Reunion is a French Island approximately 550 km/340 m east of the Island of Madagascar and 175 klms/109 m South west of the island of Mauritius. Join us as we fly between Gillot and Pierrefonds airports as we explore this beautiful island.
Details to follow. Hope you can join us.
Regards, Paul
ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …
Group Flight: 2021-06-11T10:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route 1: FMEE(Gillot) - UP1(Sainte-Suzanne) - UP2(Saint-Andre) - UP3(Saint-Benoit) - UP4(Chemin de Ceinture) - UP5(La Plaine des Palmistes) - UP6(Dolomieu Crater) - UP10(Saint-Philippe) - UP13(Langevin) - UP12 - UP11 - LP1(Landing Point) - UP14 - UP16 - UP15 - UP8(Saint-Joseph) - UP9(Saint-Pierre) - FMEP(Pierrefonds).
Route 2: FMEP(Pierrefonds) - UP17(LEtang-Sale) - UP26 - UP18 - UP19(Cilaos) - UP20 - UP21 - UP22(Le Port) - UP26(Dos dAne) - UP23(Grand-Ilet) - UP27(Mare a Vielle Place) - UP28(Salazie) - UP24 - UP29 - UP25 - FMEE(Gillot)
Take off from Gillot(FMEE)
Maintain 1,500' while near the coast
Track 120 deg to Sainte-Suzanne(UP1) 5.1nm
Track 164 deg to Saint-Andre(UP2) 4.5nm
Track 161 deg to Saint-Benoit(UP3) 5.9nm
Begin climb up to 10,500' to pass over the crater
Track 233 deg to Chemin de Ceinture(UP4) 2.8nm
Track 248 deg to La Plaine des Palmistes(UP5) 4.9nm
Track 163 deg to Dolomieu Crater(UP6) 8.1nm
Once over the crater, commence descent to 1,500' at the coast
Track 177 deg to Saint-Philippe 7.7nm
Track 280 deg to Langevin(UP13) 6.8nm
Enter the Canyon and stay low, following the river. Climb as terrain requires.
Track 012 deg to UP12 4.1nm
Track 044 deg to UP11 2.1nm
Track 024 deg to LP1(Landing Point 1) 2.4nm
Full Stop Landing at LP1
Take off from LP1
Track 258 deg to UP14 3nm
Enter Canyon and descend to again follow the river to the coast.
Track 201 deg to UP16 1.5nm
Track 167 deg to UP16 1.3nm
Track 204 deg to Saint-Joseph(UP8) 4.1nm
Track 306 deg to Saint- Pierre(UP9) 8.1nm
Track 312 deg to Pierrefonds(FMEP) 3.4nm
Full Stop Landing at Pierrefonds(FMEP)
Take off from Pierrefonds(FMEP)
Maintain 1,500' while near the coast
Track 336 deg to LEtang-Sale(UP17) 4.4nm
Commence climb up to 7,500', to reach Cilaos
Track 049 deg to UP26 3.9nm
Track 077 deg to UP18 3.2nm
Track 049 deg to Cilaos(UP19) 3.2nm
Track 347 deg to UP20 5.5nm
Commence steady descent to reach 1,500' by the coast
Track 344 deg to UP21 5.4nm
Track 324 deg to Le Port(UP22) 5.2nm
Begin climb to 7,500' by Grand-ilet(UP23)
Track 138 deg to Dos dAne(UP26) 5.9nm
Track 140 deg to Grand-Ilet(UP23) 5.9nm
Commence descent to follow terrain
Track 101 deg to Mare a Vieille Place(UP27) 1.9nm
Track 105 deg to Salazie(UP28) 1.9nm
Enter Canyon and follow to UP25
Track 075 deg to UP24 2.7nm
Track 118 deg to UP29 1.2nm
Track 072 deg to UP25 1.2nm
Track 336 deg to Gillot(FMEE) 8.3nm
Full Stop Landing at Gillot(FMEE)
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 10,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details:
Gillot(FMEE)
Elev: 66’
RW 14/32 Asphalt
RW 12/30 Asphalt
Pierrefonds(FMEP)
Elev: 60’
RW 15/33 Asphalt
Aircraft: Suggest the Got Gravel Cub for the event. This is a free aircraft. It’s powerful, can perform short landings and suits a range of terrain - available for free at : Savage Carbon - STOL Realism Mod • Flight Simulator 2020 .
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 “react” to get access to the voice rooms.
To “react”, 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/tch9yxkw
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 10:00z. 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:
Leg1: VFR Gillot (FMEE) to Pierrefonds (FMEP).lnmpln (4.0 KB)
Leg2: VFR Pierrefonds (FMEP) to Gillot (FMEE).lnmpln (3.6 KB)
MSFS:
Leg1: VFR Gillot (FMEE) to Pierrefonds (FMEP).pln (4.6 KB)
Leg2: VFR Pierrefonds (FMEP) to Gillot (FMEE).pln (4.2 KB)
Print this Flight Card out for your easy reference during the flight.
Event reminder …