Join Bluegrass Airlines on a Virtual Recreation of the American Barnstormers Tour

 

Pictures from Fort Wayne Indiana – July 17th

 

American Barnstormers Tour

July 15th, 2006 – July 30th, 2006

 

 

Tour Schedule*

 

July 15th-16th: Air Zoo - Kalamazoo, MI (KAZO)

 

July 17th: Smith Field - Fort Wayne, IN (KSMD)

 

July 18th: Monroe County Airport - Bloomington, IN (KBMG)

 

July 19th: Frasca Field – Champaign/Urbana, IL (C16)

 

July 20th: Southeast Iowa Regional Airport – Burlington, IA (KBRL)

 

July 21st: Albertus Airport – Freeport, IL (KFEP)

 

July 22nd: Baraboo WI Dells Airport – Baraboo, WI (KDLL)

 

July 23th-24th: Wausau Downtown Airport – Wausau, WI (KAUW)

 

July 25th-30th: Air Venture– Oshkosh, WI (KOSH)

 

*weather permitting

 

Bluegrass Airlines

July 2006

 

 

This month we are going to fly a virtual American Barnstormer’s Tour while the “real” one is taking place.

The navigation information supplies is not for “real world” use, but intended for use with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004.  All flights are VFR using nice weather.  I have Golden Wings and am using Golden Wings Nice Day weather.  The winds are from the north at 8 knots and there are scattered clouds.

 

Flights 2 and 3 are following the official course.   The official course for all other flights is not known yet.

 

Navigation is mostly via highways or rivers.  While flying I have www.local.live.com  open and view the map of the area I am flying over frequently to identify landmarks.  I have taken 97 screenshots to aid in your navigating the tour. Click on the thumbnails for flights 2-8 to see a large image.

 

Flight 1  KAZO-KSMD  July 17th departing at 9am

 

From

To

Hdg

Distance

Freq.

KAZO

IRS

172

26 nm

To 382.0

IRS

KSMD

166

42 nm

From 382.0

 

Destination Smith Field  elev. 834’

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flight 2 KSMD-KBMG July 18th departing at 9am

 

Three aircraft will depart every 15 minutes flying over designated highways.   US 30 west to Columbia City, IN 9 south to Shelbyville, IN 44 west to Martinsville and IN 37 south to Bloomington.   After an aerial tour of Bloomington head west to the Monroe County Airport KBMG

 

For a large image, click on the thumbnail

 

              

Lv Smith Field RW5                         Turn south over I-69

 

 

              

2nd exit bear right over US-30            Columbia City US-30

 

              

IN-9 south of Columbia City              Huntington IN  (NDB 417.0)

 

At Huntington, IN-9 becomes a divided highway heading southwest.  It becomes two lanes after it crosses a lake over two bridges.

 

              

Marion IN (VOR 108.6)                     Alexandria IN

 

Anderson IN jct IN-9 & I-69

 

 

 

From Anderson south, IN-9 is only visible in FS9 for a few miles between I-70 and US-40 at Greenfield IN and  in the Shelbyville area.  I couldn’t find IN-44 at all, but flew a heading of 276 deg from Shelbyville until spotting IN-37 north of Martinsville.   From Martinsville south to Bloomington, I couldn’t fine IN-37.

 

              

I-70 & IN-9 Greenfield IN                 Shelbyville IN VOR 112.0

 

              

IN-37 north of Martinsville IN            Martinsville IN

 

 

 

              

Bloomington IN VOR 115.3               Final RW 24 KBMG

 

Destination  Monroe County Airport  Field Elevation 846’

 

 

 

Flight 3 KBMG-C16  July 19th departing at 9am

 

For a large image, click on the thumbnail

 

Take off and head north for Ellettsville IN.  You will see railroad tracks coming from Bloomington and heading North West.  At Ellettsville turn to 297 deg and follow IN-46 to Spencer IN.

 

              

Lv KBMG hdg 351 deg                      Tracks from Bloomington

 

                

     Ellettsville IN tracks cross IN-46                Spencer IN

 

 

At Spencer turn to 312 deg and head to Brazil,  then 317 deg, to Clinton IN.

 

              

Brazil IN                                        Clinton IN

 

From Clinton it 32nm at 307 deg to the HMJ NDB 281.0   From HMJ its 13nm at 303 deg to C16 Frasca field.

 

              

Over HMJ NDB                                 5nm SE of Frasca Field

 

RW 18 Frasca Field C16

 

 

 

Flight 4 C16-KBRL July 20th  departing at 9am

 

For a large image, click on the thumbnail

 

After taking off, head WNW and follow I-74 and the railroad.  The first town you see after leaving Champagne-Urbana will be Mahomet.  A larger town will be Farmers City, after which the tracks cross from the south side of I-74 to the north side.  About 27nm from Frasca Field, US-136 heads straight west from I-74.  Follow US-136 all the way to Macomb IL.    It’s a straight line to Havana and the Illinois River. 

