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Stage 39: SCIP Hanga Roa (Easter Island) / EGYP Mount Pleasant (Falkland Islands) Stage 39a: SCIP Hanga Roa (Easter Island) / SAWH Ushuaia (Argentina) Stage 39b: SAWH Ushuaia (Argentina) / EGYP Mount Pleasant (Falkland Islands) Stage 40: EGYP Mount Pleasant (Falkland Islands) / SCFX San Félix Island Stage 41: SCFX San Félix Island / SEGS Baltra Island (Galápagos) Stage 42: SEGS Baltra Island (Galápagos) / SKSP San Andrés Island Stage 43: SKSP San Andrés Island / MWCR George Town (Cayman Islands) Stage 44: MWCR George Town (Cayman Islands) / MYGF Freeport (Bahamas) Stage 45: MYGF Freeport (Bahamas) / TXKF Hamilton (Bermudas) Stage 46: TXKF Hamilton (Bermudas) / TNCM Philipsburg (Sint Maarten) Stage 47: TNCM Philipsburg (Sint Maarten) /TNCM Philipsburg (Sint Maarten) Stage 48: TNCM Philipsburg (Sint Maarten) /TBPB Bridgetown (Barbados) Stage 49: TBPB Bridgetown (Barbados) / SBFN Fernando de Noronha Stage 50: SBFN Fernando de Noronha / FHAW Georgetown (Ascension Island) Stage 51: FHAW Georgetown (Ascension Island) / FPST São Tomé Stage 51: FPST São Tomé / FGSL Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) Stage 53: FGSL Malabo (Equatorial Guinea) / GVAC Sal (Cape Verde) Stage 54: GVAC Sal (Cape Verde) / GCLA Santa Cruz de La Palma (Canary Islands) Stage 54a: GCLA Santa Cruz de La Palma (Canary Islands) / GCLA Santa Cruz de La Palma (Canary Islands) Stage 55: GCLA Santa Cruz de La Palma (Islas Canarias) / LPPS Vila Baleira (Madeira) Stage 56: LPPS Vila Baleira (Madeira) / LPAZ Vila do Porto (Azores) Stage 57: LPAZ Vila do Porto (Azores) / EGPO Stornoway (Scotland, UK) Stage 58: EGPO Stornoway (Scotland, UK) / EGPO Stornoway (Scotland, UK) Stage 59: EGPO Stornoway (Scotland, UK) / EGPO Stornoway (Scotland, UK) Stage 60: EGPO Stornoway (Scotland, UK) / ENSB Longyearbyen (Svalbard Islands) Stage 60a: EGPO Stornoway (Scotland, UK) / BIKF Reykjavík (Island) Stage 60b: BIKF Reykjavík (Island) / ENSB Longyearbyen (Svalbard Islands) Stage 61: ENSB Longyearbyen (Svalbard Islands) / ENTC Tromsø (Norway) Stage 62: ENTC Tromsø (Norway) / ESSV Visby (Sweden) Stage 63: ESSV Visby (Sweden) / EKCH Copenhagen (Denmark) Stage 64: EKCH Copenhagen (Denkmark) / LEMH Menorca (Spain)
Land Ho! - Introduction
(Click to enlarge this map. You can also see the original Google Map) Concorde’s most famous and flown routes were over the Atlantic to and from London, Paris, New York and Barbados. Concorde flew, of course, to many other destinations, but because of noise restrictions caused by the sonic boom Concorde spent most of her life flying over water. After finishing my first Concorde World Tour I stopped to think... where could I fly next? And then a perfect idea came to my mind: islands. They are, by definition surrounded by water and the perfect scenario to fly supersonic most of the time, without any subsonic restriction either on departure or arrival. Thinking of islands I soon focused my attention to the Pacific Ocean. In my previous tour I had visited Tahiti, Guam and Hawaii. But were there any more islands with a runway long enough so that Concorde could takeoff and land? To my surprise I found that not only FSLabs ConcordeX could visit much more islands than I had thought at first but also that some of those islands were almost as big (as small, in fact) as the runway itself!!! I could find runways of about 10,000 feet / 3,000 m in a tiny surface of just under 7 km2 / 10 Km2. That was getting interesting!!! So after jumping from one Pacific island to another I finally thought... why not designing a full world tour? And this is the result. My suggestion consists of 64 stages in which you will be able to land your Concorde in what I consider very interesting destinations both for the Concorde and for making short “excursions” with STOL planes around nearby islands at some destinations. Those are “optional” excursions, but I bet you’ll enjoy them :) My goal was landing in islands as small as possible. That’s why for some stages I give to options: a straight stage to the next destination or making a stop at some interesting spots,
although some of them are “big islands” or no islands at all. Of course, it will be up to you to decide whether you fly them or not. I’ve had a great time designing and flying this world tour and I hope you do too :)
