LEARN TO LOW FLY AJ-G:
FLY FROM WADDINGTON AB EGXP:
NDB none - ILS (21) 110.5 >207 - DME 117.10 Elevation 231ft.
Outer Marker (21) N53 15.3 W00 27.9
You will need to set up the aircraft to fly, use the check list information. You should load the aircraft with maximum fuel.
617 Squadron had permission to low fly anywhere in the UK, take off from Waddington, the nearest base to Scampton in FS2004 with ILS Navigation facilites.
The remnents of an old CFS1 practice range can be found about 32 miles away. The entry co-ordinates at 3 miles out are: N53 07.9 W01 26.40.
Take off runway 3 and climb to 1500 ft, set course for the range, 160mph unfortunately Chuck Domes co-ordinate gps maynot work correctly in this area, if it stays at either end of the scale then when it moves the heading has been reached. Approximate heading is 270.
At about 12 miles out:
00=Autopilot OFF
01= Screen zoom at 1.0, switch in the low flying tool and reduce height to 60 feet above ground and low fly at 160mph. Fly under any power lines, between high buildings and do not get trees in your radiators. You must be in the red area of the gauge with the needle working or you fail the test.
02=The test range is on a small lake that has obviously dried up since CFS1 as the wall is on dry land. Come up to 500 feet to see what your up against.
03=The range has no towers left but its width with the Eder bomb sight will place your aircraft at about 450 yds from the wall.
04=The range has markers at 700 yds, 500yds and at 100yd intervals to the wall.
05=There is a small river on the eastern side of the lake, turn and using the low flying tool follow its general course at +60feet.
06=Turn for an attack from about 5 miles out, heading is 185 magnetic, set screen zoom 0.31, default seat height (space bar), reduce height, increase speed to 200mph.
07=Switch in the Dann Bombsight for the Eder, down to +60 feet and hold a level 210-220mph aligned with the wall over the markers.
08=PAUSE when you think you would release the bomb.
09=Use the ground map to check the aircrafts position, you should be between the 500yd and 400 yd markers, on line and no more than 2 degrees off heading (183-187).
10=Use [Alt A F] and reduce the aircraft loading by 9250 lbs (upkeep weapon station 2 zero), reduce fuel to 30%. Switch off the bomb sight, select max boost of 12. Release Pause.
11=Repeat the river low flying as per 05 above
12=Climb to 2500 feet and return to the Waddigton airbase, (hope you entered the Waddington ILS details). Perhaps fly via Scampton N 53 18.5 W00 33.1 and have a look at the starting point for the original Dambuster raid in 1943, even though still in use it is just a runway in FS2004.
Moehne Dam Wall: N51 29.7 - E008 03.5, Eder Dam Wall: N51 10.6 - E009 01.3
May your training help you to be accepted into 617 Squadron (RAF) for the Dambuster Raid as a pilot, flight engineer, navigator and bomb aimer.
Devised by Ross McLennan, August - October - final November 2004.
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