In this series we will be flying warbirds over scenic areas in Africa. Typical warbirds that will be used in the series are Spitfire, Mustang, Corsair, Hurricane, DC6, DC3 and Caribou.
In this event, we will fly from Eldoret Intl(HKEL) to Moshi(HTMS).
Choose your favourite single engine prop warbird.
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: 2023-11-01T20:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: Eldoret(HKEL) Kapchomoswo(HKTG) Lanet(HKNK) Eastleigh(HKRE) Ngorongoro(HTNV) Arusha(HTAR) Moshi(HTMS).
Take off from Eldoret Intl(HKEL)
Track 081 deg to POI79 7.2nm
Follow the waypoints POI79 thru POI82
Track 348 deg to Kapchomuswo(HKTG) 3nm
Track 044 deg to POI83 5.5nm
Follow the waypoints POI83 thru POI91
Track 092 deg to Lanet(HKNK) 6nm
Touch and Go at Lanet(HKNK)
Track 158 deg to POI92 3.3nm
Follow the waypoints POI92 thru POI102
Track 062 deg to Eastleigh(HKRE) 2.5nm
Full Stop Landing at Eastleigh(HKRE) +++ 10 minute break +++
Take off from Eastleigh(HKRE)
Track 239 deg to POI103 15.4nm
Follow the waypoints POI103 thru POI112
Track 239 deg to Ngorongoro(HTNV) 4.3nm
Touch and Go at Ngorongoro(HTNV)
Track 121 deg to POI113 13.7nm
Follow the waypoints POI113 thru POI117
Track 080 deg to Arusha(HTAR) 26nm
Touch and Go at Arusha(HTAR)
Track 097 deg to POI118 3.8nm
Follow the waypoints POI118 thru POI120
Track 173 deg to Moshi(HTMS) 12.4nm
Full Stop Landing at Moshi(HTMS)
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 11,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details:
Eldoret Intl(HKEL)
Elev: 6,945’
RW 08/26 Asphalt
Kapchomuswo(HKTG)
Elev: 6,162’
RW 18/36 Bituminous
Lanet(HKNK)
Elev: 6,261’
RW 13/31 Grass
Eastleigh(HKRE)
Elev: 5,335’
RW 06/24 Bituminous
RW 14/32 Dirt
Ngoromgoro(HTNV)
Elev: 7,768’
RW 10/28 Grass
Arusha(HTAR)
Elev: 4,583’
RW 09/27 Asphalt
Moshi(HTMS)
Elev: 2,801’
RW 08/26 Asphalt
RW 18/36 Grass
Aircraft: Single Engine Prop Warbird of your Choice (must be capable of 240knots).
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. Unless of course the event includes airliners.
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 20:00z. There will be no need for official radio calls. Let’s 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 Eldoret Intl (HKEL) to Moshi (HTMS).lnmpln (8.8 KB)
MSFS: VFR Eldoret Intl (HKEL) to Moshi (HTMS).pln (14.8 KB)
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_AfWB.pdf - Simplify your life
Event reminder …