Cody Outten

Scenery looks great from my pov.

Thanks for the offer. I'll talk to everyone just to make sure they would want to. I'll contact for more details.

How would we have to use it? Would we have to have the pilots relay the information to us or could the judges alone use it?

Sorry for the late response. The landing competitions were a big hit on the FSMP server. No issues regarding the ability to judge the softness of the landings were brought up in the planning. The planners of the event will run the necessary test to make sure we will be able to judge this factor. We will make any revisions if necessary and inform all the members of those changes if any are made. Nantucket was chosen for a couple reasons. The main reason is that it is a popular airport among the BVA members and it is in the Boston ARTCC. The planners did not want the first competition to be at an unfamiliar airport where the members might get lost and are not acquainted with the taxiways and runways. Competition traffic will be landing runway 30, as shown below. This allows ATC to hold an aircraft short of runway 24 while they have an aircraft depart. If you look at runway 30, there is taxiway before the numbers. Also, there are only longitudinal lines down the center of the runway. This leaves a small area to judge a touchdown point. Instead of using just the numbers, we can use the area between the numbers and the first longitudinal line. I will sit down with the planners and we will make a final conclusion on the possible issues and ideas brought up. Please don't hesitate to ask more questions.

On April 27th from 2-4pm ET, BVA will hold it's first landing competition. This type of event is designed to test your landing skills and to prove who is the best pilot at landing in BVA. Nantucket ground and tower will be staffed to provide services to aircraft participating in the event. Cape approach will also be on to accommodate non-event aircraft. A TFR around Nantucket will be simulated and enforced for the duration of the event. There will be three judges. The judges for the event are Ben(beneidemthepilot), Dylan(buttonville_cykz), and Cody(Bluewarrior4185). The judges will score a pilot's landings on the following criteria 1. Distance from the centerline 2. Distance from the intended target 3. Smoothness of the landing 4. Quality and stability of the approach We will have two qualifying rounds. The top 4 aircraft from each round will be notified and permitted to participate in the elimination rounds. 4 of the 8 aircraft will be eliminated during the first elimination round. The judges will decide the top 3 landings from the remaining 4 aircraft. We have decided to allow only the default Cessna 172 to fly in the event. This prevents flooding, substitution, and performance differences. If you have any questions, please respond to this thread, or ask one of the judges in Flightdesk. More information will be posted within the next couple of weeks.

Last year, the event team was planning an "Oktoberfest in the Midwest." This planned included a who month with regional circuits in the Midwest, including some at Oshkosh. I am unaware whether this will be planned again. However, if we do, I'm sure we'll also try to plan other events like pack the pattern, GA Fly-in, etc.

Same goes for me

Not all that realistic though. Wasn't used until the Berlin Airlift.

I might be able to join. Depends what time you guys do this.

I think I smell next week's poll coming up! ;) Not a bad idea at all

Sounds fun And for Evan, I personally would love to have it extended!

How come it's only 11 days this year?

Welcome!

I wanted to come so bad, but turns out I have something for band. I'll probably not be able to make it at all.

As my gym teacher would say before a football game, "lets go baby."

1) How long should the VFR Challenge events be? A- 2 hours B- 3 hours 2) Are you able to attend events on Sunday afternoons? (5-8pm Eastern) Somewhere between noon and 6-6:30ET 3) How many airports should be included in every event? B- 4-5 4) Would you like to see a challenge that is occasionally longer than others if it offers something interesting like the entire Alaskan Inside Passage, or every Hawaiian Island? B- No 5) Should any of the airports be controlled? A- Yes, a Class D airport or two for flavor 6) Would you like to see a flight service agent online for flight following, weather, and pirep information? C- No way, flight service can't do anything for me 7) Do you prefer airports which are: (Select all you like) G- All of the above 8) How long should the legs between the airports be? (Est Time at the max 150kt ground speed) B- 25-50nm (~10-20min) C- 50-75nm (~20-30min) 9) Which would you rather see more of? D- All of it 10) What sort of navigation challenges do you prefer? D- All of the above 11) Do you feel constrained by the 150KIAS speed restriction? B- No, I enjoy the opportunity to go low, slow, and enjoy the scenery 12) Should VFR Challenge events happen during Getaway Events? C- Yes, they should have them all over, and OCCASIONALLY during Getaways Events have difficulty ratings of 1-4, with 4 being the most difficult involving multiple impediments to navigation, the most difficult of airports, and special procedures to comply with. We have not yet had a VFR Challenge with a 4 difficulty, but are planning one for the upcoming Aspen Getaway. 13) Overall how difficult should these VFR Challenges be? D- Bring it on, I can fly anything, anywhere, anytime... I like scud running in mountainous terrain... 14) Have you learned something useful in the VFR Challenge events? A- Yes, and it makes me a better pilot 15) Do you use NAVAIDS or GPS during the VFR Challenge? C- Yes, only when I can't find the airport It takes a very high difficulty to find the airport for me to use it 16) How do you flight plan the VFR Challenge? C- I figure up my own route 17) Do you fly with traffic tags on? (The red text over every aircraft) A- Yes, I can't find traffic without it

Dan, I don't see the scenery on the challenge page. Has it come out or am I missing something?

Aerial Photos should be able to help.

Yes and if you actually read my first post I said maybe the scenery team could "bring it back" No we'll have a Frankenstein airport :D (Yes, I know that was a corny joke)

According to airnav, that airport doesn't exist so if it is in FSX, it shouldn't be.

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I think it's a good idea to get a flight going with a lot of the FSX communities. I just think there could be some changes. For example, as it has been brought up before, is why do we have to fly the same planes? I might ask then if I can fly my handy dandy C206.

Nate, I was thinking the same exact thing.

I like the idea. Now we can get some competition going outside of United Regional.

Shyflyguy, That was an intresting challenge. I enjoyed it. Looking forward to the next one!!!