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Welcome to the Ultimate Alaskan Tour!

Are you ready for a marathon trip into one of the wildest places on Earth?
Our favorite hop list guru, SeanTK, has prepared the mother of all Alaskan tours,
stopping at places I know you've never heard of! ;D ;)

The only scenery recommendation we will be making for this tour
is the freeware Glacier Bay scenery.

For all other scenery,
a list of the stops is posted below
so that you can pick and choose
any additional ones that you would like to add. ;)

Important notice!!

Before you embark online for this tour,
please read, and complete the process outlined
in this thread HERE!!<--'clicky'

Failure to do so will result in you being kicked from the server.
We have gone through great lengths here at Simviation
to provide a trouble free online flying experince,
and failing to complete the port procedure will ruin that for everyone online at the time.

This is NOT an option, it is required. ;)

Here are the flights for this monster hop:

Deadhorse - Alpine

Alpine - Lonely AS

Lonely AS - Wiley Post

Wiley Post - Atquasuk Bernelle Meml

Bernelle Meml - Wainwright (not AS)

Wainwright - Icy Cape AFS

Ice Cape AFS - Cape Sabine

Cape Sabine - Point Hope

Point Hope - Red Dog

Red Dog - Wien Meml

Wien Meml - Selawik

Selawik - Ambler

Ambler - Huslia

Huslia - Indian Mountain LRRS

Indian Mountain LRRS - Crevice Creek

Crevice Creek - Galbraith Lake

Galbraith Lake - Coldfoot

Coldfoot - Chandalar Lake

Chandalar Lake - Arctic Village

Arctic Village - Ft Yukon

Ft Yukon - Quail Creek

Quail Creek - Calhoun Meml

Calhoun Meml - Ruby

Ruby - Kaltag

Kaltag - Granite Mountain AS

Granite Mountain AS - Unalakleet

Unalakleet - Anvik

Anvik - Russian Mission

Russian Mission - Pilot Station

Pilot Station - Emmonak

Emmonak - Cape Romanzof LRRS

Cape Romanzof LRRS - Newtok

Newtok - Toksook Bay

Toksook Bay - Mekoryuk

Mekoryuk - Kipnuk

Kipnuk - Bethel

Bethel - Nyac

Nyac - Taylor Mountain

Taylor Mountain - Sparrevohn LRRS

Sparrevohn LRRS - Tatina

Tatina - Rainy Pass

Rainy Pass - Purkeypile

Purkeypile - Nugget Bench

Nugget Bench - Stampede

Stampede - Summit

Summit - Denali

Denali - Totatlanika River

Totatlanika River - Fairbanks Intl

Fairbanks Intl - Chena Hot Springs

Chena Hot Springs - Coal Creek

Coal Creek - Eagle

Eagle - Boundary

Boundary - Chicken

Chicken - Arctic Angel

Arctic Angel - Paxson

Paxson - Road Commission Nr 1

Road Commission Nr 1 - Gunsight Mountain

Gunsight Mountain - Victory

Victory - Anchorage Intl

Anchorage - Anchor River Airpark

Anchor River Airpark - Big Mountain

Big Mountain - Kodiak

Kodiak - Larsen Bay

Larsen Bay - Pilot Point

Pilot Point - Chignik Fisheries

Chignik Fisheries - Johnsons Landing

Johnsons Landing - Sand Point

Sand Point - King Cove

King Cove - Cold Bay

Cold Bay - False Pass

False Pass - Unalaska

Unalaska - Nikolski AS

Nikolski AS - Cape Sarichef

Cape Sarichef - Nelson Lagoon

Nelson Lagoon - Perryville

Perryville - Akhiok

Akhiok - Dog Fish Bay

Dog Fish Bay - Bear Cove Farm

Bear Cove Farm - Seward

Seward - Whittier

Whittier - Valdez Pioneer

Valdez Pioneer - Boswell Bay

Boswell Bay - Middleton I

Middletown I - CordovaSmith

CordovaSmith - Thompson Pass

Thompson Pass - Gulkana

Gulkana - Mankomen Lake

Mankomen Lake - Northway

Northway - Devils Mountain Lodge

Devils Mountain Lodge - McCarthy No 2

McCarthy No 2 - Horsfeld

Horsfeld - Icy Bay

Icy Bay - Yakutat

Yakutat - Mule Creek

Mule Creek - Whitehorse Intl (Canada!)

