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Welcome to Northwest Scotland For Wednesday April 26, 2023 We'll do a 200 nm counter clockwise circular route from the town of Oban around northwestern Scotland: From North Connel (EGRO) airport and returning. A wee loch trip of sorts around some of the most beautiful scenery in Scotland. We'll travel eastward then northward along some of the Loch routes then we'll head westward following the water system to the Glenfinnan area then back to North Connel. (Pic of Oban: North Connel Airport - Credits to studioCD) Airport Route: EGEO, EGVZ, EG20, XBRO (EGEI), EGEO. Aircraft: The trip is 209 nm so an aircraft that can site-see between 120-150kts is appropriate but as always please feel free to fly what you wish. Freeware Add-ons/Enhanced Airports: Credits/Links: by studioCD >> EGEO >> https://flightsim.to/file/12500/egeo-oban-north-connel-scotland by TheGarner >> EGVN >> https://flightsim.to/file/131/fort-augustus-airfield by RobAirYT >> EG29 >> https://flightsim.to/file/18951/plockton-airstrip-eg29-scotland by Simwerft >> XBRO (EGEI) >> https://flightsim.to/file/13305/broadford-airfield-xbro Other (Scenery add-ons: Payware: Not mandatory by any means but does add eye candy) Orbx Landmarks: https://orbxdirect.com/product/gbr-north-msfs FlightPlan: 2023-04-26 Northwest Scotland.zip > On Discord ()Wed > Event Downloads Channel). Recommended departure time: 14:00 Local Time. Multiplayer Particulars: Date/time: Wednesday April 26, 2023 18:00 UTC AVSIM Discord Server: https://discord.gg/K5Vy6UxWNm - AVSIM GROUP EVENTS-WED - COM2 MSFS Multiplayer: East USA Server If you want to help others enjoy the multiplayer experience, don't forget to enter your aircraft details on the multiplayer spreadsheet (linked HERE). Your courtesy will save others a lot of time and effort. Thanks! Norm

Well today everything is fine with roads etc today so it must have just been the servers under load yesterday feeding SU12 out to the world!!.

Yesterday am, before the SU12 update yesterday afternoon, I decided to reactivate/reinstall the Canada WU11 photogrammetry, from the content manager hoping there might be some update to it in SU12.. and sure enough there was some type of update to the Canada-Tin photogrammetry so I guess will keep it on to try this group trip afternoon. (Note. Prior to the update, the Parry Sound area should have been much better than it was, and the big bridge didn't even show the current scenery for this well known town and area. Does anyone have dark/black roads everywhere in Canada? (Like dark and not much texture?.. we'll see what it looks like today in this trip after the update. I know one thing after the update, they didn't fix the no-change aircraft FREEZE. (If you don't change the aircraft, the sim still locks up when trying to load a flight but if you change the aircraft or at least change the current aircraft to another livery it loads without issued. A weird one!

