Misty Flying Club - Tour Completions

[nbrich1]

This is the August 2024 Misty Flying Club Pilot Awards listing: New Pilot Additions, tour completions and milestone awards for this month. (The most recently awarded appear at the top of the list). 
MONTH  COMPLETE

New Pilots, Tour completions, Hours-Flights-Service Awards:

Drew Bourque got new MFS Pilot on 2024-08-30, (Pilot MFS0286, United States, Welcome Drew).
Erik Stynen got MFS0001 PNW Adventure on 2024-08-22.
Norbert Marquardt got new MFC Pilot on 2024-08-20. (Pilot MFC0285, Germany, Welcome Norbert).
James Smith got MFS0037 Deadhorse South E on 2024-08-07.
Thomas Menzel got MFS0037 Deadhorse South E on 2024-08-07.
Alan Goodrich got MFC0032 RTMM's FedEx Term on 2024-08-05.

[shermank]

Flight MFCT00522
Submitted By: Sherman Kaplan
Departure Airport: Grants-Milan Mun (KGNT)
Arrival Airport: Santa Fe Muni (KSAF)
Aircraft: DOUGLAS DC-3 (N017AK)
Flight Time: 01.24.32
Date Submitted: 24/08/25
Status: Approval Pending

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[shermank]

Flight MFCT00533
Submitted By: Sherman Kaplan
Departure Airport: Garfield Co Regl (KRIL)
Arrival Airport: Canyonlands (KCNY)
Aircraft: DOUGLAS DC-3 (N017AK)
Flight Time: 01.24.46
Date Submitted: 24/08/30

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[williamb]

Norm,

William Butler, pilot MFC0105, completed Tour MFC0067 Coastal Alaska-Gulf of Alaska-North Pacific-Kulik Lake to Cordova 0n 09/03/2024.

I have certainly enjoyed the last several tours as the areas covered were where I did most of my flying while in Alaska.  Valdez and Cordova bring back memories of the Oil spill.  I remember sitting my office in Anchorage on a Friday afternoon in March of 1989 when a friend ran in and said a tanker had run aground in Prince William Sound and they feared a significant oil spill had occurred.  I was asked to do a recon survey of the sight and the following Sunday we were over the Exxon Valdez taking oblique photos.  When we arrived the oil spill extended 10-15 miles from the ship.

Over the next month we assembled a team of USFWS biologist pilots and observers and 4-5 aircraft for shoreline surveys of Prince William Sound.  We planned to count sea birds, waterfowl, Bald Eagles, Sea Otters, wolves, and bears.   Our objective was to complete the shoreline survey in 7 days.  The surveys were conducted 4 times a year for next four years.  The information was used to assess the damage of the oil spill on wildlife.   

It looks like there are no more MFC Tours and we will be heading out of Alaska soon.  I assume the MFS Tours are the ones I should begin next?  They seem to be designed for MSFS 2020 but it looks like we can continue to fly them with FSX. 

As always I truly appreciate your work on MFC.

Bill




   

[nbrich1]

Thank-you Bill.. Quite a feat, you have completed all 67 MFC excursions. Yes, there is the next set of excursions (MFS) and we do continue the journey.

MFS Tours (MFS0001 onwards) were designed/defined using MSFS airport tables and RTMM Add-on scenery created for MSFS. The ICAO's used might not be 100% correct as are used in FSX/P3D but for most there will be a an equivalent FSX/P3D ICAO or alternate airport that is close that can be used for the airport locations. In my mind, it's not the exact airport locations that matter, it is the challenge of the journey flying from one location to another!   

But more of the same.. well almost.. Yes, PNW, Glaciers, Cabins, Lighthouses, of Alaska and BC.. Then a North American journey then leaving the Alaska area for a bit.. We'll travel the Trench from Alaska all the way to Texas.. then eastward along the Gulf of Mexico to the Florida, then north to the NEUS and Atlantic Canada, then westward along the Canada/USA Border back to BC, then northward from BC home to Alaska.. and the journey in various Alaska locations continues once more.. then perhaps another North American journey begins... It takes time to keep creating excursions of a journey to various parts of this continent but it is interesting and even more special to know those who have lived and worked in some of these locations.

