[Official] Community Fly-In Friday: Australia Day

We will be hosting an Official Fly-in alongside a group of community members (you!) on Twitch. This is an open event, free to all who would like to fly along with us and available to pilots of all skill levels. The goal is to have a great time, explore new locations of the world, and make new friends. This event is open to pilots on both the PC and Xbox platforms.

Hosted by @SeedyL3205, @Jummivana, @Pieter2427, and @simtom2

When: Friday, January 27 @ 2000Z for two hours.
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Where: The Official Twitch Channel of MSFS

There will also be a Discord event channel open for those who want to voice chat with other members of the community.

Please see below for details on the upcoming Fly-In Event:

FLIGHT DETAILS

Thursday, January 26 is Australia Day, the national holiday in the land down under. To commemorate this date, our weekly Fly-In Friday will see us fly eastward along Australia’s beautiful Great Ocean Road starting at Warrnambool en route to a full stop landing in Melbourne.

Pilots on PC can download the .pln file below:
2023-01-27 Australia Day.PLN (4.7 KB)

We will be starting at YWBL. Please load your aircraft 10 minutes prior to take off and taxi over to the runway in preparation for departure.

AIRCRAFT

Recommended aircraft: Cessna 172, CubCrafters X or NX Cub, Pipistrel Virus, Flight Design CTSL, Pilatus PC-6 Porter, or any plane of your choice with a cruise speed of ~120 knots.

MULTIPLAYER SETTINGS

Please adhere to the following settings so you can see everyone / be seen by everyone.

Variable Setting
Server SE Asia
Multiplayer All Players
Live traffic As preferred
Weather Few Clouds
Time of Day Daytime

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.

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.

LET’S FLY

This is meant to be a fun and informal flight. Everybody is welcome, no matter the amount of experience.

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Hi everyone,

We have a very special surprise planned for the end of today’s Fly-In. Be sure to stick around at Melbourne airport and continue watching the livestream after you land. You won’t want to miss this!

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This just makes me more excited for todays fly in!! :smiley:

Fun flight today. Thanks eveyone for taking the time to create these events.
I really look forward to them. :+1:

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Hello, Seedy! I was one of the lucky pilots who won the drawing on Australia Day. My twitch handle is f_clef_bass. How should I collect the prize? Thank you!

Hello @EATTL,

Please check your Twitch private messages. @Jummivana was going to collect your Gamertag and then pass it on to the fine folks from the Virtual Roulettes who are generously donating the prizes from yesterday’s event.

Congratulations again on your win! :slight_smile:

Thanks,
MSFS Team

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