Welcome to the 32nd flight event in the Gunpilot’s Challenging Flights adventure series. This challenging flights event treats us to the the magestic views of Lake Como and the mountainous terrain of northern Italy, and is again guaranteed to give you more of the heart pounding and sweaty palms experience that you have come to expect from Gunpilot’s flight events.
Guest-hosted by RCPilot, this flight begins just north of Milan, Italy, one of the fashion capitols of the world, which begs the question – What are the Gunpilot bunch doing here?? And then off to beautiful Lago di Como where George Clooney and pals like to hang out. Again, the Caravan crew are out of place but we have landings to attempt! There’ll be 24 in total in the mountains and valleys of Italy and Switzerland. The full Gunpilot buffet is offered here – a dam landing, 2 glides, 2 touch and goes plus a sudden storm and an obstacle course! So sinch up your bib because you don’t want to get Bolognese sauce all over yourself!
When: Sunday 30th May @ 2300 UTC
Where: Lake Como, Italy
Flight Duration: Approx 3hrs (depending on numbers attending)
Aircraft: Cessna Grand Caravan (as always as flight planned around Caravan performance)
Server: SOUTH EAST ASIA
Discord Server: https://discord.gg/rpsHtJXy74
Como.pln (7.5 KB)
Voice Chat accessed by clicking on Comms Radio
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.
