Estimated time to complete:
- 60 minutes

Aircraft:
- Beechcraft King Air 350

Objectives:
- Flying Commercial Pilot Check-ride

 

Imagine you're the chief pilot for a company in the Denver area. You take the executives on business trips in a King Air throughout the middle United States. But now it's time for relaxation; the CEO has just returned from an overseas business trip, and she and her family are going on vacation in Aspen, Colorado (KASE). You will meet her plane at Denver International (KDEN) and then take them all to Aspen in the King Air.

There is a departure procedure to follow (ROCKIES 4; see Figure BC1-19) and a tricky approach into Aspen (VOR/DME or GPS-C; see Figure BC1-20), so print those out and look them over before you leave. The routing is easy, because the ROCKIES 4 DP has a transition that goes to Red Table VOR (DBL) and the approach starts at DBL.

Here are the lessons and missions to study after flying Bonus Chapter 1 missions :

  • Lessons: Commercial Pilot Check-ride
  • Missions: Dutch Harbor Approach and Yakutat Mail Run

Ref.: West, Jeff Van. Microsoft Flight Simulator X For Pilots: Real World Training,   Wiley. Bonus Chapter 1 - Oxygene and Kerosene (Page 745).

MISSION'S SCENARIOS

CEO to Aspen

  1. You will fly a family from Denver airport (KDEN) to Aspen (KASE).
  2. The charts for the trip are available from your kneeboard or the Mission Browser window.
  3. Review the following procedure before takeoff:
    1. ROCKIES 4 departure procedure from Denver.
    2. VOR/DME or GPS-C approach into Aspen.
  4. The routing is easy:
    1. Following departure, a transition to Red Table VOR (DBL).
    2. The approach start at DBL.
  5. A flight plan has been filed for the route.
  6. You need to pick up your clearance from KDEN Clearance Delivery.
  7. A couple of minutes after takeoff, Denver Center will start vectoring you for the runway at Aspen.
  8. Ignore the vectors and ask for the GPS-C approach (or the VOR/DME-C), with the DBL transition.
  9. You can't use your GPS for monitoring the approach (it is not in FSX database).
  10. You still can benefit from the moving map.
  11. Approaching DBL, check the approach chart to see if you need to do:
    1. The hold entry or.
    2. A procedure turn.
  12. This approach is challenging because:
    1. You have numerous and steep step-down altitudes.
    2. The MDA is 2400 feet above the runway (a steep descent to get to it.

MAPS & CHARTS

KDEN Airport Diagram:


KDEN ROCKIES 4 DP-1:


KDEN ROCKIES 4 DP-2:


Figure BC1-19:


Figure BC1-20:


KASE VOR-DME-GPS C:


KASE Airport Diagram:


KASE VFR Chart:


KASE IFR Chart: