NZFF

It's Fire Season!
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Well Jonno, Big Al and Munt survived the winter at the Research Stations thanks to the efforts of NZFF flying in fresh supplies.

The Department of Twig and Tweet were so happy with their work they decided to keep the boys on for the Summer. This time we see our heroes on firewatch duties based at various locations south of Milford Sound(NZMS).

It has been a very hot, dry year and the possibilty of forest fires breaking out is extremely high. In fact one has already broken out down the valley from Outpost 8 where fire crews are being assembled to contain the situation.

Temporary airstrips have been placed at strategic locations around the park so that fire parties can monitor developements and watch for further trouble.

It is time to deliver supplies to the various outposts(Munt has already drunk the first two dozen stubbies so things are getting desperate).

Given their performance in fulfilling the last contract the Department of T & T has once again employed the services of NZFF. NZMS airfield is being used as a central distribution point. Start from here.

As well as making the rounds delivering the supplies you may also be called upon to take Controllers from Outpost 8 to check on the progress being made containing the blaze down the valley. If you have a suitable aircraft you may assist with extinguishing the fire.

You may use GPS and/or a map to navigate to each location.

Outpost Co-ordinates -

Outpost 5(NZO5) - S44* 42.55', E167* 43.08' Alt 1490m
Outpost 6(NZO6) - S44* 47.85', E167* 29.19' Alt 1020m
Outpost 7(NZO7) - S44* 53.96', E167* 32.36' Alt 882m
Outpost 8(NZO8) - S44* 58.81', E167* 37.25' Alt 741m
Outpost 9(NZO9) - S44* 46.78', E167* 44.24' Alt 1342m
Fire - S44* 58.72', E167* 40.52'



A map has been included with the download file.

The individual locations are listed under Southern Alps/New Zealand in the Sim menu.
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The following 2 EZ Scenery libraries are required. If you did the SAR Mission or Southern Alps Re supply Mission a couple of weeks back you should already have them.
http://library.avsim.net/search.php?Search...mp;CatID=fs2004
http://library.avsim.net/search.php?Search...4&Go=Search


More details later in the week.

awesome ian ill be there for sure

Looks good, I should be there

Bandit .... Great Pic !

OK here ya go. Bit more info.

Start Time "“ 2000hrs

Aircraft - Start with any default type. (Piper, Cessna or 206b will be ideal) Then change to an aircraft of your choice if you wish. But remember these are bush strips.

Season - Your choice but Summer is in keeping with the spirit of the mission.

Weather - Again your choice - but bushfires are unlikely if it's snowing.

General -
1. The inland approach to Outpost5 is through a pretty tight saddle, so watch the speed.
2. The easiest way into Outpost8 is to do the canyon run past the fire to the head of the valley.
3. For an interesting approach to Outpost9 use the seaward side and kick the tail around.
4. Please remember to cap your framerate at 25fps.

The Mission file will be posted tomorrow.

Hope to see you there.

Inspire Server 203.114.130.15
Teamspeak is preferable though of course the Chatbox is fine.

So what does this involve? Is it hard, or is it just point to point flying with a GPS? I can't do much other than that Unless i just tag along in a Maule..

victor_alpha_charlie wrote:

QUOTE(victor_alpha_charlie @ Jul 26 2007, 08:07 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

is it just point to point flying with a GPS?

That's about all there is to it

Yep VAC - as Matt says that's pretty much all there is too it. We try to keep things fairly informal.

The Missions I've done are just there to give some purpose for the flights rather than nobody knowing what each other is up too.

The challenge is in finding each location and managing to land at each one. Some of these are pretty short and the location may also provide a challenge in some cases.

I generally use GPS. But Point to Point is not always the fun way to get somewhere. It may be better to follow a valley and pop through a saddle. In this mission Milford Sound to Outpost5 is like that.

Failing that we could just take the mickey out of Jimmy trying to land a 737 on a 280m piece of real estate.

Everybody is welcome no matter what their skill level.

Link to Mission file

http://www.skydivesingleton.net/FirewatchMission.rar

Bandit wrote:

QUOTE(Bandit @ Jul 27 2007, 07:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

Link to Mission file

http://www.skydivesingleton.net/FirewatchMission.rar

Awesome mission Bandit... that was excellent... I had not actually had a chance to hunt around the Outposts down south... some fantastic locations... now all I need to do is learn how to fly the eggbeaters! actually its not so much fly... as land!

I didnt make it in the end after sq350 couldnt get on the server as was being blocked again by another user ,and i didnt see a point to trying to jump on as thats the problem i have with the same user
good to see those who managed to join had fun ,us would off couldnt so went out or just went to sleep ,
im going to be doing the mission run again tonight on a private server details will be given out tonight on t/s for those that wanted to join but couldnt ,

I tried joining too, but couldn't log on again

Yeah same problem different day nevermind ,just wish this SH*T would just workout for once ,

just to let you know we are trying to sort out these problems and dont want to see ppls drop out over it
Im alittle hot headed on my bad days and words get twisted alittle ,we will just find another server so we arent realieing on inspire ,there could be a limit put on it for the amount off players as ive been told we use alot of bandwith to other games ,proberly the amount of time we fly to other games ...
so anyway we will sort this as bandits missions are well worth it for all ...
and yeah sorry to those who couldnt join ,i will be on tonight for a fun flight and mission

IS THIS ON VATSIM ??

No we fly simple on inspire free server where there are no rulz just good times "when we all turn up at the same time "

creator2003 wrote:

QUOTE(creator2003 @ Sep 3 2007, 06:15 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

No we fly simple on inspire free server where there are no rulz just good times "when we all turn up at the same time "

Oh cool. When's the next one?

Each Friday and Saturday. Normally we're around from 8.00pm.

I've had RW things on the last couple of weeks so haven't made it along. But should be there this week hopefully.

Craig normally posts a reminder on Thursdays for the Friday flights. Don't know what if anything is planned for this weeks. Suggestions welcome.

I've been a bit strapped for time lately but hope to start building another mission soon. Maybe another SAR one.

Please come and join in.

I was just thinking we should have an air race or something for the next mission- maybe starting over at Great Barrier Auckland, touch-and-go waypoint stop at NZRV then first under the Auckland Harbour bridge wins...?

Trolly wrote:

QUOTE(Trolly @ Sep 4 2007, 04:55 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>

I was just thinking we should have an air race or something for the next mission- maybe starting over at Great Barrier Auckland, touch-and-go waypoint stop at NZRV then first under the Auckland Harbour bridge wins...?

Hah I remember doing that at a mates.. He had two comps linked via internet cable so we had our own internet server. We took off from YSSY, flew under the bridge and went back and landed. It was fine until we tried it in Bae 146's.. We should do that some time. Make the route nice and short, so you can do it more than once