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Warbirds Scramble over Wanaka For February 25, 2023 Michael MacKuen We shall have some fun flying warbirds over New Zealand’s South Island. And in the process, we shall get a quick look a the new World Update scheduled for Thursday, February 23, 2023. We shall start at Wanaka [NZWF] which hosts the famous biennial “Warbirds over Wanaka” airshow. This will be a Scramble where the participating pilots will choose the route toward the final destination. This event will be slightly more “structured” than those in the past. Because we want to get a look at the scenery, we might try to get to some of the new stuff. This includes Milford Sound [NZMF] and Lake Tekapo [NZ…

Travelling the “Trent”img]https://i.imgur.com/xDVEsho.jpg[/img] Welcome to the Trent-Severn Waterway in Ontario Canada. Our last trip found us traveling the St. Lawrence River concluding at CFB Trenton (CYTR) on the edge of Lake Ontario. This trip we will continue our journey from Trenton CYTR heading west over Lake Ontario but only for a brief moment. We are turning northward to connect to an inland waterway: the Trent-Severn Waterway which connects two Great Lakes: Lake Ontario, at Trenton to Lake Huron (Georgian Bay) at Port Severn. Its major natural waterways include the Trent River, Otonabee River, Kawartha Lakes, Lake Simcoe, Lake Couchiching and the Severn Riv…

The Great Basin-Central Nevada to Salt Lake City Today we will be flying east in the central part of Nevada to the great Salt Lake. The Flight is 312 miles with 8 landings I will be in ether my piaggio P149 or the 414. I recommend using a preset for weather as It is quite white out there this time of year. I have included a preset for you or you can use few clouds. Flight Plan: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/2lp23d5hbdiu5erlr73lz/h?dl=0&rlkey=ldvbj4wclrm28h3p18y8jffpi Weather preset: https://www.dropbox.com/s/62tkcz30j2608la/%231.WPR?dl=0 weather preset goes here C:\Users\****\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalSta…

As requested, here is the flight for Wednesday, February 15, 2023. We travel over some pretty islands in the Southern Alaska Panhandle, visiting Misty's Place enroute. Most of you will have RTMM Misty Moorings scenery installed, but if you do not, here is where you find it: https://return.mistymoorings.com/z20_homepage/index.php If you do not want the entire package, find Misty's Place on the Scenery page, and also get the Objects Library: https://return.mistymoorings.com/z20_scenery/index.php Misty's Place is the fictional home base for Misty Moorings flights, and one day, we'll plan to do a floatplane expedition out of there.. 🙂 This time aro…

Spitfires over the Med Starting from Malta, the route proceeds to the west with a landing at Lampedusa (LICD), then continues west to the Tunisian coastal city of Monastir and a landing at Habib Bourguiba (DTMB). Continuing along the African coastline to Hammamet (DTNH), then overland to Carthage (DTTA) and the capital city Tunis. The route turns back to the east and out over the Med to Capitano Pilota Italo D'Amico (LICG) on the island of Pantelleria. The final leg proceeds north the island of Sicily and our destination airport of Punta Raisi (LICJ) near Palermo which we shall overfly before landing. Flightplan: HERE Aircraft: The route is 463 n…

During the Cold War, NATO had a Command called Allied Forces Baltic Approaches (BALTAP). The Command was in Karup, Denmark. It consisted of Danish and German armed forces and was deactivated in 2002. Today, this area is in many ways very interesting. During the Cold War, Sweden was, of course, not part of that command, but things are changing. And Sweden is an important factor, from the Skagerak through to the Baltic Sea. We depart from Nordholz (ETMN), the only remaining airbase of the German Navy. P3C Orions MPA and various helicopters are stationed here, organized in two Naval Air Wings. Our first landing is at Schleswig (ETNS), home of the Germa…

Flying the Line (KSYR-KDCA) For February 4, 2023 Michael MacKuen Today we shall toast commercial aviation from late 1930s through the early 1950s, the days in which the US airline industry matured into an economically viable enterprise. A key technical invention here was the Douglas DC-3 whose size, speed, range, and all-weather capability made it possible for the first time that commercial carriers could make money on passengers alone. Prior to this time, the airlines depended on the US Government subsidies for Air Mail and flying was limited to the wealthy and brave. Afterwards, flying became part of everyday life. We salute this transformation with a DC-3 fl…

Today we will be flying up the central valley following the Sacramento River where we will end up in Mt Shasta. The flight is 326 miles with 11 landings I will be in my 414. There might be scenery for this flight I haven't looked but its not needed. Flight Plan: https://www.dropbox.com/s/q4kcjas3t3a01o5/California %235.zip?dl=0 Time and Weather Whatever you choose Multiplayer Particulars Date and time: Wednesday, Feb. 1, 2023. 1900 UTC Where: AVSIM RTWR Teamspeak - Casual Flights Channel Teamspeak Server Address: ts.teamavsim.com Multiplayer: Microsoft Flight Simulator MP. East-USA server If you want to help others enjoy the multiplayer experienc…

