Aussie Group Flights Team: Warbirds over Africa - Moshi to Dar-Es-Salaam

<< FINAL EVENT IN THE SERIES>>

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 Moshi(HTMS) to Dar-Es-Salaam Intl(HTDA).

Aircraft: AT-6A Texan

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: 2023-11-08T20:00:00Z

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

Route: Moshi(HTMS) Voi Park(HKVH) Ukunda(HKUK) Chake Chake(HTPE) Kisauni(HTZA) Dar-Es-Salaam Intl(HTDA).

Take off from Moshi(HTMS)
Track 096 deg to POI122 13.8nm
Follow the waypoints POI122 thru POI27
Track 053 deg to Voi Park(HKVH) 5.5nm
Touch and Go at Voi Park(HKVH)
Track 182 deg to POI123 4.1nm
Follow the waypoints POI28 thru PO133
Track 202 deg to Ukunda(HKUK) 12.5nm
Touch and Go at Ukunda(HKUK)
Track 191 deg to POI134 3.8nm
Follow the waypoints PO134 thru POI139
Track 196 deg to Chake Chake(HTPE) 6.4nm
Full Stop Landing at Chake Chake(HTPE) +++ 10 minute break +++
Take off from Chake Chake(HTPE)
Track 227 deg to POI140 16.9nm
Follow the waypoints POI140 thru POI145
Track 169 deg to Kisauni(HTZA) 3.8nm
Touch and Go at Kisauni(HTZA)
Track 183 deg to POI146 26nm
Follow the waypoints POI146 thru POI147
Track 234 deg to Dar-Es-Salaam Intl(HTDA) 7.1nm
Full Stop Landing at Dar-Es-Salaam Intl(HTDA)

Altitude: The route can be flown up to 5,500’ to be clear of terrain.

Airport details:

Moshi(HTMS)
Elev: 2,801’
RW 08/26 Asphalt
RW 18/36 Grass

Voi Park(HKVH)
Elev: 1,778’
RW 06/24 Dirt
RW 15/33 Dirt
RW 02/20 Dirt

Ukunda(HKUK)
Elev: 53’
RW 01/19 Asphalt

Chake Chake(HTPE)
Elev: 63’
RW 02/20 Asphalt

Kisauni(HTZA)
Elev: 54’
RW 18/36 Asphalt

Dar-Es-Salaam Intl(HTDA)
Elev: 182’
RW 05/23 Asphalt
RW 14/32 Asphalt

Aircraft: AT-6A Texan

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 Moshi (HTMS) to Dar-Es-Salaam Intl (HTDA).lnmpln (6.0 KB)

MSFS: VFR Moshi (HTMS) to Dar-Es-Salaam Intl (HTDA).pln (9.8 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 …