NZFF

Come sim-flying with us on the evening of 20 July 2025 (Sunday) taking off at 7.30pm (NZDT).

This is leg 20 of our tour of New Zealand.

Departing Dunedin Airport (NZDN), we fly south eastwards, island-hopping, spiral like via:

Balcutha Aerodrome (NZBA)
Dog Island
Ryan's Creek Aerodrome (Stewart Island - Rakiura)
Centre Island Airstrip (NZRV)
Centre Bush Aerodrome (NZCB)
Mandeville Aerodrome (NZVL)
Gore (NZGC)

And then on to our destination of Invercargill (NZNV).

Flying will be in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024.
Server is South East Asia.
Time set is 1200 hours (1200 NZT).
Weather is optional.
The default plane is anything capable of cruise speed of about 176 knots - Bonanza, Baron, Seneca, etc
Flight takes around 90 minutes.
Note: Full stop landings at most sites.

The MSFS 2020 flight plan is here.
The MSFS 2024 flight plan is here.

Using Discord 'NZ Flight Sim' Server for voice traffic. Please try and have voice available. It makes its easier for everyone to know what's going on.
We are using a new Discord Server tonight. The Discord invitation, if you don't already belong, is https://discord.gg/sAb8rf58 (valid to Tuesday 22 July 2025).

Screenshots from last night. I decided to run my monitor in 3840 x 2160 (4k). The difference was outstanding, although my FPS dropped to 40-50fps. Still not too bad, and no stutters.

Photo 1 - the bumps on the Baron show up really badly in 4k



Photo 2 - a hairy landing onto Dog Island, but I made it, just! Nice lighthouse.



Next landing was Ryan's Creek. For the third time in a fortnight, the program froze on takeoff and ultimately died. On restart, takeoff was okay. Don't know what the issue was.

Photo 3 - another hairy landing. This time onto Centre Island - not made for the Baron. At least the airstrip was marked out.



Photo 4 - flying over Riverton



Photo 5 - the cockpit in 4K looked impressive



Photo 6 - approaching Gore



Photo 7 - on approach to Invercargill



Photo 8 - shutting down at Invercargill