Ontario Canada: Midland to Toronto via the Muskoka District For March 22, 2023 Background: In our previous Ontario, Canada Waterways trip we ended our journey at Midland Airport, CYEE which is located on the east side of Georgian Bay on Lake Huron. In this trip our eventual destination is the city of Toronto, which is the largest and the most populous city in Canada, and also the fourth largest in North America behind Mexico City, New York City and Los Angeles. But before we head to the city of Toronto, we’ll take a bit of a diversion and fly to the nearby vacation area known as the “Muskokas” or District of Muskoka. This district is known for its rugged landscape and natural splendor, from the windswept pines, rocky shores and turquoise waters of Georgian Bay in the west to the thick forest, freshwater lakes and abundant wildlife where Muskoka borders on Algonquin Park in the east. Key thoroughfares include Highway 400 (TransCanada) and Highway 11 which link Toronto to the north and north-west. There are many scenic locations in this district such as winding rivers, bays, lakes and amongst them nestled-in cities and towns. Some scenic towns include: Parry Sound, Windermere, Rosseau, Port Carling, Bala, Bracebridge and Gravenhurst to name a few so buckle up and off we go! The Trip: Departing Midland Airport, CYEE, we head northward to the very scenic town of Parry Sound which is surrounded by lakes and rivers. Welcome to the Muskoka District. We stop at the Parry Sound Sea Plane Base (CPS1), which is at the town’s edge and in close proximity to the location of a large bridge. This is the railway CPR Trestle Bridge which is a 1694 ft. bridge and stands 115 feet above the Sequin River and over the town of Parry Sound. For a bit of trivia, NHL great Bobby Orr (1948) was born and raised in Parry Sound and yes hockey is big in Parry Sound! From Parry Sound SPB we’ll head eastward along the Sequin River through the town then head southwest tracking Highway 400 (TransCanada Hwy) and to our east, prime cottage country on Lake Joseph. Along the way we’ll fly-by the CPR Railway town of Mactier, Ontario, which is a crew change off location. In my early career with CP, I often worked here. From Mactier we’ll head due east and land at Foot’s Bay Sea Plane Base (CFB8) which is at the south end of Lake Joseph. From Foot’s Bay we continue southward to the town of Port Carling and south as we follow the path of Lake Muskoka. We’ll head NE to flyby the town of Bracebridge then turn south landing at Muskoka Airport (CYQA). Out of the Muskoka’s we head south via Highway 11, over the towns of Gravenhurst, Washago, Orillia (Casino Rama) on Lake Couchiching then along the west shore of Lake Simcoe landing at Lake Simcoe Regional Airport (CYLS) (Barrie/Orillia). Once we take off from Simcoe we’ll fly over the city of Barrie (home of the Spirit Catcher) to Rollick Airport (CRA2) then southward into the Toronto/GTA (Greater Toronto Area). As we enter the GTA from the north, we’ll pass Canada’s Wonderland Amusement Park then take a sharp left to fly to “Bert’s” airport that being Toronto Buttonville Municipal (CYKZ). I’m sure he’ll tell us a few stories about his times at Buttonville Municipal. Once we depart Buttonville Airport we’ll head a tad east to the CP Toronto Rail Yard, the largest rail way yard in Canada, then head for downtown Toronto via the “401” (Highway 401) and the Don Valley Parkway. We can take a look around the city and the vicinity of the downtown core and Toronto Islands before we make our final stop at Billy Bishop Toronto City Airport (CYTZ) in the heart of downtown Toronto. FP and this itinerary attached HERE: Aircraft: There is a mix of land and water landings. Total distance of this excursion is 223 nm with a total of seven stops, including two water moorings. An amphibian craft that can travel between 100-130 kts is required to navigate this trip. There are quite a few suitable aircraft or helicopters out there that can do the job as long as they are amphibian equipped. I might use the beaver or an amphibian/floater helicopter for this trip but feel free to use a craft of your choosing. Add-on Scenery: Firstly, the Canada World Update (WU11) for Microsoft Flight Simulator was mildly received by the community, who quickly pointed out a few obvious faults with the update. Some of the most glaring ones were related to the new photogrammetry introduced to major cities like Vancouver and Toronto as well as some major anomalies to the more scenic sites and distortion of some of the city’s key buildings. In Toronto, these distortions would include the most major landmark, that being CN Tower as well as Ontario Place, and surrounding skyscrapers in the downtown city core. Since we are heading right into the Toronto downtown core, you might want to “fix” the scenery or if not, just leave it as stock. Bert used to live here, and I currently do so I need to have it fixed up! For 20 years I worked downtown in Union Station, Right across from the now Fairmont Royal York Hotel and just down the street from the CN Tower! So if/when I fly here, I wish for correct depiction of the landscapes and a good quality scenery. There are some nice freeware’s as well as some very nice pay-wares which fix this but do expect in time asobo will eventually fix the WU11 and create another update for Canada, in the meantime here are some options to remedy the scenery in Toronto. Scenery Suggestions: If you do nothing else would recommend that you turn OFF the WU11 Canada Update Photogrammetry piece via the content manager. This disconnects the call of the WU11 ugly photogrammetry and photogrammetry is reverted to that of pre-WU11 conditions which is much better than post WU11. (The Official content folder is: fs-base-coverage-map-canada-tin but can only stay removed by deletion via the Content Manager so the cloud keeps it disabled: This is much better for trips in the cities of Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary or Vancouver). Freeware Scenery Add-ons/Options: 1. Canada’s Wonderland: https://flightsim.to/file/36821/canada-s-wonderland (by cellblok69wlamp) 2. Toronto Foliage/Water: https://flightsim.to/file/41265/toronto-foliage-water-clean-up-toronto-on-canada (freakyD) 3. ** Toronto GTA: https://flightsim.to/file/538/greater-toronto-area-enhancement-pack (romandesign) Payware Optional Add-on Scenery: (These are not mandatory by any means but they do create a much better representation of the more well-known locations especially more important to those are very familiar with the city. (Flightsim.to links for product reference/info only.) 1. ** Toronto City Times by SamScene3D: https://flightsim.to/product/toronto-city-times (**Best scenery for the Toronto downtown Core) 2. Billy Bishop Airport CYTZ (FSimStudios): https://flightsim.to/product/billy-bishop-toronto-city-airport-cytz ** (IMPORTANT: For best results, ASOBO's default CYTZ should be deactivated for the product to display correctly) 3. Toronto Buttonville Mun. Airport CYKZ (RomanDesign): https://flightsim.to/product/cykz-toronto-buttonville-municipal-airport 4. Oshawa Executive Airport CYOO (RomanDesign): https://flightsimulation.romandesign.ca/product/cyoo-oshawa-executive-airport/ ----------------------------------------------------------------- Time and Weather: For takeoff on Wednesday, set the simulator to @15:00 local. We should prefer to fly real weather if possible but if not, use Few Clouds or High Clouds preset. Multiplayer Particulars: Date and time: Wednesday March 22, 2023 – (1900 UTC **) ** NOTE that this is UTC time. In North America under Daylight Savings Time, we start an hour later (local) than normal. We shall readjust once Europe goes on Daylight Savings Time. Where: AVSIM RTWR Teamspeak - Casual Flights Channel Teamspeak Server Address: ts.teamavsim.com Microsoft Flight Simulator Multiplayer: East USA server. If you want to help others enjoy the multiplayer experience, don't forget to enter your aircraft details on the multiplayer spreadsheet (linked HERE). Your courtesy will save others a lot of time and effort. Thanks!

