Navigation

The Coast-to-Coast flight plan is loaded in the GPS for you to follow.

You can also use the Mission Compass and Mission Pointer.

After take-off, you will have to rendevous with a tanker to refuel for the flight.

There are 7 timing gates to pass through where mission data is recorded.
Also, your maximum ground speed and maximum Mach Number is continuously checked and recorded.

Communications

Don't worry about communications—just listen to your RSO.

Mission Scoring

You will be rated after completing the flight in the following areas.
1) Mission time as measured from take-off to landing.
2) Average crosstrack error as measured at the 7 record run waypoints.
3) Average Mach Number as recorded at the 7 record run waypoints.
4) Average ground speed over the Coast-to-Coast run.
5) Maximum ground speed and Mach Number recorded throughout the 7 record run waypoints.
6) Record1 time from West Coast Gate to East Coast Gate
7) Record2 time from Los Angeles Gate to Washington DC Gate
8) Record3 time from St. Louis Gate to Cincinnati Gate
9) Record4 time from Kansas City Gate to Washington DC Gate

You will get a warning in the message ribbon about 20 nautical miles from the waypoint to make any final corrections.

You will be shown your recorded values in the message ribbon about 5 nautical miles from each waypoint.

You can earn up to 6 rewards for completing refueling, for beating the original Coast-to-Coast record, for maximum ground speed at or above 1940 knots and maximum Mach number at or above 3.33, for meeting minimum criteria at each gate, for completing the Coast-to-Coast record run, and for completing the mission.

Rating Criteria

Mission Time
Excellent: 144 min 50 sec or less, Good: 144 min 51 sec to 146 min 20 sec
Fair: 146 min 21 sec to 147 min 50 sec, Poor: over 147 min 50 sec

Average Crosstrack Error
Excellent: 0.10 nm or less, Good: 0.11 to 0.25
Fair: 0.26 to 0.50, Poor: over 0.50

Average Mach
Excellent: Mach 3.29 or more, Good: 3.28 to 3.25
Fair: 3.24 to 3.20, Poor: under 3.20

Average Ground Speed
Excellent: over 1876 knots, Good: 1875 to 1860 knots
Fair: 1859 to 1850 knots, Poor: less than 1950 knots

Maximum Mach
Superb: 3.33 or more
Excellent: Mach 3.32 to 3.30, Good: 3.29 to 3.26
Fair: 3.25 to 3.21, Poor: under 3.21

Maximum Ground Speed
Superb: 1920 knots or more
Excellent: 1919 to 1900 knots, Good: 1899 to 1865 knots
Fair: 1864 to 1850 knots, Poor: less than 1850 knots

Coast-to-Coast Time
Excellent: 66.80 min or less, Good: 66.81 min to 67.37 min
Fair: 67.38 min to 67.90 min, Poor: over 67.90 min

Los Angeles to Washington DC Time
Excellent: 63.417 min or less, Good: 63.418 min to 64.332 min
Fair: 64.333 min to 64.833 min, Poor: over 64.833 min

St Louis to Cincinnati Time
Excellent: 8.517 min or less, Good: 8.518 min to 8.533 min
Fair: 8.534 min to 8.80 min, Poor: over 8.80 min

Kansas City to Washington DC Time
Excellent: 26.817 min or less, Good: 26.818 min to 25.976 min
Fair: 25.977 min to 26.567 min, Poor: over 26.567 min