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Saturday's flight takes us from Bold - Anchorage ( A13 ) -- Homer (PAHO ) Travel through valleys, over mountain passes, glaciers, lakes. 190nm approx of beautiful landscape, 8 landings. ( 1dirt, 5 gravel 2 asphalt ) Sceneries required from misty moorings 1. Bradley lake hydro, 2. tw chugach (parts 1 & 2 ) Not absolutely necessary but enhances flight. Bush or general aircraft as per your choice. flight plan HERE --> https://www.dropbox.com/s/e4hk050dlvp0zey/IFR Bold to Homer.pln?dl=0 Where & When Date and time: Saturday, July 6th, 2019. 1800 UTC. Where: AVSIM RTWR Teamspeak - Casual Flights Channel Teamspeak Server Address: ts…

Summer Scramble on the Sound contd. For 2019-06-29 Picking up where we left off, at KORS, Orcas Island, we'll be heading into Canadian airspace, visiting Victoria which we left out last week, and heading into British Columbia, towards Mile Zero of the Cariboo Road. http://www.lillooetbc.ca/Recreation-Activities/Golden-Miles-of-History/The-Goldrush.aspx Proposed flight plan: KORS - CYYJ - CAM3 - CYCD - CYVR - CYSE - CYPS - CAR3 (aka CILY). Details to follow!

Summer Scramble on the Sound For 2019-06-22 MM Today we shall spend a Summer afternoon flying over some of our most familiar territory in the Puget Sound region and the Salish Sea. Departing from Abbotsford in BC, we fly south to Paine Field. Then northwest to Friday Harbor and Vancouver Island and finally back to Orcas Island. All the while, we shall "scramble" to visit many airfields – either full-stop landings or touch-and-goes. The goal is to enjoy the weather and scenery and conversation while we visit some of our favorite airports that we have known so long. Flight Description Here, the full-stop landings are designated in bold print while the tou…

The Grandeur of Yellowstone For 2019-06-15 MM Today we shall take a couple of hours to enjoy the spectacular scenery of Yellowstone National Park and Grand Teton National Park. This will work best if we fly low in the valleys where possible to get a good sense of the landscape. (In some stretches, we shall fly high over the mountain ridges.) Flight Description We depart from Red Lodge [KRED] to follow the majestic Beartooth Highway (US Route 212) over the Beartooth mountains. The first set of waypoints [BEAR1 – BEAR4] show the way through the valley and up onto the high country of the pass. We shall have to climb to 11,000 feet to clear the terrain. …

Enjoy a tour of lakes, valleys, & montains. Friedrichavon ( EDNY) -- Geneva (LSGG ) 207nm approx of superb scenery with 8 landings. ( no surprises this week ) GA Aircraft, comanche, carenado pc12, vertx DA62, Beechcraft duke etc, your choice as ever. scenery required, Orbyx EU landclass, & global optional, orbyx Sannan (payware) Lausanne (freeware) http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=152815 Wangen_Lachan (freeware ) http://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=152815 Flight plan HERE https://www.dropbox.com/s/566hxqbtt11ckkw/VFR Friedrichshafen to Geneva-2.pln?dl=0 suggested Weather, …

Central America 5: Santiago, Panama to Medellin, Colombia Santiago, Panama (MPSA) where we finished last time is our starting point. A short flight to Chitre (PX06 or MPCE) on the Pacific coast, then another short one across the bay to Rio Hato (MPRH or MPSM). Cross to the Caribbean coast and Colon (MPEJ), watching out for the locks of the Panama Canal on your left as you approach the city. We now do about the shortest flight possible from ocean to ocean, going 31nm to Howard AFB (MPHO or MPPA) in Panama City. Make sure you have your AI ships turned on and you'll see marine traffic in transit, as well as more locks on your left as you approach Panama City. …

Mendoza to Valparaíso (Aconcagua Challenge) We depart Mendoza (SAME) and head southwest to the Mendoza River. Following the river valley northwest and then southwest again into the main range of the Andes. Climb, gaining as much altitude as possible before the turn point at Rio Des los Horcones where we change heading north to the Aconcagua Massif. Follow the waypoints to circumnavigate the peak before heading southwest and resuming our leg to Santiago. Departing Santiago we will fly east over the city’s commercial center turning at the Gran Torre Santiago (Great Santiago Tower), the tallest skyscraper in South America. The remainder of the route features the exce…

