Aussie Group Flights Team: Scotland North Coast 500 - John Lennon Memorial Gdn to Dornoch(EGZP)

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 3: John Lennon Memorial Garden to Dornoch(EGZP)

Details to follow. Hope you can join us.

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

Regards, Paul

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Notes to support the event …

ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …

Group Flight: 2023-07-10T20:00:00Z

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

Route: John Lennon Memorial Gdn(EGJLM) Wick(EGPC) Dornoch(EGZP).

Take off from John Lennon Memorial Airstrip(EGJLM)
Track 138 deg to Hope 5.9nm
Track 185 deg to Loch Hope
Track 077 deg to Dounreay 29nm
Full Stop Landing at Dounreay (disused airfield)
Take off from Dounreay
Track 081 deg to John O'Groats 21nm
Touch and Go at John O'Groats
Track 186 deg to Wick(EGPC) 11.1nm
Full Stop Landing at Wick(EGPC +++ 10 min Break +++
Take Off from Wick(EGPC)
Track 222 deg to Dornoch(EGZP) 46nm
Full Stop Landing at Dornoch(EGZP)

Altitude: The route can be flown up to 2,500’ to be clear of terrain.

Airport details

John Lennon Memorial Garden(EGJLM)
Elev: 157’
RW N/S Grass

Dounreay (Disused Airfield)
RW 04/22 Concrete

John O’Groats
RW 12/30 Hard

Wick(EGPC)
Elev: 126’
RW 13/31 Asphalt

Dornoch(EGZP)
Elev: 11’
RW 10/28 Grass

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 John Lennon Memorial Airstrip (EGJLM) to Dornoch Airfield (EGZP).lnmpln (2.1 KB)

MSFS: VFR John Lennon Memorial Airstrip (EGJLM) to Dornoch Airfield (EGZP).pln (2.9 KB)

“Take off from John Lennon Memorial Garden Airstrip”

Here is the airstrip (and POI) I created for us to gather and depart from: