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    FLIGHT OF PASSAGE

    Welcome!

    This bushtrip is based on the book "Flight Of Passage" written by Rinker Buck, describing his coast to coast flight with his older brother Kern back in the summer of 1966. The brothers, aged 15 and 17, had no radio, no transponder and no navigation equipement beside a compass and a roadmap. The took their self-restored Piper Cub reg. N4971H, nicknamed 71H, to the skies during Independence Day weekend and finished the tour in 6 days.

    I have completed this tour myself in FSX, P3D and MSFS and tried to retrace the route as accuratly as possible. Still, not all legs of the route are described in great detail in the book and in such cases I decided to take some liberties to guess the most likely route. An external map application (like LittleNavMap, Google or Bing) is highly recommended to be able to navigate properly along the rivers, railroads and roads used by Kern and Rink.

    This bushtrip does contain my own livery for N4971H (modeled after the newly restored version, check out supercub.org for more information).

    My thanks go out to BuffyGC for the BushTripInjector and his help during designing this trip. Also, to theDudeWG and masszukidad for their help in creating N4971H.

    Blue Skies, Pontiac51 - www.pontiac51.com

    INSTALLATION

    Copy the folders "pontiac51-bushtrip-flightofpassage" & "pontiac51-livery-N4971H" to your community folder.

    DONATION

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    12 months ago

    Does this flight plan work for 2024?

    over 1 year ago

    What a great trip! It made me re-buy the book and read along, again after 15 years.
    If you ever were to update this, I'd just recommend you introduce some more intermediate points on the different legs so that the stretches you might have to re-fly if something goes awry (ask me how I know...) aren't too long.
    Now I'm seriously considering making the Buck brothers' return to the East Coast into the first Bush Trip of my own. I've already started some research into the airports available to them back in the day. But I'll probably wait a bit more to figure out if and how Bush Trips will work in MSFS2024.

    almost 2 years ago

    Fabulous. Thanks doing. Lots of fun.

    over 4 years ago

    Already flown in FS200, 2002 2004 and FSX. Now I will enjoy the trip in MSFS again. THX for that.

    almost 5 years ago

    Wow, that was quite some epic (and personal) trip.

    I read Rinker Buck's book in the late nineties and it reaffirmed my wish to apply to flight school. Now, a few weeks ago, I stumbled upon your 'Flight of passage' bush trip and decided that I wanted to relive that sense of awe and wonder I felt reading the book as a teen. I decided to read the book again, always in step with my flight progress. Having become an airline pilot, commanding the A320, MSFS has helped me through the unfulfilled thirst of flying during the long COVID months. However, I only fly VFR in the sim, sucking in the beauty of the landscapes. This trip has taken me not only back into my own past but also across a multitude of different landscapes of the US, watching them change, leg by leg, slowly and in a contemplative way while all that experience virtually flashes by in a heartbeat when flying an airliner. As an added bonus to me, the trip through Arizona took me back to the places I actually learned flying for real.

    The only actual criticism I would have is that I noticed that you always combined the description of each first and second segment to each leg into the description for the first leg. Nevertheless, I quickly got used to that.

    Thanks for this wonderful experience!

    Pontiac51Author

    almost 5 years ago

    Wow, what a review! Thank you very much for your kind words and feedback! It was the first bushtrip I made and surely there is still room for improvement. I have a look into it.

    over 5 years ago

    For some reason leg 3 starts dark at night. There is no "Weather Tab" to reset the time. I tried resetting time everywhere I can but it still is like 9:30 at night. I finally just flew the leg in the savage. Now I can't seem to select and continue with leg 4. Is that because leg 3 hasn't been "officially" done? I'm not able to get the leg 4 dialog box because it won't let me select leg 4. Thoughts? Thx.
    Pontiac51Author

    over 5 years ago

    It seems bush trip behavior was changed by MS again. In the past the departure time for each flight was the same time (zulu time that is). Now the arrival time is carried over to the next departure. This is more logical, but there is no way to skip the night. I have to check what I can do about that.

    There is a work around which should get you going again, till MS fixes this.

    https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/bush-trip-starts-at-night/347615/14

    For STEAM users the path is C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\Microsoft Flight Simulator\MISSIONS\ACTIVITIES\

    over 5 years ago

    Have done one other Bush Trip before, and am looking forward to reading the book and flying this one. I've downloaded both files to Community, but it tells me I need to download another file from Content Manager. Would it be an updated Cub file? I have the default files, Gravel and the Grravel a/c. Any other suggestions appreciated.
    Pontiac51Author

    over 5 years ago

    You do not need the GotGravel Carbon Cub for this. It runs with the default Savage Cub and the livery for N4971H is included in the bushtrip.

    over 5 years ago

    Thanks for the feedback. However my problem seems to be that I can't start it until I download "something" from the Content Mgr. I downloaded the master file and the 71H update with the livery. So I guess I should just delete the files and re download/install just the master file?
    Pontiac51Author

    over 5 years ago

    Yes, it seems somethings messed up. Please delete and redownload. You only need to download 1 file, the main version. This includes the trip and the livery.