Whitehorse Intl - Skagway

Skagway - Gustavus

Gustavus - Juneau Intl

Juneau Intl - Snettisham

Snettisham - Kake

Kake - Sitka

Sitka - Johnson Petersburg

Johnson Petersburg - Wrangell

Wrangell - Ketchikan Intl

Ketchikan Intl - Stewart (Canada)

Stewart - Terrace (Canada)

Terrace - Bella Bella (Canada)

Bella Bella - Alert Bay (Canada)

Alert Bay - Campbell River (Canada)

Campbell River - Qualicum Beach (Canada)

Qualicum Beach - Squamish (Canada)

Squamish - Vancouver Intl (Canada)

Vancouver Intl - Hope (Canada)

Hope - Bellingham Intl (US again)

Bellingham Intl - Victoria Intl (Canada)

Victoria Intl - Fairchild Intl (US)

Fairchild Intl - Bremerton Natl (US)

Bremerton Natl - Seattle/Tacoma Intl

Seatac - Stehekin State (US)

Stehekin State - Princeton (Canada)

Princeton - Kelowna (Canada)

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Please note:

Due to the immense size of this tour,
and the large number of small airfields on it,
there may be a problem or two.
If you encounter any issues on this tour,
PLEASE mention it here in this thread
by including the hop #, and which airport it occurred at. :)

Thank you all for flying this beast,
and thanks to SeanTK for putting it all together.

See you in the Great White North. 8-)

It has arrived!

I hope everyone enjoys it. It was fun creating the route!

Thank you, Shane, for programming the hops into the server, I know it was a lot of work. ;)

Looks like fun. I recognize several of these locations from Deadliest Catch. :D

8-)

Several are in Ice Road Truckers too. ;D

I would program in a line and think, that sounds really familiar.

:D 8-)

ShaneG wrote on Jun 29^th, 2010 at 2:18pm:

Several are in Ice Road Truckers too. ;D

I would program in a line and think, that sounds really familiar.

:D 8-)

Fairbanks to Deadhorse...Ice Road in a Kenworth 18 wheeler!!

Paul....Keep Truckin'... 8-)...!

Got a print-out of all the Hops, to add Airfield and Radio Nav details, and tick-off as I progress!... :)...!

ShaneG wrote on Jun 29^th, 2010 at 2:18pm:

Several are in Ice Road Truckers too. ;D

I would program in a line and think, that sounds really familiar.

:D 8-)

Although I don't really watch that show, I noticed that also.

8-)

ShaneG wrote on Jun 29^th, 2010 at 10:04am:

Our favorite hop list guru, SeanTK, has prepared the mother of all Alaskan tours, stopping at places I know you've never heard of! ;D ;)

You know me so well! ;D

Completed the first two legs today with Shane and Brando, using my trusty default Beech Baron 58. (Ideal for its turn of speed to complete the Tour!).

Adding the route details, direction, mileage, altitude, frequencies, etc, hop by hop, in my print out of the complete Tour.

Paul....Keeping the engines covered up and warm overnight, and off again tomorrow!... ;)...!

Quote:

For all other scenery,
a list of the stops is posted below
so that you can pick and choose
any additional ones that you would like to add.

where can we get some of the scenery? or should we go GOOGLE the areas and see what we come up with?