Just in case one might want a warbird but doesn't have one..there are a few ok freeware birds at https://flightsim.to/profile/Fsadni/uploads (P-40, Hawker Hurricane, BF109, Focke-Wulf FW190, Dornier DO335) Norm

And after it was all over and millions of $$ spent: intended for commercial ship traffic, but when done it was qay too small/narrow and additionally there was too many levels which would sure not expedite the ships even if they could pass through. If it were not for the thousands or pleasure crafts like mine out thereto give the lock system some use if would have been all for nought. (someone definitely should have got fired!!). We had a smaller cabin cruiser when we were transients on the lock system: https://i.imgur.com/sdHxul4.jpg A few of my snaps of a few lock location "signs" as we travel through: And some travelling on the water way: A few more snaps of travelling the waterway (links only as not to crack the parameters of this posting form!) https://i.imgur.com/rRGuNV8.jpg https://i.imgur.com/WXEBfaU.jpg https://i.imgur.com/cDVNv9u.jpg https://i.imgur.com/gkigMaG.jpg https://i.imgur.com/pT4p6ub.jpg https://i.imgur.com/p0p7Qyz.jpg Remember to bring your Floats for this trip!!

(Thanks for covering my will-be absence Bert) Norm PS: Brand new All in one Express package updated today Feb. 13, 2023 https://return.mistymoorings.com/z20_homepage/index.php

Am going to have to delay this flight as of today we are now scheduled to head out of town. Could you please reschedule this flight to Wed Feb. 22. (Jeff could you please update the dates on the post with your mighty editing powers). Thanks and sorry for the inconvenience. Norm

Travelling the “Trent”img]https://i.imgur.com/xDVEsho.jpg[/img] Welcome to the Trent-Severn Waterway in Ontario Canada. Our last trip found us traveling the St. Lawrence River concluding at CFB Trenton (CYTR) on the edge of Lake Ontario. This trip we will continue our journey from Trenton CYTR heading west over Lake Ontario but only for a brief moment. We are turning northward to connect to an inland waterway: the Trent-Severn Waterway which connects two Great Lakes: Lake Ontario, at Trenton to Lake Huron (Georgian Bay) at Port Severn. Its major natural waterways include the Trent River, Otonabee River, Kawartha Lakes, Lake Simcoe, Lake Couchiching and the Severn River all of which we will try to travel today. This inland waterway system was started in 1833 and completed in 1920. The Trent-Severn Waterway is connected via interconnected rivers, lakes, locks and canals. There are 45 Locks on this inland water system so that boats can travel this 386 km (240 mile) inland waterway segments which are of varying height. Today we'll travel low and slow along this water see the various locks and follow the waterway route. ] Lock 01 of Trent-Severn Waterway is just up river from Trenton where we will begin our trip. Lock 45 is some 240 miles away at the entrance to Georgian Bay on Lake Huron at Port Severn. In this trip, we'll "Fly the Trent-Severn Waterway" from beginning to end with an official “airport” stop at Peterborough CYPQ, home of one of only two hydraulic lift locks on the Waterway, this is Lock 21 and is the highest hydraulic lift lock in the world. It opened on July 9, 1904. The only other official or genuine “airport” stopover will be in the city of Lindsay, CNF4, which is close to lock 33 that allows water travel southward from Lindsay, down the Scugog River to Lake Scugog and the city of Port Perry, Ontario. But we have three other stops to be made: those of the unofficial kind... Those being water stops! We’ll stop on Pigeon Lake, then head to my place on *Balsam Lake (to have some quick refreshments before we continue our journey). Note: Balsam Lake is the highest elevation of navigable water in Canada (at 841 ft) and third highest in the world. Our third water stop will be on Lake Simcoe. It is the fourth largest Lake in the entire province of Ontario: Once we depart here, we’ll head for Port Severn via the waterway and onto our final destination at Midland Airport, CYEE, which is nestled in on the east side of Lake Huron... If we’re short on time, we can land on Georgian Bay just over the Port Severn Bridge and water taxi to a dockage or beach close to the harbor at Port Severn… which leads us to a brief discussion concerning the aircraft that has to be used for this trip. Aircraft A mix of land and water landings, hmmm, and low and slow…er. It is clear that we had better use a Floater/Amphibian aircraft for this trip. There are quite a few suitable aircraft out there, like the C172 Amphibian in G1000 or Classic, a G21 Goose, a XCub Amphibian or the new DHC-2 Beaver Amphibian etc. Use whatever you wish but make sure it's an amphibian! I'm planning to be in the new MSFS DHC-2 Beaver Amphibian in brand new RTMM Livery just released. Add-on Scenery Peterborough Airport CYPG & Lift Lock: https://flightsim.to/file/25095/peterborough-aiport-cypq-and-lift-lock (301.31 mb) v1.1 (by MazerMart) Lindsay Airport CNF4: https://flightsim.to/file/23988/kawartha-lakes-lindsay-cnf4 (117.95 mb) v1.0 (by MazerMart) Supporting Libs: https://flightsim.to/file/14024/windy-things and https://flightsim.to/file/5452/dave-s-3d-people-library FP and itinerary: HERE Time and Weather: For takeoff on Wednesday, set the simulator @14:00 local. Prefer to fly real weather if possible but if not, Few Clouds or High Clouds preset might make a nice choice. Multiplayer Particulars: Date and time: Saturday, February 15, 2023 - 1900 UTC Where: AVSIM RTWR Teamspeak - Casual Flights Channel Teamspeak Server Address: ts.teamavsim.com Microsoft Flight Simulator Multiplayer: East USA server. If you want to help others enjoy the multiplayer experience, don't forget to enter your aircraft details on the multiplayer spreadsheet (linked here). Your courtesy will save others a lot of time and effort. Thanks!

