Aussie Group Flights Team: Anzac Cove - Lest we Forget

In Australia, on the 25th April (Anzac Day), we remember the brave men of the Australia and New Zealand forces (the Anzacs) that were part of the campaign to capture the Gallipoli Peninsula in the battle in 1915. Deaths included 8,709 Australians and 2,721 New Zealanders.

In this event, we will fly low and slow using Bush Cubs or similar. Taking off from Megas Alexandros airport in Greece and call in on a number of airports along our route. During the event, we will overfly the striking Greek island called Samothracethen do an off strip landing at Anzac Cove in Turkey while we pause to remember the brave soldiers that lost their lives in the battle in this conflict.

You will need a STOLE type aircraft to be able to set down at Anzac Cove. The beach isn’t well represented and we need to land on a road that follows a cliff face next to the beach. We also visit Imbros Island, which is the largest island in Turkey along with our destination at Lemnos, which is a Greek island.

Note: You could use a float plane and land in the cove.

Information on Anzac Day: Anzac Day - Wikipedia

Information on Anzac Cove: ANZAC Cove - Wikipedia

Details to follow. Hope you can join us.

PLEASE NOTE: THIS INFORMATION IS FOR FLIGHT SIMULATION USE ONLY.

Regards, Paul

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Group Flight: 2023-04-25T00:00:00Z

PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.

Route: Megas Alexandros(LGKV) Komotini(Z11W) Dimokritos(LGAL) Imbros(POI2) Anzac Cove(POI1) Gokceada(LTFK) Limnos(LGLM).

Take off from Megas Alexandros(LGKV)
Track 064 deg to Komotini(Z11W) 34nm
Touch and Go at Komotini(Z11W)
Track 112 deg to Dimokritos(LGAL) 33nm
Touch and Go at Dimokritos(LGAL)
Track 210 deg to Imbros(POI2) 29nm
Track 107 deg to Anzac Cove(POI1) 35nm
Full Stop landing at Anzac Cove(POI1) +++ 10 min break +++
Water aircraft land in the cove
Land based aircraft land on the road near the beach
Take off from Anzac Cove(POI1)
Track 258 deg to Gokceada(LTFK) 18.3nm
Touch and Go at Gokceada(LTFK)
Track 235 deg to Limnos(LGLM) 34nm
Full Stop Landing at Limnos(LGLM)

Altitude: The route can be flown up to 6,500’ to be clear of terrain.

Airport details

Megas Alexandros(LGKV)
Elev: 18’
RW 05L/23R Asphalt
RW 05R/23L Asphalt

Komotini(Z11W)
Elev: 107’
RW 03/21 Cement
RW 02L/20R Grass

Dimokritos(LGAL)
Elev: 24’
RW 07/25 Cement

Gokceada(LTFK)
Elev: 84’
RW 01/19 Cement
RW 02/20 Dirt

Limnos(LGLM)
Elev: 14’
RW 04L/22R Asphalt
RW 04R/22L Asphalt

Aircraft: Bush Cub/Bush Float

IMPORTANT: In the interest of keeping it REAL, please refrain from selecting inappropriate aircraft, like airliners. This only detracts from the immersion of the flight.

Seeing Aircraft Correctly: You need to do two things to ensure you can see the other pilots in the event and see them in the aircraft they selected.

Select the same server: To do this, proceed as follows:

From the Welcome Screen, click on your Username (top right)
From the list of servers, under Servers, select WEST USA

Turn off Generic Planes: To do this, proceed as follows:

From the Welcome Screen, click on OPTIONS
Click on GENERAL
With TRAFFIC selected, scroll down to the last option and set USE GENERIC PLANE MODELS to OFF

Turning off Crash/Damage:

Select Options/Assistance
Expand Failure & Damage
Disable Crash Damage
Disable Aircraft Stress Damage
Disable Engine Stress Damage
Accept the changes

Voice Room: My personal Discord server is used for voice comms. If you haven’t already joined my server, click on the below link to request access. I will set you up as a Member so you can access the server. Ensure you do this prior to the flight, as latecomers will need to wait for the next event.

Link to join the Voice Room: Aussie Group Flights Team - On-line Flying

Note: this link is only valid for 7 days from posting.

Weather/Time: We will set the time to 8am. This will allow us to fly in daylight and choose REAL weather so that the winds are correct.

From the World Map view, click on Flight Conditions (upper right of screen)
Click on All Players, Live Traffic, Custom
Under Weather and Time, select Live Weather and move the time slide bar to show 8:00am. 
Click Close and Fly from the World Map view.

We can start departing from 24:00z. There will be no need for official radio calls. Let’s just have some fun taking in the scenery and the social aspects of the event.

Turning on Points of Interest

Select Options/Assistance
Expand POI
Set Landmark Markers to ON
Set City Markers to ON
Set Airport Markers to ON
Accept the changes

Turning on Name Tags (This will assist you in following the group if you get disoriented):

Select Options/GeneralTraffic
Set Show Traffic Nameplates to On
Accept the settings

Still confused, check out the multiplayer video tutorial from SimHangar Flight Simulation: MSFS | MULTIPLAYER | How To Guide | Everything You Need To Know | Fly in events coming soon. - YouTube

Let me know if there’s anything else that I’ve missed that you need to know.,

Regards, Paul

Flight plans for the event …

Little NavMap: IFR Megas Alexandros (LGKV) to Limnos (LGLM).lnmpln (2.1 KB)

MSFS: IFR Megas Alexandros (LGKV) to Limnos (LGLM).pln (2.7 KB)

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