Welcome to the 128th flight event across the GUNNER DOWNUNDER series. This flight will be conducted in Bicol Province, Philippines , and is again guaranteed to give you more of the unique and challenging flight experience that you have come to expect from Gunpilot’s flight events.
After the diabolitical wind conditions we all had to contend with in our flight last week in Papua New Guinea, I am please to share with you that there will be absolutely ZERO WIND on this weeks flight.
Zero, Nada, zilch, none!!! But you won’t get off scot free, the cloud layers that have been designed for this event will have you scrambling for visability as you make your way thru this flight plan, and it will aquaint you with an aviation endorsement on pilot’s licences referred to as VFR ON TOP.
Pilots on IFR flight plans operating in VFR weather conditions may request VFR-on-top in lieu of an assigned altitude** . This permits them to select an altitude or flight level of their choice (subject to any ATC restrictions). However, for non-IFR rated pilots, VFR-on-top, on the other hand, does not require an instrument rating or any kind of clearance or flight plan . But in this case, strict rules re visability, cloud coverage, length of time/distance between ground sighting below etc are in place to maintain the safety of the pilot. And the pilot is not permitted to ascend/descend thru unbroken cloud layers.
On this flight, you will have to negotiate a number of different cloud layer levels, all while trying to locate a landing spot, glide to an airport/land spot, or maybe being called upon to perform some kind of aerobatic manouvre. And VFR-on-top aviation rules will be breached indoing so, so it will be back to the old idiom of “what happens in the Philippines stays in Philipines!” You do not want the FAA/CASA, or any other countries avaition authorities getting wind of what you have been up to on this flight.
Again, a packaged up WEATHER file has been developed and included along with the flight plan, negating any need for anyone to dial in weather settings, as well as ensuring that all pilots are experiencing exactly the same weather conditions. The Weather Preset file is located in #gunpilots-events (click GUNPILOT’s Server to be taken there). Extract file into your Community Folder prior to launching your sim for the flight.
REMEMBER: In these flights the Grand Caravan is the aircraft to fly in…
AND DID YOU SPOT THE TRANSPOSITION ERROR??? 
When: ** Fri 21st April @ 2300UTC**
Where: Bicol Province, Philippines
Flight Duration: Approx 2.5 - 3hrs (depending on numbers attending)
Aircraft: Cessna Grand Caravan (and also a glider mid event) - if you have a different favorite aircraft then leave it in the hangar for this event (as always, as flight planned around Caravan performance)
Server: SOUTH EAST ASIA (what else in this location )
Discord Server: GUNPILOT’s Server Click on this link and you will be sent a very welcoming INVITE that will enable you to fully participate in the radio chatter with all the other pilots in the flight
Voice Chat accessed by clicking on Comms Radio. If you are going to fly with us, ensure to join into the chatter on Comms Radio. If you don’t then you will miss out on a number of challenges that are given over the radio and you will have no idea what is going down.
RECOMMENDATIONS
Cessna Caravan as all landing and other challenges built into flight are
tailored for this aircraft specifically. If you arrive in another aircraft type you will be ignored…
Turn Damage mode off as you will most likely suffer at least hard
landings if not full on crashes
Bring plenty of Duc Tape for running repairs
Crash Helmets are optional, Prayers are advisable
Embrace “SLEW” as it will be your friend by the end of the flight
Practicing to make Caravan landing approaches at IAS of between 40-50knts max will see you nailing difficult landings with ease and precision.
If you are new to these Gunner Downunder Challenging Flights, ensure you download the Caravan mod which can be found in the add-ons-and-downloads channel (mod is pinned to the top RHS of this channels screen) in Gunpilot’s Server. Download and extract into your Community folder and you will have the real life SUPPER 900 kit that is installed by Texas Turbine Coversions in the USA. Improved performance both in the air and on the ground.
Load this version of the plan into your sim:
Philippines VFR ON TOP.pln (7.0 KB)
Load this version of the plan into LNM:
Philippines VFR ON TOP.lnmpln (6.0 KB)
***Remember to download the weather file from Gunpilot’s discord server (GUNPILOT's Server) and extract into your community folder before booting up the sim for the event.