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Post by Allan Lowson on Aug 6, 2023 17:46:36 GMT
The 2023 GAMR is now available for pilot registration with flights scheduled for the second half of August/Early September.
This Rally will follow the route of CAM 8 Air Mail Route from San Diego to Seattle as suggested by Bill Lockwood. It is about half the distance of typical GAAR rallies. This will allow pilots to fly older biplnes from the '20s and '30s, or complete the rally in half the usual flying time.
Any Piston-engined and turboprop aircraft are eligible.
Further updates of files will follow.
Airfield, routes and flights for FS9, FSX, P3D, MSFS and X-Plane will be available shortly.
This year we are asking pilots to simply nominate their Ground Speed at cruising altitude to help establish target times. Just be careful not to use Indicated Air Speed!
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Post by Allan Lowson on Aug 9, 2023 18:45:11 GMT
Just to emphasise, this event does not require a tes fight to be flown. Simply nominate a Ground Speed at cruising altitude to help establish target times.
An error in the link to flight information for Leg 3 has been corrected.
Cheers,
Allan
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Post by Cees Cools on Aug 19, 2023 5:50:23 GMT
Hi Allen, under Downbload MSFS Flightplans, flightplan 07 (KSMF-KRBL) is by mistake the same flightplan as flightplan 06. Flightplan 07 regards KRBL-KMFR (see under Flight Plans & Maps)
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Post by Allan Lowson on Aug 19, 2023 17:54:58 GMT
Hi Cees,
Apologies for that oversight. For now, the P3D plan for Leg 07 should work fine as a stand-in. the reason for having so many waypoints on Leg 07 is to steer pilots through the pass west of Mt Shasta. The pass can be flown at 7,200'.
Cheers,
Allan
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Post by Paughco on Aug 26, 2023 5:20:16 GMT
Hi Cees, Apologies for that oversight. For now, the P3D plan for Leg 07 should work fine as a stand-in. the reason for having so many waypoints on Leg 07 is to steer pilots through the pass west of Mt Shasta. The pass can be flown at 7,200'. Cheers, Allan Just before the Oregon border Ernie and I decided that the passengers (we had a few friends along with all that mail) needed some excitement, so we took her out of autopilot and flew nap-of-the earth along I-5 up to Rogue Valley. We may have caused a slight disturbance at the outdoor stage at the Shakespeare festival in Ashland. "Oh, the shame of it all..." ( Chino, played by Lee Marvin in the movie, "The Wild One.") Seeya ATB |
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Post by Allan Lowson on Aug 26, 2023 12:09:11 GMT
At least they couldn't do you for transporting any apples in the cockpit across the state line heading North. Don't try it heading South!
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Post by Allan Lowson on Sept 17, 2023 15:41:28 GMT
Thanks to all who helped to set up this event, putting up with my glitches along the way, and also all who have participated. I hope it has been fun.
Our next GAAR Rally will be in March ‘24.
DC-3 Airways will be running their DC-3 Virtual Airways World Tour 2023 in October. Details can be found on the DC-3 Airways website. For those who are not familiar with the DC3 Airways World Tours, there will be a number of scenic flights throughout the world using DC-3 flown during October.
Cheers,
Allan
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