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 26: Jandakot to Albany.
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: 2023-05-05T10:00:00Z
PLEASE DO NOT SPAWN ON THE RUNWAY. ENSURE YOU SELECT THE STARTING POSITION ON THE RAMP.
Route: Jandakot(YPJT) Garden Is(YGAD) Serpentine(YSEN) Murray Field(YMUL) Wheeler Drome(YWAN) Preston Field(YHAR) Bunbury(YBUN) Busselton(YBLN) Margaret River(YMGT) Augusta(YAUG) Manjimup(YMJM) Northcliffe(YPEE) Walpole(YWPE) Denmark(YDEK) Albany(YABA).
Take off from Jandakot(YPJT)
Track 231 deg to Garden Is(YGAD) 13.2nm
Touch and Go at Garden Is(YGAD)
Track 136 deg to Serpentine(YSEN) 13.3nm
Overfly Serpentine(YSEN)
Track 198 deg to Murray Field(YMUL) 7.2nm
Touch and Go at Murray Field(YMUL)
Track 169 deg to Wheeler Drome(YWAN) 17.1nm
Touch and Go at Wheeler Drome(YWAN)
Track 219 deg to Preston Field(YHAR) 17.6nm
Touch and Go at Preston Field(YHAR)
Track 186 deg to Bunbury(YBUN) 21nm
Touch and Go at Bunbury(YBUN)
Track 219 deg to Busselton(YBLN) 23nm
Touch and Go at Busselton(YBLN)
Track 228 deg to Margaret River(YMGT) 21nm
Full Stop Landing at Margaret River(YMGT) +++ 10min Break +++
Take off from Margaret River(YMGT)
Track 176 deg to Augusta(YAUG) 24nm
Touch and Go at Augusta(YAUG)
Track 089 deg to Manjimup(YMJM) 49nm
Touch and Go at Manjimup(YMJM)
Track 181 deg to Northcliffe(YPEE) 24nm
Overfly Northcliffe(YPEE)
Track 126 deg to Walpole(YWPE) 32nm
Overfly Walpole(YWPE)
Track 092 deg to Denmark(YDEK) 35nm
Touch and Go at Denmark(YDEK)
Track 092 deg to Albany(YABA) 20nm
Full Stop Landing at Albany(YABA).
Altitude: The route can be flown up to 2,500’ to be clear of terrain.
Airport details
Jandakot(YPJT)
Elev: 99’
RW 06L/24R Asphalt
RW 06R/24L Asphalt
RW 12/30 Asphalt
Garden Is(YGAD)
Elev: 30’
RW 05/23 Asphalt
Serpentine(YSEN)
Elev: 30’
RW 05/23 Asphalt
Murray Field(YMUL)
Elev: 56’
RW 05/23 Asphalt
RW 09/27 Dirt
Wheeler Drome(YWAN)
Elev: 87’
RW 09/27 Bituminous
Preston Field(YHAR)
Elev: 0’
RW 17/35 Cement
Bunbury(YBUN)
Elev: 53’
RW 07/25 Asphalt
Busselton(YBLN)
Elev: 56’
RW 03/21 Bituminous
Margaret River(YMGT)
Elev: 374’
RW 02/20 Asphalt
Augusta(YAUG)
Elev: 120’
RW 17/35 Asphalt
Manjimup(YMJM)
Elev: 940’
RW 12/30 Asphalt
Northcliffe(YPEE)
Elev: 322’
RW 05/23 Dirt
RW 13/31 Dirt
Walpole(YWPE)
Elev: 57’
RW 14/32 Dirt
Denmark(YDEK)
Elev: 230’
RW 09/27 Asphalt
Albany(YABA)
Elev: 233’
RW 14/32 Asphalt
RW 05/23 Asphalt
For comprehensive airport details refer: Aeronautical Information Package - Airservices .
The information is available under the latest ERSA. Simply search for the airport.
Aircraft: TBM930.
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 Jandakot (YPJT) to Albany (YABA).lnmpln (3.9 KB)
MSFS: VFR Jandakot (YPJT) to Albany (YABA).pln (5.1 KB)
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 for the event …
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
Thanks Paul. Would like to join your discord server. The link is not working for me for some reason?
Event reminder …
