reminder …