[April 26, Sat 2000 PDT] KSNA Fly-In
Posted: Sun Apr 13, 2014 1:42 pm
Hey Everyone, Going to try something different with this group flight. The "conga line" events are a ton of fun, but they tend to exclude one type of pilot or another. The shorter, slower flights aren't good for jets and the faster longer routes don't work well for GA aircraft. Some people want VFR, others IFR. The goal here is to bring everyone together with a fly-in event, where everyone comes from their "home" field to a central location.
What
KSNA Fly-In. Fly whatever plane you want from where ever you want, using which ever (legal) flight rules you want to John Wayne. Hang out on the ramp after arriving and watch as others come in. Chat with other pilots on the IRC channel. Jump on teamspeak for some hanger talk.
Where
Fly to John Wayne (KSNA) from somewhere in SoCal. Jets, feel free to come from LAX, SFO or wherever. Pistons, make the short hop up the cost from Palomar, or a longer hop over some mountains from Bakersfield. However long you want to fly, you come up with your route. The key is:
When
Arrive at KSNA on Saturday, April 26th at 2000 PDT (8:00pm). Notice, this is the arrival time. You will need to do the flight planning for your chosen route to get to SNA at the appropriate time. The key to this being a fun event is getting everyone into the airspace at the same time. Do your flight planning!
Event time zone converter
Resources
Skyvector for charts and flight planning.
MyFlightRoute for route generation/TEC lookup. Set "Destination Airport "to KSNA and get a random flight with whatever other parameters you want.
PIlotEdge IRC Chat for chatting during the event.
DigitalThemePark's Teamspeak: ts3.digitalthemepark.com (This does require a mod to give you citizenship if you've never been on before). I won't be on TS during the flight, but I'll jump in to chat afterwards.
I plan on streaming my flight, maybe some of the other streamers can join us as well. Let's get a lot of pilots online and have a great time!
Feel free to leave questions/RSVPs.
What
KSNA Fly-In. Fly whatever plane you want from where ever you want, using which ever (legal) flight rules you want to John Wayne. Hang out on the ramp after arriving and watch as others come in. Chat with other pilots on the IRC channel. Jump on teamspeak for some hanger talk.
Where
Fly to John Wayne (KSNA) from somewhere in SoCal. Jets, feel free to come from LAX, SFO or wherever. Pistons, make the short hop up the cost from Palomar, or a longer hop over some mountains from Bakersfield. However long you want to fly, you come up with your route. The key is:
When
Arrive at KSNA on Saturday, April 26th at 2000 PDT (8:00pm). Notice, this is the arrival time. You will need to do the flight planning for your chosen route to get to SNA at the appropriate time. The key to this being a fun event is getting everyone into the airspace at the same time. Do your flight planning!
Event time zone converter
Resources
Skyvector for charts and flight planning.
MyFlightRoute for route generation/TEC lookup. Set "Destination Airport "to KSNA and get a random flight with whatever other parameters you want.
PIlotEdge IRC Chat for chatting during the event.
DigitalThemePark's Teamspeak: ts3.digitalthemepark.com (This does require a mod to give you citizenship if you've never been on before). I won't be on TS during the flight, but I'll jump in to chat afterwards.
I plan on streaming my flight, maybe some of the other streamers can join us as well. Let's get a lot of pilots online and have a great time!
Feel free to leave questions/RSVPs.
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I scheduled it so far out because I figured people would be busy with the holiday weekend. Looking at the traffic levels today, that might have been a poor assumption.