Aussie Group Flights Team - NZ Experience - North and South Island

Kia ora! Join us on this New Zealand experience through the North and South Island.

All experience levels welcome.

Details to follow. Hope you can join us.

Regards, Paul

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ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …

Group Flight: 2021-03-19T09:00:00Z

PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: NZNR(Napier) – NZYP(Waipukurau) – NZPM(Palmerston North) – NZFP(Foxpine) – NZPP(Paraparaumu) – NZWN(Wellington) - NZOM(OMaka) - NZNS(Nelson) - NZMK(Motueka) - NZMR(Murchison) - Lake Christable - Lake Summer - NZOF(Oxford) - NZWJ(Woodend) - NZCH(Christchurch Intl).

Take off from Napier(NZNR)
Track 184deg to Waipukurau(NZYP) 35nm
Touch and Go at Waipukurau(NZYP)
Track 223 deg to Palmerston North(NZPM) 47nm
Touch and Go at  Palmerston North(NZPM)
Track 221 deg to Foxpine(NZFP) 17.8nm
Touch and Go at Foxpine(NZFP)
Track 184 deg to Paraparaumu(NZPP) 30nm
Touch and Go at Paraparaumu(NZPP)
Track 175 deg to Wellington(NZWN) 27nm
Full Stop at Wellington(NZWN)
Take off from Wellington(NZWN)
Track 231 deg to Omaka(NZOM) 42nm
Touch and Go at Omaka(NZOM)
Track 273 deg to Nelson(NZNS) 35nm
Touch and Go at Nelson(NZNS)
Track 293 deg to Motueka(NZMK) 14.8nm
Touch and Go at Motueka(NZMK)
Track 194 deg to Murchison(NZMR) 51nm
Touch and Go at Murchison(NZMR)
Track 163 deg to Lake Christabel 37nm
Track 161 deg to Lake Summer 17.5nm
Track 161 deg to Oxford(NZOF) 27nm
Touch and Go at Oxford(NZOF)
Track 089 deg to Woodend(NZWJ) 15.1nm
Touch and Go at Woodend(NZWJ)
Track 150deg to Christchurch(NZCH) 15.3nm
Full Stop landing at Christchurch(NZCH)

Altitude: The route can be flown up to 6,500’ to be clear of terrain.

Airport details:

Napier(NZNR)
Elev: 5’
RW 16/34
RW 07/25
RW 16L/34R

Waipukurau(NZYP)
Elev: 437’
RW 02/20

Palmerston North(NZPM)
Elev: 134’
RW 07/25
RW 07R/25L

Foxpine(NZFP)
Elev: 50’
RW 09/27

Paraparaumu(NZPP)
Elev: 16’
RW 06/34

Wellington(NZWN)
Elev: 38’
RW 16/34

Omaka(NZOM)
Elev: 94’
RW 01/19
RW 11/29
RW 06/24

Nelson(NZNS)
Elev: 13’
RW 02/20
RW 02L/20R
RW 06/24
RW 17/35

Motueka(NZMK)
Elev: 44’
RW 02/20

Murchison(NZMR)
Elev: 525’
RW 12/30

Oxford(NZOF)
Elev: 1,420’
RW 13/31

Woodend(NZWJ)
Elev: 397’
RW 04/22

Christchurch(NZCH)
Elev: 106’
RW 02/20
RW 11/29
RW 02L/20R

Aircraft: Any GA aircraft with an airspeed in excess of 150knots would be suitable for the event.

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/General/Flight Model
Select Legacy Model, so you can adjust the settings below
Move Crash Realism to 0
Select Modern Model, to reselect the appropriate flight model
Accept the settings

Next:

Select Options/Assistance
Expand Failure & Damage
Disable Crash Damage
Accept the changes

Voice Room: Discord for Official MSFS Community: Event #1 or Event #2 are the voice rooms available to us. I need to see which is available on the day and reserve it. I will be in the room and get it authorised for our use. Just look for my Userid: VHFIB to determine which room to enter. Until the room is open only one person can be in the room. In the past we have needed to use a PTT (push to talk) button. This is no longer required, so you can use voice activated comms. Some people prefer to use their phone or ipad etc for Discord comms.

Note: if you are new to the Discord Server for MSFS, you will need to β€œreact” to get access to the voice rooms.

To β€œreact”, once in the Discord for Official MSFS, click on the Important - Info option and at the very bottom, click on the button (last item at the bottom of the screen) to react and provide access. Note: clicking on the button accepts the conditions etc., which you can read via the available links.

Link to join the Voice Room: https://discord.gg/g2vf8Yv5
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 CLEAR Weather, so can enjoy the scenery:

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 Clear 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 9:00z. 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 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: IFR Napier (NZNR) to Christchurch Intl (NZCH).lnmpln (3.6 KB)
MSFS: IFR Napier (NZNR) to Christchurch Intl (NZCH).pln (5.0 KB)

Teaser shots for the event …

Print this out for your easy reference during the flight …

Hi Paul, I have set up a new Discord acc. Everything looks O.K. so am expecting to join in chats this flight Frank

Attention Pilots: If the duration of the flight is considered long, feel free to leave the flight at our Full Stop point (usually halfway through the event). Similarly, if you are in a timezone where you prefer to start later, join the event at the halfway point.

We will depart Napier (NZNR) at 9:00z
Depart Wellington (NZWN) just over an hour after.

Flexibility is the key here. Regards, Paul

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Event Reminder …

Hi, greetings from Germany, today one day off, will try to join,
in the flight plan there is the Wellington VOR (WN) instead of the airport (NZWN)

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Hello Flightsimmer. Unfortunately, I had to skip the last TaG. My window of opportunity was over. Until next time. Quax55

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