Tour the Western Desert and Qattara Depression on a 400-mile trip visiting famous sites of the WW2 North African campaign (though really it's just a bit of sea, a couple of low hills, and a lot of sand).
We start in Alexandria and fly west past El Alamein, Mersa Matruh and Sidi Barrani, finishing at Tobruk.
Aircraft? P-40s, of course, but a fighter escort of Spitfires wouldn't go amiss.
https://skyvector.com/?ll=32.3217998578 ... 59E%20HLTQ
Meet at: 1845 GMT for a 1900 departure.
Meet on: Digital Theme Park on JoinFS.
Comms through A2A Discord channel.
Start at: Alexandria Airport, HEAX.
Local takeoff time: 1500.
Weather: Real, historic.
Freeware Tobruk airport scenery: library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=208283
Sunday, January 24 MP Flight - With the Desert Rats and the Afrika Korps
Sunday, January 24 MP Flight - With the Desert Rats and the Afrika Korps
Last edited by ratty on 20 Jan 2021, 13:51, edited 1 time in total.
Re: Sunday, January 24 MP Flight - With the Desert Rats and the Afrika Korps
Hey Ratty,
I can't fly with you guys due to timezones, but here is a link to a paint Bladrunner did for me.
It is a paint from Wing Commander Brian Eaton, RAAF 3 Squadron, who went on to become Australian Vice Air Marshall. He flew the desert in 1943 and Malta, then up to Italy.
He was shot down 3 times in his first 10 days in Malta but managed to survive.
Brian was a distant relative of mine.
https://bladerunner900.co.uk/bin/FSX/a2 ... ss_p40.htm
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=64627&hilit=eaton
I can't fly with you guys due to timezones, but here is a link to a paint Bladrunner did for me.
It is a paint from Wing Commander Brian Eaton, RAAF 3 Squadron, who went on to become Australian Vice Air Marshall. He flew the desert in 1943 and Malta, then up to Italy.
He was shot down 3 times in his first 10 days in Malta but managed to survive.
Brian was a distant relative of mine.
https://bladerunner900.co.uk/bin/FSX/a2 ... ss_p40.htm
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=64627&hilit=eaton
Cheers
Trev
Trev
Re: Sunday, January 24 MP Flight - With the Desert Rats and the Afrika Korps
Nice one. Thanks!TreeTops wrote: ↑18 Jan 2021, 20:25 Hey Ratty,
I can't fly with you guys due to timezones, but here is a link to a paint Bladrunner did for me.
It is a paint from Wing Commander Brian Eaton, RAAF 3 Squadron, who went on to become Australian Vice Air Marshall. He flew the desert in 1943 and Malta, then up to Italy.
He was shot down 3 times in his first 10 days in Malta but managed to survive.
Brian was a distant relative of mine.
https://bladerunner900.co.uk/bin/FSX/a2 ... ss_p40.htm
viewtopic.php?f=23&t=64627&hilit=eaton
Sorry your times don't work out. Where are you?
Re: Sunday, January 24 MP Flight - With the Desert Rats and the Afrika Korps
Perth, Western Ausrtalia. Near YPPH
Cheers
Trev
Trev
Re: Sunday, January 24 MP Flight - With the Desert Rats and the Afrika Korps
Got it. Our usual 1800/1900 GMT times favour the US and western Europe. Occasionally we get Corsair from NZ, but for you it's the middle of the night. The latest Navigraph survey shows a lot of simmers in Australia, so we should come up with another session at a time that works for your part of the world.
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Re: Sunday, January 24 MP Flight - With the Desert Rats and the Afrika Korps
This might work
US West Coast 0600
UK 1400
Perth 2200
US West Coast 0600
UK 1400
Perth 2200
Spitfire : P-51 : L-049 : C172 : C182 : PA-24 : PA-28 : T-6 : P-40 : V35B : J-3 : P-47 : Anson : 504K : Albatros : B377 : HE-219
Re: Sunday, January 24 MP Flight - With the Desert Rats and the Afrika Korps
Us OZx guys usually fly 0930Z which is in the late afternoon/evening for us.
I havent done any flying over the last few weeks as I am currently in my annual American Truck Sim refresher.
I havent done any flying over the last few weeks as I am currently in my annual American Truck Sim refresher.
Cheers
Trev
Trev
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