St. Lawrence River (Part Deux!) (And a small portion of the Rideau Canal) We continue our journey along the St. Lawrence River. Well almost. Last trip we took a diversionary turn up the northern passage and followed that Ottawa River to the City of Ottawa. We also traveled over some of the Rideau River in Ottawa before ending that journey at Ottawa International (CYOW). That is where we continue in this following excursion. I had a choice of either travelling along the Rideau Canal from Ottawa directly southward all the way down to the city of Kingston, Ontario which is located on Lake Ontario at the mouth of the St. Lawrence but that would cause us to miss most of the most scenic parts of the St. Lawrence. So instead, decided to take you out of Ottawa and head southward along a small portion of the Rideau Canal to the city of Kemptville, Ontario. On the way we’ll pass a few sets of locks on the Rideau” before reaching the city of Kemptville. At Kemptville (Bedell) we’ll jump on Canadian Pacific’s Winchester Subdivision. (This trackage runs between Smiths Falls, to our west, and Montreal to our east). We’ll head east traveling over the double track section from Bedell to “Mountain” then to “Winchester”. (This section of trackage is part of the CP Main line that runs between Toronto and Montreal). (At Winchester, we’ll veer southeast from the tracks heading over the town of Winchester then a “b-line” in a southeast direction direct to the city of Cornwall which is situated on the north side of the St. Lawrence River. At Cornwall, we’ll head west along the most scenic section of the St. Lawrence, home of the Thousand Islands, some 182 km (113 miles), which will lead us through towns of Massena, Morrisburg: (poi Upper Canada Village), Iroquois, Prescott, Brockville, Ivy Lea, Gananoque, then to some of the sites in the larger city of Kingston, Ontario: These including Fort Henry, Royal Military College of Canada (university facilities and historical buildings, the port area, downtown Kingston and the former Kingston Penitentiary, which was decommissioned as a maximum security prison in 2013: now a museum. Departing Kingston continue to head westward along the coast of Lake Ontario, to Picton then a sharp right north turn that will lead us to the Bay of Quinte, then west again along the Bay of Quinte to the cities of Belleville and Trenton, Ontario. We’ll end this trip at Trenton Airport which is Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Trenton, (CYTR). Also located on the grounds of CFB Trenton is the National Air Force Museum of Canada which has 35 aircraft on display both inside the Museum and in the RCAF Memorial Airpark. Route/Airports: (CYOW)-CNA8-CYCC-KMSS-CNP7-KOGS-CNL3-89NY-CYGK-CNT7-(CYTR) - Distance: 265 nm with 10 Landings. Aircraft: GA fixed wing capable of cruising @ 170kts-200 kts: IE: C310, C414, DA62, PA28, PA34, G36 etc. (Leaning towards the C310 or PA34 for this trip). FP download and itinerary HERE Add-on Scenery download HERE (44.8 MB) (Or download your own - Links below: ) CYCC Cornwall (ON): https://flightsim.to/file/17181/cycc-cornwall-airport CNL3 Brockville (ON): https://flightsim.to/file/33827/cnl3-brockville-ontario-canada-scenery-modification-for-msfs-2020 CYGK Kingston (ON): https://flightsim.to/file/11771/cygk-kingston-ontario-canada-airport-scenery-enhancement KMSS Massena (NY): https://flightsim.to/file/42485/massena-international-airport-and-region-fixes Add-ons for St. Lawrence Seaway (From last trip): https://www.jpfil.com/quebec-fs2020/vfr.htm https://www.jpfil.com/quebec-fs2020/scenes/Corrections-St-Laurent.zip https://www.jpfil.com/quebec-fs2020/scenes/jpfil-feux-phares.zip https://www.jpfil.com/quebec-fs2020/scenes/Hydrobases-du-Quebec.zip https://www.jpfil.com/quebec-fs2020/scenes/Navires-Saint-Laurent.zip Time and Weather For takeoff on Wednesday, set the simulator @14:00 local. Prefer to fly real weather if possible but if not, few clouds or High Clouds preset might make a nice choice. Multiplayer Particulars Date and time: Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2023. 1900 UTC Where: AVSIM RTWR Teamspeak - Casual Flights Channel Teamspeak Server Address: ts.teamavsim.com Multiplayer: Microsoft Flight Simulator MP. East-USA server If you want to help others enjoy the multiplayer experience, don't forget to enter your aircraft details on the multiplayer spreadsheet (use the Wednesday sheet here). Your courtesy will (might) save others a lot of time and effort. Thanks!