All along you have given us a real life look into your journeys and experiences living and working in Alaska even as you fly these trips in your sim. And specifically in your latest tour completion in the Cordova/Valdez areas identifies your personal dealing with the Exxon Valdez Oil spill back in March 1989. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exxon_Valdez_oil_spill)

And yes sir Bill, the completion award for MFC0067 Gulf of Alaska has been added to your pilot's award listing.
Well done and thanks so much. For me, it's your real life experiences and sharing your stories and commentaries which add a whole other dimension to just flying in the sim in these areas so thank-you for sharing your previous life experiences as you fly with us at MFC. 

Norm

[williamb]

Norm,

William Butler, Pilot MFC0105, Completed Tour MFS0001 Pacific Northwest Adventure on 24/09/11.  I enjoyed this Tour and am looking forward to the Alaska Glacier Tours, the Alaska Cabin Tours, the Alaska Lighthouse Tours, and then moving on south and east into the U.S.  I also noticed that the second "Trench Tour" goes into New Mexico to the Rio Grande and the Chama Rivers.  I have been on the ground along them both but never in the air.  It will be a treat to see them from the SIM.

Thanks for all you do!   Bill

[shermank]

Flight MFCT00535
Submitted By: Sherman Kaplan
Departure Airport: Fry Canyon Field (UT74)
Arrival Airport: Navajo Mountain (04UT)
Aircraft: DOUGLAS DC-3 (N017AK)
Flight Time: 01.09.50
Date Submitted: 24/09/11

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Night flight Sherm. 

[nbrich1]

Norm,

William Butler, Pilot MFC0105, Completed Tour MFS0001 Pacific Northwest Adventure on 24/09/11.  I enjoyed this Tour and am looking forward to the Alaska Glacier Tours, the Alaska Cabin Tours, the Alaska Lighthouse Tours, and then moving on south and east into the U.S.  I also noticed that the second "Trench Tour" goes into New Mexico to the Rio Grande and the Chama Rivers.  I have been on the ground along them both but never in the air.  It will be a treat to see them from the SIM.

Thanks for all you do!   Bill

And this trip was a very simple and short run through the PNW. Yes after some cabins, glaciers, lighthouses, etc. some 19 excursions later, we'll be travelling the trench all the way to the Gulf, so we'll be just 'round the corner from you so we'll have to drop in to see you! lol. The completion award for the MFS0001 PNW has been added to your pilot's award listing. Thanks Bill. 

Norm

[nbrich1]

This is the September 2024 Misty Flying Club Pilot Awards listing: New Pilot Additions, tour completions and milestone awards for this month. (The most recently awarded appear at the top of the list). 


New Pilots, Tour completions, Hours-Flights-Service Awards:

Martin Lacher got MFC0001 Misty Triangle on 2024-09-16.
Matt Lester got MFS0022 US East Coast - Florida on 2024-09-14.
Floyd Gibson got MFC0007 Short Fields-BC on 2024-09-14.
Martin Lacher got New MFC Pilot on 2024-09-13.(Pilot MFC0289, Switzerland, Welcome Martin)
Travis Klassen got MFC0003 Ketchikan SBO on 2024-09-12.
Jose Luis Fernandez De Castro got MFS0036A Deadhorse Hub Tour on 2024-09-11.
William Butler got MFS0001 PNW Adventure on 2024-09-11.
Joe Albert got MFC0001 Misty Triangle on 2024-09-10.
Floyd Gibson got 60 Hours on 2024-09-09.
Douglas Gonzalez got 100 Hours on 2024-09-08.
Douglas Gonzalez got MFS0021 The Gulf of Mexico on 2024-09-08.
Franco Flyin got new MFC Pilot on 2024-09-07, (Pilot MFC0288, United States, Welcome Franco).
Ryan Gathmann got new MFS Pilot on 2024-09-05, (Pilot MFS0287, United States, Welcome Ryan).
William Butler got MFC0067 Gulf of Alaska on 2024-09-03.