When: 2024-01-26T09:00:00Z
In this series we will be exploring South America. This event sees us departing from San Francisco to Tnte Fap Alejandro Velazco.
Aircraft: TBM 850 or 930.
Machu Picchu
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 …
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: San Francisco(SPPE) Col Alfredo Mandivil Duarte(SPHO) Huambalpa(SPHM) Andahuaylas(SPHY) Tnte Fap Machu Picchu(POI1) Alejandro Velazco Ast(SPZO).
Take off from San Francisco(SPPE)
Track 239 deg to Col Alfredo Mandivil Duarte(SPHO) 40nm
Touch and Go at Col Alfredo Mandivil Duarte(SPHO)
Track 157 deg to Huambalpa(SPHM) 35nm
Touch and Go at Huambalpa(SPHM)
Track 098 deg to Andahuaylas(SPHY) 34nm
Full Stop Landing at Andahuaylas(SPHY) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Andahuaylas(SPHY)
Track 037 deg to Rio Chumbao River(POI2) 1.5nm
Track 307 deg to town of Andahuaylas(POI3) 3.6nm
Track 061 deg to Laguna Pacucha(POI4) 4.9nm
Track 088 deg to WP1 19.9nm
Track 132 deg to Los Rosales(POI8) 6.8nm
Track 068 deg to Curahuasi(POI7) 12.6nm
Track 037 deg to WP2 12.1nm
Follow Waypoints WP2 thru WP7 11.7nm
Track 036 deg to Machu Picchu(POI1) 4.5nm
Track 124 deg to WP8 18.6nm
Track 106 deg to Soqma 1nm
Track 138 deg to Laguna Huaypo(POI5) 8.7nm
Track 130 deg to Tnt Fap Alejandro Valazco Ast(SPZO) 13.8nm
Full Stop Landing at Tnt Fap Alejandro Valazco Ast(SPZO)
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 21,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details
San Francisco(SPPE)
Elev: 2,326’
RW 03/21 Asphalt
Col Alfredo Mendivil Duarte(SPHO)
Elev: 8.999’
RW 02/20 Bituminous
Huambalpa(SPHM)
Elev: 11,873’
RW 13/31 Asphalt
Andahuaylas(SPHY)
Elev: 11,706’
RW 03/21 Asphalt
Tnte Fap Alejandro Velazdo Ast(SPZO)
Elev: 10,860’
RW 10/28 Asphalt
Aircraft: TBM 850/930
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 San Francisco Airport (SPPE) to Tnte Fap Alejandro Velazco Ast (SPZO).lnmpln (4.6 KB)
MSFS: VFR San Francisco Airport (SPPE) to Tnte Fap Alejandro Velazco Ast (SPZO).pln (6.8 KB)
Refer to the Discord Server for the Flight Card for this event.