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The Flying Cowboys of Central Utah. 38U-KPUC. For Wednesday January 6, 2021 Today we shall fly over the rugged country of Central Utah. This route is inspired by videos of Utah's Flying Cowboys enjoying the area's scenery. (Again, we somehow have obtained permission to fly below 2,000 feet in the National Parks.) We begin with a quick exploration of the Capitol Reef National Park, a north-south parkland that is 60 miles long and 6 miles wide. The area was originally labeled "Wayne Wonderland" by its early promoters: we begin at Wayne Wonderland [38U] airport. We fly east and initially follow Utah 24 in the Fremont River Canyon. The rock formations are red at first b…

Happy New Year. This week we fly along the UK west coast Wolverhampton - Carlisle. 250 nm approx, with 8 landings. scenery, Orbx UK ( not obligatory ) for P3D/FSX users. Aircraft , GA aircraft of your own choice. weather, if inclement suggest orbx weather theme 3. flight time, Sat 2/1/2021 13.00hrs. Flight plan HERE https://www.dropbox.com/s/d421a2aacllk7qh/VFR Wolverhampton to Carlisle.pln?dl=0 Date and time: Saturday Jan 2nd 2021. 19:00 UTC. Where: AVSIM RTWR Teamspeak - Casual Flights Channel Teamspeak Server Address: ts.teamavsim.com Cross-Platform Multiplayer: JoinFS. (FSX, FSX-SE…

Bienvenue en France! This flight will have to be divided into two parts, depending on how far we get in the first part. It is designed to visit 19 castles (Chateau) and five cities in the Loire Valley. We depart from St. Denis De L'Hotel (LFOZ) and visit Sully-Sur-Loire (picture above), the Château de Chambord, the Château de Meung-Sur-Loire, the City of Orléans, and the Château de Chateaudun before we land at Le Breuil (LFOQ). Next Points of Interest are the Château de Blois, Château de Cheverny, Château du Moulin, Château de Mountpoupon and the Château de Chenonceau. We land at Dierre (LFEF) to get a little break before we continue. Next up are the Châtea…

We will fly over the southern part of the Chilean Andes - with some visits in Argentina! This a very green flight, I recycled a Sunday flight from last year. A landing was added and the destination changed from Balmaceda to Cochrane! We depart from El Tepual International (SCTE) and head east, passing two volcanoes, the Osorno and the Calbuco before we land at De Bariloche (SASZ), Argentina. From now on we head south and follow valleys as best as we can. Landings are planned at El Bolson (SAVB), Esquel (SAVE), both in Argentina. We return to Chile and stay there for the remainder of the flights. We land at Futaleufu (SCFT), Alto Palena (SCAP), Puyuhu…

The Canyonlands and Beyond. Part 1. KCNY-KCNY. For Wednesday December 23, 2020 Today we shall take some time to explore the dramatic scenery of Utah's Canyonlands region. (We somehow have obtained permission to fly below 2,000 feet in the National Park.) We begin at Canyonlands Field Airport [KCNY]. We head southeast to catch a view of Moab the prosperous town within a canyon. We turn to follow the Colorado River partway through the 17 mile steeply-lined river course, aptly nicknamed "Wall Street." Taking a shortcut, we fly over the Intrepid Potash mining operations and look at the brilliantly colored water evaporation pools [Potash] that separate the potash from the b…

This week in our tour of NZ south island we fly from Alexandra (NZLX ) - Jerusalem Creek ( N272 ). A benign flight with a sting in the tail. 145nm approx 9 landings, 3 asphalt, 2 grass, 2 gravel, 2 dirt. ( 2 unlisted airstrips included ). Fly along the Kawarau river gorge from cromwell to Queenstown & over 0r under the famous bungy jumping bridge. Scenery, Orbx NZ Sth island + Cromwell ( optional for FSX/P3d) HERE https://www.dropbox.com/sh/zrk1siwj5cu0cvu/AACQDbh6X-xeIVqxL93JSYz4a?dl=0 Flight plan HERE https://www.dropbox.com/s/inyo6cn9ls56uxf/VFR Alexandra to Jerusalem Creek.pln?dl=0 Suggested date & tme of f…

This week take a scenic flight in South Island New Zealand, Akaroa (n164 ) -- Hokitika (NZHK ) . 220nm with 10 landings.4 asphalt, 4 unlisted (dirt ) 2 grass. scenery. Orbx South Island + BGL file for unlisted strips Here https://www.dropbox.com/s/xhyznaa3wv68kze/FTX_NZSI_Unlisted_Airstrips.BGL?dl=0 Flight plan HERE, https://www.dropbox.com/s/u70o41d2echfl57/VFR Akaroa to Hokitika.pln?dl=0 Note!, For FSX/P3d users Place bgl file in Orbx /Orbx / ftxnz / nzsi_05 scenery/scenery. aircraft. GA aircraft of your choice. Time & Date, 12/12/2020 16.00hrs local. Weather. world weather, if cloudy suggest orbx weather theme …