Note: Also need the RTMM LIbs which support the BC LH scenery. https://return.mistymoorings.com/z20_homepage/index.php (PS: Just added a few changes on Jan 15, 2023). (New Express package also updated on Jan. 15, 2023)

Flightplans: Flying the Hump- CBI-C-47 Supply Routes-Barrackpore-Myitkyina Shuttle - 20 Legs. Welcome to our "Vintage Airways" type of virtual ailine, also known as, the "World Wide Bush Pilots Association". We are glad you are here! Our little group of pilots are flying in all sorts of world locations and some of which may have had some very important historical significance. This download contains a set of "reenactment" flight plans for The WW2 China-Burma-India Theater (CBI) - C-47 Supply Routes-Barrackpore-Myitkyina Shuttle "over the hump". Download HERE The Hump was the name given by Allied pilots in the Second World War to the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountains over which they flew military transport aircraft from India to China to resupply the Chinese war effort of Chiang Kai-shek and the units of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) based in China. Creating an airlift presented the USAAF a considerable challenge in 1942: it had no units trained or equipped for moving cargo, and no airfields existed in the China Burma India Theater (CBI) for basing the large number of transports that would be needed. Flying over the Himalayas was extremely dangerous and made more difficult by a lack of reliable charts, an absence of radio navigation aids, and a dearth of information about the weather. Downloaded zip file contains background info on the WWII CBI Theater, flight guide, flight plans that cover a few of the the Routes over the Hump. (The hump being the Himalayas or Himalayan Mountain Range). (Prerequisites to fly these Legs: Add-on scenery "Flying the Hump" by "Apollon01", LINK: (https://flightsim.to/file/43587/flying-the-hump) Aircraft: DC-3, DC-6 or similar --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In an effort to try to capture and document these and other historical flights, we have started a new VA type of environment which is dedicated to flying significant historical aviation routes as well as similar more vintage types of flight operations. My first large project here is developing the routes and flights of the CBI Theater of WWII and creating an online depository that will work in an virtual airline system. Again, "Flying the Hump" add-on scenery is required. A special thanks to "Apollon01", for converting/building this scenery for MSFS. LINK: (https://flightsim.to/file/43587/flying-the-hump). It the source and the prerequisite of theses WW2 CBI airfields (1942 to 1945), as well as the addition of the Douglas DC-3 in MSFS as well as add-on warbirds from the 1930-1940's era. With these add-ons we now have the tools available to recreate these war time flights in MSFS. Welcome to the CBI Theater. NOTAM*: Any Add-on Navigraph data must be disabled in order for all the WWII Beacon locations from the Flying the Hump add-on scenery package to be active. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For those who may want to document their historical and/or WWII flights in a virtual airline environment where the flights, hours and stats of a pilot's flights are captured and pilot record created and maintained, there is now this avenue (WWBPA VA), to do so. Here we use a custom ACARS tracking along with an award system and account for all of your stats and hours. This is a virtua airline with a very low key approach. We do have one requirement and that is the landing rate must be -500 fpm or lower. We are small but growing network of pilots who reflect on significant historical events in the world of aviation and lend ourselves to more bush type operations and historical events in aviation. This is the "finer art" of flying of past day where pilots had no choice but to have "hands on" their aircraft. They had limited, or no advanced aircraft systems in which to rely. It was the knowledge and experience of pilots that manually flew their aircraft. There are no jets here! You will only find propeller aircraft, some of which, are historical and/or vintage aircraft. Our first set of excursions is based in the WWII China-Burma-India Theater using aircraft from the 1930's and 1940's. We hope you will join us in this VA setting as well as in some group flights that we plan run using the material found on this site. Join us at http://www.wwbpa.net/ Discord Link: https://discord.gg/HrZZtXECVg

