FsxRwt_Lindbergh-SpiritStLouis_v1-1
In this flight you follow the VFR flight plan created and used by Charles Lindbergh in 1927,
for the first non-stop solo flight over the Atlantic between New-York and Paris.
In addition to the Spirit of St-Louis you can follow Lindbergh flight Plan using any of these aircrafts:
- Douglas DC-3.
- Airbus A320 Neo.
- Boeing F/A 18E.
Flying the Spirit of Saint-Louis:
- MultiLingual NavLog aid for navigation
- VFR flight plan created and used by Charles Lindbergh in 1927.
- You will fly the Spirit of St-Louis used by Lindbergh.
- The flight plan was divided into leg of 100 statuary miles.
- Listen to the log entry made by Lindberg as you reach each waypoint.
- The altitude maintain by Lindbergh during each leg has been programmed into the flight plan. Try to follow it.
- Navigation aids is available from the MSFS MSFS Assistance Options Menu if necessary.
- you can simulate full tank only, and use the VFR and IFR flight plan available with the documentation.
Bushtrip Documentation:
- View Lindberg Takeoff and Landing as reported by Pathe News
- Browse through Charles Lindbegh dedicated site
- Review original charts used by Lindbergh to plan his Trip
- Learn about the Great Circle technique use by Linbergh and sailor to navigate
- Study the Navigation Watch develop by Longine and Lindberg.
- View Clips of the Spirit of St-Louis (1957) Movie from Warner Archive
- MSFS VFR and IFR Flight Plan from Republic (KFRG) to Le Bourget (LFPB) airports
Copyright 2022, by Gilbert Laprise (FsxRwt) - [email protected]
Not sure how this works as a bushtrip. It's still a single long 30 hours+ leg.
1 years ago
Thanks for the feedback, and I can't really disagree with you, but I can't call it a discovery trip either. I tried to compensate by providing easy access to documents about the event.
It is still kind of what Lindbergh experience, a long and boring trip where it is difficult to stay awake and nothing interesting to see other than the Ocean. What he had in addition was the adrenalin of danger, which you can't reproduce in a sim.
Maybe there should be a category in MSFS for Historic flight in addition to Bushtrip and Discovery flight.
At least now you can cut your flight time by using the F18. If you have suggestions to make it more interesting, I will be happy to receive them if they don't change history.
Merry Christmas!
1 years ago
fsx_rwt
ECPatterson
A few inside notes about the Bushtrip
The InGame Marker location, for Lindbergh flight log entries, are at Lindbergh estimated distance from his departure at time of the entry, not at a flight plan waypoint, but somewhere in-between.
If you get lost, nothing wrong with using the InGame marker to get back on track.
1 years ago
fsx_rwt
Version 1.1 has just been uploaded and is a complete replacement of version 1.0
CHANGES LOG v1-1
- Multi-Aircraft support: In addition to the Spirit of St-Louis you can follow Lindbergh flight Plan using any of these aircrafts:
- Documentation layout clean-up
For flying using any other aircrafs, you can select them in developer mode, after starting the Bushtrip.
1 years ago
fsx_rwt
Thank you very much! This is the complement that was missing to accompany Lindberght's plane.
1 years ago
Thank you for your feedback, it is much appreciated. While developing this Bushtrip I did a lot of research and thought the users could benefit from this, by providing an easy access in the documentation.
1 years ago
fsx_rwt
Tarval