At least four times a week, pilots employed by DC3 Airways (www.dc3airways.net) gather for a series of multi play flights. The flight plans are created by designated volunteer members and roam the globe. We use such software as Swift to link us together in multi play, and Teamspeak for voice communication.

The flights are in our namesake aircraft, the DC3 in any of its forms, military or civilian as the situation of each flight suggests. Sometimes, pilots will choose to fly the larger DC4, again as situation and desire dictate.

Some months ago, during one of our regular multi player sessions, one of our pilots was talking about the pleasures he and his wife enjoyed from vacations through the Inner Passage and up to Alaska. That comment sparked an idea, a series of float or amphibian flights as an ad hoc endeavor for DCA pilots.

Now, we are making these plans public for everyone to enjoy, whether a member of DCA or not. And, while that membership is not required, please feel free to explore our web site and consider joining what has become one of, if not the best community of flight simulator enthusiasts this hobby is fortunate to enjoy.

None of these flights require, or are even suitable for DC3s, though some of our pilots will use the pontoon version made available as the MAAM package of DC3 aircraft.

Most of us will use a variety of de Havilland Beavers or Otters, the Carenado Cessna 185 bush aircraft or others as they choose. A wide variety of other freeware float and amphibian aircraft can be found in the FlightSim.Com library, as well as other sources.

Our pilots fly on a range of programs from FS2004 up to Prepar3D and X-Plane, as they choose. The common denominator has been online friendship, communication and an interest in the hobby.

The flight plans are largely self explanatory. Many of us will use Little Navmap to track our routes as we fly together. A baker's dozen flight plans are available for your use. Should you wish the rest of the series please feel free to contact FlightSim.Com.

Sherman Kaplan
www.dc3airways.net
float_flights_from_glen.zip

Flight Plans

Flight Plan 1: W55 to W33

Flight Plan 2: W33 to CCX6

Flight Plan 3: CCX6 to CAW5

Flight Plan 4: CAW5 to CAW5 round robin

Flight Plan 5: CAW5 to CAW5 second round robin

Flight Plan 6: CAW5 to CAW8

Flight Plan 7: CAW8 to CAY4

Flight Plan 8: CAY4 to CZSW

Flight Plan 9: CZSW to CYXT

Flight Plan 10: CYXT to CAC3

Flight Plan 11: CAC3 to KBE

Flight Plan 12: KBE to PAKX

Flight Plan 13: PAKX to KWF