[Official] Community Fly-In Friday: FSExpo Recap Flight to Las Vegas

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, @simtom2, @AlyKatz, @FactualGull1036, @FlightsWJoel, @Forder1702, @JoeyBolo77, Moosestaffa, @NickFlightX, and @WombiiActual
When: Friday, June 28 @ 1800Z for two hours.
2024-06-28T18:00:00Z
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

FlightSimExpo 2024 is now over, but the memories and friendships made over the last weekend will live on! For our Community Fly-In this week, we’ll be journeying to Las Vegas, the host city of FSExpo. Joining us on the livestream will be many (MANY!) guests who attended the event, some of whom appeared on the main stage as panelists or seminar hosts. Whether you were able to join the fun in Vegas or just want to hear about everything that happened over the weekend, be sure to join us for this fly-in event!

For the best experience, please ensure you have both City Update 8: Las Vegas and World Update 2: USA installed. Both are available FREE from the in-sim Marketplace.

Pilots on PC can download the .pln file here:
2024-06-28 Las Vegas.PLN (2.2 KB)

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

AIRCRAFT

Recommended aircraft: Beechcraft Baron, Beechcraft Bonanza, Beechcraft Staggerwing, Diamond DA62, Douglas DC-3, de Havilland Canada DHC-4 Caribou, or any aircraft of your choice with a cruise speed of 170+ 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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Reno/Stead to Mc Carran Intl

Reno Stead Airport (KRTS) RW 08
Tonopah Airport (KTPH)
Las Vegas Strip
Harry Reid International Airport (KLAS) aka McCarran International

Navigraph Route: KRTS DCT KTPH DCT N3607W11500 DCT KLAS

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Very happy for today’s flight. Just flew in from stormy KORD. What a change in scenery!
Time for lunch, a quick plane swap, and look forward to seeing everyone soon!

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Where is the voice channel in Discord please

Decided to represent Canada (again) on this rip through the heat.


This widebody doing its best to hang with the group.

Getting tight with Seedy



Over the strip




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A fun community flight and nice to see so many content creators join in in light of the FS expo in Las Vegas! Looking forward to the next world tour leg from Libya to Malta.



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Great flight yesterday, that Vegas update looks packed with details. I should definitely check it out during nighttime as well. The scenery along the way was also nice.

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