Central America 4: Nicaragua to Panama We continue from Managua (MNMG) heading initially southeast along the line of volcanoes going out into Lake Cocibalca before turning south towards Liberia (MRLB) in Costa Rica. We'll then visit the small Pacific coastal resort of Tambor (MRTR - caution - 2300ft runway) before the capital san Jose (MROC). Next we get to see the Caribbean side, with visits to Limon (MRLM) and into Panama, Bocas Del Toro (MPBO). Now we go "coast to coast" - just 58 nm - to David (MPDA), before finishing for the week in Santiago, Panama (MPSA). Flightplans PLN format GFP format - should be straightforward, no faffing n…

Argentina & Chile – Lakes & Volcanos We depart Las Lajas (LLJ) located along the Agrio river in the Andean foothills of Argentina. We first fly east to a waypoint near Lonquimay and view of Volcán Lonquimay before turning to the south and heading to our first landing at Pucon in the shadow of Volcán Villarrica. We will continue to zig and zag to the south crossing the Andes east and west enjoying the views of many volcanic peaks before arriving at our final destination Esquel Argentina in the foothills of the Andes Mountains. Flightplans & Pilots Guide Download Here Aircraft The total distance of the route is about 450nm wit…

Leaving Mexico and continuing our journey further south into Central America. Starting where we finished a few weeks ago at San Cristobal de Las Casas (MMSC), we have one more flight within Mexico across the mountains to Tapachula (MMTP) before we head into Guatemala and Quetzaltenango (MGQZ) then Guatemala City (MGGT). We'll then have a quick look at El Salvador, via waypoint OLISU which marks an area of volcanoes before we visit the international airport in San Salvador (MSSS). Next leg is into Honduras and Tegucigalpa (MHTG), then we finish at Managua, Nicaragua (MNMG). Optional challenge for tubeliner jockeys: Tegucigalpa's Toncontin International Airport…

here is a 230nm flight in beautiful British Columbia, Whiskey Cove - Kidala pass. 11 landings, ( 2 asphalt, 1 grass, 4 dirt, 4 water. ) as this flight takes in mostly Misty Mooring scenery you may wish to download the following sceneries to get the best out of the flight. 1 Whiskey Cove. 2 Ocean falls. 3 Barnstormers. 4 Victory Valley. 5 Telwa river Ranch. 6 Devils word not allowed. 7 Kowesas river Lodge. 8 Kidala pass. Amphibian Aircraft required ( your choice make or model ) flight plan HERE.https://www.dropbox.com/s/2rh2h1g8iw9zynz/VFR Whiskey Cove to Kildala Pass.pln?dl=0 suggested sta…

When it's springtime in the Rockies I'm coming back to you. Get ready for a High adventure thru the Southwest Colorado Rocky mountains in PC12's . Flight plan and details incoming.

Atlantic Beach Patrol Something a little different. A flight from Washington DC (KDCA) east over the Chesapeake Bay to Ocean City Maryland, then up along the mid Atlantic coast, past Cape May and the entrance to Delaware Bay to our second stop at Atlantic City New Jersey (KACY). Continuing north we fly past the Williams family summer beach vacation spot (Long Beach Island New Jersey) and on to La Guardia Airport (KLGA). Winds permitting we will fly the approach to runway 04 which will afford great views of the Manhattan skyline and East River. Leaving New York City we will head out to the tip of Long Island landing at East Hampton (KHTO). Departing Long Isl…

Enjoy a tour of NZ south island, Sea, Lakes, Mountains, Vallies & gorges. Ryans creek - Cromwell. 280nm approx. 8 landings, ( 4 tarmac, 3 grass, 1 graval ) G A Aircraft, comanche, carenado c185, Vertx DA 62 etc, as always your choice of aircraft. suggested flying height especially through the mountains 2500 ft - 3500ft to get the beauty of the scenery. Flight Plan HERE https://www.dropbox.com/s/dnvbbmyd1z88udx/VFR Ryans Creek to Cromwell.pln?dl=0 Date and time: Saturday,Sat 6th april 2019. 1900 UTC. Where: AVSIM RTWR Teamspeak - Casual Flights Channel Teamspeak Server Address: ts.teamavsim.com Cross-…

Dear All, my first attempt to do a flight for saturdays leaves me with a flightplan off 233 nm covering the basic airports of NL. i might need some assistance, or we drop a few allong the way. EHGG;;Eelde Our Northern airfield where reginal flights and charters are landing and departing WP1;;;;;;;;;My home 🙂 EHLE;;Lelystad airport in the midst of becoming the second largest regional airport in NL EHSB;;Soesterberg AB (closed) the NL aircraft industries started here EHRD;;Rotterdam for a short hop along the coast EHAM;;Schiphol well known -> https://www.liveatc.net/search/?icao=EHAM EHKD;;De Kooy Navy we might skip this one EHGG;;E…

