Welcome to the sixth annual OSHKOSH landing challenge event, organized and hosted by ForderLearnToFly (Twitch ). Here is an important document with all the details.
Dates:
Practice session live on stream: Thursday, July 2nd, 5 pm Eastern (2100z)
You can also practice anytime you wish in your simulator. Our live stream session will have live ATC.
Competition Date: Saturday July 4th, 2026 (1600z)
Purpose:
To test your landing skills and compete against other flight simulator flyers. Also to have FUN!
You follow the famous FISK approach, rock your wings, and land on your designated colored DOT.
Although the KOSH real fly-in event uses these runway dots to allow multiple airplanes to land simultaneously, we are using them for our precision landing competition.
You must register to compete. We also need volunteers to help. Please use this same form: Oshkosh Participants & Controllers July 4th
We will use stock scenery for Xbox and PC competitors. No need to add scenery, as there are colored dots for all competitors in the stock MSFS 2024 scenery.
PC competitors will use SayIntentions for radio frequencies. Xbox users will listen to the livestream for instructions. PC competitors who don’t have SayIntentions will need to sign up (with their same registration email) for a free SayIntentions account. A SayIntentions employee will extend your free trial to cover the event on July 4th.
Rules:
There is a participant NOTAM document you will receive after you sign up. All the details are there. There are special instructions for Xbox users as they cannot install the special scenery, nor use Flight Events.
The basic guidelines for participants:
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Fly to Green Lake and follow the FISK approach on the train tracks, as outlined in the NOTAM. You will be at 1800 feet and 90 knots. Twins and higher-performance planes can fly at 2300 feet and 135 knots.
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As you approach the town of FISK, you will be asked to rock your wings. No reply needed on the radio, but you will rock your wings as acknowledgment.
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As you approach the airport, a tower controller will also ask you to rock your wings and give you your designated colored DOT to land on. Approach the runway according to the NOTAM.
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Plan your touchdown with your two main wheels on the DOT.
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You taxi off the runway according to the NOTAM (runway 27 immediately right onto grass, runway 36 all the way to the end of the runway). You taxi to parking or back to 36 for departure according to NOTAM.
Marking:
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You get three attempts at each runway for a total of 6 landings.
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We throw away your worst landing from each runway to get your 2 best landings for each runway for a total of 4 landings.
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We also take into account if you have used the FISK approach according to NOTAM. (altitude and speed, rocking your wings).
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Each landing is marked out of 5. Both main wheels touch the DOT without bounce equals 5.
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If only one main wheel touches the DOT without bounce (off center) you get 3 points.
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You get one point for a bounce (any main wheel hits the DOT)
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You get 1 point for each successful FISK approach according to NOTAM. (total 6, throwaway 2).
A perfect score will result in a total of 24 points. In the event of a tie, we look at your two throwaway landings to break a tie.
Keep in mind you can get a minus 1 point for departing from KOSH airport on any runway other than ATC directions, according to NOTAM. You have to taxi and depart to do the FISK approach again for each attempt.
Xbox competitors depart 36, then right turn to the south when able (no radio).
Awards:
There will be an awards ceremony on the following Saturday, July 11th at noon.
There will be first-, second-, and third-place winners (gold, silver, and bronze). Each will get a special certificate for their achievement and any donated prizes at the time.
There will be certificates for all participants.
There will be certificates for all staff (volunteers for ATC, Judges, and helpers)