Sorry bout that m8... (That 1800utc was the old time before the time changed to the new time!). Boy now I am confused! Just be on-time ok?

make that 1900 UTC! (1400 ET)

Dup runways? Ok Bert thank-you. Will keep an eye and give it a try! (The only reason I didn't include this one was because it is older and issued 4 months before WU11 and there was no change log on v1.1)

St. Lawrence, Ottawa & Rideau Rivers Expedition For Wednesday January 11, 2023 Quebec City - Fairmont Le Château Frontenac over looking the St. Lawrence River. The St. Lawrence River is a large river in the middle latitudes of North America. Its headwaters begin flowing from Lake Ontario in a (roughly) northeasterly direction, into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, connecting the American Great Lakes to the North Atlantic Ocean, and forming the primary drainage outflow of the Great Lakes Basin. The river traverses the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec, as well as the U.S. state of New York, and demarcates part of the international boundary between Canada and the United States. It also provides the foundation for the commercial St. Lawrence Seaway. The estuary of the St. Lawrence, one of the largest estuaries in the world, begins at the eastern tip of Île d'Orléans (QC) (Island), just east of Quebec City, and extends and drains into the Gulf of St. Lawrence and Atlantic Ocean. In the first part of this expedition, we’ll be following the “The St. Lawrence” starting at Quebec City (QC), and after a brief Quebec City tour we’ll head upstream, which is south west, following the path of the river and traveling to many points of interest along the shores. In addition, we’ll visit some poi in the cities of Trois-Rivières (QC) and many poi in Canada’s second largest populous city, the city of Montreal (QC). Additionally, we’ll take a 95 nm diversion from Montreal and head northwest. Instead of following the route of the St. Lawrence River we’ll follow the route of one of its tributaries, the greatest one, that being the Ottawa River. We’ll follow the route of this river that will lead us to Canada’s capital city, the city of Ottawa (ON). The second part of this excursion starts upon arrival into Ottawa: At Ottawa Rockcliffe Airport (CYRO) we will switch from a fixed wing aircraft to that of a rotorcraft to run a Heli site seeing tour around the city of Ottawa and also travel some of the Rideau River and Rideau Canal. Aircraft-Part One: Quebec City to Ottawa: (289 nm) - Fixed wing capable of 170kts-200+ kts: IE: Caravan, C310, C414, DA62, war-birds etc (I'm leaning towards the C414). Airports: Departing CYQB CNV9 CYRQ CSY3 CYHU CYUL CYRO* (*Change to Rotor-craft at CYRO). Aircraft-Part Two: Ottawa City Tour by Helicopter (31 nm) - Cabri-G2, Bell206, Bell407, H125, H135, H145, R44 etc. ( Plan to use the H145 for this Helicopter portion). Airports: Departing CYRO CPP7 CYOW-Final Destination. (Total trip is 319 nm) Detailed Flight Itinerary/Narrative, Flight Plans and add-on scenery package are all included in this Tour Download; link: HERE Add-on Scenery Package NOTAM: MSFS Canada WU11 was released Sept. 2022. There were many very good updates from enhancements to airports, bridges, improvement to cityscapes as well as landscapes so in that regard we will just add five terrain fixes which correct water and foliage issues created by the WU11 update, five scenery pieces that enhance the activity on the St. Lawrence River and one required helipad that is located in Ottawa. Since the add-ons in the scenery package are very small, all of the following scenery pieces have been set up and are included in the download link provided above. Note: Some photogrammetry is not great which was the big issue with the WU11 but for the most part all is passable). Direct Links to the included add-on scenery pieces are listed below: (for those who want the original files). (Thanks to aviateur, FreakyD and Jean-Pierre Fillion for their work in creating these scenery pieces). https://flightsim.to/file/45566/quebec-province-trees-corrections-wip (v1.1) https://flightsim.to/file/45564/quebec-province-water-corrections-wip (v1.5) https://flightsim.to/file/42430/montreal-water-and-foliage-cleanup (v1.4) https://flightsim.to/file/41258/montreal-foliage-water-clean-up-montreal-qb-canada (v1.02) https://flightsim.to/file/42383/ottawa-foliage-water-clean-up-on-canada (v1.0) Helipad CPP7 (Ottawa) which is required >> (whiskey-airport-cpp7-ottawa-civic-hospital-heliport*) (CPP7 is just one helipad of a huge Ontario Helipad package (The big package is not included but CPP7 is). (Link to the full package (3gb) is https://flightsim.to/file/37009/ontario-area-hospitals-and-helipads) St. Lawrence River Enhancements include: 1. Whales of the St. Lawrence Collection v1.1 (2021-04-03) (We might be lucky enough to see a whale?) https://www.jpfil.com/quebec-fs2020/scenes/Baleines-du-Saint-Laurent.zip 2. Landscape Corrections to the St. Lawrence (2022-11-21) https://www.jpfil.com/quebec-fs2020/scenes/Corrections-St-Laurent.zip 3. Lighthouses of the St. Lawrence Collection v2.2 (2022-10-02) https://www.jpfil.com/quebec-fs2020/scenes/jpfil-feux-phares.zip 4. Hydrobases (Power stations) of Quebec v1.8 (2022-12-19) https://www.jpfil.com/quebec-fs2020/scenes/Hydrobases-du-Quebec.zip 5. AI Ships of the St. Lawrence Collection v3.0 (2022-12-04) (Compliments GAIST) https://www.jpfil.com/quebec-fs2020/scenes/Navires-Saint-Laurent.zip Time and Weather For takeoff on Wednesday, set the simulator @14:00 local. Prefer to fly real weather if possible but if not, Few clouds or High Clouds preset might make a nice choice. Multiplayer Particulars Date and time: Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2023. 1800 UTC Where: AVSIM RTWR Teamspeak - Casual Flights Channel Teamspeak Server Address: ts.teamavsim.com Multiplayer: Microsoft Flight Simulator MP. East-USA server If you want to help others enjoy the multiplayer experience, don't forget to enter your aircraft details on the multiplayer spreadsheet (use the Wednesday sheet here). Your courtesy will save others a lot of time and effort. Thanks! And that’s all folks. Hope you enjoy travelling some of the St. Lawrence River, visiting Quebec City, Trois Rivières, the cities of Montreal and Ottawa and some of Canada’s most scenic and important locations in Quebec and Ontario. This is Part one of the St. Lawrence River excursion with the next continuing in Ottawa where we left off and heading southward to catch up with and resume the route of the “St. Lawrence”. Norm Richards Jan 2023

