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Hi pilots! Looks like its time for another adventure back in Time!
Tonight's mission:
North Sentinel Island has been the home to an isolated tribe of people that first inhabited the island over 60,000 years ago. That's right, they have lived in COMPLETE isolation since at least 20,000 years BEFORE the Neanderthal went extinct. We call these people the "Sentinelese", but we have no idea what they call themselves, (mainly because anyone who got close enough to ask them was met with a spear to the face.)
Because of the shallow coral reef surrounding the island, and the natives hostility towards outsiders, the Island is known as "the World's hardest place to visit." and HQ is sending us there!
As incredible as this sounds its all TRUE! Please view this video:
And here's another fascinating documentary. (The "Sentinelese" appear @ 10:20)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvTlBp4fDgA
This flight will take place in SimLink. See here for details:
Thursdays flightplan is as follows:
Car Nicobar AB, India Departure (VOCX)
Port Blair, India (VOPB) *switch to amphibians
North Sentinel Island: *water landing
return to Port Blair (VOPB) *switch back to C-130
Coco Island (VYCI)
A flightplan .PLN file for this flight can be found here:
http://1drv.ms/1O4aN5s
Required Scenery files: Click the link below to grab the required scenery file. Simply drop it into "addon scenery/ scenery" and overwrite the old "back_in_time" .bgl file if you have an older version.
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 270 kts at 10,000 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 | C133 |
| 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 massive payload. Easy to fly (with practice). Keeps up with the C-130. Download it here (look in the Cargo props section; install both v1 + v1.2 upgrade). Warning: a small number of pilots have frame rate problems when flying this aircraft.
- 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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