San Juan's GotGravel This flight is designed for STOL aircraft as it features many takeoff and landings at short airstrips. Our tour starts at Skagit Regional (KBVS) and then on to Anacortes (74S) where the real fun begins. Departing Anacortes we head out to the San Juan Islands where we will take off and land 25 more times before finishing at East Sound (KORS) on Orcas Island. Upon completion of this tour, Successful pilots will have an additional 26 landings in their flight log. Fully Successful pilots will have the 26 landings in the correct flightplan sequence. FlightPlan Here Required freeware scenery addon that contains the many additional Sa…

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Honshu Part III – Tokyo and more! We depart from Gotemba (RJGO), a small airfield at the foot of Mt. Fuji. We navigate through the mountains and land at Atsugi (RJTA). The Air Force Base of Atsugi is the place where US Troops set foot on Japan's main island during WWII. From here we start our sightseeing tour around the Tokyo Metropolitan Area. The first points of interest are at Yokohama. Depicted are the downtown Yokohama area and the Yokohama Bay Bridge. We cross the Tokyo Bay and land at Kisaratsu (RJTK). On the way to our next landing at Tokyo's International Airport Haneda (RJTT) we pass a building named Wind Tower. After departure we cross the bay ag…

It may well have progressed by now. It now allows all the FSX + versions AND MSFS! Bert, Charlie(you don't know him yet) and myself had a session with me as the P3Der. I could see them and they could see me! Not only that, we were all on the same elevation although KRDD may be the only place in the world were this will happen. Early days but very encouraging. v1.5.0 is available HERE if you don't get an 'Update Available' pop up when you start JoinFS

Antipodean Trilogy Pt 3. New Zealand North Island. We conclude our down under flights with a trip from Kerikeri ( NZKK ) - to Napier (NZNR ) Approx 390nm with 8 landings. Scenery. Orbx New Zealand north island, plus four enhanced airport scenery HERE https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nbyttgtz7bexgga/AAB3JNSa051NNN62AK_u-Kb8a?dl=0 Flight plan HERE https://www.dropbox.com/s/nnug7808fcxurgf/VFR Kerikeri to Napier.pln?dl=0 Suggested flight time date & start . sat nov 28, 16.15 local GA Aircraft, your prefered choice as usual. ( my choice Beechcraft Duke B60 ) Date and time: Saturday Nov 28, 2020. 19:00 UTC. …

This week we start a 3 week Antipodean tour, with flights in Papua New Guinea, Australia, & New Zealand. Pt 1, Papua New Guinea, Kiunga - Madang ( AYKI - AYMD ). 404nm with 10 landings. 8 asphalt, 2 gravel. Flight plan HERE https://www.dropbox.com/s/su5r64nqnvsg869/VFR Kiunga to Madang.pln?dl=0 Suitable Aircraft. Beechcraft Duke, PC12, King Air, Quest Kodiak, etc or any aircraft of your choice.. scenery. Orbx standard scenery. Flight time, todays date 14/11/2020, set start time @ 14 30 hrs local. Weather. If incliment real world weather use Orbx theme 3. Date and time:…

That's Austria to you (well, some of you.) If you have Orbx's LOWI, LOWZ, LOWS, (see title. Geddit?) LOWW and LOWG all the better. If not, the default MSFS offerings are not too shabby. The trip is 372nm but only six landing so the faff factor ought to be reasonably LOW~ (Oh, please stop it!) I'm thinking along the lines of the Mooney, that kinda thing. Departure time about 13.30ish local East Coast server Teamspeak: ts.teamavsim.com 19:00Z Are you getting this xxd09? Finally, Flight Plan HERE

Antipodean Trilogy Pt 2, AUS. This week part 2 of our tour down under takes us into the snowy mountains area of the Great Divide. Bairnsdale (YBNS ) - TUMUT (YTMU ) 264nm with ten landings. Note, although I have used plan G for compiling the route & there are some aussie x strips All airports show in 2020, but not in the gps. Suitable Aircraft, G A Aircraft in general ( not too fast ) as ever your choice. A2A comanche is my choice. Flight Time. Start of flight set time to Nov 21st, 16.00hrs local Orbx aus scenery required. flight plan HERE https://www.dropbox.com/s/tg3kluq03nun9kv/VFR Bairnsdale to…

Utah Parks Tour Our tour of Utah Parks starts at Canyonlands Airport (KCNY) and ends at St George Utah Regional (KSGU). In between we will fly over and through seven National Parks including: · Arches National Park · Canyonlands National Park · Glen Canyon National Recreation Area · Grand Staircase Escalante National Monument · Bryce Canyon National Park · Cedar Breaks National Monument · Zion National Park There are three freeware scenery addons that are an improvement over default Arches National Park, Utah - Devils's Garden Area Bryce Canyon National …