It doesn't CTD per say, The sim freezes @40% when attempting to load a flight. Many currently (or Still) have this problem.. since SU8 or SU9 ish. (All ships packages loaded perfect prior to SU8 or SU9: there was never an issue) but since then there is an intermittent problem with a few users). (I guess there still is the suspect that a limitation has been set in the sim that if too many bgl are set to to be loaded in a flight which exceeds the threshold, then sim hangs at @40%. It still is imperative for all to know if there is a limitation that has placed on bgl loading of a flight.). There is another weird anomaly going on whereas if you load up the sim and go into a flight but haven't changed the aircraft, the sim locks up when trying to load a flight like it seems that without changing the aircraft that is yielding a NULL value and the sim hangs @40 % ish when trying to load into a flight. With the only solution being, force the sim to close, reboot the sim, change the aircraft (or change the livery of the existing), and voila the sim loads. Go figure!! (and nothing else changed in the sim except the aircraft). *The previous forum on the ships issue is here : https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/global-ai-ship-traffic-v2-native-version-and-great-lakes/459135/997 . (The problem is not consistent, I guess it all depends where you are loading your flight and how many bgls are being called.) Anyways, not to deter from the ships package, this global ship package is amazing, from the days of FSX to P3D into MSFS. Simply one of the best add-ons to make your sim come alive!! Well done Henrick and associates. Norm PS: (Will take this issue to zendesk again and probally with the same brush off that was received the first time... since it is not part of the default sim!!!)

Do you have the XBOX App? (it is a prerequisite of MSFS, that is IF you have the store version of MSFS). If you don't have the store version then you would probably have the MSFS steam version.. (the later requires authentication via Steam!). Obviously your sim is offline so you won't connect until you fix the problem.. If you can boot up the sim: go into General Options >> DATA and turn all items ON. At one time or another the MSFS servers crapped out and may have disconnected you (turned your Online Functionality OFF but you have to turn it back ON.!)

Assuming you have the store version? Try this: Go to the MS Store.. update all, then go to the xbox app and start MSFS from there.

A few cases of sim lockups when trying to load a flight. 1. Try changing the aircraft (or the livery) before clicking fly. For some reason, and not fully consistent, but if the aircraft is not changed from whatever is in the window (or was last used), the sim seems to experience some type of "null" value and the sim freezes or hangs while trying to load a flight. Change the aircraft (or livery) before clicking Fly, and it doesn't hang up while loading a flight. Like go figure? Again this is not consistent all the time but seems to be that way for most of the time in my sim. (MSFS- Premium-deluxe-store version). Give it a go and report back to see if this is the case in your sim. 2. If still locking up, Scenery indexes might be messed up - doesn't hurt to give a clean to restore order.. go to C:\Users\yourname_\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache and delete the SceneryIndexes folder. (It will rebuild upon next sim startup)..

