Central America Pt 1

This flight begins in Mexico at Tapachula (MMTP) and then a quick stop at the grass strip at Malacatán Airport (MGML) to get our passports stamped. The route continues into the highlands of Guatemala with a number of volcanos and high altitude airport landings.  We stop at San Marcos (MGSM) and Quetzaltenango (MGQZ) before flying over beautiful Lake Atitlán to Santiago (MGST).  Next is a landing at the sprawling capital of Guatemala City (MGGT) and then we head east to Zacapa (MGZA) before doing a flyover of the ruins of Copan.  Turning south our next stop is Nueva Ocotepeque Airport (MHNV), then on to Ilopango Intl (MSSS) in San Salvador (the capitol of El Salvador).  Departing over Lake Ilopango we will pass close by a series of volcanos before landing at El Papalon Airport (MSSM).  The short final leg will take us to Tamarindo (MS1A), a small airstrip on the Pacific coast.

 

FlightPlan and Pilots Guide  Here

The route is 352 miles in length with 10 landings.   I will be flying the Cessna Caravan in Sansa Regional colors.

 

MSFS Landmarks enhancements below:

Copán

MSFS C208 Central American Liveries:

Sansa Regional | Memories Package | Asobo Cessna C208B EX Grand Caravan

Aerobell Airlines | TI-BJA & TI-BJD | Asobo Cessna C208B EX Grand Caravan

 

 

Time and Weather

Recommend Departure time of 2:30PM local. 

Multiplayer Particulars

Date and time: Wednesday, March 17, 2021. 1900 UTC

Where: AVSIM RTWR Teamspeak - Casual Flights Channel

Teamspeak Server Address: ts.teamavsim.com

Cross-Platform Multiplayer: JoinFS. Latest version is here. (FSX, FSX-SE, and P3D and MSFS2020)

Microsoft Flight Simulator Multiplayer: North America East server.

 

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23 hours ago, jt_williams said:

Cross-Platform Multiplayer: JoinFS. Latest version is here. (FSX, FSX-SE, and P3D and MSFS2020)

And XP11+...just saying, again....I wonder if there are folks over Xplane.com who might be interested.

I shall be delighted to join in SANSA's Red-tailed TI-BCU.

The "community modification" for the C208B is published at Flightsim.to here. This is an ongoing project and the current author outlines many limitations. (You certainly have to pay close attention to your power management if you want to avoid problems.) Still, this is an interesting alternate interpretation of the C208B when compared with the default aircraft. Worth a look.

North Americans will know that our Daylight Saving Time adjustment to UTC applies to Wednesday as well as to Saturday. Nearly forgot this. 🙄

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Thank you Jeff, that was great flight, very scenic and most enjoyable!

Nice picture Buzz.