
Hi  Flight Simmers,

Welcome to Round Robin no 5.
This one is with Carlos Coimbra's Azores VERS 3,
available at the ftp.iup.edu site.

If you did previous RR"S, skip the next paragraph, jump right in, and
have fun.

For those who are new to this, Round Robins are published
with the intent of having  MS Flight-Simmers fly, look at the
scenery,  refresh our Geography,  practice our cross country
navigation , do some approaches at different airports all over
the world, and have some FUN.

In the message,  you will be getting info like:  airport departure and
runway number , VOR'S and ADF's en route, one or two middle
airport destination for VFR or INST approach, and back to your 
point of departure (round robin) for and  INST or VFR approach,
along with ILS and LOM freqs, minimums, procedures etc .....
You will also get info on the scenery needed to complete the
flight and  where to get it (at the ftp.iup.edu, where else?). Also
who created the scenery (for non-commercial) and a little
background on the geography of the area.

May  I also suggest, that you read the route a couple of times before
starting out,  so that  you'll have your flight plan fairly clear in
your mind.

ROUND ROBIN #5  JUN 95
HORTA--LAJES--PONTA DELGADA--SANTA MARIA--HORTA
SCENERY: AZORES3,  by Carlos Coimbra (AZORES3.BGL)

BEGIN:
1.... Select Horta RWY10 from the scenery menu. Set clock
to 1500. DAY VFR conditions for the first 2 legs.

Tune in Graciosa NDB 283. 
T/O Left climbing to 7000, HDG 060. Home the ADF needle.
Set Lajes VOR 112.3 on NAV2 and Localizer 109.9 on NAV1.

Fly to the Graciosa NDB. After on Top, turn right HDG 110.
Set the Lajes NDB freq 341. 25nm from the Lajes VOR
descend to 3500. Continue on HDG 110 until you intercept
the localizer for an ILS RWY 15 (actual HDG155 elevation 180).

LAND LAJES

2nd LEG: Lajes drct Ponta Delgada.
Touch and Go  left climbing to 7000, HDG145. 
Tune the Ponta NDB 371 and home the needle. Set Localizer
freq 109.5 on Nav 1 for a  Visual/Back course ILS to RWY 12.
Keep the Lajes VOR on Nav2 for back course if needed.

At 60nm out of Lajes, the Ponta Localizer will kick in. Start 
descend to 3500 and turn right HDG 165. Stay on this HDG
until you intercept the Localizer for a Visual/back course ILS to
RWY 12 (actual HDG 124 elevation 262).

 Note: Remember, this is a reverse ILS. Your Localizer course
           bar will be  reverse of a normal ILS, and the DME is
           taken from the other End of the RWY.

LAND PONTA.

Unload and Pick up Passengers.
(time for a coffee).

3rd LEG: Ponta Delgada drct Santa Maria.
SET CLOCK TO 18:40.
Dial in Santa Maria VOR 113.70, Localizer 110.3, NDB 240.
TAXI to and T/O  RWY 12, Right Climbing to 5000, HDG170.
Track the VOR or the NDB. 30 nm from the VOR, turn left HDG 
150 and descend to 3000.
Intercept the Localizer for and ILS RWY 18 (actual HDG 183
elevation 308).

LAND SANTA MARIA

4th LEG: Santa Maria drct Horta.
Touch and Go Right Climbing to 10000, HDG 320.
Dial in the Horta NDB 380 and the Horta VOR 112.70. Leave the Santa 
Maria VOR 113.70 on NAV2 for Back course. 
   (this leg is approx 210 miles).
Track the Horta VOR once it kicks in. (use the NDB as
back up).

20nm from the Horta VOR, descent to 9000.
WARNING: Not below 9000 until 5nm from the VOR on this HDG.

5nm from the Horta VOR,  continue tracking and descend to 3000.
Track the VOR to on top. At on top, turn left to 280  and overfly the
RWY  at 3000.  After giving  yourself enough room for  a visual 
approach, do a 180 degree turn and line up for landing  
RWY 10 (actual HDG 104, elevation 110).
Note: the Horta RWY is only 5000 feet long. So land on the
button, full reverse, brakes,  and hang on to your hat!!!

LAND HORTA.


WELCOME HOME....

GEOGRAPHY.

The Azores islands are well known to any aviator that has
flown  across the Atlantic on the way to France, Portugual 
or Italy.
Personnaly, serving on  Anti Sub squadrons (VP 404 and
VP405), the Azores were a frequent stop. Our stay was usually
4 to 10 days long). Everyone enjoyed the shopping at the
American PX and in the many little shops in Praia da Vitoria
or in Angra de Heroismo. (those of you that have been there
will remember George's the Crook Bar where we used to load
up on VINO VERDE, Portuguese Rolls and Goat Cheese).
In my 25  years of flying, on all kind of A/C's, I have never been
so scared as to when I took my first Taxi ride across the
mountains from Praia to Angra. The Portuguese Taxi drivers
(no offence) new only  2  things on their Cab: the gas pedal and
the Horn. It was pedal to the metal on narrow dirt roads
above 4000 foot cliffs. I bet you can imagine the fear on the
riders faces.(on mine anyways).

Santa Maria is a major ICAO reporting centre and the airport
is used as a refuelling stop by many airlines.
If you feel like doing a little VFR flying around Santa Maria, see if
you can find a little Island about 30m NE of Santa Maria, called
Ilheus Formigas which I think stands for Ants Island.

1.... Thank you so much to Carlos Coimbra for the Azores
        scenery.   I know you are still working on it and I am
        looking forward to your new version.
    

2....I flew the DC9 on this trip..but any other A/C will do. 

3.....Please try different time settings on these RR's. Also
       for the night part, try and put in some weather. The 
       Azores are usually cloudy with frequent showers and
       strong  cross winds.
       Experiment a little bit......

4.... For the experienced flyers, please be patient thru all of the
        explanations, directions and extras. I direct this at newcomers
        to the  flying world. I must stick to plain language.

5.... Thanks to Chris for test flying the scenario for me.


6..... The RR's are available  on the WEBB at:
         http://www.pix.za/0/business/a.bruton/scenery.html
         http://www.nez.com/flight/robin.html
         Thanks to  Andre, for making this available to us.

If anyone would like to suggest a route, or comments, EMAIL me
at : apeltier@mars.ark.com

HAVE FUN 

Watch for upcoming RR  in the regions of  Malta,  United States
South Africa, Alaska, British Columbia   etc...........

Al    
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Al Pelletier
Courtenay B.C
email  apeltier@mars.ark.com
ph voice  604-338-7299

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