The Great Australian Crawl: In this event we explore Australia by circumnavigating the continent but still getting a good feel for the terrain, vegetation and civilisation throughout this great land down under.
The series will cover forty events (colour coded by state) around Australia as follows:
Leg 25: Geraldton to Jandakot.
Details to follow. Hope you can join us.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS INFORMATION IS FOR FLIGHT SIMULATION USE ONLY.
Regards, Paul
ATTENTION Aussie Flight Group Participants …
Group Flight: 2023-04-28T10:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: Geraldton(YGEL) Dongara(YDRA) Jurien Bay(YJNB) Nambung Station(YJUU) Gingin(YGIG) Pearce(YPEA) Rottnest Is(YRTI) Jandakot(YPJT).
Take off from Geraldton(YGEL)
Track 160 deg to Dongara(YDRA) 32nm
Touch and Go at Dongara(YDRA)
Track 175 deg to Jurien Bay(YJNB) 61nm
Touch and Go at Jurien Bay(YJNB)
Track 152 deg to Nambung Station(YJUU) 18.8nm
Full Stop Landing at Nambung Station(YJUU) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Nambung Station(YJUU)
Track 150 deg to Gigin(YGIG) 62nm
Touch and Go at Gigin(YGIG)
Track 149 deg to Pearce(YPEA) 14.4nm
Touch and Go at Pearce(YPEA)
Track 231 deg to Rottnest Is(YRTI) 32nm
Touch and Go at Rottnest Is(YRTI)
Track 109 deg to Jandakot(YPJT) 18.2nm
Full Stop Landing at Jandakot(YPJT).
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 2,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details
Geraldton(YGEL)
Elev: 121’
RW 03/21 Asphalt
RW 14/32 Asphalt
RW 08/26 Gravel
Dongara(YDRA)
Elev: 14’
RW 18/36 Asphalt
Jurien Bay(YJNB)
Elev: 50’
RW 02/20 Asphalt
Nambung Station(YJUU)
Elev: 149’
RW 17/35 Asphalt
Gingin(YGIG)
Elev: 247’
RW 08/26 Bituminous
Pearce(YPEA)
Elev: 150’
RW 18L/36R Asphalt
RW 18R/36L Asphalt
RW 05/23 Asphalt
Rottnest Is(YRTI)
Elev: 12’
RW 09/27 Asphalt
Jandakot(YPJT)
Elev: 99’
RW 06L/24R Asphalt
RW 06R/24L Asphalt
RW 12/30 Asphalt
For comprehensive airport details refer: Aeronautical Information Package - Airservices .
The information is available under the latest ERSA. Simply search for the airport.
Aircraft: Bonanza.
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 10:00z. There will be no need for official radio calls. Lets 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: VFR Geraldton (YGEL) to Jandakot (YPJT).lnmpln (2.5 KB)
MSFS: VFR Geraldton (YGEL) to Jandakot (YPJT).pln (3.2 KB)
Print this flight card out for your easy reference during the flight (Note: only available up to the date of the flight): Dropbox - Flight Card_GAC.pdf - Simplify your life
FREE membership to our Discord Server. Join in the friendly banter during the flight.
In addition there are useful services and information for members of the Discord Server.
Recommended scenery …
Event reminder …