Aussie Group Flights Team: Scotland North Coast 500 - Glensanda to Broadford

The ‘NC500 for GA’ is a 6-leg, 633nm extravaganza around Scotland. It’s a rough equivalent to the road-based ‘North Coast 500’, hence the name. Average flight time per leg is 84 min, when cruising in the Tiger Moth at an IAS of 75-80 knt (not considering wind conditions). There will be the usual 10 minute break which should keep the events just under 2hrs.

Special thanks to David (mdps) for producing the event.

Leg 1: Glasgow(EGPF) to Glensanda(EGYS)
Leg 2: Glensanda(EGYS) to Broadford(XBRO)
Leg 3: Broadford(XBRO) to John Lennon Memorial Garden
Leg 4: John Lennon Memorial Garden to Dornoch(EGZP)
Leg 5: Dornoch(EGZP) to Blair Atholl(EGQI)
Leg 6: Blair Atholl(EGQI) to Glasgow(EGPF)

Leg 2: Glensanda(EGYS) to Broadford(XBRO)

Details to follow. Hope you can join us.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS INFORMATION IS FOR FLIGHT SIMULATION USE ONLY.

Regards, Paul

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How we got to Glensanda (last week) - 90 second video:

Notes to support the event …

Scenery for the event …

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ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …

Group Flight: 2023-06-26T20:00:00Z

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

Route: Glensanda(EGYS) Rannock Moor, Glencoe, Ben Navis, Blar Mhor, Glenfinnan Viaduct, Kyle of Lochalsh, Broadford(XBRO).

Take off from Glensanda(EGYS)
Track 083 deg to Rannoch Moor 26nm
Track 288 deg to Glencoe 11.5nm
Track 028 deg to Ben Nevis 7.7nm
Track 318 deg to Blar Mhor 3.8nm
Track 283 deg to Glenfinnan Viaduct 11.5nm
Track 341 deg to Kyle of Lockalsh 26nm
Track 247 deg to Broadford(XBRO) 4nm
Full Stop landing at Broadford(XBRO).

Altitude: The route can be flown up to 5,500’ to be clear of terrain.

Airport details

Glensanda(EGYS)
Elev: 22’
RW 11/29 Grass

Broadford(XBRO)
Elev: 25’
RW 06/24 Asphalt

Aircraft: Tiger Moth

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. 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 for the event …

Little NavMap: VFR Glensanda Airstrip (EGYS) to Broadford Airstrip (XBRO).lnmpln (2.2 KB)

MSFS: VFR Glensanda Airstrip (EGYS) to Broadford Airstrip (XBRO).pln (2.7 KB)

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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_NC500.pdf - Simplify your life

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

It looks like EGYS only has the option to depart from runway. No ramps, gates or parking in the default for MSFS. Is there an add-on for this airfield or another means of avoiding spawning on the runway?

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If there isn’t a choice just spawn on the runway and taxi of to the side.

The REST STOP …

As there are no airports along the route, we’ll defer to David to suggest a landing spot for our usual 10min break.

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Also if you want “cold and dark” starts:

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In the notes he suggests “after the Ben Nevis TG and engine cut, practise a forced landing following engine failure for a LFS at Blar Mhor (follow the leader to the ‘brown field’ site)”

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Thanks I’ll download this when I get back home

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Event reminder …

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DEBRIEF

Fun (and at least one heart attack each) was had by all in this well attended event.

Lined up at Glensanda for the short field, down hill, very downward takeoff toward the water:

We played follow the leader to the highest mountain in the UK Ben Nevis, executed a T&G on the top

Then cut the mags and enjoyed the unnerving quiet glide down to Fort William below, again follow the leader to an anxiety inducing power out landing:

Suitably refreshed we headed off to the Glenfinnan Railway Viaduct, where the brave executed themselves and the foolish executed the feat of flying their 29 foot wingspan Tiger Moth through one of the 49 foot arches.

Throughout the flight we were entertained by the superb aerobatics of OZHERO and TANGO THEO:

HIGH

 
 
AND LOW (I lost sight of them along the road showing last altitude of 32 feet)

But all arrived safe for dinner

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