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Hi pilots! Looks like its time for another adventure back in Time!
Tonight's mission:
A Northern Irish guy, his Vietnamese wife and a lazy bulldog pup walk into a bar... and buy the place.
Join us on Thursday as we celebrate St. Patrick's day in Vietnam by aiding in the construction of "Paddy's Pub" in Danang.
Thursdays flightplan is as follows:
Hong Kong (old) intl China Departure (VHHX)
Meitan Haikou China (ZJHK)
Phoenix Intl Sanya China (ZJSY)
Danang Intl Vietnam (VVDN)
A flightplan .PLN file for this flight can be found here:
http://1drv.ms/1O4aN5s
This flight will take place in SimLink. See here for details: http://msflights.net/forum/showthrea...nk-Quick-start
AIRCRAFT
The preferred aircraft is the C-130 Hercules. Alternatives include the C-97 Stratofreighter, the Antonov An-12 and An-32, the C-133 Cargomaster, the Howard 500 and the Boxcar - or any cargo prop that can do 250 kts at 20,000 ft.
No Jets.
Recommended SimLink type codes when you connect using vPilot:
| If you're flying | Enter the Type Code |
| C-130 | C130 |
| An-12 | AN12 |
| C-97 | C97 |
| An-32 | AN32 |
| C-133 | C97 (until AI available) |
| C-119 (Boxcar) | C119 |
| L-188 (Electra) | DC4 |
| Howard 500 | DC3 |
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Not sure what to fly?
For those who don't have or don't want to fly the C-130, Storm was kind enough to document which are the best planes for these "Around the World" cargo flights. This should help you decide.
- C-97 Stratofreighter Popular, quality freeware that comes with an installer (v2) available here, or without an installer (v3) but with extra models and separate optional extra mods and liveries here (look in the Cargo props section).
- C-133 Cargomaster Largest aircraft with a massive payload, but easy to fly (with practice) and still keeps up with the C-130. Download it here (look in the Cargo props section).
- An-12 Most similar to C-130. Most extras (airbrake, autothrottle, paradrop). Russian annotations. Most difficult to fly. Download it here (look in the Cargo props section).
- An-32 Most frame-rate friendly. Best cockpit model. Easy to fly except long spool time. Needs refueling on long flights. Download with an installer here.
- Howard 500 Easy for piston engine pilots. Best climber. Tail-dragger. Performance tails off at altitude. Poorest frame rates. Download it here (look in the Cargo props section).
- C-119 Boxcar Easiest to fly. Download it here (look in the Cargo props section).
- Re-engined (French) variant: Faster. Normal climb rates.
- Normal engine variants: Slower. Half the climb rate so gets left behind on short-medium length flights.
Comparative flat-out speeds:
Happy landings,
Lazer
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