Note: Consider adding Kantishna Airport (5Z5) by Emerald Scenery Design and the Alaska water height fix by Baddweapon for a richer flight. Kantishna is just north of the Wonder Lake waypoint, and is a great stop before a long climb up Mount McKinley.
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Suggested airplane, weather, and liftoff time:
- Cessna 208B Grand Caravan
- High Level Clouds
- 9am local time (an hour or so after sunrise)
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Hello!
I host a live stream every week where we explore the National Parks together!
Before the stream, I research the park and help improve the park's Wikipedia pages. I also make a flight plan to showcase the park highlights and in case others want to fly along with me.
- In the zip file you'll find:
- The .pln file with named waypoints (load this from the World Map screen of MSFS 2020)
- Relevant park map(s)
- A screenshot of where this flight plan goes relative to the park map
- MBTiles file(s) in case you have Foreflight or another app which supports these (this is how I overlay the flight plan and the park map when I fly around)
- ForeFlight .fpl file which matches the .pln in case you prefer ForeFlight (consider using a tool like Flight-Events as a GPS/AHRS device)
All the best,
Jules Altis
P.s. I highly recommend pulling Wikipedia up on the side and looking at the park while you explore.
Updates:
v1.4.1 - Fixes the name of Denali in a waypoint (previously called Mount McKinley, the old name)
---- The original upload was v1.4
v1.4 - Includes suggested plane, weather, and liftoff time
v1.3 - Includes ForeFlight .fpl file (matches the .pln file)
v1.2 - Includes full sized park map for easy reference
v1.1 - Waypoints in .pln are named
v1.0 - .pln, screenshot, and MBTiles
RichardPlantagenet
This one's a masterpiece, Jules.
As I fly with live weather I needed to wait until now and still battled icing in the 172.
Just amazing in VR. Thank you!
JulesAltis author
Oh wow! Yes this would be a tough one with live weather. Glad you had a nice flight!
3 years ago
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ericdoe
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