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Return to Misty Moorings (FSX/P3D/MSFS2020) => Misty Flying Club and Multi Player => Topic started by: Fireball on May 08, 2012, 01:44:53 PM
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Hey guys. I have been a little busy working on something instead of the Scenery.
With all of the custom scenery it requires a custom Virtual Airline so I created one.
http://vnac.org/vnacmain/index.php/ (http://vnac.org/vnacmain/index.php/)
We are now looking for Pilots. Take a look around ;)
Sign up to start flying to all of the places in Misty!!!
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Chris,
PM sent and two thumbs up on this idea.
Brad
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Chris ... you gonna need a hanger or two here and there?
D
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OK, I'm signed up (even though I already fly to all the places in Misty ;)). I've parked my beaver at Misty's Place, and found a bunk to call my own in the cabin out back. Thanks Chris.
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Doug you mean inside FSX do I need any hangers?
If so no. Thanks
Chris
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OK Jeff!! you been flying your butt off tonight. I get an email everytime you submit a Pirep.
So now you need to provide some feed back on what you think. ;D
I still have a lot of work to do but I think that this is what we have been missing.
I am going to add an Event section and tours section after I get a few more flight plans done.
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Yep, I'm flyin'. I like "flying with a purpose" (not porpoise). Racking up the air miles. Almost 20 minutes under my belt so far. Only 99 hours and 40 minutes to go. LOL. OH, I can't talk now, I gotta fly to Wilson narrows. Later.
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The PIREP system seems to be working great. No lag or errors. So far, so good. I did notice on the "Live Map" that my departure and arrival icons are mis-placed. When starting at Misty's, the icon for it was at/near Metlakatla, or Annette Island. But my aircraft position icon was correctly placed.
I'm off to Wilson River Lodge to complete my dispatch. Virtual people are waiting.
(No, these pictures aren't from my current VA flight, but they are from dispatch 1. I am making a "Dispatch 1" mission for FSX. What a coincidence.)
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With only Buffalo Airways for comparison, I'd say this is much different/better/more interesting than the Northwest Territories. I like it.
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I too have been tinkering with a VA idea for use in the RTMM areas. It's a FedEx division that covers a large area of SE Alaska, PFJ, PNW and NRM/BC. I have some aircraft repaints done for the Carenado 206 Amphibian found on AVSIM and Flightsim.com by searching those respective file libraries using my name: Brad Allen
These FedEx C206 aircraft repaints were done for FS2004 but can be converted for use in FSX. I did these for use with my FedEx scenery for FS9 that used several locations in our regions where I added small FedEx depots. PAPG, PAWG, PAKW, PAKT, PASI, PAJN, PAGY, PAYA, PAGS, PANC and a couple others I think we're done. I know that these older scenery files won't fit inside our current ORBX world too well so I might have to remake these for use in FSX.
If you all are okay with that, once Southern Alaska arrives from ORBX I may redo the entire collection of my previous FedEx scenery locations for use here at RTMM! :) For now, I could make a small FedEx depot at PAKT (default) that a FedEx repaint can park at and then add the four Tongass Fjords airports, PAKW, PAWG, PAPG and PASI. It would be nice to see vNAC hangars and my FedEx hangars side by side at these airports in the future. What do you all think?
Brad
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I like it, Brad. Would like to stay within the RTMM area.
D
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I can add the routes and note them as Fedex routes. That would be nice.
I also can add Fedex as an optional airline within the VNAC if you would like.
Jeff I also noticed that, what it is doing is looking for the nearest airport in its database. It is a link. Being that some of the plces we fly are not in the real world it will try and get close. ;)
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Chris
I've just applied to join your VA. Looks good
Clive
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Adding a FedEx division would be great. I have further details about the FedEx division. Here goes:
FedEx Pacific Northwest Operations
Operations Base/Main Hub
Anchorage (PANC)
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Regional Operations Headquarters
Glacier Bay Region HQ (PAJN)
Tongass Fjords Region HQ (PASI)
Pacific/Misty Fjords Region HQ (PAKT)
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Regional Offices/Depots
Glacier Bay Regional Office HQ
Juneau (PAJN)
Depots
Yakutat (PAYA)
Skagway (PAGY)
Gustavus (PAGS)
Haines Junction (CYHT)
Yellowknife (CYZF)
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Tongass Fjords Regional Office HQ
Sitka (PASI)
Depots
Petersburg (PAPG)
Wrangell (PAWG)
Kake (PAKE)
Telegraph Creek (CBM5)
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Pacific/Misty Fjords Regional Office HQ
Ketchikan (PAKT)
Depots
Klawock (PAKW)
Prince Rupert (CYPR)
Stewart (CZST)
Sandspit (CYZP)
Bella Coola (CYBD)
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Aircraft Fleet
Main Hub
Anchorage (PANC)
4 - Boeing 737-800
Regional
Glacier Bay HQ
Juneau (PAJN)
2 - Cessna 208 Grand Caravan
2 - Cessna 206 Amphibian Stationair
Regional
Tongass Fjords HQ
Sitka (PASI)
2 - Cessna 208 Grand Caravan
2 - Cessna 206 Amphibian Stationair
Regional
Misty/Pacific Fjords HQ
Ketchikan (PAKT)
2 - Cessna 208 Grand Caravan
2 - Cessna 206 Amphibian Stationair
Pilot Operators based at Main Hub (PANC) only fly FedEx Boeing 737-800 Aircraft to/from Regional Office Headquarters to/from Main Hub.
