[Official] Community Fly-In Friday: Kazakhstan

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 @Jummivana, @SeedyL3205, @Pieter2427, and @simtom2

When: Friday, April 14 @ 1800Z for two hours.
2023-04-14T18:00:00Z
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

April 12 is the anniversary of humanity’s first voyage into space, achieved by cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin. This milestone is celebrated annually around the world as Yuri’s Night. The launch place of Gagarin’s historic 1961 mission was the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan (part of the Soviet Union at the time), a complex still being used for space launches today, including many crewed flights to the International Space Station! For our fly-in this week, we will journey across the Kazakh Steppe and fly over the Baikonur Cosmodrome then continue on to Kazakhstan’s capital city of Astana.

Pilots on PC can download the .pln file below:
2023-04-14 Kazakhstan.PLN (2.6 KB)

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

AIRCRAFT

Recommended aircraft: a business jet such (Cessna Citation Longitude, Cessna Citation CJ4, or similar), Cirrus Vision Jet, L-39 Albatross, or any plane of your choice with a cruise speed of around 250 knots. Alternatively, you may wish to fly the Antonov An-225, a plane that was originally built to to carry the canceled Buran space shuttle on its back to the Baikonur Cosmodrome!

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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[Official] Community Fly-In Friday: Kazakhstan - YouTube

Waypoint names with GPS coordinates in decimal format for Xbox pilots (for manual entry).
2023-04-14 Kazakhstan.txt (1.1 KB)

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Thank you ALL :slightly_smiling_face:














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I reached a virtual milestone on today’s Community Friday Flight. Thanks for the opportunities!

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As always, it was a nice flight!

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