NOTE : Whenever possible I recommend high quality sceneries for each stage, both free and payware. But you can find many other free sceneries using these links:
EET: 01:00 Distance: 662 nm Runway length: LEIB 9,186 ft / 2,800 m LMML 11,627 ft / 3,544 m Route: LEIB LAMPA XESPA SAKET MEGAN UM732 GZO LMML Aerosoft Balearics FSX y FS9 http://es.shop.aerosoft.com/eshop.php?action=article_detail&s_supplier_aid=10253&s_design=DEFAULT&shopfilter_category=Flight%20Simulation&s_language=espanol Aerosoft Ibiza FSX y FS9 19.95 euros http://es.shop.aerosoft.com/eshop.php?action=article_detail&s_supplier_aid=11162&s_design=DEFAULT&shopfilter_category=Flight%20Simulation&s_language=espanol LivingFS Malta Complete 21,42 euros http://secure.simmarket.com/livingfsmaltacompletex.phtml Daniel Chircop 16,66 euros ¡¡¡IMPORTANT!!! There is a SERIOUS performance problem with the original installer. Make sure you install this patch: http://www.maltascenery.net/downloads/updates/MaltaIntAirportv2_FSX_Update1.exe
Departure: LGSR Santorini (Grece) Destination: OBBI Manama (Bahrain) EET: 01:45 Distance: 1466 Runway lenghts: LGSR 6,972 ft / 2,125 m OBBI 12,976 ft / 3,955 m Route: LGSR ASTIS MAGIS GIPAS APLON EPONT ALSUS NIKAS ZELAF RASLI TRF UP559 GASSI OBBI
NOTE: From GIPAS onwards the route is the same as the one Concorde flown in real life between London and Bahrain. There’s a corner too sharp to be flown supersonic at NIKAS... but as I have just said, it was there in the original Concorde routes, so I’ve preserved it.
Colin Penney Free http://simviation.com/1/search?submit=1&keywords=Seychellesx.zip Rikoooo Simulations Seychelles Photo Real Scenery Pack FSX & P3D Free http://www.rikoooo.com/en/downloads/viewdownload/68/547 NOTE: The previous link contains ALMOST EVERY Seychelles islands. But funny enough, Mahé, the capital island and our destination, it’s not included. But the scenery is very fine if want to make a visual tour with a slow plane or rotor.
Stage 08: FSIA - Victoria (Seychelles) / FIMP- Port Louis (Mauritious) Departure: FSIA Victoria (Seychelles) Destination: FIMP Port Louis (Mauritious) EET: 01:20 Distance: 1000 Runway lengths: FSIA 9815 ft / 2991 m FIMP 9975 ft / 3040 m
WARNING: If you use FSGlobal you’ll see the airport like this unless you use the tool AFM (Aerodrome Flattening Meshes)
Stage 09: FIMP - Port Louis (Mauricio) / FJDG - Diego García Departure: FIMP Port Louis (Mauricio) Destination: FJDG Diego García ETE: 01:30 Distance: 1164 Runway lengths: FIMP 9975 ft / 3040 m FJDG 12018 ft / 3663 m Route: FIMP DUDIP R329 CATHY FJDG
FlyAway Diego García Free http://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/9067/fsxdiegogarciaphotorealscenery/
Stage 10: FJDG - Diego García / YPCC - Cocos Islands (Keeling) Departure: FJDG Diego García Destination: YPCC Cocos Islands (Keeling) ETE: 01:45 Distance: 1483 Runway lengths:
IMPORTANT!!! There’s an error in the default altitudes of RJCC FSX scenery that makes it look like in the following pictures. In order to solve it, please download the file in the link below and follow the instructions:
NOTE: Stage 18 can be done in one leg or calling at PetropavlovskKamchatsky. In spite of not being an island, it’s a very interesting destination and I thought it could be a nice idea to stop by. Have a look at stage 18a for more info.
Departure: RJCC Chitose (Japan) Destination: PASY Shemya (Alaska) ETE: 01:45 Distance: 1454 Runway lengths: RJCC 9,847 ft / 3001 m PASY 10.027 ft / 3056 m Route: RJCC BISEI V5 IKEDA V4 TBE B932 OTLER OLCOT G215 PLADO PASY
WARNING: High autogen in FSX will block PAPI lights and will force you to go “through” them if you want to follow the right glidescope. May be turning autogen off is a good idea in this stage.
VERY IMPORTANT WARNINGS!!!! WARNING 1: Our destination (Tongareva NCPY) is a GRAVEL RUNWAY both in FSX and in real life. But Rikooo scenery includes an asphalt runway with PAPI lights. It’s a good quality sceney and... free!!! So you should really consider using it. WARNING 2: Rikooo scenery must be placed at a VERY UNSUAL position inside the sceney library, just between Base 0004 and Base 0003 > Hint: Hold “D” to move down quickly the scenery.