 

              

Lv Frasca Field C16                          Farmers City  I-74 on the right

 

              

Jct I-74 & US 136                            US -136 west - Heyworth IL

 

              

Jct I-55 & US 136 – McLean IL           Jct I-155 & US-136  - Emden IL

 

              

73IS – Havana IL                            Illinois River – Havana IL

 

West of Havana, US-136 makes several turns to the north, then back to the west.  If you need help west of Havana, you can tune JZY (Macomb) NDB 251.0  Heading is 299 deg for 26nm.  From Macomb, head direct to BR NDB 390.0  It is 27nm and 286 deg.   From BR NDB, turn north and follow the Mississippi River to KBRL  Burlington IA.

 

             

Macomb IL                                     La Harpe IL  IL-9

 

              

Over BR NDB                                  Right Base to KBRL RW 12

 

              

Turning Final – KBRL RW12               Final RW 12 – Burlington

 

Arrive Burlington Iowa

 

 

 

Flight 5 KBRL-KFEP July 21th  departing at 9am

 

Navigation for this flight is north following the Mississippi River to Rock Island Il, then northeast following the Rock River to Sterling IL.  Finally turning north direct to Freeport NDB 335.0 to KFEP Albertus Field.  Hdg is 11 deg for 30nm.

 

For a large image, click on the thumbnail

 

              

Lv KBRL Burlington IA                      Burlington IA

 

              

New Boston IL  mouth of Iowa River              Muscatine IL

 

              

Rock Island IL – mouth of Rock River     Quad Cities Intl

 

              

Quad Cities                                    Hillsdale IL

 

             

Sterling/Rock Falls IL                       Sterling IL

 

              

Downwind RW 18 KFEP                     Final RW18 Albertus Field

 

 

 

Flight 6 KFEP-KDLL July 22th  departing at 9am

 

After taking off fly a heading of 300 deg to intercept IL Route 26 north of Freeport.  IL-26 becomes WI-69  After you pass New Glarus WI, WI-92  branches toward the north to Mt Horeb.  In my version of Flight Sim (Golden Wings FS 9) I didn’t see the junction, but WI-69 became WI-92.  North of Mt Horeb the road becomes WI-78.  The Wisconsin River is visible not long after you pass Mt Horeb.  Follow the river to the north east.  (At Portage the river turns to the west and Wisconsin Dells.   After flying over the Dells (easy to spot as there is a highway bridge and a railroad bridge angling to the north west), turn south.  The airport is 5 miles away.

 

              

Lv_KFEP-Alburtus Airport                  Freeport IL – IL-26 toward the north

 

              

IL-26 – Cedarville IL                        WI-69 – Monroe WI

 

              

New Glarus_WI                               Mt Horeb_WI

 

              

Mazomanie WI                                                Prairie Du Sac WI

 

             

Merrimac WI                                                    I-90 bridge-Dekorra WI

 

              

Portage WI                                                       Wiconsin Dells

 

Base Leg KDLL RW 14

 

Flight 7 KDLL-KAUW July 23th  departing at 9am

 

This is a short flight following the Wisconsin River north all the way to Wausau.  I installed the smoke feature on my Waco ATO and put on a little show at Wisconsin Dells.  I planned on doing a loop, but stalled at the top.  So I guess it turned out to be an Immelman.

 

If you want to smoke it up, add these lines to your aircraft.cfg   Then press I to turn smoke on or off.

 

[SMOKESYSTEM]

smoke.0=0.00, -0.70, 1.40, fx_smoke_w

 

 

             

Taking off from KDLL                       Showing off at Wisconsin Dells

 

              

At the top …Stall!                            Going down…almost a spin

 

              

Pulled out OK!                                Castle Rock Lake ahead

 

              

Petenwell Lake                               Nekoosa WI

 

              

Wisconsin Rapids                                          Stevens Point WI

 

              

Knowlton WI                                  Mosinee WI

 

              

Crosswind at KAUW Wausau WI        Base Leg KAUW

 

              

Final at KAUW                                Landed at Wausau

 

 

Flight 8 KAUW-KOSH July 25th  departing at 9am

 

This is our last flight, and it will get us to Oshkosh in time for the EAA AirVenture 2006.

 

Departing Wausau, turn to 144 deg and climb to 3,500’. The first waypoint is Waypaca Municipal  KPCZ  (NDB PCZ  382.0)  Distance is 45nm.

 

Over Waupaca turn to 180 degrees and fly to Green Lake 30nm.  Plan to arrive at Green Lake at 1,800’  

 

North of Green Lake turn east and follow the railroad tracks to Ripon.  Reduce airspeed to 90 knots, turn on landing lights and lower gear if retractable.  At Ripon follow the tracks heading north east.  Stay over the tracks until over Fisk and contact KOSH tower for landing instructions.  

 

During Airventure all VFR aircraft approach via Ripon to Fisk.  There is a mobile VFR unit stationed at Fisk, identifying and sequencing the aircraft.  

 

The information on this web-site is not for use by anyone flying a real aircraft to Oshkosh.  Visit the EAA Airventure website and download the Airventure NOTAMS provided.

 

                 

Lv Wausau 144 deg 3,500’                Over Waupaca – turn 180 deg

 

                

Berlin WI – Rush Lake                        Green Lake ahead

 

                 

Turn east to Ripon                              Ripon WI

 

                 

Ripon – follow tracks NE                    Fisk WI

 

                 

Oshkosh – cleared RW18                   Turning base

 

                 

Turning final                                        Final RW 18 KOSH