Pilot Operators based at Regional Offices Headquarters only fly FedEx Cessna 208B aircraft to/from Regional Depots.
Pilot Operators based at Regional Depots only fly suitable aircraft to/from area destinations. These would only be properly cargo rated Float planes and bush/cargo planes.
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So for our example. I base myself at PF20. I get a job to fly some cargo from PAKT out to several places in my area. I wake up and take my boat to the PAKT airport. Let's say the deliveries go to Hunter Bay, then Fleet Bay and then Annette Island before returning to PAKT. Then my second run takes me from PAKT to PAKW in a C208. Once thats delivered, I use a C206 Amphibian at Klawock to deliver to some destinations near PAKW. I get some cargo added there that goes to Hollis, then out to Forrester Island before returning to Klawock. I can then return to PAKT in the C208 and end my day.
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Ok I added the FDX airline for Fedex and added all the hubs.
I have posted what is needed for Routes in the vNac Forum.
That way I am not taking up space here at RTMM. :P
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Hey guys,
This is my first post here (I've visited several times) and just wanted to say that I've signed up with Northern Air Charters. This is a really exciting project. I look forward to flying and helping out any way that I can.
+Brett
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Wow! That was fast. Guess I better get busy making some new FedEx depot scenery so pilots can have a proper spot to load up at. Work on that will begin shortly. I'll see if I can find those old objects and try and duplicate the FS9 scenery objects and placement.
Also, If you have a vNAC logo, it would be nice to use that and get some custom signs made. Then I could place a hangar next to the FedEx hangars I have and put a vNAC logo on the new hangars at the depots. Then both of the divisions pilots can use the scenery.
I'll see if Xavier can make some quick and easy vNAC signs. Or if anybody else can do that, chime in here. I know Xavier is very busy with the "French Connection" scenery project too.
Brad
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Don't forget, in Misty the FedX ground truck won't work so well, so they'll probably have to have an amphib to deliver stuff to Yes Bay, Wilson River, and other such places.
D
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I'm in too!
First flight was stopped by A cars. My float plane did not have a parking brake!
Looking forward to the fun.
Barry D
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I'm in too!
First flight was stopped by A cars. My float plane did not have a parking brake!
Looking forward to the fun.
Barry D
Hi Barry, there is a checkbox in the acars options to disable the parking brake check.
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This is so cool!!!! I love it. I have my tablet next to my desktop and I can follow my flight on the ACARS map!! SCIENCE!!!
Brad
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Glad that you guys are enjoying this. I have posted some shots in the forums over at vNAC.
There is more to come. Next is a teamspeak server that will be on all the time. Then I want to go ahead and get a custom kACARS. I will be adding more flights this weekend and fixing some of the oneway flights. At least have a return flight back to base. :o
Fireball
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I've gotten the vNAC "Lawn Dart Award" already. :-[ Not sure what that is, but it doesn't sound good. I must've landed too hard, eh? I'll try to be more careful from now on. :o It's ok though, my beaver can take a pounding. ::)
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Hi, nice idea, can i join to fligh helicopter?
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Lawn dart award is for any landing over 500. I am thinking up some other awards Like the SPUD award. You can get this one after reading to many of Spuds Jokes !!!!! ;)
LV-PDD Yes there are helicopter routes. I will be adding more flights this weekend.
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:) Happy to report that I have finished the first FedEx HQ/Offices for use here at RTMM with vNAC and the FedEx division. PAKT Ketchikan is the regional HQ for the FedEx division of vNAC. I'm finishing up the documentation and will then zip it up for use here at RTMM.
Next ones to do for this region are the smaller depots:
Klawock (PAKW)
Prince Rupert (CYPR)
Stewart (CZST)
Sandspit (CYZP)
Bella Coola (CYBD)
Here's what the PAKT office looks like. You should be able to download this soon.
Brad
(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee224/bradallen43/fedex_pakt_01.jpg)
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Hi Fireball,
I just joined vNAC....however, HYL thinks it is in Biggin Hill London. HYL is Hollis, Alaska and works fine as an airport location in FSX. Need to fix HYL as it will soon become a very intersting place to stop by.
