May 18, 20179 yr This week we're resuming our continuous tour Down Under and revisiting the Torres Strait Islands between northern Queensland and Papua New Guinea. Last time we were here Jeff and Mike worked out an excellent route so I take no credit for this week's plan for anything other than shamelessly plagiarising their work and reversing the route! Starting at Horn Island, we'll fly round the islands and finish at Daru, just off the coast of PNG. A slow sightseeing aircraft would be ideal for the islands, so a nice opportunity to pull your Cessna 172s or Cherokees out of the hangar. The last leg, from Murray Island to Daru is a little longer overwater though so you might like to jump into something a little speedier for that. Flight plans in PLN and PLG formats can be downloaded here. Scenery I'll assume we all have the OzX packages installed. In addition, you'll want the following freeware to enjoy the islands at their FSX/P3D best: OzX Torres Strait Islands Mike Burbidge additonal Torres Strait airports Mike Burbidge Yorke Island (note that this is a new version since our last visit) Alan Blencowe library kit (required by Mike Burbidge sceneries) Orbx Freeware Murray Island (Tim Harris) And while you're at it you might as well grab the Orbx freeware Holgermesh for PNG, as we'll need that shortly anyway. Particulars Date and time: May 20, 2017, 1800 UTC Where: AVSIM RTWR Teamspeak - Casual Flights Channel Teamspeak Server Address: ts.teamavsim.com Cross-Platform Multiplayer: JoinFS (latest version recommended).
May 19, 20179 yr Daru (AYDU) is just stock? - Just wonderin... FS RTWR SHRS F-111 JoinFS Little Navmap
May 19, 20179 yr Author 1 hour ago, spokes2112 said: Daru (AYDU) is just stock? - Just wonderin... Hi Roman... AYDU is one of the 20-odd PNG airports given a makeover as part of the Orbx AYPY Jacksons package, so if you have that you should be seeing something a bit better than stock. I have what looks like a non-stock terminal building with a palm leaf-covered walkway. Does this mean we might see you tomorrow?
May 19, 20179 yr 2 hours ago, CavalierDuck said: Does this mean we might see you tomorrow? Currently planning on it .. DIdn't have time to fully look at the scenery, just used Little Navmap to make sure I had the sceneries active. A rebuild of the LNM database and AYDU showed up correctly. FS RTWR SHRS F-111 JoinFS Little Navmap
May 19, 20179 yr 172? Mmm, might make a very nice change. The World is divided into two groups. Those who say "Give me a link" and those that provide the link. WWG1WGA
May 20, 20179 yr Here is a "remake" of the previous version. The Torres Strait Islands Redux. A Pilot's Guide. --Mike MacKuen
May 24, 20179 yr Thanks Nick for the plan! Here are some screenshots taken, including a couple from Innsbruck. Great showing! FS RTWR SHRS F-111 JoinFS Little Navmap
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