WINDWARD STOL Challenge: flight 6c -
St. Eustatius-St. Maarten (SXM-SAB-EUX-SXM)
About the flight:
Winair flight 535 makes a round trip in 3 legs from 14:40 to 15:45,
as a new storm approaches.
All 3 legs - Time: about 1h 10min. Length: 80-100 nm.
This leg - Time: 20-25 min. Length: 40-50 nm.
Load: 19% fuel, 20 passengers (100% of max.).
Weather: New storms. Winds from 070° at 12-15 kt.
Airport and Navaid information:
- St. Maarten: elevation 13', runway 09/27 (no ILS), VOR/DME PJM 113.0, NDB PJM 308
- Saba: elevation 138', runway 12/30 (no ILS), 1300 ft long
- St. Eustatius: elevation 129', runway 06/24 (no ILS), NDB PJE 235
St. Eustatius-St. Maarten:
The flight begins on the ramp at St. Eustatius at the scheduled time: 15:25.
Unpause, press S to jump into the cockpit.
If desired, contact ATC for IFR clearance.
Start the engines.
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 PJM at St. Maarten
(you can magnify the RMI by clicking on it).
With ATC permission,
taxi southwest along the runway (24) to runway 06.
Take off and head straight out, climbing at 105 kt.
Contact ATC after take-off. Cruise at 3000 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 do not use ATC, do this:
- after take-off, join the 180/360 radial of VOR/DME PJM on course 360°;
- about 5 nm before VOR/DME PJM, prepare to line up with runway 09;
- land on runway 09.
Exit the runway to the left, and stop near the flags.
Shut down the engines and open the doors.
The scheduled arrival time is 15:45.
Press ESC to end the flight. For the next round-trip flight in this Challenge,
load flight Win7a-SXMramp-SBH-AXA-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