I already found a decent FS9 - UNALASKA -- Deadliest Catch; actually it is the whole Aleutian Island chain, not just 'Dutch Harbor' (R.I.P. CAPT PHIL HARRIS!) ... and I am about to download ULTIMATE TERRAIN - ALASKA/CANADA and UT-Europe. Hopefully with these I will have a pretty good scenery in my major flight areas. US, Alaska, Scottland.

If I do get the chance to fly this, I will be steaming out of "Dutch Harbor" in the fishing boat 'ANDREA GAIL' (http://www.fs-shipyards.com/index.php?ind=downloads&op=entry_view&iden=203) in memory of Capt. Phil. It would be a great honor if someone that has FS9, and had a Coast Guard Helo would accompany me on the trek out.

At 120 stops, it would take a LOT of time for me or anyone else to search the internet and find scenery for all of these, if scenery even exists for them all.

Last night, I was able to find some stuff for a couple dozen of them by searching the big three sites using the term 'Alaska'. ;)

The important addons for this trip, are a good global texture addon, a decent mesh, and Glacier Bay v2 by Holger Sandman.

Everything else, would just be eye candy for the individual pilot.

120 flights x 30min average flight time = 3600 total flight minutes

3600 minutes / 24 hours = 150 hours flight time...

:D

skoker wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 7:44pm:

120 flights x 30min average flight time = 3600 total flight minutes

3600 minutes / 24 hours = 150 hours flight time...

:D

That sounds about right. :D

The NZ tour was a little short, and the Aussie tour was three times as big, so we wanted this one to be able to last a while, but still be short enough to want to accomplish,

It also has to last at least until the end of 2010. These things take a while to plan out and program into the server. :o 8-)

Not sure where we'll go in 2011. :-X ;)

One more thing, Is their a way to see where I left off? I spent 20min today figuring out the code, and 1/2 the airports on the list are misspelled... ;D

Quote:

Not sure where we'll go in 2011.

I do.... ;D

@Skoker, I think you can type "?hop" (without the quotes) to find out what route you need to accomplish.

skoker wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 8:06pm:

One more thing, Is their a way to see where I left off? I spent 20min today figuring out the code, and 1/2 the airports on the list are misspelled... ;D

None of those airport names are misspelled.

If they are, you can blame MS. That's how they appear in FS9 ;)

?hop will tell you where you left off, or you can look here to see where everyone is:

http://cockpit.netfrag.org:81/User999.html

wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 8:13pm:

Quote:

Not sure where we'll go in 2011.

I do.... ;D

This should be fun... ;D

Quote:

Wiley Post - Atquasuk Bernell Meml

Bernelle Meml - Wainwright (not AS)

Sure Shane, Sure... ;D

Missing 1 letter 'e' in a name does not constitute :

Quote:

1/2 the airports on the list are misspelled...

::) ;)

Let's see you type all that up, and not forget to add 1 letter. ;D

Shane ---> sore fingers and all! :-[

The current custom FS2004 Helio Super Courier liveries for the tour are as follows:

1. Generic
2. SeanTK
3. ShaneG
4. B-Valvs
5. Skoker

All of you should have each other's liveries by now. If anyone is missing any of them, let me know.

Well I just did 5-10, and kinda 11

Programed flight 10 into my gps, and realized I set it to the 11th destination and flew there instead of to the 10th... ;D

Blasted past the airport by 50nm... ::) >:( ;D

skoker wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 9:33pm:

You're way past the rest of us now. :o

Paul won't be pleased about this. ;D ;D ;)

ShaneG wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 10:03pm:

skoker wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 9:33pm:

You're way past the rest of us now. :o

Paul won't be pleased about this. ;D ;D ;)

He's only 1 past Paul now.

I'll watch for you online tomorrow. :)

8-)

B-Valvs wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 10:59pm:

ShaneG wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 10:03pm:

skoker wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 9:33pm:

You're way past the rest of us now. :o

Paul won't be pleased about this. ;D ;D ;)

He's only 1 past Paul now.

