Welcome to the 38th flight event in the Gunpilot’s Challenging Flights adventure series. This flight will feature a variety of terrain in tropical Sulawesi, Indonesia.
This week’s flight will have us departing a hard runway and that’s the last runway/airstrip we will see until we arrive at the final destination, which just happens to be the same airport we departed from some 3hrs earlier. All up we will have 24 way points to land at, some being coastal, a couple of island stops, and the rest being inland over dense jungle. This should be an interesting and challenging flight as it was developed a few months before the changes were made to the Grand Caravan’s performance profile.
When: Friday 2nd July @ 2300 UTC
Where: Sulawesi, Indonesia
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
Sulawesi.pln (5.9 KB)
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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.