A new version of the All-in-one master add-on updated. Here: https://return.mistymoorings.com/z20_homepage/index.php (RTMM FSRobert - RTMM Videographer) Merry Christmas Norm

Brand new update - Dec 18, 2022-RTMM All-in-One or Express Downloads. Helipads have been added in a number of scenery pieces (BCand Alaska). LINK https://return.mistymoorings.com/z20_homepage/index.php Norm

MSFS Flightplans: Flying the Hump: CBI Theater: C-47 (DC-3) East-West Routes over the Hump Welcome to our "Vintage Airways" type of virtual ailine, also known as, the "World Wide Bush Pilots Association"! We are glad you are here! Our little group of pilots are flying in all sorts of world locations and some of which may have had some very important historical significance. This download contains a set of "reenactment" flight plans for The WW2 China-Burma-India Theater (CBI) - C-47 (DC-3) East-West Routes over the Hump. The Hump was the name given by Allied pilots in the Second World War to the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountains over which they flew military transport aircraft from India to China to resupply the Chinese war effort of Chiang Kai-shek and the units of the United States Army Air Forces (USAAF) based in China. Creating an airlift presented the USAAF a considerable challenge in 1942: it had no units trained or equipped for moving cargo, and no airfields existed in the China Burma India Theater (CBI) for basing the large number of transports that would be needed. Flying over the Himalayas was extremely dangerous and made more difficult by a lack of reliable charts, an absence of radio navigation aids, and a dearth of information about the weather. These are some of the "Flying the Hump" routes. The legs in this download have been broken down into smaller legs, whereas the legs flown by pilots in C-47 or similar aircraft, in most cases were a longer route: or a few of these smaller legs flown in sequence which made up their daily mission or scheduled route. (Also contained in the download is an overview of the WW2 China-Burma-India (CBI) Theater. Downloads LINK: https://flightsim.to/file/46301/flying-the-hump-c-47-dc-3-east-west-routes-over-the-hump Downloaded zip file contains background info on the WWII CBI Theater, flight guide, flight plans that cover a few of the the Routes over the Hump. (The hump being the Himalayas or Himalayan Mountain Range). (Prerequisites to fly these Legs: Add-on scenery "Flying the Hump" by "Apollon01", LINK: (https://flightsim.to/file/43587/flying-the-hump) Aircraft: DC-3 or similar, (DC-6 will also work), --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In an effort to try to capture and document these and other historical flights, we have started a new VA type of environment which is dedicated to flying significant historical aviation routes as well as similar more vintage types of flight operations. My first large project here is developing the routes and flights of the CBI Theater of WWII and creating an online depository that will work in an virtual airline system. Again, "Flying the Hump" add-on scenery is required. A special thanks to "Apollon01", for converting/building this scenery for MSFS. LINK: (https://flightsim.to/file/43587/flying-the-hump). It the source and the prerequisite of theses WW2 CBI airfields (1942 to 1945), as well as the addition of the Douglas DC-3 in MSFS as well as add-on warbirds from the 1930-1940's era. With these add-ons we now have the tools available to recreate these war time flights in MSFS. Welcome to the CBI Theater- C-47 (DC-3) East-West Routes over the Hump. NOTAM*: Any Add-on Navigraph data must be disabled in order for all the WWII Beacon locations from the Flying the Hump add-on scenery package to be active. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For those who may want to document their historical and/or WWII flights in a virtual airline environment where the flights, hours and stats of a pilot's flights are captured and pilot record created and maintained, there is now this avenue (WWBPA VA), to do so. Here we use a custom ACARS tracking along with an award system and account for all of your stats and hours. This is a virtua airline with a very low key approach. We do have one requirement and that is the landing rate must be -500 fpm or lower. We are small but growing network of pilots who reflect on significant historical events in the world of aviation and lend ourselves to more bush type operations and historical events in aviation. This is the "finer art" of flying of past day where pilots had no choice but to have "hands on" their aircraft. They had limited, or no advanced aircraft systems in which to rely. It was the knowledge and experience of pilots that manually flew their aircraft. There are no jets here! You will only find propeller aircraft, some of which, are historical and/or vintage aircraft. Our first set of excursions is based in the WWII China-Burma-India Theater using aircraft from the 1930's and 1940's. We hope you will join us in this VA setting as well as in some group flights that we plan run using the material found on this site. Join us at http://www.wwbpa.net/ Discord Link: https://discord.gg/HrZZtXECVg

Very nice.. Lukla at it's best!.

Thanks Lawrence.. (Neighbor... you're almost just round' the corner!!..lol) (Great video.. thanks for that link!). Yep, there's nothing like flying vintage birds.. especially when flying historical reenactment events as they actually mean something or have significance).. Hopefully we'll see you flying in the CBI, Norm (MSFS = nbrich1)