Houston Overload - July 12 Fly-In on VATSIM

Flight Date: 07/12/2009
Origin: KMSY
Destination: KIAH
Distance: 264 nm
Flight Time: 1.5 HRS
Flight Route: TBDDP JEPEG WOLDE WOLDE2

2000Z - 2300Z (3PM - 6PM CDT)
Planned Altitude: your choice, but see instructions below.

SPECIAL Instructions:

Have ALL CHARTS for both the departure and arrival airports handy in case of wind changes!!! Please make sure you have the current departure chart with you. Some ATC request 1st waypoint information on RNAV Departures! Make sure flight simulator is displaying “Indicated Airspeed”. Please be very patient with the controllers, they may have their hands full with us!

Please make sure you sign online with ATX in your call-sign. Your call-sign should include your AeroTexas ID (eg., ATX01).

FLIGHT LEVELS:
Eastbound RVSM (FL290, FL310, FL330, FL350, FL370, FL390, FL410)
Westbound RVSM (FL300, FL320, FL340, FL360, FL380, FL400)

For more informaiton visit VATSIM ZHU

Pingo's Cabin

The bonus flight in the Alaska International series this Summer is to a cabin which can be located on the Fairbanks sectional chart about halfway between Minto (51Z) and the small community of Tolvana to the magnetic south. It lies on a branch of the Tolvana River, a few miles north of a small lake.

Using FSSC and AFCAD I developed scenery for this cabin, which I've interpreted as a pretty nice Forest Ranger's station, complete with radio tower and front porch. I added some improvements too: a fictional 2000 foot gravel runway running north and south, and a post office across the way from the cabin.

You can download the scenery here.

The easiest way to find the cabin is to depart Fairbanks, Alaska and intercept the FAI VOR 262 radial outbound for 46 NM. There are several forest service lookout towers in the area, and a 200 foot antenna tower just west of the cabin (but not on
the sectional), which you should be able to see as you approach from the east. The elevation is 530 feet MSL.

Though the area is not particularly mountainous, it is certainly rugged and hilly. A few STOL practice landings in Fairbanks would definitely be worth the effort. Trees all around the runway, and near both ends increase the pucker factor in a considerable way.