Aussie Group Flying Team: Carrier Sorties - Williamtown to Sydney Carrier

In this series of events, we will be landing and taking off from Carriers.

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Requirements:

Your aircraft: In this event we will start out with an aircraft that will be easier to land on the carrier and allow us to use the tools to assist with the landing task.

Aircraft: North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco
Download it for FREE here: North American Rockwell OV-10 Bronco for Microsoft Flight Simulator | MSFS

Carrier: Supercarrier Pro V1.0.1 is now available at ORBX and the Miltech Simulation Store: https://www.miltechsimulations.com/

  • NEW: Aircraft hangar accessible on static ships
  • NEW: Aircraft will now spawn to deck on moving ships
  • NEW: Moving carriers will now be identifiable by ICAO Code (see updated list of locations and ICAO codes)
  • Fixed bugs with spawning on static carriers (eg. aircraft spawns under the deck)
  • Collision surface fixed on static support ships
  • Other various Bugfixes (https://miltechsimulations.talkyard.net/.../supercarrier…)

Release version on MS Marketplace will be V1.0.1 (PC and Xbox)

Sortie: Williamtown to Sydney Carrier

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: 2023-10-03T20:00:00Z

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

Route: Williamtown(YWLM) Aeropelican(YLMQ) Richmond(YSRI) Sydney Carrier(FC03).

Take off from Williamtown(YWLM)
Track 198 deg to Aeropelican(YLMQ) 18.8nm
Touch and Go at Aeropelican(YLMQ)
Track 221 deg to Richmond(YSRI) 54nm
Touch and Go at Richmond(YSRI)
Track 118 deg to Sydney Carrier(FC03) 58nm
Full Stop Landing at Sydney Carrier(FC03) +++ 10 minute break +++
Take off from Carrier 
Fly a Circuit 
Land on Carrier

Altitude: The route can be flown up to 2,500’ to be clear of terrain.

Airport details

Williamtown Military(YWLM)
Elev: 31’
RW 12/30 Asphalt

Aeropelican(YLMQ)
Elev: 5’
RW 07/25 Asphalt

Richmond Military(YSRI)
Elev: 67’
RW 10/28 Asphalt

Sydney Carrier (Static)
Elev: 3’
RW 180/360 Deck

Aircraft: Rockwell Bronco

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 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. 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 for the event …

Little NavMap: IFR Williamtown Military (YWLM) to Sydney Static Carrier - Cvn78 (FC03).lnmpln (1.7 KB)

MSFS: IFR Williamtown Military (YWLM) to Sydney Static Carrier - Cvn78 (FC03).pln (2.1 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.pdf - Simplify your life

Event reminder …