Antofagasta de la Sierra - Andes CVZ Starting on the Pacifc coast of Chile at Chanaral (SCRA) the route proceeds eastward into Argentina. We visit ten airports and cover 563nm enroute our final destination, Capitan V. Almandos Almonacid (SANL) in La Rioja. Much of the route will be in the Antofagasta de la Sierra. Antofagasta de la Sierra is the northernmost department of Catamarca Province in Argentina. The department is most famous for its volcanic activity. There are over 200 volcanos situated in the Antofagasta de la Sierra volcanic field, the most notable of them being Antofalla, Carachi Pampa, Alumbrera and Galán. The Galán volcano has the largest expl…

Today we will take a trip from the Sierras to Monterey following a plan that takes us Thru the heart of California. The flight is 273 miles with 8 landings. Any aircraft that can do 140 will do. Flight Plan: https://www.mediafire.com/file/139cijlf1xqk8mm/2023-01-21.zip/file Time and Weather For takeoff on Saturday, set the simulator at 11:00 pm local for January 21, 2023. We typically prefer real weather. It is unlikely, but possible, that the weather will prevent our completing the mission. If necessary, we shall adjust accordingly. Multiplayer Particulars Date and time: Saturday, January 21, 2023. 1900 UTC Where: AVSIM RTWR Teamspeak - Casual F…

As requested... here is the proposed plan for our Wednesday flight, January 18, 2023. Taking off from Pitt Meadows airport, taking in the sights over Vancouver, The Gulf Islands, and the capital city of Victoria. A route I flew 51 years ago in the right seat of a Cessna 172. Flightplan here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/bybmh2r5oexvg1t/VFR Pitt Meadows (CYPK) to Victoria Intl (CYYJ).pln?dl=0 Freeware scenery: 1. Content Manager: World Update XI: Canada, list contents, and uninstall CANADA – 3D Photogrammetry Cities (if installed) 2. Vancouver scenery: https://flight…

St. Lawrence River (Part Deux!) (And a small portion of the Rideau Canal) We continue our journey along the St. Lawrence River. Well almost. Last trip we took a diversionary turn up the northern passage and followed that Ottawa River to the City of Ottawa. We also traveled over some of the Rideau River in Ottawa before ending that journey at Ottawa International (CYOW). That is where we continue in this following excursion. I had a choice of either travelling along the Rideau Canal from Ottawa directly southward all the way down to the city of Kingston, Ontario which is located on Lake Ontario at the mouth of the St. Lawrence but that would cause u…

St. Lawrence, Ottawa & Rideau Rivers Expedition For Wednesday January 11, 2023 Quebec City - Fairmont Le Château Frontenac over looking the St. Lawrence River. The St. Lawrence River is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting the American Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean, and forming the primary drainage outf…

Three Countries, one river: Germany, France and Switzerland The flight follows the river Rhine from Mainz to Basel and extends into Switzerland up to Lausanne at the Lac Léman. We depart from Mainz-Finthen (EDFZ). Mainz is the Capital City of the German Bundesland Rheinland-Pfalz (Rhineland-Palatinate). The city lies directly opposite the city of Wiesbaden, the Capital City of the German Bundesland Hesse, at the confluence of the Main and the Rhine. After WWII, the borderline between Hessen and Rhineland-Palatinate was changed with the result, that the six parts of the city on the east side of the Rhine were given to Wiesbaden. But its inhabitants still con…

Maasai Mara (HKNW-HKLP) For January 7, 2023 Michael MacKuen We spend an afternoon flying over the Maasai Mara to conduct an aerial “safari”. First we fly from Nairobi to Keekorok near the Maasai Mara National Reserve. Then we reload a new flight to fly low-and-slow over the region’s herds of elephants, giraffes, rhinos, and hippos. We may get down to ground level to play with the animals. Our first stage involves flying from the national capital and its busy General Aviation airport Nairobi Wilson [HKNW]. Enroute, we fly over Karen Blixen’s old homestead [Blixen], now a museum, and then pass the Nagong Hills [Nagong Hills]. As late as the 1930s (as described in …

No stress, no 'I can't find the runway, no I can't get over this ridge. just nice gentle conversations about the state of the World nice things. 😁 Eight landings at nice airports, one waypoint to take in some nice, easy mountains (American hills) 364nm so a nice Kodiak or Caravan would be nice. Flight Plan HERE No additional scenery needed Usual stuff: Start Time is 1:00pm Local. Particulars: Date and time: Wednesday January 5th, 19:00 UTC Where: AVSIM RTWR Teamspeak - Casual Flights Channel Teamspeak Server Address: ts.teamavsim.com MFS Multiplayer: US Eas…

2022-12-31 US Airmail CAM 32 (Portland KPDX to Pasco KPSC) For December 31, 2022 Michael MacKuen Today we have a brief encounter with the early days of flying the US Mail. We “re-enact” part of Contract Air Mail 32 between Portland and Spokane. Here we limit our attention to the part along the Columbia River between Portland and Pasco. (Our time is limited and this portion of the routing will fit our constraints.) With any luck, this leg will provide a sense of flying open cockpit airmail planes though winter weather along the “prepared” routes. We shall use the newly updated “Arrows Across America” scenery and route maps developed by a group of enthusiast…