The second part of our tour through Mexico and Central America. We start at Mexico City (MMMX) where we finished two weeks ago. We'll fly southeast towards the two volcanos Iztaccihuatl (first waypoint) and Popocatepetl (second). Your altitude is up to you but the summit of Popocatepetl is 17,802ft. Past the volcano, make a fast descent to Puebla (MMPB), our first landing. Next stop will be Tehuacan (MMHC), from where we will head across the mountains to Cordoba where we will fly over the local airport (MM20) then head south and back across the mountains to Oaxaca (MMOX). After Oaxaca we go for a glimpse of the Pacific at Ixtepec (MMIT). Now we fly back inland t…

after last weeks jets this week we try bush flying in Tasmania. 290 nm approx, 5 regular airports, 4 bush strips starting@ wynyard (YWYY ) we fly along the northern coast overflying " Burnie Burnie Harbour " to Devonport " ( YDPO ) then on to George Town (YGTO ). turning south we proceed to Launceston (YMLT ), three bush strips follow then on to Strahan (YSRN ), turning back north we head to Ford creek, then to our last landing at Smithton (YSMI ). as ever your choice of aircraft, bear in mind there are three very tricky grass strips. suggested flight time 16.45 pm local which should give a dusk finish. Date and time: Saturda…

I've had the idea to fly down through Central America for a little while now, since I gave myself a Round The World Challenge to do over the Christmas/New Year holiday period. When I was crossing Mexico and heading towards the Caribbean, I noticed the rather nice mountains passing below me and thought they'd be worth going for a closer look sometime. There are a good few weeks worth of flying we can do, so I plan to start just over the Mexican border in Monterrey, and work our way south. We'll start at Monterrey's second airport, Del Norte MMAN and head west for a short hop across the mountains to Plan de Guadalupe (MMIO) near Saltillo. This will be followed by a…

PNG Tour R1 – Return to the Highlands In the next few weeks we return to the wonderful bush flying that is so necessary for life in Papua New Guinea … next to "the worst place to be a pilot." The first week takes us through the high mountains of the Central and Eastern Highlands, combining several regional airports that serve domestic passenger flights with a couple of smaller bush strips that might offer a modest airmanship challenge. The second week likewise combines some larger strips with a couple of more interesting hillside landings. These first two legs serve as a warm-up for the second pair of legs which offer the far more testing bush strips of the Tapini an…

San Francisco Bay: Flight Unlimited II Redux For 2019-03-02 MM Today we fly over the San Francisco Bay Area in light general aviation aircraft. This is a tribute to the classic Flight Unlimited II, the 1997 flight simulator developed by Looking Glass Studios. Marked by state-of-the-art fluid flight dynamics and an ATC controlled airspace of 600 AI aircraft in the Bay Area, it seemed to be something special. You might enjoy a look at the cockpit experience of Flight Unlimited II (from about 8:37 in this longer video). We depart from Half Moon Bay (KHAF), the default starting position for FU II. After a late lunch at the 3-Zero Café, we head south into the San…

Hi everybody, unless someone has a flight ready for next Saturday (23 Feb), I will set something up and post the details next week! Have a great race! Cheers!

Steve coming into VQPR (Paro) as Nick & Roman await their jet leg to VTCC (Chiang Mai) Right over the top... Roman touching down at VTCC (Chiang Mai) HighMike on his way into VDPP, DC and Roman await in the F-7F's DC & Roman climbing out of VDPP for WBGG Saying good bye to the Sun for the first time..

The Official Announcement of the results of the 2019 Round The World Race has been posted. https://www.fsrtwrace.com/

I wish I could have participated in this final race, or even that I was able to jump into Teamspeak to say this directly.... But, just wanted to say good luck and have fun in this final race. 😄

Alright race fans, time to get serious here. 2020, do you want a race ? I know SOH is struggling with members so we need ideas. With Mike and Rob stepping down, I’m it for an executive committee. I know I run the site and make the Duenna but it’s not my race, it’s your race. Evaluate the current setup, current rule structure and perhaps the race needs a shakeup to continue. We need ideas, if you want to continue let’s hear them. I’d like to see a true RTW next year if possible. So 2020, yay or nay?