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Hi pilots! Looks like its time for another adventure back in Time!
Tonight's mission:
For centuries, the town of Cuttack, India, has been the site of a popular festival called the "Bali Jatura" (Literally translates to "a voyage To Bali")
The festival celebrates the centuries old tradition of maritime trade in the region by holding a great fair on the bank of the river Mahanadi, where a large number of showrooms and shops are erected so that thousands of people can enjoy shopping and celebrating throughout the night.
The fairgrounds and shops feature wares from the traditional maritime shipping routes of Sri Lanka, Singapore, Bali, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, and Cambodia. All places we have visited
This flight will take place in SimLink. See here for details:
Thursdays flightplan is as follows:
Chittagong, Bangladesh departure (VGEG)
Kolkata India (VECC)
Cuttack India (VE62)
Vishakhapatnam India (VEVZ)
A flightplan .PLN file for this flight can be found here:
http://1drv.ms/1O4aN5s
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 260 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 | 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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