I'll watch for you online tomorrow. :)

8-)

3 past now! :D

You guys need to pick up the pace! ;D

This hoplist could be around for a while,

so I'm not in any hurry to get it finished.

I'm hoping for it to take me a few months to complete it. ;)

That, and I'm trying to dig up as much addon scenery as I can find for it.

The first four plain-Jane gravel strips left me wanting for something a little more 'flashy' . ;D ;)

I've got at least 2 dozen of the stops covered with addon scenery now. Don't think I'm going to get any more with out busting out the wallet now. :(

skoker wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 9:33pm:

You're starting to sound like me that time I tried to fly with you. ;D ;D ;D

8-)

Just did some flights in bad weather... Watch out when leaving 20K (hop 20).

There is a mountain... ::)

skoker wrote on Jul 6^th, 2010 at 9:13pm:

Just did some flights in bad weather... Watch out when leaving 20K (hop 20).

There is a mountain... ::)

Sing....

All together......

http://www.lyricsdepot.com/donovan/there-is-a-mountain.html

Paul.... ;D... ;D... ;D...!

Yay, I get to continue today! :D Been out of commission due to my controller taking a s***, but the new one is here! ;D

Id like to start this today, but then i'd be flying alone, what time are you getting on? I was on yesterday but then my stupid internet crashed.

Im going on now If anyone wants to join
;)

tcco94 wrote on Jul 13^th, 2010 at 7:24pm:

Id like to start this today, but then i'd be flying alone, what time are you getting on? I was on yesterday but then my stupid internet crashed.

Generally there are people on between 10AM-Mid Afternoon EST. Paul is on 3-4 hours a day it seems. Just check the server status page (http://cockpit.netfrag.org:81/) and watch for us. We're on all the time, almost everyday.

8-)

B-Valvs wrote on Jul 13^th, 2010 at 11:11pm:

tcco94 wrote on Jul 13^th, 2010 at 7:24pm:

Id like to start this today, but then i'd be flying alone, what time are you getting on? I was on yesterday but then my stupid internet crashed.

Yeah I flew online for about 5 hours yesterday :D but half of it was just screwing around. I found a guy who isnt even on the forums and we were just doing touch and go's...ill be on multiplayer alot more. 8-)

This doesn't really belong here, but when I ran across it,

it reminded me of the tour:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8VHpTQxbaA&playnext_from=TL&videos=IrZ8PZZYBgM

Thursday 15th July...

That was a waste of time!.... :'(...!

Zillions of strangers on the tour overloading the Server!

Abandoned the Hops...

Off to WSP...quieter there...;)...!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...FS Nav... :'(...!

Fozzer wrote on Jul 15^th, 2010 at 1:21pm:

It's been a while since I've been there, I'll have to look up the IP again. ;)

ShaneG wrote on Jul 15^th, 2010 at 1:27pm:

Fozzer wrote on Jul 15^th, 2010 at 1:21pm:

It's been a while since I've been there, I'll have to look up the IP again. ;)

The joy of WSP is that they use THREE Servers...you have the choice of the quietest one to use!..... :-*...!

They can be "Password" Protected for special flights to keep the riff-raff out!

Paul...a riff-raff destroyer!... ;)...!

Finally completed the Alaskan Tour!

Two intrepid Pilots finally relaxing after their long journey, having visited 120 airfields located amongst some some of the most amazing scenery in the northern hemisphere!

Landed at CYLW:

Our trusty Hunting BAC Jet Provost, with its superb STOL ability, proved to be an ideal aircraft for the long, complex journey!

Many thanks to Sean and Shane for all their hard work in putting the tour together!

I am now more familiar with the State of Alaska, and will be visiting it more often in the future, with a selection of various aircraft types!

Looking forward to the next Sim V Tour!

Paul...G-BPLF...FS 2004...FS Nav... 8-)...!

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