Also, software has me listed as in Juneau...don't know why.
Rod
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Hi Brad,
Fed Ex office at PAKT looks good!
Rod
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Hi Fireball,
I just joined vNAC....however, HYL thinks it is in Biggin Hill London. HYL is Hollis, Alaska and works fine as an airport location in FSX. Need to fix HYL as it will soon become a very intersting place to stop by.
Also, software has me listed as in Juneau...don't know why.
Rod
Rod,
That is the hub that you selected when you joined. Do you want to be in a different hub?
If you do which hub do you want? I will change it.
HYL Fixed. Thanks
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AussieX has a FedEx repaint for the Aerosoft Twin Otter 300 modern. Does anyone know of a FedEx paint for the Aerosoft Beaver X?
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Hi Brad,
Fed Ex office at PAKT looks good!
Rod
Yep. ;)
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. . . and I found a C-208B Caravan paint too. (but no FedEx beaver)
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Hi Fireball,
I must have mis-typed the hub selection...can you put me in PAKT?
thanks.
Rod
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Hi Fireball,
I must have mis-typed the hub selection...can you put me in PAKT?
thanks.
Rod
Rod,
I think the hub selection was in a drop-down list (that you must've overlooked). That's why your name was in the topmost hub in the list, by default.
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I think I am missing something!!!!
Like the building :o
The 18 wheeler ???
The sign on side of the truck :'(
(http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/225fed3.jpg)
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OK I got the building to show up but note the trucks. I think we are going to need a bigger hanger. :o
(http://fsfiles.org/flightsimshots/images/124paktfdx.jpg)
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Hi Guys
Where do I get the Fedex scenery from?
|Clive
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We are still testing it. A soon as it is approved it will get uploaded. ;D
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TEAMSPEAK Server is coming up.
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Folks,
To have this scenery show up, you should already have the RWY 12 object libraries installed. Those can be found on Flightsim.com searching for RWY 12. There are three libraries to have installed and we've been using objects from those libraries here at RTMM for quite some time. So make sure you do that first, then in the readme for the FedEx scenery for PAKT and all the other depots', you will see that you need to install a small scenery file that is a library of FedEx box trucks for use with this scenery.
Then you'll have access to the animated hangars that I'm using from the RWY 12 library and the FedEx trucks parked at the locations. To use the animated hangars, you tune into a frequency on your NAV2 equipped aircraft and the doors to the hangar will open.
Here are some shot's from the soon to be released Klawock and Wrangell FedEx depot's.
Brad
Klawock FedEx depot
(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee224/bradallen43/fedex_pakw_01.jpg)
Wrangell FedEx depot
(http://i235.photobucket.com/albums/ee224/bradallen43/fedex_pawg_01.jpg)
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We've made linkage to vNAC at Misty's Place in the Dispatcher's Office. You can find links to Chris' page there. For those crazy people like me that like to fly down on the water, I'll be putting in "low and slow" (below the 1500 foot ceiling) VFR flights to keep you over the water and low terrain when those ceilings are low. Our route numbers will match the FDX route numbers on Chris' site. So if it is a nasty day (about 70% of the time up there!), and you haven't been checked out for instrument flying ... you can still earn a virtual buck. Grab that old airplane, put your GPS on the windshield ledge ahead of you and load on of the VFR flight plans for that route.
(If anybody wants to help with these, let me know. I just require the .pln file, and I'll make the maps and do all the posting. Just keep the flight over water or over very low terrain ... keep it "safe" for flying under 1500 feet. Let me know when you are going to do one, so I won't be duplicating it).
D
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We now have 5 "low and slow" FDX routes at Misty's Place (Dispatcher's Office). If you get tired of going up to 7500 feet, and flying a straight line to your destination, then give these routes a try. They are all designed for 1500 foot max ... so you will fly down low and "between" the dangerous mountains and up the narrow fjords of our beautiful RTMM area. These flights put you DOWN INTO the scenery rather than just observing from a great height. You'll be amazed at what is down there! Holger has put in nav markers for boats, there are all kinds of boats showing up too.
Just finding your way across the Sitka Peninsula, rather than going around it, can be a lot of fun, see the map for FDX004 (Sitka to Ketchikan). These flights are great when the ceiling is at the typical 1500 feet for this area of the world and you still have to go from "here to there". Give the vNAC group a "call" ... place a bid for an FDX flight ... download the Low and Slow Route from Misty's Place and put it into your GPS (Flight Planner). Then, even when the weather is bad, go enjoy a flight and get paid some virtual bucks for your efforts. If you love the scenery in the Misty Moorings area, then this is the way to fly ... down into it where you can enjoy the beauty, and danger, of it.
D
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Great Idea, im in