Aussie Group Flights Team: TBM Tour - NZ North and South Islands

Take a broad view of the North and South Island with a TBM930 and visit some hand crafted airports along the way.

We begin our journey at Auckland in the North Island and perform full stop landings at Wellington, the capital of New Zealand in the South of the North Island. We then proceed across the South Island and call into Christchurch before reaching our destination at Queenstown.

Enjoy the improvements to the TBM930 in SU12 while continuing to enjoy the recent World Update of New Zealand in WU12.

Details to follow. Hope you can join us.

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

Regards, Paul

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ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …

Group Flight: 2023-03-30T19:00:00Z

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

Route: Auckland(NZAA) Wellington(NZWN) Christchurch(NZCH) Queenstown(NZQN).

Take off from Auckland(NZAA)
Track 160 deg to Wellington(NZWN) 259nm
Full Stop Landing at Wellington(NZWN) +++ 10min Break +++ 
Take off from Wellington(NZWN)
Track 194 deg to Christchurch(NZCH) 164nm
Full Stop Landing at Christchurch(NZCH) +++ 5min Break +++
Take off from Christchurch(NZCH)
Track 215 deg to Queenstown(NZQN) 187nm
Full Stop Landing at Queenstown(NZQN)

Altitude: The route can be flown up to 8,500’ to be clear of terrain.

Airport details

Auckland Intl(NZAA)
Elev: 23’
RW 05R/23L

Wellington Intl(NZWN)
Elev: 41’
RW 16/34 Asphalt

Christchurch Intl(NZCH)
Elev: 123’
RW 02/20 Bituminous
RW 11/29 Bituminous
RW 02L/20R Grass

Queenstown(NZQN)
Elev: 1,171’
RW 05/23 Asphalt
RW 14/32 Asphalt

Aircraft: TBM930

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: Discord

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 19:00z. 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

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Flight plans for the event …

Little NavMap: VFR Auckland International Airport (NZAA) to Queenstown (NZQN).lnmpln (1.6 KB)

MSFS: VFR Auckland International Airport (NZAA) to Queenstown (NZQN).pln (2.0 KB)

I’ll use this GMT time since local times shown in this forum aren’t correct ( yet )

Thanks Phil, I plan to be there. With any luck I’ll get immediately tied into the appropriate comms channel.
Cheers, John

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.pdf - Simplify your life

Event reminder …

Need a good link to discord

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Says “invite invalid”. I’m new to Discord. What am I doing wrong?

Sorry Guys, the link to Discord is supposed to last seven days but I find people can’t use it closer to the event.

Here is another link. It won’t get you into this event but you’ll be set for future ones.

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Thanks, that one works. Look forward to attending more of your events. Did the New Zealand (3-30) flight today and had a blast even though I could not yet talk to anyone on Discord.