Welcome to the 39th flight event in the Gunpilot’s Challenging Flights adventure series. This flight will feature the mountains and valleys of West Papua, Indonesia.
We revisit our old stomping ground of the jungle clad mountains of West Papua and again pit ourselves and our trusty Grand Caravans against everything that the terrain can throw at us.We will have off field landings, landings at registered airstrips, and landings at abandoned old airstrips. Of course there will be a glide, with a landing challenge thrown in to round off the event. Just for added fun, there will be a last minute diversion thrown in somewhere along the flight so keep that in mind on each leg. Depending on the severity of the weather on the day of the flight, we may again fly with live weather just to raise the excitement to the next level…see you in West Papua.
When: Friday 9th July @ 2300 UTC
Where: West Papua, 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
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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.
