Welcome to the 113th flight event across the GUNNER DOWNUNDER series. This flight will be conducted along The Salmon River, IDAHO , 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.
This flight event has been put together by one of our fairly new server members, namely FLYNDIVE, and for his first flight planning exercise in our server, he has put together a very entertaining flight that is sure to be enjoyed by all who come along for the ride.
The event has been named THE SPUD RUN, an apt title seeing as how Idaho is world reknown for its potato farming.
When asked to describe this flight,FLYNDIVE said:
“This challenging flight will take you to the backcountry of western Idaho, USA. Idaho is reknown for their Potato growing climate (hench the term “Spud Run”); but this state is also home to some of the most popular and challenging backcountry flying in the world. This flight will take you along the Salmon River Valley and features tight canyon flying, small field landings, sandbar touch-n-go’s, mountain top greasers , nail-biting glides, and other unique challenges.”
A short video clip supplied by FLYNDIVE that showcases the type of country we will be flying in…just ignore the aircraft type as we will all be in Grand Caravans to suit the challengs along the way.
REMEMBER: In these flights the Grand Caravan is the aircraft to fly in.
When: Fri 3rd Feb 2023 @ 2300UTC**
Where: The Salmon River, Idaho, USA
Flight Duration: Approx 3hrs (depending on numbers attending)
Aircraft: Cessna Grand Caravan - 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
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 (edited)
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 file into your Sim
The Spud Run.pln (9.7 KB)
Load this file into your Little Nav Map for extra detail
The Spud Run.lnmpln (9.7 KB)