Welcome to the 132nd flight event across the GUNNER DOWNUNDER series. This is a brand new flight event format being released for its debut appearance this week, and is again guaranteed to give you more of the unique and challenging flight experience that you have come to expect from Gunpilot’s flight events.
Hi all…I’m pleased to bring a totally new flying event format to our Discord Server. This new format is something that we have never done before, mainly because of the nature of our last 2.5 years events, and because of the somewhat “cowboy” style of flying we have become accustomed to.
AND TO COMPLETE THE CHANGE-UP TO OUR NORMAL EVENT FORMAT, WE WILL BE PILOTING A DIFFERENT AIRCRAFT TO OUR USUAL GRAND CARAVAN!!!
The new event format has been called “BACK 2 BLACK”.
In this event format, we will be flying in the BEECHCRAFT KING AIR, a change in aircraft type that you have not seen in Gunpilot’s events for the past 2.5 years. This twin engined low wing turbo prop aircraft is a much larger, faster, and more difficult aircraft to pilot…and that degree of difficulty is ratcheted up a further notch by having to still put this aircaft into small PNG jungle and mountain strips!!!
To then take it even further than what is already going to be an extremely demanding ask of all pilots, you will have Failure & Damage options turned ON!!! in MSFS. Hence the event format name “Back 2 Black”. The objective of these Back 2 Black flights will be to see who can fly the whole event plan without damaging or stressing their planes to where their screen goes Black and they have to restart where they crashed, either by landing heavily, hitting trees on final approach, stalling, or a myriad of other ways that you can ruin your day in the cockpit. If no pilot makes it all the way from departure to destination without going back to black then it will be the pilot who has had the least instances of black screen that is declared the event winner.
Remember, you will be dropping onto the departure runway in a King Air!
When: Fri 19th May @ 2300UTC
Where: PNG
Flight Duration: Approx 3hrs (depending on numbers attending)
Aircraft: Beechcraft King Air
Server: SOUTH EAST ASIA (what else in this location 
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Discord Server: GUNPILOT’s Server Click on this link and you will be sent a very welcoming INVITE that will enable you to fully participate in the radio chatter with all the other pilots in the flight
Voice Chat accessed by clicking on Comms Radio. If you are going to fly with us, ensure to join into the chatter on Comms Radio. If you don’t then you will miss out on a number of challenges that are given over the radio and you will have no idea what is going down.
Recommendation:
Have a practice session (or more) flying the King Air to familiarise yourself with this aircraft.
Back 2 Black 1st event.pln (5.7 KB)
No weather file is required, we will be flying CLEAR SKIES for this opening Back 2 Black event