Hi Flight Simmers, Welcome to Round Robin no 7. This one is with Microsoft FS5.1 CD ROM. Can be flown with 5.0 or 5.1 disks, using John Trindle's ISS scenery. If you did previous RR"S, skip the next paragraph, jump right in, and have fun. For those who are new to this, Round Robins are published with the intent of having MS Flight-Simmers fly, look at the scenery, refresh our Geography, practice our cross country navigation , do some approaches at different airports all over the world, and have some FUN. In the message, you will be getting info like: airport departure and runway number , VOR'S and ADF's en route, one or two middle airport destination for VFR or INST approach, and back to your point of departure (round robin) for and INST or VFR approach, along with ILS and LOM freqs, minimums, procedures etc ..... You will also get info on the scenery needed to complete the flight and where to get it (at the ftp.iup.edu, where else?). Also who created the scenery (for non-commercial) and a little background on the geography of the area. May I also suggest, that you read the route a couple of times before starting out, so that you'll have your flight plan fairly clear in your mind. ROUND ROBIN #7 JUL 95 CHICAGO MIDWAY---GRAND RAPIDS--INDIANAPOLIS CHAMPAIGN---CHICAGO MIDWAY. SCENETY MS FS5.1 CD ROM. BEGIN: FIRST LEG Chicago drct Grand Rapids dist 162 miles. --Select Chicago Midway RWY04. Set clock to 1900. --Dial in the KEELER VOR 116.60 on NAV1 and the PULLMAN VOR 112.1 on NAV2. -- Weather CAVU (ceiling and vis unlimited). --T/O Right Climbing to 11000, HDG 060. Once you get reception on the Pullman VOR, track to on Top. --WEATHER-- Over Lake Michigan, -- Edit the Cloud layer to: 1500 base, tops 11000, Overcast Visibility 3 miles. Turbulence = 3 --Wind. Surface Wind: Type = steady Depth = 2499 Speed = 012 Dir = 090 Turb = 03 --Over the Pullman VOR, turn left HDG 030 and descend to 3000. --Set the Grand Rapids LOC 108.3 on NAV1, for an ILS to RWY 08R, actual course 085, elevation 794. ATIS freq 127.1 --Intercept the Localizer. NOTE: There is no DME. At 2400 ft alt, you are 4.5 nm from the RWY. You are cleared to land RWY 08R for a full stop, wind 090 at 12, check GEAR down. LAND Grand Rapids. SECOND LEG.. Grand Rapids drct Indianapolis dist 244 miles. Route: Grand Rapids >>> Kalamazoo (AZO) VOR>>>Goshen (GSH) VOR>>> Kokomo (OKK) VOR>>> Shelbyville (SHB) VOR>>>Larez LOM>>> Indianapolis. --Taxi to and T/O RWY 08R. Right Climbing to 10000, HDG 185. Dial in and track the AZO VOR 109.0. WEATHER: Once at altitude, change the Wind direction to 242 mag. --Over the AZO VOR, turn right HDG 210. Dial in and track the GSH VOR 113.7 --Over the GSH VOR, turn left HDG 180. Dial in and track the OKK VOR 109.8 Dial in the INDI ATIS 124.40 --Over OKK, turn left HDG 170. Dial in and track the SHB VOR 112.0. Tune in the LAREZ LOM 349. --36 nm from the SHB VOR, turn Right HDG 200 and descend to 4000. Home the LOM to intercept the Localizer 111.75 for and ILS to RWY 23L (actual HDG 227, elevation 797). NOTE: There is no DME. At 2700, you are 5.5 nm from touch down. You are cleared to land RWY 23L for a full stop, Wind 242 at 12 kts. Check GEAR down. LAND INDIANAPOLIS. --3rd LEG. INDI drct Champaign. IL. 122 miles. --Reset weather to No clouds, Unlimited vis, light winds. Clock 0800. --Taxi to RWY 23L. Dial in Champaign VOR 110.0 on Nav 2 and the LOC freq 109.1 on Nav 1, LOM freq 407 on the ADF. ATIS 124.85. --T/O Right Climbing to 6000, HDG 280. --Track the VOR on reception. The LOM 407 will kick in about 60nm out. Home the needle to intercept the LOC 109.10, for an ILS RWY 32L. (actual HDG 316, Elev 75). --25nm from the Champaign VOR descend to 3000 and continue homing the LOM. NOTE: If you wish to intercept the LOC a bit earlier, keep the ADF needle 5 to 10 deg to the right. --There are no DME. At the OM, alt 2600, you are 5.5 nm from the RWY. You are cleared for landing to a touch and go, Wind light/vrbl, check GEAR down. LAND CHAMPAIGN 4th LEG. Champaign drct Midway. dist 150 miles. --Touch and Go, Right Climbing to 7000, HDG 015. --Dial in and Track the Kankakee (IKK) VOR 111.6. --Over IKK, Dial in and track the Chic Hgts (CGT) VOR 114.2 -- En Route to the CGT VOR, dial in the Midway VOR 109.9 on NAV1 and the KEDZI NDB 248. --Over the CGT VOR, turn left, Home the KEDZI NDB and descend to 3000, for a visual approach to MIDWAY RWY 31C(centre), (actual HDG 315, elev 612). --Over Kedzi , you should be at 1800. Turn left HDG 315. You are cleared to Land RWY 31C for a full stop, Wind light/vrbl, Check GEAR down. LAND MIDWAY WELCOME HOME.... END GEOGRAPHY/SCENERY You are not missing anything by flying to Grand Rapids and Indi at dark or in clouds. The reason being that only the RWYS and Nav Aids are part of the scenery. It is different on the way to Champaign and Chicago, so I made this part of the Flight during DAY VFR conditions. 1... Thank you to the folks at Microsoft for FS5.1and to John Trindle for the ISS scenery. 2....I flew the DC9 on this trip..but any other A/C will do. 3.... For the experienced flyers, please be patient thru all of the explanations, directions and extras. I direct this at newcomers to the flying world. I must stick to plain language. 4.... Thanks to Chris for test flying the scenario for me. 5..... The RR's are available on the WEBB at: http://www.pix.za/0/business/a.bruton/scenery.html http://www.nez.com/flight/robin.html Thanks to Andre, for making this available to us. If anyone would like to suggest a route, or comments, EMAIL me at : apeltier@mars.ark.com HAVE FUN Watch for upcoming RR in the regions of: South Africa, Alaska, British Columbia, San Francisco, Europe, Caribeans etc........... Al -------------------------------------------------- Al Pelletier Courtenay B.C email apeltier@mars.ark.com ph voice 604-338-7299 --------------------------------------------------