John McKeon Memorial Flight

[Edward Watson]

On the 28th of August 2013, John McKeon (a long standing Noble Member of London Hub) passed away.

To those that knew him, John (or Jmac as he was fondly known) was a wealth of information about the Douglas DC-3.

In his honour, and as a memorium of the anniversary of his passing we will fly DC-3s from Gatwick to Weston airport (located 8mi from Dublin, Ireland).

EGKK - EIWT
Distance: 266 NM
Flight Speed: 150 Knots (G/S)
Flight Time: 126 Mins (2 hrs 6 mins)

It will be on FSHOST... (IP-94.175.125.81)

UTC (Time Zone) Saturday, 23AUG 2014 at 8:00:00 PM
Sydney (Australia - New South Wales) Sunday, 24AUG 2014 at 6:00:00 AM AEST
New York (U.S.A. - New York) Saturday, 23AUG 2014 at 4:00:00 PM EDT
Wellington (New Zealand) Sunday, 24AUG 2014 at 8:00:00 AM NZST
London (United Kingdom - England) Saturday, 23AUG 2014 at 9:00:00 PM BST

(start planning now to keep this date free..)

Both FS9 and FSX have default DC-3s, and if you have Prepar3D you can use this one: (DC-3 Download)
Just unzip the file and drop the folder into the simobjects/airplanes in P3D.
There are also some very good payware ones available.

More information about the DC-3 can be found here: (DC-3 Information)

The default DC-3s (including the link above) do not have transponders, when ATC gives you a squawk code, in the chat box of your connection software type: .x 1234 (replace 1234 with the code given by ATC).

For those with FSX and P3D.. here is an upgraded scenery file for EIWT: (EIWT Download)
Just unzip the file and drop the folder into your addon scenery folder, then add the area to the scenery library.

Information about the airport EIWT: (Info PDF)

The Flightplan: EGKK SID KENET UN14 MEDOG UL18 LIPGO DCT EIWT

The Waypoints: EGKK (0.0nm) -SID-> KENET (52.4nm) -UN14-> BEKSA (96.8nm) -UN14->
DOBEM (111.4nm) -UN14-> TOPRO (123.5nm) -UN14-> MEDOG (134.8nm) -UL18->
LANON (176.7nm) -UL18-> BADSI (196.7nm) -UL18-> LIPGO (232.6nm) -DCT->
EIWT (272.1nm)

of course with a lack of modern navigation equipment onboard the above may not be of much use..
so...

EGKK-EIWT 266 NM VIA DCT HDG 302 ETE 2.1H
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Departing: Gatwick (EGKK)
Arriving : (EIWT)
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### FIX FREQ TC MC LEG DBO DTG LAT LON NAME

[A] EGKK 000.00 000 000 00.0 000.0 300.1 51 08.9 +0 11.4 AIRPORT
[B] -OCK 115.30 314 315 13.5 013.5 286.6 51 18.3 +0 26.8 OCKHAM VOR
[C] -BZN 111.90 302 303 50.7 064.2 235.9 51 44.9 -1 36.2 BRIZE_NORTON VOR
[D] -WPL 115.95 313 315 77.8 142.0 158.1 52 37.8 -3 09.2 WELSHPOOL VOR
[E] -VYL 108.40 307 310 62.8 204.8 095.3 53 15.4 -4 32.6 VALLEY VOR
[F] -GTG 114.15 247 251 62.6 267.4 032.6 52 51.2 -6 08.7 GLENTEIG VOR
[G] -WST 114.70 337 341 32.5 299.9 000.1 53 21.2 -6 29.6 WESTON VOR
[H] EIWT 000.00 106 110 00.1 300.1 000.0 53 21.1 -6 29.4 AIRPORT
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INIT DIRECT HEADING: 302 (true) 303 (magnetic) 266 NM
RHUMBLINE (magnetic average): 302 MAX ELEVATION: 184FT MSL

* ### - Leg No.
* FIX - VOR Identifier
* FREQ - VOR Frequency
* TC - True Heading (course)
* MC - Magnetic Heading (course)
* LEG - Distance in Nm
* DBO - Distance From Origin
* DTG - Distance to Go
* LAT - Latitude of VOR
* LON - Longitude of VOR
* NAME - Name of VOR

if using VORs your flightplan would be:
EGKK - OCK - BZN - WPL - VYL - GTG - WST - EIWT
The DC-3 aircraft Equipment Code is: /X (no DME, No Transponder)

How do I navigate without an FMC?.. (for you jet jockeys!)
Tune NAV1 to the first VOR.. fly towards the needle, until the needle flicks the opposite way..
then tune NAV1 to the next VOR.. and fly towards the needle..
keep repeating until you arrive at the destination (Last VOR)..
then land.. Sorry .. NO ILS!

[Tony Forrest]

Sounds good!

[Phill Irwin]

Roger asked me if I would paint the default FSX DC3, this is what I have come up with so far. There is no paint kit for the DC3 that I know of, this is a noble air version of the emerald air. Best I can come up with on short notice , if every one is happy with the paint I will package it up & make it available cheers Phill
Any suggestions to add anything or delete anything please don't hold back, it is the memorial flight for Jmac after all.

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J2.jpg

[Roger Eve]

Looks very good to me, it keeps that vintage look but still has our colours

It may not be possible, but can the lion be added to the fin. Also I know it is a big ask, but can you do the same to the FS9 version. ED assures us that the FSX works OK with P3D.

With very many thanks

Roger

[Edward Watson]

ED assures us that the FSX works OK with P3D.

Only if you download the link on the original post.. as it has all the gauges and sounds installed ready to go.

Then you can add the paint as you normally would...


BTW.. love the paint scheme!

[Phill Irwin]

I placed the yellow lion on the tail Roger ,I didn't like it so I removed it. Maybe a red lion, where exactly would you like the lion "just the rudder?" or over the entire fin? colour? position? have a think about it & reply here. Not sure if I can do the FS9 version ,I only have FSX installed on my pc .

[Phill Irwin]

The latest with lion .

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[Roger Eve]

Hi Phill,

I think the yellow lion would look great preferably over the whole fin if practical. I quite understand about the FS9 version, most of us will be on FSX or P3D.

Thanks once again

Roger

[Phill Irwin]

How is this Roger?.

j.jpg

[Roger Eve]

That looks great Phill, I think you have cracked it

Cheers

Roger