Welcome to the 8th flight event in the Gunpilot’s Challenging Flights adventure series. This challenging flights event is located in Nth Central California, between Sacramento and Fresno, 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. It has been nicknamed “SPILLS & THRILLS” and the flight will definitely offer both of these aspects as we fly along the flight plan route.
The main focus on this flight is the dams and lakes that abound in this region which offer a myriad of opportunities to pit ourselves and our trusty Caravans against some extremely tricky and difficult landing challenges that present themselves along the way. You will be tasked with landing on the usual bush terrain outlandings as well as on small islands, dam walls and spillways (hence title “Spills & Thrills”). The challenges will see some great landing efforts by pilots, as well as no doubt some spectacular crashes as we progress around the landing zones. If your aircraft needs a good wash you will have every opportunity to give it a (probably unintentional) thorough wash in the waterways along the way.
When: Sunday 24th Jan 2021 @ 2330hrs UTC
Where: Nth Central California
Flight Duration: Approx 3hrs (depending on numbers attending)
Aircraft: Cessna Grand Caravan (as always as flight planned around Caravan performance)
Server: SOUTH EAST ASIA
Spills & Thrills.pln (6.6 KB)
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
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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
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Crash Helmets are optional, Prayers are advisable
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Embrace “SLEW” as it will be your friend by the end of the flight
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Practicing to make Caravan landing approaches at IAS of between 40-50knts max will see you nailing difficult landings with ease and precision.
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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.
Spills & Thrills.pln (6.6 KB)
