We will be hosting an Official Fly-in alongside a group of community members (you!) on Twitch. This is an open event, free to those who would like to fly along with us and available for all skill levels. The goal is to have a great time, explore new locations of the world, and make new friends.
Flight plans will usually be brought to you by @Pieter1982NL and your regular hosts will be @simtom2 and @Jummivana.
This guided tour will is brought to you by @HowardElvis.
When: Wednesday, 2100Z, for two hours.
Where: The Official Twitch Channel of MSFS
There will also be a Discord event channel open for those who want to voice chat.
11.11 FLIGHT DETAILS
We will start our flight on the south apron of runway 25 at the famous Leonardo Da Vinci airport (LIRF) on the ocean coast not far from Rome, Italy.
With Elaine as our tour guide, we will be flying south for our first landing on the Ostia beaches. From there we head inland to Albano Lake and the Gandolfo Castle. This area is where famous wines are made like Frascati. As we proceed further north-west, we arrive at Tivoli, home of great wine and marble quarries.
We proceed into Rome, where you will be treated to some monuments of ancient Rome, newer structures, history and excellent visuals along the way. We will have two landing challenges, one in Circo Massimo (Circus Maximus) and another in St. Peter’s square in the Vatican. There isn’t much room for error on this landing.
We will finish our journey south following the Apian Way and land at Ciampino airport (LIRA) and possibly back to Leonardo Da Vinci (LIRA).
PLANNING
We will be taking the Icon A5.
Starting airport is LIRF. Please load your aircraft 15 minutes prior to take off and taxi over to the taxiway or parking.
MULTIPLAYER SETTINGS
Please adhere to the following settings so you can see everyone / be seen by everyone.
| Variable | Setting |
|---|---|
| Server | Southeast Asia |
| Multiplayer | All |
| Live traffic | As desired |
| Weather | Few Clouds |
| Time | Sunset |
COMMUNICATION
To communicate with others, a voice channel on the "Official Microsoft Flight Simulator Discord” at https://discord.gg/msfs will be available to join.
It is advised in this flight to turn off both aircraft collisions and terrain collisions. If you do crash, you can use “slew” mode to join the pack. If the pack will be too scattered before the first stop, we will use slew on a defined point to regroup.
FLIGHT PLAN
A .PLN file is downloadable here: 20201106 Italy Rome _ Community_Stream.pln (2.6 KB)
To use the flight plan, follow these steps:
- Download the flight plan to a easy-to-remember location
- Open MSFS
- Go to the globe
- Click “Load/Save” on the bottom of your screen
- Click “Load”
- Navigate to the downloaded flight plan
- Click load.
LET’S FLY
This is meant to be a fun and informal flight. Everybody is welcome, no matter the amount of experience.
