Mokuaikaua christian church, on the big island. A lot of interesting early Hawaiian history here.

 

Steve

This is a big resort area, isn't it? So, I put the Icon down on the water and went for a swim.

 

 

 

 

No, Steve, I didn't forget the gear. I hauled the Icon up on the beach so the waves wouldn't wash it out to sea! :lol:

 

Best regards.

Luis

Luis, land on the water then pull up right to the edge of the water, lower the landing gear and taxi up onto the beach. It's much easier on the bottom of your plane!

I got it from the air after doing some touch and goes at the old Kona airport on the way. On the way back I did some sightseeing and made a stop a the very tiny Kaupuleho airstrip 92Z before returning to the new Kona International airport  at Keahole. Nice flight. I do well remember flying low over those extensive lava flows during the approach as a passenger on an inner-island commercial flight.

 

Steve

Thanks, Alan, I've been repainting lately and have got lots of extra cans of paint lying around for scraped bottoms! :lol:

 

Best regards.

Luis

Hi Folks

 

An unexpected and pleasant surprise this evening.

 

One of those AOTD's I'd missed first time round,

and my first new AOTD in 5 months of waiting.   :lol:

 

Flew in Heavy Weather at dusk,

which made for a visually impressive, albeit brief flight,

there & then back to landing at Kona Intl.

 

Took 3 attempts, as it's location was unknown to me.

Initial pass to localize,

then on return, missed as too high,

finally a low-level from seawards yielded.

 

Now acquired 339 of 350 Aerocaches.

 

4 of those outstanding were since made permanent,

which I've stashed/am saving, for a rainy day.

 

Been working in FSX recently,

and one forgets how atmospheric & immersion enhancing the lighting makes Flight.

 

Must do some/more flying to raise availability of clandestine jobs. :ph34r:

 

ATB
Paul

AUGGG, still at 343 and checking every day. I know I missed a bunch when I was on vacation last year. It is so distressing to see that you have already bagged that AOTD. Funny how you can miss the  hunt. Something that so many "serious simmers" found so juvenile.  Just think, the Grand Canyon area was to have been next!

 

Steve

I wonder which one I might have missed then. I've found every AOTD posted since the beginning, and I only have 349 in my count. As a matter of fact, I think that number agrees with several other people I've seen mention their count.

 

Interesting. I wonder if I might have missed one when the daily postings were messed up and occasionally two were posted on the same day?

 

Guess I'll have to check each day also.

Hi Folks

 

Rick -

The official MS published figure for available Aerocaches is 350.

 

The only source I've managed to find for a total available Aerocache's is -

 

If you join any multiplayer session,

then look at any other participating player's profile,

you'll see their earned versus total available AOTDs.

 

 

 

AIUI -

That total available Aerocaches was originally 351.

 

One that many people hadn't earned is - Curvature of the Earth

Ethically avoided on my own part.   :lol:

 

IIRC it doesn't count in the 350,

as the total available Aerocaches was decremented when it was withdrawn.

ISTR a thread on this forum when it was decremented.

 

 

 

HTH
ATB
Paul

Does that 350 count all that were submitted by the community. I alone added 25 or so before we were cut off at the knee's. Of course not all that were submitted were even used. I had some really good ones that never saw the light of day. So be it!

 

 

Steve

Steve, post them here, please!

 

Best regards.

Luis

I don't know what I could possibly be missing.

 

I too didn't try for the curvature cache. Just didn't seem right to do it the way that was suggested.

 

Steve - I'm sure the 350 must include some of the community submitted caches as I have all those also. They are included in my 349 count.

 

Just out of curiosity, where was the official total posted by Microsoft? Or, was this just for people on the development or beta teams?

Hi Folks

 

Rick -

The official count of 350 can be seen

if you join any multiplayer session,

then look at any other participating player's profile,

you'll see their earned versus total available AOTDs.

 

I know of at least 2 persons whose profiles indicate they've earned all 350 aerocaches.

 

 

 