    I am not sure why the content manager is an issue here, my download does not depend on that. Maybe a mismatched update of MSFS?

    over 5 years ago

    I just downloaded and installed the update. There appears to be a couple of issues.
    1) The Intro page listing all of the legs is mostly zeros for ETE and distance. Despite this, inside the leg, the proper navigation waypoints and milage does appear.
    2) The nav log which used to contain certain map screenshots of landmarks, contains blanks.
    Pontiac51Author

    over 5 years ago

    I did not change anything on the trip itself, only the livery got an update. So quite possibly the MSFS update broke the trip (again!). Have to check, please stand by.

    over 5 years ago

    Possibly something in the most recent MSFS update impacted the behavior? All I know is two days ago under the previous Flight of Passage version I read through, and planned my first leg. The next day I downloaded the FOP update, removed the old version, and put the new version in the community folder. That is when I noticed the differences. Either way, GREAT job capturing this epic journey! I am reading the book as I plan to fly along the way.
    Pontiac51Author

    over 5 years ago

    I have downloaded the file and it works correctly. Neither of the issues you describe are apparent on my machine. Maybe an incomplete download?
    Pontiac51Author

    over 5 years ago

    According to BuffyGC this is a problem with the save. If you delete the SAVE_MISSION you should be fine again. Alternatively you can edit the save.

    Check below link with instructions:

    https://forums.flightsimulator.com/t/bush-trips-bugs-un-workable-no-nav-logs/347388/9?u=pontiac513713

    over 5 years ago

    Thanks for these tips! I have tried editing the most recent SAVE.FLT file as described, but still not working for some reason. I am up to leg 7, and getting by with just the text in the nav log. I think the only way to really remedy the issue is to delete this bush tirp ACTIVITIES _SAVE folder (and subfolders), but then I loose my progress. Will try doing that when I make it to California, and let you know if that works.

    Oh, just out of curiosity....I am reading along in the book, and unless I have missed something, there does not appear to be a Fulton "Phantom" airport landing, and subsequent short leg over to Edward-Stewart to refuel. This part of the flight co-incides with Rinker battling his motion sickness, and fix by elevating his seating position behind his brother. This is after they chase the train through Fulton, while battling severe turbulence. It could be that the edition of the Memoir I am reading (first paperback 1997) omits that part? Anyway, just curious as to the inclusion of this in the bush trip.

    Thanks again!!
    Pontiac51Author

    over 5 years ago

    I am sorry you have such troubles. But that is something beyond my control. With every new update of MSFS, there is a chance the saves are broken, sadly. If you should really lose your progress you can always resort to DEV mode and use Go to ICAO to get back to where you have left off.

    I have the same edition of the book. Please check page 136 with the logbook excerpt. There you will see the comment „Fulton (dead)“. Not everything is mentioned in writing by Rink, but I agree on the train racing and motion sickness. But I remember I had trouble finding the rail line they were following as many train lines have been removed since then.

    over 5 years ago

    Oh yeah, their logbook! Great catch. That explains Fulton, as well as Everett-Stewart on that 2nd day. Thanks for letting me know about those, everything makes sense now. As far as MSFS is concerned, the breaks I am experiencing are only really minor annoyances. Thankfully all the waypoints are present, and the descriptions as well. All is good!
    Regards,
    Scott
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    Flight Of Passage Bush Trip

    Embark on a historic journey inspired by the book "Flight Of Passage" with this bush trip add-on. Retrace the coast to coast flight of the Buck brothers in their Piper Cub with minimal equipment, following their 1966 adventure. Explore the skies with a custom livery for N4971H and enjoy an immersive experience brought to life by Pontiac51. Dont forget to use external map applications for accurate navigation along the routes landmarks.

    Downloads2K
    Version1.1.3
    File Size102.24 MB
    Published5 years ago
    Updated5 years ago

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    Changed weather preset from LIVE to CLEAR. You can change it once in the plane for every leg. This is to make sure the starting time is correctly set. Starting time for each flight should now be 1500 zulu again (recompiled with SDK 0.9.0). Thx to G8tr for bringing this up. Inflight fuel and weather dialog added.

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