Welcome to the 250th flight in Gunpilot’s new SHORTER series of Challenging flights, The longest running event planner in MSFS2020/24 multiplayer flights.
Event details:
This week we see a whole new Flying Event concept introduced on Gunpilot’s server, called CLOSEST TO THE GUN!.
It will incorporate racing, competition, navigation skills, deception, hilarious fun, and a good dose of pure luck to see who the winner of the event will be once everyone has land at the destination runway. See below for a bit more detail but for the full reveal, rules, and tips to help you win this exciting new event just lob up to:
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at the nominated date and time in the CESSNA GRAND CARAVAN
*Again, a packaged up WEATHER file has been developed and included along with the flight plan, negating any need for anyone to dial in weather settings, as well as ensuring that all pilots are experiencing exactly the same weather conditions. The Weather Preset file is located in #gunpilots-events (click this link Discord) to be taken there. Load this file directly into the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024 directory on your PC in the WEATHER/PRESETS folder which is located within the aforementioned MSFS2024 directory .
The aircraft for this flight is the Cessna Grand Caravan
When: Friday 24th July 2026 @ 2300UTC**
Where: Melbourne, Australia
Flight Duration: Approx 1.5 hrs (depending on numbers attending and skill of pilots)
Aircraft: Cessna Grand Caravan
Server: SOUTH EAST ASIA
Discord Server: GUNPILOT’s Server . 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
(Discord). If you are going to fly with us, ensure to join into the chatter on Comms Radio. If you don’t then you will miss out on a number of challenges that are given over the radio and you will have no idea what is going down.
No flight plan required
No Little Nav Map required