CCB_010
Remote Camp Resupply
Event begins immediately following the Sunday Flight. This flight will be run a second time on June
21st at 1400 ET (US)
1900 GMT
First of all, let’s cover the required files list for this
flight. These files are mandatory – you must have them installed
on your system.
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The aircraft will be the Maule
M7-260 with wheels and skis available in the CC Downloads section.
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The scenery is the awesome Glacier
Bay package available on Flightsim.com and Avsim.
The file names to search for are: glbayv2a.zip and glbayv2b.zip. These are large
downloads – 56 megs and 85 megs respectively, but ‘you get what you pay for’ in terms of file size. This package covers a
large area in the northern panhandle of Alaska
and includes accurate mesh, shorelines, landclass,
airports and a whole lot of beautiful eye candy.
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The scenery files included in this
package: move or copy the Com Central Bush Flights folder to your
fs9\addon scenery folder. This adds two fictitious campsites and a permanent camp
to the Glacier Bay scenery. If you haven’t already
installed Com Central Bush Flights scenery from previous flights, then be sure
to go into your Scenery Library and activate this scenery.
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Please read and follow all of the instructions in the Com Central Bush Flying Flights – More Required Files and Instructions forum thread.
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Please download and install the files in the Com Central Bush Flying Flights – Bush Flights Scenery Library Update v1.0 forum thread. This
contains scenery objects and textures for this and future bush flights.
Now, on to the particulars for this
adventure.
The CCB_010.zip file contains the following:
- CCB_010
Briefing This briefing document.
- CCB_010
Briefing_files folder
Contains images for this document.
- CCB_010
Kneeboard A concise printable page
with flight plan information.
- CCB_010.fsn
FSNav flight plan. Move or copy this file to your
fs9\modules\FSNavigator\plan folder.
- Flight
Simulator Files folder Contains
GPS flight plan and saved flight to begin this adventure. Three files in
this folder are: CCB_010 VFR Gustavus to Juneau.PLN ,
CCB_010, and CCB_010.wx. Move or copy this folder to your My Documents folder and overwrite when
prompted..
- CCB_010-Sectional.jpg
A partial sectional chart roughly describing our route.
- Com
Central Bush Flights folder Adds two fictitious
campsites and a permanent camp to the Glacier Bay
scenery. Move or copy this folder to your fs9\addon scenery folder
and activate it in the fs9 Scenery Library if needed. Overwrite if prompted.
The Adventure
Our task today is to deliver supplies to three remote
locations. The first will be to a team
of geologists who are camped on a 6000+ foot plateau on Mount
Crillon just
north of Brady Glacier. Because of this
high altitude landing, we will be unable to fully load our aircraft. The second is northeast of Mount
Crillon to
a team of glaciologists who are examining and mapping ice caves at a ridge in
Ferris Glacier. Then we’ll fly to a permanent camp on the Endicott
River to deliver food and truck
parts to the inhabitants. Finally, we’ll fly to Juneau International to end out
flight for the day.
Setup
Aircraft: Maule M7-260 with
wheels/skis
Fuel Load: 180 pounds - 30
gallons
Payload: No more than 400 pounds
Simulator Time: 1300 Local / 2200 UTC, set by saved
flight CCB_010
Weather: Set by saved flight CCB_010
Location: PAGS, at or near the following location:

The Flight
Here’s an overview of our approximate flight path for today:

Cruise Altitude: As required
Cruise Speed: 136 kias
Power Settings: 24”hg Manifold Pressure @ 2400
rpm
PAGS Gustavus to Mount Crillon Camp -
Flight Time about 30 minutes
Load your aircraft with supplies and the truck parts for the
folks at Endicott River.
Put the cargo all the way to the back to make trimming the aircraft at landing
easier. Taxi to and depart from runway 29
and climb to 1000’msl. We’ll be passing
very near the herds of deer on the Dundas River
early in our flight, but by this time of day they’ve melted back into the
forest and won’t be visible. At Fix05, begin a 600’ per minute climb to 7000’
to clear the highest obstruction on our way to Mount
Crillon. Don’t put off this climb – near the end of
it, the terrain rises far too steeply to climb over it if you’re too low when
you get there. The left turn at Fix 13
will point you right at the plateau. Fortunately, the plateau is bigger then it
looks so there’s actually plenty of room to land. Pick a semi-flat spot and
land carefully. Remember that your stall speed will be higher at this altitude.
Taxi to the campsite to drop off the supplies to the
scientists.
PAGS Gustavus Elevation 19’ msl Runway 29
6710’ x 150’ Asphalt
Fix14 Mount Crillon Camp Elevation 6040’ msl Ice and Snow


Mount Crillon Camp to Ferris Glacier Camp - Flight Time
about 20 minutes
After unloading,
turn around at the camp to head back the way you came in for takeoff. Use short field procedures. You can begin an immediate descent at 1000’
per minute down to 1500’msl on departure.
We’ll head down the glacier to John Hopkins Inlet, where we’ll intercept
Tarr Inlet. At Fix22, climb to 2500’msl to clear the terrain. At Fix23 turn left down Ferris Glacier and
begin your approach to the campsite. See
the images below for an indication of where to land. Taxi up to the campsite and unload the
glaciologists’ supplies.
Fix14 Mount Crillon Camp Elevation 6040’ msl Ice and Snow
Fix24 Ferris Glacier Camp Elevation 1781’ msl Ice and Snow


Ferris Glacier Camp to Endicott River Camp - Flight Time about 30 minutes
Once again, turn around at the campsite and take off back
the way you came in. Maintain adequate
altitude to clear the glacier as you head back to Tarr
Inlet. From this point on, we’ll be
cruising at 1500’msl. We’ll be heading
down Tarr Inlet to Glacier Bay
where, at Fix27, we’ll turn left into Tidal Inlet to the Ice
River Valley. Once clear of the valley, we’ll head across Muir
Inlet to Adams Inlet. From there, it’s a right turn into the Endicott
River Valley
to the permanent camp that needs the food and truck parts. This will be a fairly easy off field landing
in a large clearing. Refer to the images
below. Taxi to the camp and unload.
Fix24 Ferris Glacier Camp Elevation 1781’ msl Ice and Snow
Fix34 Endicott River Camp Elevation 675’ msl Grass


Endicott River Camp to PAJN Juneau - Flight Time about 25 minutes
Taxi out into the field back the way you came in until you
have enough room to get airborne over the camp.
Cruise altitude will be 1500’msl.
Follow the Endicott River
to Lynn Canal. We’ll pass down Favorite Channel past the
Sentinel Island Lighthouse to Point Louisa where we’ll turn left to make the
approach to Juneau runway 8. Land and taxi to the location indicated
below.
Fix34 Endicott River Camp Elevation 675’ msl Grass
PAJN Juneau International Elevation 19’ msl Runway 8
8435’ x 150’ Asphalt

That’s it! I hope you enjoyed the flight, and I hope
to see you again in future Com Central Bush Flight adventures!
-Bob “Maple One” Williams-