AVSIM's Round the World Race Forum

SGME - SARSSARS - SACOSACO - SAMRSAMR - SAZY #1 South of 40SAZY - SCJO #2 South of 40SCJO - SCTBSCTB - SCRASCRA - SCDASCDA - SPEQSPEQ - SPIM (SPIM begins the South Pacific Ocean Corridor)As always - Feel free to modify the route as needed.

Trying to see how this works. I really miss the subject line for posting "I have baton"Baton Free TEST

Based on last years routing requirements we continue on down into South America. We have to land at an airport in Paraguay and we have to get 2 airports below 40 Degrees South Latitude. After the initial legs I am choosing to make shorter legs for practice purposes. Makes it easier to move the baton if you don't have time to fly a full leg.As always, feel free to modify this as needed. It is just practice. MHTG - MPDAMPDA - SEGUSEGU - SPMSSPMS - SBCZSBCZ - SLCOSLCO - SLTRSLTR - SLETSLET - SGME - Paraguay

Does anyone know how to view posts in "threaded mode" because I find the available "post" views for a Topic rather confusing and I cant see the routes when Baton post is posted :( I liked the linear view for a quick update of current progress and it is difficult to see who is replying to the main post and who replies to an individual post :)

Welcome to the Avsim Flight Sim Round the World race. If you are new to the race and want to volunteer to join us in our quest to win the 2009 race post here.It is a lot of fun.

I have devised a practice Route to try the route the race committee says would have won had any team attempted it last year. The route will head south down through Central America and TEGUCIGALPA - MHTG then on to Paraguay.These are full race legs from last year. Since this is practice, feel free to shorten the leg if you need/want to fly a shorter leg. Fly with real world weather, download winds aloft, and in real time just as you would in the race and make your baton posts here.My FS Host and Team Speak are up. PM me for details.KBFI - KLSCKSLC - KORWKORW - KBROKBRO - MMCEMMCE - MHTG

Starting a thread to post stories of the thrill carrying the baton here. Do you remember your first time carrying the baton in the race?

I read over on Sim-Outhouse that they were looking to start the race on Sunday the 15th. I think starting the race on a Sunday would really be unfair to those who are unable to take time off of work to race.Does anyone else have any thoughts or opinions on this?

An interesting blog has started a few days ago: www.floatingroundtheworld.blogspot.com.

"The Microsoft Flight Simulator Around-the-World Race is an annual event conducted between the top flight simulation websites. Enthusiasts from each site gather online to fly their team's virtual baton around the world as fast as possible."The race is a virtual relay race in Microsoft Flight Simulator around the world. Legs can be no longer than 700nm or 2 hours in length, except as designated by the race committee (Air Bridges and Ocean corridors.) There are routing requirements to be met such as landing on 6 continents, and time bonuses rewarding for landing at certain airports. Routing and bonus information are release about 24 hours prior in a special race NOTAM.Yo…

DC-3 Airways has put together their World Ralley - after not having one the past two years.This is a very interesting and challenging event - because you need to fly by the numbers and by the directions.There are 10 flights - while there are target dates for the flights over a month - they can be flown at your convenience - recognizing schedule difficulties around the world.Be sure and read the rules and informationhttp://www.dc3airways.com/wr_2008/welcome.htm

FYIRob has constructed an excellent "mountain flying" challenge. Go to the SOH multiplayer forum and look for "Dr. House meets Smokey the Bear".http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/forumdisplay.php?f=6Best,Mike

Hey guys.Been chilling more over at Sim-outhouse flying some of their hops on some of their members servers. Has anyone been flying?Post up.

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Just a heads-up. Reggie is setting up a short General Aviation event that mimics the annual "Air Race Classic". This is not quite an all-out-speed race but more a matter of flight planning and precision flying. Tentatively set for mid-July.http://www.sim-outhouse.com/sohforums/forumdisplay.php?f=6Looks like Tom and Craig are already on to this. Others may be interested as well.Might be fun.Mike

Hey Guys ..... Who's still here???RomanProud "TEAM AVSIM" RTW race member.XP Pro, FS9, FR Locked @ 23, AMD 1800+ OCd to 1900+, APIC MProc Mod (24 IRQs), Latency Mods, ECS K7S5a V1.1, 7 fans, 1 gig, 100 & 60 Gig 7200rpm HD, ASUS/NVidia GeForce 64mb AGP on 21", NVidia FX5500 vivo 256mb (CRAP) on 18", Nvidia 93.71s ( The highest can go for the GeForce3 & 5500 combined ), Savage4 32mb on 15", BV services mods.

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Please join in thanking the guys who made our team effort work so very well. Sven, Bry, Harvey and Jeroen all put together the TeamSpeak and FSHost servers and the VPN system. And thanks as well to Jan for giving us access to his servers during the early days. Three cheers all around!

It is my pleasure to announce the results of the 2008 RTW Race.First Place: Sim-OuthouseSecond Place: AvsimThird Place: FlightsimCongratulations to SOH, who have for the first time taken the "Tornado Trophy." This year's race was another very close contest. Congratulations to everyone who participated.We welcome your feedback as we think about plans for next year.Again, Congratulations!Matt SmithRTWR Executive Committee

The RTWR Victory Celebration is scheduled for today (Sunday) at 1900Z. See Bry's post in the team's private forum.

Post your PIREPS and screenshots here.

Hi all,I'm compiling a list of Team AVSIM pilots with their emails. We can keep in contact over the year and perhaps take part in mid-year events.Those who would like to be on the list might please email me the following:Your AVSIM moniker; your name (the one that you like to be called); your location; and your email address.I'll keep this private--sharing it only with team members.You can find my email address over at Dave's Private Fourm in the "Contact List" posting under the General Forum. If you prefer, you can PM me here at AVSIM.Best,Mike

Please reply to this post for all finale legs

Still not a bad effort. Just get a little better on not crashing next year and it is ours. That hour penalty for going over hurts now.

Irrelavant. Is there some penalty that was assessed on Flight Sim.