As a result of the decline in visitor numbers, the Hong Kong tourism board has decided to take drastic measures and recently given the approval for a trial ‘group tour’ flight in an attempt to attract international general aviation enthusiasts to the city.
Under the proposal, airspace rules will be relaxed, tight formation flying highly encouraged, and some of the city’s famous mountain hiking trails and beaches will be temporarily repurposed as bush landing strips. Authorities trust that in return for this unprecedented access, pilots will also put on a good show for the people of Hong Kong.
After submitting a preliminary flight plan to the Tourism Board, MSFS Pilots have successfully won the tender to take part in the inaugural flight.
The Shenzhen regional authorities have also temporarily granted airspace access for participants to briefly enter Chinese airspace for this one-off event. Prior familiarization with the area is not required.
This will be a guided tour of best sights in Hong Kong, all skill levels welcome!
Please post a reply below if you will be joining so your tour guide can get an idea of numbers for this one-of-a-kind event.
FLIGHT PLAN
When: 2020-08-29T14:00:00Z
Take-off: VHHH - Hong Kong International Airport, RWY 25L
Cruise Speed: ~110 Knots
Altitude: 500 - 3500 Feet
Aircraft: Any General Aviation, bring your towel and sandals for the beach
Duration: Approx 1.5 hours.
** FLIGHT PLAN DOWNLOAD HK Dragon’s Back Tour 29 Aug 2020 .pln (8.9 KB) **
To use the flight plan, follow these steps:
- Download the flight plan to a easy-to-remember location
- Open MSFS
- Go to the World Map
- Click “Load/Save flight plan” on the bottom of your screen
- Click “Load”
- Navigate to the downloaded flight plan
- Click load.
Please load your aircraft 15 minutes prior to take off at VHHH and taxi over to the side of the runway (25L)
It is advised in this flight to turn off both aircraft collisions and terrain collisions. If you do crash, find a position near the current pack of planes, take-off and use “slew” mode to join the pack. There will also be a scheduled stop at VHSK half-way through the flight.
WEATHER
Few Clouds preset
Sim Time: We will sync prior to take-off, recommend 5 pm for the best sunset views later in the flight 
MULTIPLAYER SETTINGS
Server (selectable under your gamer tag, right top of the screen): WEST USA
Multiplayer: All
Live traffic: As desired
Weather: Few clouds Preset
COMMUNICATION
We will be using the official MSFS Discord https://discord.gg/msfs Either Event 1 or Event 2 depending which is available at the time. To access the voice channels, make sure you have ‘reacted’ to the ‘Server Access’ message on the 'Important-Info" Channel.
FLIGHT TRACKING
Optional moving map: Flight Events
This is meant to be a fun and informal flight. Everybody is welcome, no matter the amount of experience.
If you have any questions, feel free to post a comment below.
Hope to see a good turn-out on the day!
TL;DR
- VHHH
- Sat 29th August, 2020 14:00 Zulu
- VFR
- Any GA or X-Cub
- Flight plan - HK Dragon’s Back Tour 29 Aug 2020 .pln (8.9 KB)
- West USA Server, All Players, Few Cloud Preset
- Event 1 or 2 on Official Discord
Disclaimer: Any similarities to ‘official’ authorities is purely coincidental, for flight simulation purposes only 
