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Post by Allan Lowson on Mar 17, 2024 18:19:49 GMT
The 2024 GAAR is now available for pilot registration with flights scheduled for April.
Piston-engined and turboprop aircraft first flown between 1903 and 1999 are eligible.
Further updates of files will follow.
Airfield, routes and flights for FS9, FSX, P3D, MSFS and X-Plane will be available from mid March.
This year we are allowing pilots to simply nominate their Ground Speed at cruising altitude. Just be careful not to use Indicated Air Speed!
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Post by roghanson on Mar 21, 2024 20:13:50 GMT
Thanks Alan for creating this again. When will the Test flight downloads be available please (MSFS)?
Also I think the fahrenheit temperatures are wrong on the Time & Weather Summary page 33.7C is 92.7F when I was at school
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Post by Allan Lowson on Mar 21, 2024 23:13:44 GMT
Hi Rog,
This year we just need an average ground speed from each pilot, as we did for the GAMR23 rather than a test flight time. We can always reverse engineer the speed from a run of last year's test flight if that is simpler for anyone.
You are of course correct that I got the conversion calculation from Centigrade wrong. Even worse I thought that I had deleted the files with the faulty calculation from previous GAAR setups. A corrected set of weather information is now loaded as V2. Apologies to all. Flight information will be corrected before uploading shortly.
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Post by Paughco on Mar 23, 2024 21:06:00 GMT
Thank you Allan and the rest of the team for setting up GAAR 2024. We're sure to enjoy it.
I have a question:
On the opening web page, it says: "The daily flights are supplied with weather based on April 2023." Does this mean that we could fly with Active Sky set in historical mode for the date and time of the flight that is given in the time and weather summary? That would save a bit of hassle because I like to save my flight at the destination airport then my airplane is all ready to go for the next flight. I have to mess around with the .WX files in order to associate the correct weather file with the next flight. It would be nice if I could just fly with Active Sky set for the appropriate time of the related flight.
Thank you
ATB
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Post by Allan Lowson on Mar 23, 2024 21:41:04 GMT
That should be near enough. The readings used are for morning (9am) and afternoon (3pm) at the selected airports as reported by Australian met office records. So the changes to suggested take-off times should be minor.
From memory one airfield did not have records, so a nearby one was used. I'll change laptops and check which one. 3 laptops and one PC participate in setting these flights up. The opportunities for operator error are endless, even before the operator intervenes.
With an 8th main simulator permutation coming in next year maybe we should drop FS2004 then.
Cheers,
Allan
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Post by Allan Lowson on Mar 23, 2024 22:06:41 GMT
For Gibb River the nearest met office data was Hall Creek. The computer count was just mine, other PCs have more than doubled the total.
Cheers,
Allan
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Post by skmcconnell on Mar 27, 2024 16:01:28 GMT
Thank you Allan and the rest of the team for setting up GAAR 2024. We're sure to enjoy it. I have a question: On the opening web page, it says: "The daily flights are supplied with weather based on April 2023." Does this mean that we could fly with Active Sky set in historical mode for the date and time of the flight that is given in the time and weather summary? That would save a bit of hassle because I like to save my flight at the destination airport then my airplane is all ready to go for the next flight. I have to mess around with the .WX files in order to associate the correct weather file with the next flight. It would be nice if I could just fly with Active Sky set for the appropriate time of the related flight. Thank you ATB Yes, that is what I have been doing the last couple years in order to get the Weather files for X-Plane. Just one word of caution, fly the flight before this years date or X-Plane will give Active Sky the wrong year. but you can get around that by unchecking the force date and time in ASXP. Darn My secret got out LOL |
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Post by Allan Lowson on Apr 2, 2024 11:48:11 GMT
A further update of the roster has been uploaded. Just a reminder that entries will be accepted up to the 14th, or later if I spot them.
Cheers,
Allan
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Post by Paughco on Apr 3, 2024 3:19:51 GMT
Flew Flight 3 today. Used historical Active Sky. The weather was pretty good. Some some big white sharks in the waters below. Glad everything was working well.
Seeya
ATB
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Post by Paughco on Apr 5, 2024 17:57:05 GMT
Flew flight 04 yesterday. Ernie complained about the comfort of his seat. Nancy was looking forward to having a great time at our destination. I fly these rallies my own way. We have a Garmin GTN 750 in the airplane, and Ernie and I always use it to the fullest. I look at the weather and guesstimate which runway we’ll be using at our destination. If there’s an approach I’ll add that to the flight plan, and attempt to adjust my speed so that everything evens out. The purists can dead reckon – I like the gadgets.
Same deal with my motorcycle rides. I will attend the BMW Motorcycle Owner’s National Rally in Redmond, Oregon in June. The very next weekend is the Chief Joseph Rally in John Day, Oregon. I’m registered for both and have motel rez’s all set up. Yeah, but what to do for the weekdays between the two rallies? Hmm. Guess I’ll make a speedrun down to Vegas to visit my sister. My Beemer has a Garmin Nav VI, which is the mc equivalent of the GTN 750. Nevada is a wide-open place. Probably will be able to cruise at 85+ mph on those NV backroads. I’ve got the ingress and egress totally planned, including gas stops. Need to remember that I’m not in the sim while riding the bike!
Seeya
ATB
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Post by jazzthom on Apr 22, 2024 9:35:44 GMT
sounds to be fun!!!! I for myself ride since 1978 an ancient BMW from 1975 in Daytona Orange color and mint condition….
Take care and post some pics if possible….
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