Here's my incomplete listing,

which shows 347 valid aerocaches, (348 inc CotE) -

Aa Falls
Abandoned Wind Farm
Above the town
Aerocache
Aimoo Falls
Ala Wai Harbor
Alakai Swamp
Anchorage
Awini Falls
Banyan
Barber's Point Lighthouse
Bare Essentials
Barking Sands
Barking Shack
Beaver Creek YXQ Canada
Bellows
Besboro Island
Between Islands
Big And Little Radar
Big Beach
Big Delta
Big Island Coffee
Big Surf
Black Sand Beach
Bowfin
Bus 142
Busy Seaplane
Cape Newenham Cove
Cape of the Prince
Channel Run
Charles Lindbergh's Grave
Chatanika Dredge No. 3
Chena Marina
Coal Creek Dredge
Coconut Bay Light
Coconut Island
Colony of Pain
Colorful Falls
Cone Island
Control Tower
Crashed DC-3
Crashed Liberator
Culinary Captain
Curvature of the Earth
Derelict Props
Diamond
Diamond Head Lighthouse
Early Warnings
Elmendorf AFB
End of the Road
Ernie Lake
Ester Gold Dredge
Far Northwest Grain Elevator
Fill 'er up!
Fire Island
Fishing Dutch
Flat Dredge
Flying Wild
Fort Greely
Fortymile Under
From Russia, with Love
Geologically Active
Girdwood
Glacier Highway Tunnel
Gold Dredge
Gold Dredge No. 8
Gold mining
Haena Beach
Hakalaoa Falls
Hakalau Bridge
Halawa Bay
Haleakala Crater
Haleakala Sunrise
Halfway Tower
Hanakapiai Beach
Hanakapi'ai Falls
Hanakoa Falls
Hanauma Bay
Havard Glacier
Hawaii Fortress Base
Hawaii Seaplane Base
Hawaiian Ocean View
Heeia Pier
Herschel Island Oil Rig
High Flying Glider
High Sea Cliffs
Hiilawe Falls
Hikiau
Hinalele Falls
Ho‘ole‘a Falls
Holaniku Solar Plant
Homer
Honokohau Bay
Honokohau Marina
Honolii Cove
Honopu Beach
Honorable Monument
Hoonah Bridge
HTS Oahu
Iao Valley
Iditarod 1 Campbell Airstrip
Iditarod 10 - Takotna
Iditarod 11 - Ophir
Iditarod 12 - Iditarod
Iditarod 12 (North) - Cripple
Iditarod 13 (North) - Ruby
Iditarod 13 (south) - Shageluk
Iditarod 14 - Anvik
Iditarod 14 (North) - Galena
Iditarod 15 (North) - Nulato
Iditarod 16 - Eagle Island
Iditarod 17
Iditarod 18 - Unalakleet
Iditarod 19 - Shaktoolik
Iditarod 20 - Koyuk
Iditarod 21 - Elim
Iditarod 22 - Golovin
Iditarod 23 - White Mountain
Iditarod 24 - Safety
Iditarod 25 - Nome
Iditarod 3 - Yentna Bend
Iditarod 4 - Skwentna
Iditarod 5 - Finger Lake
Iditarod 8 - Nikolai
Iditarod 9 - McGrath
Iditarod Checkpoint 2 - Willow
Iditarod Trail - Kaltag
Iditarod Trail Start
Iditiarod 15 - Grayling
Ipuolono Reservoir
Ipuu Falls
Island Oasis
Jack Wade Gold Dredge
John Rodgers Storage
Jurassic Falls
Ka Lae
Kaanapali Beach
Kaawa Valley
Kaena Point 10K
Kähili Falls
Kahiwa Falls
Kaholalele Falls
Kaho'olawe Light
Kahuku Army Airfield
Kahului Harbor
Kahuna Falls
Kakeha Falls
Kalaupapa Light
Kalohi - Pailolo Channels
Kaluahine Falls
Kamohio Bay
Kamuela
Kamuela and Upolu VOR
Kapakaiki Falls
Kapakanui Falls
Kapapa Island
Kasatochi
Kasegaluk Lagoon
Ka'ula
Kaunakakai Harbor
Keyhole
Kikaua Beach
Kilauea Lighthouse
Klondike gold dredge
Knik River Rail Bridge
Koko Head
Kolekole Bridge
Kona Coast Shipping
Koolau Range
Kramer 31
Kualapuu Diamond
Kumukahi Light
Ladd Army Airfield
Lahilahi Point
Lahomene Falls
Lake Waiau
Large Town on Kauai
Lauiole Falls
Laupahoehoe Point
Lava Foundation
Lawai Stream
Let's Cruise
Listening Carefully
Little Beacon
Lokoaka Pond
Lonely Radar Farm
Long runways
Lost DC-3
Low Oxygen in Hawaii
Lulu Limbo
Maalaea Harbor
Makaha Communications
Makai Pier
Makapuu Beach
Makapuu Light
Maluaka Beach
Mänoa Falls
Marine Research
Maui Arrivals
Maui Stargazing
Maui Wind Energy Project
Mauna Kea-Honolii Ravine
Mauna Lei Gulch
Mauna Loa Caldera
MCAF
McCall Glacier
McGrath
Mendenhall Glacier
Merrill Pass
Middleton Island
Mighty Mo
Moeloa Falls
Mohihi Falls
Mokoli
Mokuaikaua
Mokuaikaua,
Molokai Triangle
Molokai VORTAC
Mount Kaala
Mount Logan
Mount Saint Elias
Mount Vsevidof
Mouth of the Yukon
Na Pali Coast
Naalapa Falls
Nanaue Falls
Napo'opo'o Light
Nature's Crossroads
Nawiliwili Harbor
Nawiliwili Light
Nimitz Beach
North Kohala Turbines
North Pole
North, East, South, or West
Northern Tip
Nuaailua Bay
Oceanic 815
Oh Deere....
Okmok Caldera
Old Kona Airport
Olomana Peak
One Fish, Two Fish, Red Fish..
Onomea Bay
Ooiki Falls
Over the Hump
P.I. "Nesting" spot
Pali Highway 61
Papala Falls
Papohaku Beach
Pauka'a Point Light
Pavlof's Sister
Pedro Creek Plane Crash
Pedro Dredge
PHMK
Place of Caribou Droppings
Pohakuloa Training Area
Polihua Beach
Pool of 'Ohe'o
Port Allen Hangar
Port Allen Marina
Port Clarence LORAN Tower
Post-Rogers Memorial
Prince Rupert, Canada - CYPR
Protected Crescent
Punchbowl
Puu Kahuauli
Puu Kukui
Puu Lua Reservoir
Quonset Maze
Rabbit Island
Radio Tower
Rainy Pass
Red and White Tower
Red Hill Cabin
Reservoir
Retired Dredge
Rolling down the river
Sacred Falls
Sand Trapped at Moose Run
Sandy Beach Molokai
Satellite Communication Site
Seasons of Change: Part 1
Seasons of Change: Part 2
Self Serve
Sharks Cove
Solomon Gold Dredge
Source of the Skeena
South Kauai VOR
South Marker Tower
Southward From Civilization
Spruce Island Watersports
Stellar Views
Stratovolcano
Sugar Mill
Tanana Crossing
Tanks for the Memories
Taps
Tatitna
Terrace Produce Dock
The Big Hole
The Blob
The Bluenose Limbo
The Hilo Limbo
The sleeping giant
The Summit
Tracks across Talkeetna
Trading Bay oil rigs
Turtle Bay
Umga Island
Under the trestle
Upolu River
USAF Remote Tracking Station
USS Utah
Village
VLBA
VOR Hilo 116-9
VOR to Puu Waa Waa Crater
Wai‘alae Falls
Waiakea Pond
Waialae Country Club
Waialae Falls
Waihunehune Falls
Waikii Pond
Waikiki
Wailau Valley
Wailea Beach
Wailua Falls
Wailuku
Waimea Beach Bridge
Waimea Bridge
Waimea Dishes
Waimea Falls
Waimoku Falls
Waimouku Falls
Waipio
Waipoo Falls
Waipuhia Falls
Water View
Water, Water Everywhere
West Maui
Wheeler
Wheeler Waterway
Where It All Began
Whittier Harbor
Windy Ridge
Womans Bay
X Marks the Spot
Yokohama Beach

