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  • Sister City Flights - week 14 - New York City - FLOATPLANES!



    Join us for our trip down the Hudson river from Albany to New York City in floatplanes!

    New York City became a sister city of Cairo in 1982.

    Start 1st stop 2nd stop 3rd stop Last stop
    NK13* NK59 PKIPCFSX/01NYXP11 7N2FSX/PINNSXP11 6N7**
    Snyder's Lake Seaplane Base Copake Lake Seaplane Base Poughkeepsie, Mid-Hudson Bridge/Vassar Hospital Peekskill Seaplane Base/Montrose Point New York Skyports Inc Seaplane Base
    *XP11 pilots with no wheels should spawn at NK13's central location and map-slew onto the lake.
    **We may finish our flight at KJRB instead. See first reply to thread.

    Flight plans: https://is.gd/StormsFlightPlans (both .PLN and .FMS files available).
    Or look at the end of our Discord channel #group-flight-info on the day of the flight.

    Cruise: 100 knots indicated at 2,000 ft a.s.l.

    Aircraft: Any with floats that can maintain 100 kts. Amphibious capability not required.
    Fixed wing or rotorcraft both good.

    Scenery: Default is OK.

    Server: SimLink server: 101.165.150.139 (AU) or 108.202.88.158 (US)

    Simulators: All welcome: FS9, FSX boxed, FSX Steam edition, Prepar3D, X-Plane.

    Additional note: I am suspending preparation of "trivia" for all Sister City flights from now on.

    Click the map below for a larger vertical version.


  • #2
    Reminder! Join us in FLOATPLANES for our 100kt journey to New York City, departing NK13 at 9pm eastern. Not sure what to fly? The default Beaver and Goose are fine in FSX, as is the default Cessna 172 floats in XP11 (set your wave height very low). The Beriev Snipe and the Stingray are freeware FSX alternatives found in Storm's Hangar, while in XP11 you might try the freeware Seabee from x-plane.org, or the Aerobask Akoya, or the Ercoupe. I shall fly the freeware Piper PA-18 Super Cub in XP11. Helicopters on floats will of course be welcome!

    We're expecting a light SSE breeze, backing easterly as we reach New York City.

    The first two legs will be direct. The second two legs will NOT be direct: we will follow the Hudson to the Battery and loop round into the East River. (Bridges!)

    I may elect to finish our journey at KJRB (Downtown Manhattan Heliport) as it has a pier for seaplanes in XP11 and the default 3D scenery there is much better than at 6N7. The scenery in FSX is just the same in both places - KJRB is just not marked on the map - so there should be no downside for FSX pilots. See map below:



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    • #3
      A few shots from this awesome float-plane flight!









      Happy landings,
      Lazer


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      • #4
        good times





        mike404

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        • #5
          Some pics of a great float plane flight in New York by Storm. http://imgbox.com/g/KBKkugmeAe

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