Welcome to the 72nd flight event across the Gunpilot’s Challenging Flights series. This challenging Flights event will be conducted in and around Sydney, Australia, 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.
Welcome back to Australia, especially after the World Update has just been dropped, featuring Australia.
On this flight we will be departing from the Blue Mountains to the west of Sydney and making our way down to the harbourside city of Sydney, the capital of New South Wales.
Along the way we will be tasked with some bush landings, bridge aerobatics, dam walls, narrow city street fly throughs, clifftop landings and Sydney harbour views, as we make our way to our final destination of Sydney Interational Airport that has two runways jutting out into Botany Bay.
Sightseeing will include the famous Three Sisters rock formation in the Blue Mountains, Warragamba Dam, Sydney Harbour, Sydney Harbour Bridge (commonly called “The Coat Hanger”), Sydney Opera House, Lunar Park, The Eye observation tower, Harbour beaches, Clifftop landings, and of course the spectacular Sydney International Airport.
While we will only be flying 103NMs, 27 landing and/or aerobatic challenges have been planned into the flight which will ensure that you are kept busy in the cockpit throughout the flight.
When: Friday 4th February 2022 @ 2300 UTC
Where:Sydney, Australia
Flight Duration: Approx 2.5hrs (depending on numbers attending)
Aircraft: Cessna Grand Caravan - if you have a different favorite aircraft then leave it in the hangar for this event (as always, as flight planned around Caravan performance)
Server: SOUTH EAST ASIA
Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rDSJaBy8V7 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
###Sometimes there are music tracks played - to turn the volume either up or down for your individual liking just right click on MEE6 tag in the list of people on Comms Radio and adjust volume up or down as you desire###
RECOMMENDATIONS
Cessna Caravan as all landing and other challenges built into flight are
tailored for this aircraft specifically
Turn Damage mode off as you will most likely suffer at least hard
landings if not full on crashes
Bring plenty of Duc Tape for running repairs
Crash Helmets are optional, Prayers are advisable
Embrace “SLEW” as it will be your friend by the end of the flight
Practicing to make Caravan landing approaches at IAS of between 40-50knts max will see you nailing difficult landings with ease and precision.
Make it easy on yourself to navigate around the route and accurately pinpoint the exact landing areas by downloading and using the free “LittleNavMap” s/w you can get on the web - you will never open the standard sim VFR Map again once you have tried this fantastic app that integrates seamlessly with MSFS2020.
######Ensure you have downloaded the Australia update from your Sim MARKETPLACE (Free) so that you get to see all the enhancements that Asobo have just released.#####
#####An updated version of the Caravan Super 900 mod has been pinned to the Add-Ons-And-Downloads channel in Gunpilots Server.#####