Bella Roma - or the Eternal City We meet for another scramble flight, this time around Italy’s capital city, Rome. When choosing the various destinations wisely, we will cross over the City of the Seven Hills more than once and get a good chance to see many of the well-made attractions this city has to offer. We start this flight at the Campo di Volo Sangermano (LIXU). Here as a reminder Mike’s explanation of the rules of a “scramble” flight: The Scramble Setup The “instigator” takes the lead by announcing the initial departure airport to set the stage before the event begins. On the day of the event, he will write down the names of the arriving par…

To the Gulf of Guinea and beyond We visit 5 West African states. Departure is from Lagos (DNMM), Nigeria. Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa and the world's sixth-most populous country. The modern state originated with British colonialization in the 19th century, taking its present territorial shape with the merging of the Southern Nigeria Protectorate and Northern Nigeria Protectorate in 1914 by Lord Lugard. The British set up administrative and legal structures while practicing indirect rule through traditional chiefdoms in the Nigeria region. Nigeria became a formally independent federation on 1 October 1960. It experienced a civil war fro…

Nepal Trek This tour of eastern Nepal starts from Lukla (VNLK) and finishes at Taplejung (VNTJ). In between we will visit eight small airstrips including Tumlingtar (VNTR) where we will detour and follow the route of the cultural trek that my brother took in October of this year. Flightplan and link to photo alblum of the cultural trek HERE The route is 160nm long with 9 landings. A STOL aircraft is recommended. I plan to fly the Aerosoft Twin Otter in Tara Air livery. Optional Freeware Addons: · NONE Start Time is 1:00pm Local. Particulars: Date and time: Wednesday December 14, 19:00 UTC …

Anguilla to Guadeloupe: Time for some warm weather in December in the Eastern Caribbean! We start at Wallblake – TQPF and work our way south, via Saint Maarten, St. Kitts, and Guadeloupe, ending at Les Saintes – TFFC. Considering the short airstrip at Saba enroute, I will fly my RV14, but any aircraft cruising at 180 knots should be suitable. Recommended scenery packages: https://flightsim.to/file/14685/clayton-j-lloyd-international-tqpf-updated-scenery-project-v1-0 https://flightsim.to/file/41965/tnce-aroport-f-d-roosevelt-sint-eustatius https://flightsim.to/file/9036/r-l-bradshaw-int-updated-scenery-project https://fli…

2022-12-10 Flying the Hump (Chabua VG to Kunming RO) For December 10, 2022 Michael MacKuen This is the legendary Hump air route. During World War II the Allies had to supply China indirectly because the Japanese Empire had conquered much of China, including the entire coastline. While the Chinese government was able to relocate to Chongqing in the west, it needed to find a supply line for its military to prevent a complete Japanese victory. After the fall of Burma in mid-1942, the only option left was via air transport from eastern India to western China -- over the Himalayas. The idea of a massive airlift over high mountains was fanciful: the necessary aircraft, pil…

We explore Paris again and some of the Châteaux along the river Loire. The distance from Paris to the Loire is a bit long, so I divided this flight into two parts, Paris and Châteaux. Both flights can be flown either with “low and slow” airplanes like the Zenith, the Kitfox, or the Husky or a faster Helicopter like the H135 or H145. I will be in a HPG H145 in the Germany "Luft- und Raumfahrtzentrum" livery. The Paris flight departs from Le Bourget (LFPB) and we do our first landings at Le Pin (LFPH), just as a warm-up. We then visit most POI of Paris, from Disneyland Paris in the east to Versailles in the southwest. To relax a bit, we land at…

Chiapas & Oaxaca Starting in the southern most state of Chiapas in Mexico, the route zigs and zags over the mountains and back to the Pacific coast several times, heading northwest, and finishing in the Mexican state of Oaxaca. Chiapas is home to the ancient Mayan ruins of Palenque, Yaxchilán, Bonampak, Chinkultic and Toniná. It is also home to one of the largest indigenous populations in the country, with ten federally recognized ethnicities. Oaxaca is best known for its indigenous peoples and cultures. The most numerous and best known are the Zapotecs and the Mixtecs, but there are sixteen that are officially recognized. These cultures have survived better tha…

El Lay Today we will be flying Helicopters in the LA area. I will be in the HPG H135 as this is easy to fly and somewhat fast. Flight Plan https://www.mediafire.com/file/z2hjzeny8sg9kl0/El+Lay.zip/file Add-on Scenery Scenery All in One https://www.mediafire.com/file/cqv4ku0j6geeze2/El+Lay+scenery.zip/file Individual scenery Mash https://flightsim.to/file/20953/m-a-s-h-the-film-set Disneyland https://flightsim.to/file/611/disneyland-california Knots Berry Farm https://flightsim.to/file/42427/knott-s-berry-farm-theme-park-orange-county-ca Mount Wilson https://flightsim.to/file/15455/mount-wilson-observatory …