WINDWARD STOL Challenge: flight 1a -
St. Maarten-St. Barthelemy (SXM-SBH-AXA-SXM)
Note: You may print out these flight instructions,
or consult them in-flight (press F10).
This flight assumes familiarity with FS2004 (FS9), its ATC,
and the add-on Winair Twin Otter.
About the flight:
Winair flight 201 makes a round trip at dawn in 3 legs,
as a cloudy front passes through.
The first leg to St. Barthelemy requires a tricky short-runway landing
with a last-minute line-up.
It continues to Anguilla and then returns to St. Maarten.
WARNING: Before this flight, you should practice STOL landings
at St. Maarten, using flight Win0a-STOLlandingpractice-SXM.
All 3 legs - Time: about 1 hour. Length: 50-80 nm.
This leg - Time: 20-30 min. Length: 20-40 nm.
Load: 25% fuel, 9 passengers (45% of max.).
Weather: Cloudy and windy. Winds from 313° at 10 kt.
To make the (artificial) weather change during the round trip,
set its rate of change to extreme: press Alt-W, then W,
then under Dynamic weather push the slider all the way to the right,
then press OK.
Airport and Navaid information:
- St. Maarten: elevation 13', runway 09/27 (no ILS), VOR/DME PJM 113.0, NDB PJM 308
- St. Barthelemy: elevation 49', runway 10/28 (no ILS), 2100 ft long,
NDB BY 338 (only present in add-on scenery)
- Anguilla: elevation 102', runway 10/28 (no ILS), NDB ANG 209
St. Maarten-St. Barthelemy:
The flight begins with the Winair Twin Otter on the ramp at St. Maarten,
at the scheduled time of departure: 07:00 on Feb. 1, 2004.
The engines are off, the avionics are on, most radio and autopilot settings are preset,
and the flight plan is loaded.
Unpause, press S to jump into the cockpit.
If desired, contact ATC for IFR clearance.
Start the engines (to autostart press Ctrl-E).
After engine start, make sure the generators GEN1 and GEN2 are ON.
Also click the right gray button on the RMI (toward bottom left of panel)
to link the green needle to the NDB BY at St. Barthelemy
(you can magnify the RMI by clicking on it).
With ATC permission,
taxi east along the runway (09) to runway 27.
You need not go to the end of runway 27: turn around where it is broadened
to the right.
Take off and head straight out, climbing at 105 kt.
Cruise at 2000 ft and 135 kt.
If the radio heading indicator (RMI) stops turning with the plane
(FS2004 will warn you), switch GEN1 and GEN2 to ON.
If you follow ATC's instructions (which guide you on a
long detour to the east), do this:
- when asked to "Report runway in sight", look for the runway at the left end
of the deep bay pointing to the left (to the south);
- when cleared for the visual approach to runway 28,
stay to the north (right) of the island, then enter the bay leading to
the airport;
- descend to 1000 ft while following the east (left) side of the bay;
- land on runway 28.
If you do not use ATC, do this:
- after take-off, turn left to heading 100° and join VOR PJM's radial 123;
- over Ile Fourchue (small island 12.6 nm from VOR PJM),
turn left to heading 113°;
- over Ile Fregate (small island on NDB BY radial 005),
start a slow right turn to the southwest;
- descend to 1000 ft while following the east (left) side of the bay;
- land on runway 28.
After landing, head for the far (western) end of the runway,
and turn left to the ramp
(the trees may look strange due to FS2002 add-on scenery).
Shut down the left engine
(press in succession E | 1 | Ctrl-Shift-F1 | E | 1 | 2)
and open the doors (Shift-E and Shift-E | 2).
The scheduled arrival time is 07:20.
If you wish to fly the next leg with ATC,
load flight Win1b-SXM-SBHramp-AXA-SXM (this loads the new flight plan).
If you prefer to continue without ATC,
use the following instructions.
St. Barthelemy-Anguilla without ATC:
The scheduled departure time is 07:30.
At 07:30, close the doors (Shift-E and Shift-E-2)
and start the left engine.
Because take-offs to the west are forbidden,
take off to the east on runway 10,
and head for NDB ANG at Anguilla on course 339°.
Cruise at 2000 ft and 135 kt.
Land on runway 28.
The scheduled arrival time is 07:40.
Anguilla-St. Maarten without ATC:
The scheduled departure time is 07:50.
At 07:50, close the doors and start the left engine.
Take off to the west on runway 28,
and head for VOR PJM at St. Maarten on course 210°.
Cruise at 1000 ft and 135 kt.
Land on runway 27.
The scheduled arrival time is 08:00.
Press ESC to end the flight. For the next round-trip flight in this Challenge,
load flight Win2a-SXMramp-SAB-EUX-SXM.
Further documentation:
Read the Word file FS2004 MV challenge - Windward STOL.doc,
located in the folder C:\My Documents\Flight Simulator Files\Windward STOL
(or similar path).
Copyright 2004 Michael Vone