FSX Vulcan Scramble

[Wedgy]

Well, this has been around a month in the planning, but with some help from SM to tweak the route, we can now announce ......

The 1st FSX Vulcan Scramble
Wednesday 13th May 2009. Departing 2000hrs

SM and I will be flying the IRIS Vulcan 558. If anyone wishes to join us for any part of this sortie (or indeed, the whole thing) please do!! It will be available at the usual 'www.iconicaircraft.co.uk' gamespy session.

Should be good fun and at the same time 'tipping our cap' to the 3 that did it for real

Not many rules, but we aim to keep the same aircraft going from start to finish (e.g. Not crashing! ).
We will make full landings each time, spending anywhere between 30seconds - 5minutes at each location.

Information taken from IanM's Google Maps link.
Route data in red is a substitution, where no airfield exists at the original location.

EGPH: XM597 - National Museum of Flight, East Fortune Airfield, Lothian, Scotland (Edinburgh)
EGNT: XL319 - North East Aircraft Museum, Sunderland Airport, Tyne & Wear (Newcastle)
EGNC: XJ823 - Carlisle Airport, Cumbria
EGCD: XM603 - Avro Heritage Society, BAE Systems Woodford, Cheshire
EGWC: XM598 - RAF Museum Cosford, Shropshire
EGBW: XM655 - Wellesbourne Mountford Aerodrome, Warwickshire
EGBE: XL360 - Midland Air Museum, Coventry Airport, Warwickshire
EG74: XH558 - Bruntingthorpe, Leicestershire
EGNX: XM575 - East Midlands Aeropark, East Midlands Airport, Leicestershire
EGXY: XM594 - Newark Air Museum, Winthorpe, Nottinghamshire (Syerston)
EGXW: XM607 - RAF Waddington, Lincolnshire
EGSH: XM612 - City of Norwich Aviation Museum, Norwich Airport, Norfolk
EGSU: XJ824 - Imperial War Museum Duxford, Cambridgeshire
EGWU XL318 - RAF Museum, Hendon, North London (RAF Northolt)
EGMC: XL426 - Southend Airport, Essex

Screenshots will follow after the event

Why not take a guess at how long it will take us in realtime?

[Dougs]

cool cant wait to see the pics but im on holiday so wont be able to join in good luck

[Tom.com]

i will be there however i had to uninstall the vulcan so what should i fly?

[Saracenman]

why did you uninstall it Tom.com? did you not keep the original downloaded file to reinstall?

have you got the VC10? that would be an appropriate replacement if you can't reinstall the Vulcan - or the Victor

sm

[Mackrick]

Thought it was a Vulcan Scramble not a VC10 one SM .... On second thoughts a VC10 scramble would work as well

[Jigsaw]

I would join some of it with you but I don't have the Vulcan so I Vulcan't

[Saracenman]

anyone can join - Vulcan or not!

just choose an appropriate replacement

sm

[Wedgy]

Anyone can join us in anything they like - but we are likely to cruise around 300knots so SM's suggestion of VC10 is good

All spectators welcome too

[Tom.com]

ill try to re install but not sure if will be able to. got a victor if i dont manage it

[Bovril]

any other option than crappy gamespy?

[Saracenman]

probably best to try GameShite first, but if not then FSHost - although the latter is never as good for formation flying

sm

[Bovril]

you log in then ..it logs you out

[Tom.com]

keep going it lets you in eventually

[RLN]

I can't. I'm in Nottingham on a HV switching course at Ratcliffe power station. Mind you, 4 star hotel, 3 cooked meals a day and booze - all on expenses.I'm heartbroken.

[Saracenman]

will the 'expenses' not run to a........







































































LAPTOP ?

[Hungry Haggis]

Assuming SM crashes a lot 2.5 hours ie 5 mins at each for repairs ,on the other hand if they fly in a dogs dinner straight line between each and do a touch and go 1 hour 40 min , also depends on wind(no beans ).

[Saracenman]

crashes? CRASHES????

need i remind you that this will be a Vulcan sortie, NOT one of my usual Victor ones?

sm

[RLN]

I'm on a laptop now, but it doesn't have flight sim.

[Saracenman]

well then, you know what to do..............

[Mayfly]

keep going it lets you in eventually

when you flew with SM I tried at least 30 times to log into gamespy but it wouldn't let me.........

[Nickolas]

keep going it lets you in eventually

when you flew with SM I tried at least 30 times to log into gamespy but it wouldn't let me.........

Maybe they were trying to tell you something. (hat coat etc.......)

[IanM]

Ooooh, I have a Victor and a Vulcan... need to make a decision what one to use now!

[Jigsaw]

I have the same problem as Bovril & Mayfly its a pain in the bum

[Saracenman]

we all do - even when Wedgy and i are sitting next to each other, GameShite doesn't want to play ball

the alternative is FSHost, but it would be best to try GameShite first, as it is better, when it works!

sm

[Wedgy]

Sometimes a router reboot before playing helps Something to do with freeing up ports