In this series we will be exploring South America. This event sees us departing from Chagual for San Francisco.
Aircraft: War Bird of your choice (capable of at least 240 knotts).
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: 2024-01-19T09:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: Chagual(SPGL) Angasmarca(SPTO) Urpay(SPAI) Commandante German Arias Grazzi(SPHZ) Alferez David Figueroa Fernand(SPNC) Vicco(SPVI) Jauja(SPJJ) San Francisco(SPPE).
Take off from Chagual(SPGL)
Track 229 deg to Angasmarca(SPTO) 28nm
Touch and Go at Angasmarca(SPTO)
Track 114 deg to Urpay(SPAI) 37nm
Touch and Go at Urpay(SPAI)
Track 194 deg to Comandante German Arias Grazzi(SPHZ) 61nm
Touch and Go at Comandante German Arias Grazzi(SPHZ)
Track 114 deg to Alferez David Figueroa Fernand(SPNC) 88nm
Touch and Go at Alferez David Figueroa Fernand(SPNC)
Track 186 deg to Vicco(SPVI) 58nm
Full Stop Landing at Vicco(SPVI) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Vicco(SPVI)
Track 144 deg to Jauja(SPJJ) 72nm
Touch and Go at Jauja(SPJJ)
Track 132 deg to San Francisco(SPPE) 122nm
Full Stop Landing at San Francisco(SPPE)
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 21,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details
Chagual(SPGL)
Elev: 3,967
RW 14/34 Asphalt
Angasmarca(SPTO)
Elev: 1,070’
RW 03/21 Cement
Urpay(SPAI)
Elev: 869’
RW 13/31 Grass
Comandante German Arias Grazzi(SPHZ)
Elev: 9,097’
RW 16/34 Bituminous
Alferez David Figueroa Fernand(SPNC)
Elev: 6,070’
RW 07/25 Bituminous
Vicco(SPVI)
Elev: 1,346’
RW 18/36 Asphalt
Jauja(SPJJ)
Elev: 11,034’
RW 13/31 Bituminous
San Francisco(SPPE)
Elev: 2,326’
RW 03/21 Asphalt
Aircraft: War Bird, e.g., Spitfire, Mustang, Corsair, Wild Cat etc.
IMPORTANT: In the interest of keeping it REAL, please refrain from selecting inappropriate aircraft, like airliners. Unless it is appropriate for the event. 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 South East Asia.
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 09:00z. 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 to support the event …
Little NavMap: VFR Chagual Airport (SPGL) to San Francisco Airport (SPPE).lnmpln (2.5 KB)
MSFS: VFR Chagual Airport (SPGL) to San Francisco Airport (SPPE).pln (3.2 KB)
Refer to the Discord Server for the Flight Card for this event.
Event reminder …