Stage 36a: NTAA - Papeete (Tahiti, French Polinesia) / NTAA - Papeete (Tahiti, French Polinesia)
Please note that this is a visual optional “excursion” to be flown with light aircrafts. Aerosoft Tahiti scenery is highly recommended here, as it includes most of the islands we will be visiting
Departure: NTAA Papeete (Tahiti, French Polinesia) Destination: NTAA Papeete (Tahiti, French Polinesia) Callings at: Tetiaroa (NTTE), Huahine (NTTH), Bora Bora (NTTB), Maupiti (NTTP), Raiatea (NTTR), Moorea (NTTM), Tahiti, ETE: About 02:00 Distance: 370
Runway lengths: NTTE 1.762 ft / 537 m > STOL REQUIRED HERE!!!! NTTH 4.920 ft / 1.499 m NTTB 4.944 ft / 1.506 m NTTP 3.068 ft / 935 m > Very short runway!!! NTTR 4.588 ft / 1.398 m NTTM 4.035 ft / 1.229 m NTAA 11.231 ft / 3.423 m
Stage 39: SCIP- Hanga Roa (Easter Island) / EGYP Mount Pleasant (Falkland Islands)
TIP: You can skip this stage make an optional stop at Ushuaia following stages 39a and 39b. Ushuaia is very close to Mount Pleasant. It’s an interesting visit because that’s the southern most commercial airport in the World. By the way, Concorde visited it twice in real life.
Departure: SCIP Hanga Roa (Isla de Pascua) Destination: EGYP Mount Pleasant (Falkland Islands) ETE: 03:00 Distance: 2742 Runway lengths: SCIP 10.841 ft / 3.304 m EGYP 8.444 ft / 2.573 m Route: SCIP 29W07 31W04 33W02 3698W 3895W 4092W 4387W 4583W 4778W 4875W 5068W MP EGYP
Stage 42: SEGS- Baltra Island (Galápagos) / SKSP - San Andrés Island Departure: SEGS Baltra Island (Galápagos) Destination: SKSP San Andrés Island ETE: 01:25 Distance: 942 Runway Lengths: SEGS 7.905 ft / 2409 m SKSP 7.806 ft / 2379 m Route: SEGS GLV 0090N 0289N 0488N 0786N PARRI UB767 TIO UA322 AMUBI SKSP
Stage 43: SKSP - San Andrés Island / MWCR - George Town (Cayman Islands) Departure: SKSP San Andrés Island Destination: MWCR George Town (Cayman Islands) ETE: 01:00 (Subsonic) Distance: 403 Runway lengths: SKSP 7.806 ft / 2.379 m MWCR 7.421 / 2.261 m Route: SKSP SPP UG448 LEVOR G448 EMONA MWCR
NOTE: This is an optional but very interesting VFR excursion. A STOL aircraft is a MUST for this stage, as you will be landing in the shortest commercial asphalt runway and two other very short runways.
Departure: TNCM Philipsburg (Sint Maarten) Destination: TNCM Philipsburg (Sint Maarten) Callings at: Saba, Sint Eustatius, Saint Kitts, Nevis, Antigua, Barbuda, Saint Barthélemy and Anguila ETE: 02:00 (aprox.) Distance: 238 Runway lengths: TNCM: 7.670 ft / 2.337 m SABA: 1.299 pies / 396 metros > WATCH OUT!!! TNCE: 3.771 ft / 1.149 m
TKPK: 7.607 ft / 2.318 m TKPN: 4.002 ft / 1.219 m TAPA: 8.992 ft / 2.740 m TAPH: 1.639 ft / 499 m > WATCH OUT!!! TAPH is very close to CODR is quite difficult to spot. TFFJ: 2.100 ft / 640 m > WATCH OUT!!! TQPF: 5.460 ft / 1.664 m Route: TNCM SABA TNCE TKPK TKPN TAPA TAPH TFFJ TQPF TNCM
Stage 48: TNCM - Philipsburg (Sint Maarten) /TBPB Bridgetown (Barbados) Departure: TNCM Philipsburg (Sint Maarten) Destination: TBPB Bridgetown (Barbados) ETE: 01:00 (Subsonic) Distance: 381 Runway length: TNCM 7.670 ft / 2.337 m TBPB 11.027 ft / 3361 m Route: TNCM DCT ELOPO L451 ANU UL776 AXITA DCT TBPB
TIP: Do have a look at the window. You’ll enjoy a great high altitude view of the islands you flew visually in the last stage.
