ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …
Group Flight: 2022-12-16T09:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: Cairns(YBCS) Cairns City(WP1) False Cape(FCP) Cape Grafton(CGF) Fitzroy Is(FID) Green Is(GNIS) Reef(WP2 - WP17) Lizard Is(YLZI) Cape Flattery(YCFL) Cooktown(YCKN).
Take off from Cairns(YBCS)
Track 148 deg to Cairns City(WP1) 2.3nm
Track 052 deg to False Cape(FCP) 5.2nm
Track 073 deg to Cape Grafton(CGF) 3.9nm
Track 128 deg to Fitzroy Is(FID) 6nm
Track 348 deg to Green Is(GNIS) 10.5nm
Water landing at Green Is(GNIS)
Take Off from Green Is(GNIS)
Track to Reef(WP2 to WP10)
Full Stop Landing at Reef(WP10) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Reef(WP10)
Track to Reef(WP11 to WP17)
Track 334 deg to Lizard Is(YLZI) 11.3nm
Water Landing at Lizard Is(YLZI)
Take off from Lizard Is(YLZI)
Track 199 deg to Cape Flattery(YCFL) 19.7nm
Touch and Go at Cape Flattery(YCFL)
Track 195 deg to Endeavour Valley Rd(RW11 3m) 29nm
Track 105 deg to Cooktown(YCKN) 3nm
Full Stop Landing at Cooktown(YCKN).
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 2,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details
Cairns(YBCS)
Elev: 10’
RW 15/33 Asphalt
Lizard Is(YLZI)
Elev: 70’
RW 12/30 Bituminous
Cape Flattery(YCFL)
Elev: 38’
RW 13/31 Bituminous
Cooktown(YCKN)
Elev: 26’
RW 11/29 Asphalt
For airport comprehensive airport details refer: Aeronautical Information Package - Airservices .
The information is available under the latest ERSA. Simply search for the airport.
Aircraft: Beaver on floats.
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 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
