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Formation Event 7th of December

Postby 2011futuremarine on Wed Dec 03, 2008 11:32 am

The 19th Ealge Squadron ( http://flightgearsquadron.synthasite.com/index.php ) invites you to join them in a short formation flight :arrow:

Details
Take off: KSBA
Destination: KSNZ
Speed: 400
Alt: 4,000
Aircraft: Anything that can go 400 knots.(Preferaby not a big plane :lol: )
Date: 7th of December
Time: 15:00 GMT

Procedures
1. Take off from KSBA
2. fly at 4,000 ft. and 400 knots over water
3. Land at KSZN
4. Perhaps fly back to KSBA (Depending on various factors ;) )

KSZN is a tricky place to land, hence why it was chosen :D

Scenery needed: w130n40

Please feel welcome to join!
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Re: Formation Event 7th of December

Postby Natovr on Thu Dec 04, 2008 10:28 am

Depends on the time, but there is an event at the same time at Perl Harbour to remember the defenders that lost their lives
I might be able to come to both, maybe
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Re: Formation Event 7th of December

Postby 2011futuremarine on Thu Dec 04, 2008 11:22 am

ooo...ok, I thought I read that the Pearl Harbor event was canceled as Delta is not going to be there...maybe I read wrong :(
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Re: Formation Event 7th of December

Postby screwdriver on Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:04 pm

LOL

I can already see this a ton of plane wrecks in the sea off the rwy at KSZN.
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Re: Formation Event 7th of December

Postby 2011futuremarine on Thu Dec 04, 2008 12:16 pm

I have a feeling that might happen :lol:
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Re: Formation Event 7th of December

Postby MD-Terp on Fri Dec 05, 2008 5:17 am

2011futuremarine wrote:I thought I read that the Pearl Harbor event was canceled as Delta is not going to be there

I don't think it was "cancelled" per se, but I don't think anyone else has really stepped up to organize it.

I have plans with my family more-or-less all day (taking my kids to decorate the christmas tree at my mom and dad's house) so I won't be able to make either event. (Well, I installed FG on my dad's computer as he's ex-USN (not aviation, though) and a flight-sim buff too, but I doubt I can sneak away from the festivities long enough to really participate...!! LOL)

For anyone that cares, my grandfather (my dad's dad) was also USN, but he *was* in fact a Naval Aviator during World War II -- he was actually a F4U Corsair pilot on the USS Bogue, which had a couple of German submarine kills or so I'm told. This was in the Atlantic, though, nowhere near Hawaii.
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Re: Formation Event 7th of December

Postby 2011futuremarine on Fri Dec 05, 2008 11:43 am

Update!

The F-15 was tested out there, and it just can't slow down fast enough before the end of the runway comes around, so the speed will be 300 -350. Suggested aircraft might be something like the Saab or the J-22...maybe even the Pc-7 :D
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Re: Formation Event 7th of December

Postby Hello on Fri Dec 05, 2008 1:18 pm

IMHO, 400 knots is just too fast for such a short distance.
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Re: Formation Event 7th of December

Postby Gijs on Fri Dec 05, 2008 2:11 pm

Hello wrote:IMHO, 400 knots is just too fast for such a short distance.

Agree. Acceleration, formationing and deceleration in that distance (22 nm) is almost insane. Keeping our past events in mind it always take atleast 30 minutes before all participants are airborn, on speed and in formation. With 400 kts you would fly that distance in 3-4 minutes :?
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Re: Formation Event 7th of December

Postby 2011futuremarine on Fri Dec 05, 2008 3:23 pm

I have to agree...
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Re: Formation Event 7th of December

Postby screwdriver on Fri Dec 05, 2008 4:11 pm

Well, you just have to follow proper formation flying procedures.
That means picking a rendezvous point and circling around it.

You may want to watch this video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... ying&dur=3
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Re: Formation Event 7th of December

Postby 2011futuremarine on Sun Dec 07, 2008 10:30 am

We had a rough start but it went pretty smoothly after that...I had some trouble landing on that runway even though I had practiced on it for the past 3 days :oops:
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Re: Formation Event 7th of December

Postby Jester on Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:18 am

It was fun. See my screenshots
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Re: Formation Event 7th of December

Postby Natovr on Sun Dec 07, 2008 11:33 am

I couldn't get started in time for it o.O had a fatal bug
sorry :)
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Re: Formation Event 7th of December

Postby X9331AK on Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:03 am

Jester wrote:It was fun. See my screenshots


damn that looks fun!
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