Stage 49: TBPB - Bridgetown (Barbados) / SBFN - Fernando de Noronha WARNING: Departure: TBPB Bridgetown (Barbados) Destination: SBFN Fernando de Noronha ETE: 02:10 Distance: 1959 Runway length: TBPB 11.027 ft / 3.361 m SBFN 6.086 ft / 1.855 m.
WARNING!!! This is probably the shortest runway length you will ever use for landing ConcordeX, so this is a VERY challenging approach and landing. To make things worse default autogen partially blocks the glidescope in the default FSX scenery. It may be wise to disable autogen for this approach or, even better, use the great xScena scenery linked below
Stage 54: GVAC - Sal (Cape Verde) / GCLA - Santa Cruz de La Palma (Canary Islands) Departure: GVAC Sal (Cape Verde) Destination: GCLA Santa Cruz de La Palma (Canary Islands) ETE: 01:10 Distance: 773 Runway lengths: GVAC 10.777 ft / 3284 m GCLA 7.211 ft / 2197 m Route: GVAC PISPU 2021N 2320N 2619N DEPIS GCLA
Calling at: Arrecife (Lanzarote), Puerto del Rosario (Fuerteventura), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Tenerife Sur, Alajeró (La Gomera), Villa de Valverde (El Hierro) ETE: 02:20 Distance: 527 Runway lengths: GCLA 7.211 ft / 2.197 m GCXO 11.131 ft / 3.392 m GCRR 7.868 ft / 2.398 m GCFV 7.899 ft / 2.407 m GCLP 10.196 ft / 3.107 m GCTS 10.495 ft / 3.198 m GCGM 4.917 ft / 1.498 m > WARNING!!! Very short runway GCHI 4.105 ft / 1.251 m > WARNING!!! Very short runway GCLA 7.211 ft / 2.197 m Route: GCLA LRO LTE FTV TGN TES LGM HR GCLA
Fly Wonderful Islands Canary Islands FSX de 19,03 a 41,59€ http://www.flywonderfulislands.com/products1.html Fly Wonderful Islands La Gomera Free http://www.flywonderfulislands.com/lagomera.html Sim Giants Canary Islands GOLD Edition 49.95$ (dólares americanos) http://www.simgiants.com/product.asp?prod=10 NOTA: Includes Tenerife North (GCXO), Fuerteventura (GCFV) and El Hierro Airport (GCHI), which can be purchased separately for 26,90, 29,90 and 21,90 USD. Sim Giants Gran Canaria Free http://www.simgiants.com/products.asp?mc=3
Stage 55: GCLA - Santa Cruz de La Palma (Islas Canarias) / LPPS Vila Baleira (Madeira) Departure: GCLA Santa Cruz de La Palma (Islas Canarias) Destination: LPPS Vila Baleira (Madeira) ETE: 00:45 (Subsonic) Distance: 289 Runway length: GCLA 7.211 ft / 2197 m LPPS 9.881 ft / 3.011 m Route: GCLA BIMBO B18 KEKOS LPPS
Destination: LPAZ Vila do Porto (Azores) ETE: 01:00 Distance: 493 Runway lengths: LPPS 9.881 ft / 3.011 m LPAZ 10.034 ft / 3.058 m Route: LPPS NIKAV UL600 IRKID ETROX LPAZ
Tropicalsim Santa María 15,47 http://secure.simmarket.com/tropicalsimsantamarialpaz.phtml
Stage 57: LPAZ - Vila do Porto (Azores) / EGPO - Stornoway (Scotland, UK) Departure: LPAZ Vila do Porto (Azores) Destination: EGPO Stornoway (Scotland, UK) ETE: 01:50 Distancia: 1506 Runway lengths:
NOTE: Yet one more VFR excursion. This time you’ll have the opportunitiy of making the shortest and quickest scheduled flight in the world
Departure: EGPO Stornoway (Scotland, UK) Destination: EGPO Stornoway (Scotland, UK) ETE: 02:00 Distance: 269 Runway lengths: EGPO 7.185 ft / 2.189 m EGPA 4.727 ft / 1.440 m EGEP 1.616 ft / 492 m > WARNING!!! STOL aircraft required!!! EGEW 1.590 ft / 484m > WARNING!!! STOL aircraft required!!! Route: EGPO EGPA EGEP EGEW EGPO
Scottflight Scenery VFR Scotflight for FSX Airports & Landmarks Volume 2 19,99 pounds NOTE: It only includes Solo incluye 3D objects (airfields, ships, lighhouses, buildings...) http://www.scotflightscenery.com/Product9.htm
Scotflight for FSX Photo 34,99 pounds NOTA: Includes the objects from the previous link plus photorealistic textures http://www.scotflightscenery.com/Product8.htm FSX Orkney Islands Airports Scenery Freehttp://flyawaysimulation.com/downloads/files/8305/fsxorkneyislandsairportsscenery/