Suggested airplane, weather, liftoff time, and autopilot settings:
- Daher TBM 930
- Clear Skies
- ~30 minutes after sunrise
- NAV mode, VS mode at 500 FPM to 13000ft (although strongly consider hand-flying lower through Yosemite Valley)
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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)
I hope you enjoy exploring the park as much as I enjoyed researching it!
All the best,
Jules Altis
P.s. I highly recommend pulling Wikipedia up on the side and looking at the park map while you explore.
P.p.s For this Yosemite flight, I highly recommend adding the excellent scenery from VFXSimmer: https://flightsim.to/file/384/yosemite-valley
Updates:
v1.5 - Tested to confirm autopilot usability, and includes suggested autopilot settings
v1.4 - Includes suggested plane, weather, and liftoff time
v1.3 - Includes ForeFlight .fpl file (matches the .pln file)
--- Original upload was v1.2
v1.2 - Includes full sized park map for easy reference
v1.1 - Waypoints in .pln are named
v1.0 - .pln, screenshot, and MBTiles
You are a wonderful virtual tour guide. Thank you. I'm going to try them all. Where exactly to fly and what you are seeing with the documentation really pleasant. 5 stars.
3 years ago
Thank you, I appreciate it! Hope you have some nice flights!
3 years ago
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pbrottman
Nice tour, thanks! Really appreciated the named WPs.
3 years ago
ECPatterson
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JakeBullit
Thank's a lot!
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McNeal
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