Honshu Part II This weeks flight departs from Osaka's Kansai International Airport (RJBB). We head north and overfly the city of Osaka and the Osaka Castle. We see Kyoto and turn east at Lake Biwa to land at Gifu Aero (RJNG), one of the two airports of Nagoya. We depart, stay low and slow and head south to fly over Nagoya Airport and a couple of the points of interest included in MSFS (or the freeware addon). Then we head south for about 30 miles before we turn east again. The next landing will be at Shizuhama Aero (RJNY). After departure we will soon see the next attraction, Mount Fuji. We head north along some other impressive mountains and land at Matsum…

Appalachian Autumn Starting from Blacksburg Virginia we head west into West Virginia. Staying low we will attempt to follow the New River as it twists and winds into the Allegheny Front. After flying under the New River Bridge we exit the New River Gorge and fly northeast to land at Summersville (KSXL). The route continues to the east re-crossing the Allegheny Front near Cass followed by a landing at Green Bank (WV52). Departing to the east we cross the Shenandoah Mountains and land at Shenandoah Valley Airport (KSHD). Heading northeast and just past New Market Gap we land at Luray (KLUA). Continuing north past Signal Knob (the northern tip of Massanutten Mounta…

Considering that FSUIPC is already working with FS2020, I had good hopes that FS Duenna would, too, but I wasn't able to connect it. Does anybody have any updates on its status (or had success getting it to run with FS2020)?

Honshu Part I We continue our Japan flights with the first flight at Honshu. The departure airport is Ozuk (RJOZ). We make a touch and go at Hofu (RJOF) and head towards Hiroshima. On the way, we pass the famous Itsukushima Shrine and the city of Hiroshima. We land at Hiroshima Intl. Airport (RJOA). We inspect the Tatara Bridge and land at Kasaoka (RJKS). The next points of interest are the Shimotsuisetoo, Hitsuishijma, and Bisan-Seto Bridges. The next landing is at Takamatsu (RJOT). On the way to our next landing at Osaka Intl. Airport (RJOO) we see Himeji Castle, the Akashi-Kaikyo Bridge, and the Kobe Port Tower. The Horyu-Ji Shrine is not easy to find but worth t…

South Coast of England This week's flight will take us along the south coast of England. We'll start at Southampton (EGHI) and head down Southampton water past the docks before turning along the Solent towards the Needles, a group of chalk stacks heading out into the sea from the western tip of the Isle of Wight. From the Needles we'll cross the isle of Wight to land at Bembridge (EGHJ). Next we fly north across the eastern Solent to Portsmouth, with the naval dockyard and the landmark Spinnaker tower, followed by a turn east to cross Hayling Island and Chichester harbour on our way to Goodwood (EGHR). We then follow the South Downs to Shoreham (EGKA), the oldest …

Nepal - West Our tour of western Nepal begins at Simikot (9751 ft) high above the Karnali river and ends at Bharatpur (679 ft) on the Gandaki river. In between we will follow the deep river valleys, cross numerous high ridges, and land at six remote airstrips (some perched precariously on high ridges). The route proceeds east with stops at Bajura (VNBR), Jumla (VNJL), and Dolpa (VNDP). Then the route crosses the very high ridge (between Marpha and Tukuche) that extends from Dhaulagiri. This is followed by a very steep descent to reach Jomson (VNJS) at the bottom of the Kali Gandiki gorge. Be careful during the descent to avoid overstressing your ai…

This week we fly into the wilds of Alaska, From Wassila ( PAWS ) - Valdez ( PAVD ). Following the scenic route we encounter 3 gravel, 2 grass, & 1 dirt, landing, flying over two glaciers before our destination. Seven landings & 280nm approx. Suitable Aircraft, C185f , Beaver, Maule, PC6, etc, as ever your choice. Scenery. No specialised scenery required except Orbx Sth alaska. flight plan HERE. https://www.dropbox.com/s/16esea0xosk5y47/VFR Wasilla to Valdez Pioneer.pln?dl=0 Suggested Flight Start Time . Oct 24 th 14. 00hrs local, Orbx weather theme 3. Multiplayer Particulars Date and time:…

Kyushu - Continued Our tour of Kyushu continues on from where we left off at Chisun-Inn-Omura (RFJU). We fly over Nagasaki, past Mt Unzen and Shimabara to Kumamoto. Departing Kumamoto to the northeast we fly over the large caldera of Aso-Kuju National Park to waypoint KAZMA where the route turns to the southeast for a long 68 mile leg over mountainous terrain to Miyazaki on the pacific coast. Backtracking to the north we land at Oitakenou Airport before heading off to see the next two points of interest: the Kokonoe Yume Otsurihashi Bridge, and then the Chikugo River Lift Bridge. The next landing is at Fukuoka then the final leg northeast up to Shimonoseki, th…

Tour du sud de l'Angleterre. Should anyone be interested. Plan HERE East Coast server Usual TS Usual time. You may want to scope out EGTX and EGML beforehand. I did the flight in the Zlin...er, yellow one.