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Hi pilots! Looks like its time for another adventure back in Time!
Tonight's mission:
On Thursday night, HQ wants us to lend a hand to Amelia Earhart by mapping the route between Khartoum and El Fashir in Western Sudan. The following is an excerpt from Amelia'a own diary regarding the lack of cartographic data in the area:
“East of El Fasher our route crossed a cartographical blank space as large as an outstretched hand with not a contour line on it or a river or even the name of a village..."-Amelia Earhart
This flight will take place in SimLink. See here for details:
Thursdays flightplan is as follows:
Khartoum, Sudan (HSSS)
El Obeid, Sudan (HSOB)
El Fashir, Sudan (HSFS)
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 IAS at around 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 + cumulative v1.3 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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