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==Crater Lake National Park Tour==
==Crater Lake National Park Tour==
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Prospect, OR.<br/>
Prospect, OR.<br/>


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===Airports and coordinates===
===Airports and coordinates===
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[[Image:World-64S.png|thumb|right|Latitude: 42.743183 Longitude: -122.488092]]
[[Image:World-64S.png|thumb|right|Latitude: 42.743183 Longitude: -122.488092]]
* [[64S|64S - Prospect State]] - [http://assistenza.larasrl.net/brisa/fgfs/suggested_flights/64S.pdf chart]
* [[64S|64S - Prospect State]] - [http://assistenza.larasrl.net/brisa/fgfs/suggested_flights/64S.pdf chart]
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===Suggested aircraft===
===Suggested aircraft===
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* [[Ryan_Navion|Navion]]
* [[Ryan_Navion|Navion]]

Revision as of 13:53, 7 September 2011

FGFS has some of the most accurate and realistic terrain of any PC simulator. Here are some intersting places where you can do virtual sight seeing.

If you are starting with "fgrun" the FlightGear launcher, you can enter the airport id and select the runway on the appropriate screen in the startup wizard.

If you are starting from the command line you can use the options: "--airport=ABCD" and "--runway=12L" options.

If you know if any other interesting places or routes to fly, please let me know and I can add them to this list.
p.s. charts are generated using flightgear data only.

Southern Tip of Chile

right after take off
Some part of the scenery

Gary Carvell: Here is a suggestion for the FlightGear Places to Fly page. I don't have any particular routes, just fly around and enjoy the gorgeous scenery.
These three airports are in the same region of the very southern tip of Argentina. This area is a scenic wonderland - a maze of islands, mountains, and ocean channels. Hours of entertainment.
SCGZ - Puerto Williams Guardiamarina Zanartu Airport, Chile Located on the north coast of Isla Navarino facing the Beagle Channel. At 55 deg S. longitude, Puerto Williams is considered the southernmost town in the world.
SAWH - Ushuaia Islas Malvinas Airport SAWO - Ushuaia Est Aeronaval Airport Ushuaia, on the south coast of Isla Grande de Tierra del Fuego, on the the Beagle Channel.

Airports and coordinates

Approaching Ushumaia Malvinas Argentinas
Latitude: -54.931072 Longitude: -67.626261

Suggested aircraft

Just left the scgz airport

I personally like to fly this area in the Catalina, it's a great sightseeing plane with the advantage that you can take off and land just about anywhere.

flightgear launching

fgfs --airport=SCGZ --aircraft=Catalina

Round Valley Airport

right after take off
Valley

Covalis, CA. The airport is at the West edge of a 7 mile across valley.
The predominant wind is a cross wind. Take-offs to the west (if they use the full runway length) often have to fly between 2 small hills and over another valley while gaining altitude. Most pilots take off to the west.
It is a paved runway and quite long. It was designated as an emergency recovery field during the Cold War and was used twice that I know of by military aircraft that could not take off again from the field.

Airports and coordinates

Latitude: 39.790156 Longitude: -123.266403

required scenery tile: ftp://ftp.sunsite.org.uk/sites/ftp.flightgear.org/flightgear-ftp/Scenery/w120n40.tar.gz

Suggested aircraft

I have tried this trip using a p38, quite powerful airplane

flightgear launching

fgfs --airport=O09 --runway=28 --aircraft=p38

Hell's Canyon

right after take off
Valley

Hell's Canyon, Imnaha, OR. This airport is located just west of "Hell's Canyon National Park" which has the Snake River running through it.
Supposedly it's a 5500 foot drop from the top of the canyon to the river.
The airport is located on the brink of this canyon.

See the remarks on the airport page (click on the airport id) ... DOWNDRAFTS, SHEER DROP IN TERRAIN, LIVESTOCK, etc. Don't go here on your first solo x-country. :-)

Airports and coordinates

Landing
Latitude: 45.427861 Longitude: -116.693889

required scenery tile: ftp://ftp.sunsite.org.uk/sites/ftp.flightgear.org/flightgear-ftp/Scenery/w120n40.tar.gz

Suggested aircraft

Landing 2

I have tried this trip using a pilatus PC-9M, powerful airplane

flightgear launching

fgfs --airport=25U --aircraft=PC-9M

Crater Lake National Park Tour

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File:64S-004.png
Approaching the lake

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Prospect, OR.

Take off and fly at a heading of about 40 degrees until you cross the first distinct ridge in front of you. (several minutes of flight in the navion ... just climb as fast as you can, it will be a close squeek to get over :-)

Once you clear the ridge and can see beyond it, turn right and fly a heading of about 70 degrees. You should see two shallow peaks off in the distance. Head right between these -- they are the two sides of the crater. As you get closer the shape of the crater will come into view. There's a lake there in real life, hopefully it will be there in flight gear too before long.

Airports and coordinates

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File:64S-001.png
Leaving the 64S airfield

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File:64S-002.png
Direction 40 degrees

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Latitude: 42.743183 Longitude: -122.488092

required scenery tile: ftp://ftp.sunsite.org.uk/sites/ftp.flightgear.org/flightgear-ftp/Scenery/w130n40.tgz

Suggested aircraft

<

File:64S-004.png
Lake view 1

> <

File:64S-005.png
Lake view 2

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flightgear launching

fgfs --airport=64S --runway=02 --aircraft=navion 

Grand Canyon Tour

These airports are in the vicinity of the Grand Canyon. From KGCN head north. From 1Z1 head south. From 1G4 head north (I think.) From AZ38 head north.

Airports and coordinates

Latitude: 35.952361 Longitude: -112.146972

required scenery tile: ftp://ftp.sunsite.org.uk/sites/ftp.flightgear.org/flightgear-ftp/Scenery/w120n30.tgz

Suggested aircraft

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flightgear launching

fgfs --airport=KGCN --aircraft=navion