WINDWARD STOL Challenge: flight 8c -
St. Kitts-St. Maarten (SXM-NEV-SKB-SXM)
About the flight:
Winair flight 755 makes a round trip in 3 legs from 18:00 to 19:40,
in a major thunderstorm after sunset.
The third leg returns from St. Kitts to St. Maarten.
All 3 legs - Time: about 1h 35min - 1h 50min. Length: 120-140 nm.
This leg - Time: 30-40 min. Length: 50-60 nm.
Load: 24% fuel, 16 passengers (80% of max.).
Weather: Major thunderstorm. Winds from 070° at 22-30 kt.
Airport and Navaid information:
- St. Maarten: elevation 13', runway 09/27 (no ILS), VOR/DME PJM 113.0, NDB PJM 308
- Nevis: elevation 20', runway 10/28 (no ILS)
- St. Kitts: elevation 170', runway 07/25 (no ILS), DME SKB 112.0, NDB SKB 325
St. Kitts-St. Maarten:
The flight begins on the ramp
at the scheduled time of departure: 19:10.
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.
With ATC permission,
taxi west to runway 07
(you may take the shortcut and start halfway down the long runway).
Take off and head straight out, climbing at 105 kt.
Cruise at 5000 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, turn left to join VOR/DME PJM radial 165/345;
- about 3 nm before St. Maarten Airport, start descending;
- stay left of the airport and turn around toward runway 09;
- land on runway 09.
After landing, turn left to the ramp.
Shut down the left engine and open the doors.
The scheduled arrival time is 19:40.
Press ESC to end the flight and this Challenge.
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