[Official] Community Fly-In Friday: World Tour Stage 7: Dublin to London

SeedyL3205 · February 14, 2024, 7:18pm

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, @Pieter2427, @AlyKatz, and @dTwotonemurphy
When: Friday, February 16 @ 1900Z for two hours.
2024-02-16T19:00:00Z
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

The Community Fly-In Friday World Tour continues!

Our long transatlantic crossing is finally complete, and we’ve now arrived across the pond ready to explore Europe! This week, we depart from Dublin and head across the Irish Sea to Wales and England . Our full stop will be at London City, but en route we will have touch & go landings at Liverpool and Heathrow. This flight will also feature a flyover of the Welsh town of Wrexham, which has recently attained global fame thanks to the newfound popularity of its football team.

Pilots on PC can download the .pln file here:
2024-02-09 World Tour Stage 7 Dublin to London.PLN (4.8 KB)

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

AIRCRAFT

Recommended aircraft: Cirrus SR22T, Beechcraft Baron, Beechcraft Bonanza, Diamond DA62, or any aircraft of your choice with a cruise speed of 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.

NonstopOyster0 · February 15, 2024, 1:03pm

When I load the flight plan to MSFS, I get the flight plan with two trips to the North Pole between the departure and arrival. I keep MSFS updated to the latest AIRAC with Navigraph. Take out the latest AIRAC, and the flight plan loads properly. I assume this is caused when the flight plan is created with a cycle that differs from the one being used when flying. Anyone else noticed this?

kenniekayoz · February 15, 2024, 7:04pm

Sometimes I like to fly high up in the clouds to watch my plane get tossed around, sometimes I like to dip down and check out the scenery.

Homerun795429 · February 16, 2024, 12:58am

Looking forward to a Navigraph version of this route being posted before the event if someone’s up to the task.

BadKitty7818 · February 16, 2024, 11:46am

Yes - I have noticed it too. That’s why its difficult to just import the flight plan. Try to use Little Nav Map and import the plan. I think it won’t be an issue in LNM.

Regards,

BadKitty7818 · February 16, 2024, 12:02pm

Here is a version which you will be able to import into Navigraph @Homerun795429
World Tour Stage 7 EIDW to EGLC.pln (5.2 KB)

hobanagerik · February 16, 2024, 12:49pm

COWS DA42 VI for me this evening.

NonstopOyster0 · February 16, 2024, 4:34pm

I would like to join the open channel in discord. I’m a discord member. How do I join the chat for this event? Click on link in message? Something else?

ElkanDavid · February 16, 2024, 4:48pm

I had the same issue. What I did to solve it is manually put in the waypoints in the world map, after making EIDW the departure and EGLC the arrival.
Then I added in between by clicking the POI’s on the map:

EGGP, Pontcysyllte Aqueduct, Iron Bridge, Villa Park, Warwick Castle, Blenheim Palace, Windsor Castle.

ElkanDavid · February 16, 2024, 4:51pm

As I mentioned in my previous message, I manually reproduced the flight plan, but with the latest AIRAC of Navigraph installed. For those interested, find the file here. Let me know if it works!
community flight 16-2 with latest airac.PLN (3.5 KB)