 

Please post names of any I've missed.

 

HTH
ATB
Paul

I have a count of 349 Aerocaches and in compeering your list to mine, I show you missing.

1. Between Upolu Point and Kamuela VOR's
2. (Iditarod 17), is Kaltak and is listed as “Iditarod Trail – Kaltag”
3. KA LAE
4. Komohio Bay
5. Lao Valley
6. Willow, is listed as Iditarod Checkpoint 2 - Willow

You have these on your list that I have no reference of.

1. Kaho'olawe Light
2. Makapuu Light
3. Nawiliwili Light
4. Seasons of Change: Part 1
5. Seasons of Change: Part 2

Hi Folks

jpc55 -
Cheers for your info.

Sorry for the tardy reply,

further delayed by AVSIMs latest outage.     :biggrin:


 

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re: The mismatches you've listed -

Apart from a few of those I've missed earning,
the spelling of the aerocache names in my list,
were extracted directly from Microsoft Flight's aerocache http source,
on the day the aerocache was published.

My List == Your list
1 - Kamuela and Upolu VOR == Between Upolu Point and Kamuela VOR's
3 - Ka Lae == KA LAE
4 - Kamohio Bay == Komohio Bay
5 * - Iao Valley == Lao Valley
6 - Iditarod Checkpoint 2 - Willow == Willow


5 * -
Iao Needle would have been a more appropriate name.

 

Iao Valley being the name of the area, which contains ‘Iao Valley State Monument national park.
The Iao Needle is a topographic feature situated up a minor side stream of the Iao Valley.

 

The AOTD is located between Iao Needle, and the main valley wall.
IIRC, the display trigger has a fairly small area, (i.e. you need to be close before it shows).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iao_Valley
http://www.nature.nps.gov/nnl/site.cfm?Site=IAVA-HI
http://www.hawaiistateparks.org/parks/maui/index.cfm?park_id=36



Cheers for the info on the following pair
both of which don't match the naming convention used for others in the series.

2 - My list wrongly includes "Iditarod 17",
which I'd wrongly thought I'd missed whilst away from home.
The published name is "Iditarod Trail – Kaltag", (already in my list).

6 - "Iditarod Checkpoint 2 - Willow", (already in my list).


 

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re: Those you'd no record of -

 

AFAICS they were initially published as follows -

 

09/08/2013    Kaho'olawe Light
04/08/2013    Makapuu Light
11/08/2013    Nawiliwili Light
18/08/2013    Seasons of Change: Part 1
20/08/2013    Seasons of Change: Part 2

 

 

 

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re: Master Listing -

 

So my incomplete listing is now reduced to 346 valid aerocaches, (347 inc CotE).
i.e. I'm still short of 4 names.

? Anyone ?



HTH
ATB
Paul