CCB_015

Remote Passenger Pickup – Off Field Landings

Event begins immediately following the Sunday Flight.  This flight will be run a second time on August 2nd at 1400 ET (US)  1900 GMT

 

First of all, there are a number of required files that you need to have installed for this adventure.  Complete information may be found in the “Sticky” section of the Com-Central Bush Flights forum. Please download, install, and follow all instructions there if you haven’t already done so.

 

The CCB_015.zip file contains the following:

  • CCB_015 Briefing     This briefing document.
  • CCB_015 Briefing_files  folder    Contains images for this document.
  • CCB_015 Kneeboard   A concise printable page with flight plan information.
  • CCB_015.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_015 VFR Atlin to Juneau Intl.PLN, CCB_015, and CCB_015.wx.  Move or copy this folder to your  My Documents folder and overwrite when prompted..
  • CCB_015-Sectional.jpg    A partial sectional chart roughly describing our route.
  • Com Central Bush Flights folder    Adds four mining camps 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

Out in remote valleys reside four friends, all of whom are gold prospectors.  They started over 30 years ago at a single location and over the years they’ve divided their efforts and moved to different places in search of their fortunes.  Eventually, they all found gold and have been living in their various valleys, laboriously extracting gold by hand.  They all jealously guard their strikes’ actual locations, and have made their homes several miles away from their mines.  Every three months or so, they contract a bush pilot to pick them up with the gold they’ve extracted and transport them all to Juneau, where they cash in the fruits of their labor and spend some time together in ‘the big city’.  We’re the bush pilots they’ve chosen this time, and they’re trusting us to keep secret the locations of their homes.  We’ve chosen to use the Volpar both for its large passenger compartment and for it’s large payload capacity (gold is heavy!!).  There is just one cloud raining on our parade – these guys pay very little attention to personal hygiene.  They live alone, in the wild, and they’ve just learned not to care about it much.  We’ll be paid very well for our services, but we’ll need to spend a little cleaning up our aircraft’s interior (fumigation and such) once we’ve dropped them off at Juneau.

 

Setup

Aircraft:  Brian Gladden Beech 18 Volpar - Wheeled

Fuel Load:  510 pounds -  85 gallons

Payload:  No more than 1220 pounds

Cruise Altitude:  As required

Cruise Speed:   159 kias

Power Settings:   28” hg @ 1900 rpm

 

Simulator Time:  1000 Local / 1800 UTC, set by saved flight CCB_015

Weather:  Set by saved flight CCB_015

Location:  CYSQ, at or near the following location:

 

 

The Flight

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

 

 

CYSQ Atlin  to Paradise Peak Mining Camp - Flight Time about 20 minutes

Spread the plastic covers over the seats in your aircraft and depart from runway 18, climbing to 3500’msl.  Follow Atlin Lake south to where the Pike and O’Donnel Rivers empty out into the lake and turn southeast to head for the Sloko River valley.  Once over the river at about Fix06, descend to 2500’ and follow the river south to Nakonake River, turning west to follow the valley.  The first prospector we need to pick up will be waiting for us at a shack at the head of the valley and will have a campfire burning to guide us to his exact location.  Land in the clearing shown below and taxi to pick him up.

CYSQ Atlin  Elevation 2349’ msl   Runway 18  3950’ x 75’ Asphalt

Fix16 Paradise Peak Mining Camp  Elevation 1740’ msl  Field

 

 

 

 

Paradise Peak Mining Camp to Stuhini Creek Mining Camp - Flight Time about 20 minutes

Wait a minute while our passenger puts the campfire out and get him and his sack of gold on board.  Execute a short field takeoff back down the Nakonake River and climb to 3500’msl.  Turn south to follow the main arm of the river heading for Mount Dirom and Mount Sparling.  Once we’ve cleared the terrain at about Fix25, descend to 2000’ following Sharah Creek valley down to the Tulsequah River.  Follow the Tulsequah to the Taku River and then into Stuhini Creek valley south of Mount Erikson.  The images below will guide you in to a safe landing.

Fix16 Paradise Peak Mining Camp  Elevation 1740’ msl  Field

Fix38 Stuhini Creek Mining Camp  Elevation 1144’ msl  Field

 

 

 

Stuhini Creek Mining Camp to Teane Creek Mining Camp  Flight Time about 20 minutes

Get the second prospector and his gold aboard and take off back down the creek toward Taku River, climbing to 2000’ on departure.  Follow Taku River south to the terminus of Wright Glacier where we will follow Hidden Creek to Mount Swineford.  At Fix44 begin a 700’/minute climb to 5000’.  Once we’ve cleared the high pass at Mount Swineford at about Fix49 we’ll descend down a valley to 2000’msl to Indian Lake and out over the Speel Arm.  Turn east into Teane Creek valley and follow it to where it makes a sharp bend to the south.  You won’t be able to see the landing area until you’ve made the turn around the bend, so start your approach early.

Fix38 Stuhini Creek Mining Camp  Elevation 1144’ msl  Field

Fix60 Teane Creek Mining Camp  Elevation 1750’ msl  Field

 

 

 

Teane Creek Mining Camp  to Eagle Peak Mining Camp  Flight Time about 20 minutes

Get our third odiferous passenger and his bounty aboard and depart back down Teane Creek, climbing to 2000’msl.  Turn south to follow Speel Arm to Port Snettisham  and follow that to Point Styleman.  Cross Stephans Passage and the Glass Peninsula to King Salmon Bay, flying up King Salmon River to the cul-de-sac south of Eagle Peak.  Our last passenger will be waiting at the location shown below.

Fix60 Teane Creek Mining Camp  Elevation 1750’ msl  Field

Fix72 Eagle Peak Mining Camp  Elevation 1034’ msl  Field

 

 

Eagle Peak Mining Camp  to PAJN Juneau International  Flight Time about 15 minutes

Pick up the last passenger (dang it’s getting rank in this airplane…) and depart back down King Salmon River.  Climb to 2000’ quickly to clear terrain when we turn west to follow Admiralty Creek back to Stephens Passage.  Fly around the west end of Douglas Island to intercept the ILS at the Coghlan Island NDB (CGL  212.0).  The track takes us to Mendenhall NDB (MND  332.0) and then to runway 8 at Juneau International.  Land and taxi to the location shown below to disembark the prospectors, collect our fee in raw gold nuggets (cool!!) and get busy cleaning and airing out the Volpar’s cabin.  There’s dumpsters right nearby if we have to give up and start throwing things out.

Fix72 Eagle Peak Mining Camp  Elevation 1034’ msl  Field

PAJN Juneau International   Elevation 19’ msl   Runway 8  8435’ x 150’  Asphalt   Offset ILS 109.90

 

 

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-