[Official] Community Fly-In Friday: Little Rock and St. Louis


The Gateway Arch and Busch Stadium as seen in Microsoft Flight Simulator

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 and @Pieter2427

When: Friday, June 17 @ 1900Z for two hours.
2022-06-17T19:00:00Z
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

We just released World Update X: USA and US Territories! To celebrate this new free content, let’s visit some of the scenery that was enhanced with WU10 including Hot Springs Mountain Tower, Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site and the Gateway Arch in St. Louis! And yes, we will be flying underneath the Arch. :wink:

Pilots on PC can download the .pln file here:
Community Fly-In Friday 2022-06-17 KHOT to KSTL.PLN (3.0 KB)

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

AIRCRAFT

Recommended aircraft: Extra 330LT, Beechcraft Bonanza, Beechcraft Baron, Diamond DA62, or any other plane of your choice with a cruise speed of around 160 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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You guys are starting off from my home airport! I guess I’ll have to make sure to join this fly-in!

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I’m in Cabot and fly around Central Arkansas all the time. I have no idea how to do any of this but I’ll figure it out and try to join in today.

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