This flight is far more than your typical bush trip. It recreates the first London to Australia flight made in 1919--a distance of more than 14,000 miles. It is considered one of the greatest achievements in aviation history.
The team flew a Vickers Vimy, piloted by Ross Smith, with his brother Keith Smith as co-pilot and navigator, and Jim Bennett and Wally Shiers as mechanics. That original flight took nearly a month.
As you fly, be sure to read the companion PDF document with more details of their trip, including historical photos and links to historical documents.
Some notes on this bush trip:
- The trip is long. 14,000 miles long. It will take many days to complete.
- The adventure is split into four different bush trips: (1) London to Cairo, (2) Cairo to Calcutta, (3) Calcutta to Singapore, and (4) Singapore to Adelaide. They will show up under Activities/Custom Content. Note that FS2020 doesn't always put them in numerical order.
- The main download file contains the four bushtrips, plus a folder of PDFs with historic photos and a more detailed description of the historical flight. I strongly encourage you to read the PDF as you fly along.
- There is a secondary, optional download file containing a Flightbook, automatically created by BushTripInjector. It describes the specific waypoints used during the flight.
- For the most part, the descriptions of each leg should be clear enough for you to find the next waypoint. There are a few legs that are intentionally difficult to navigate, such as a 260 mile leg over much of France, where the Vimy was flying in between cloud layers and could only navigate with dead reckoning for several hours. With clear skies, you will have a much easier time.
- The default aircraft for the trip is a Savage Cub, so it has similar navigation abilities to the Vimy: a compass, an air speed indicator, an inclinometer, and a clock. The Cub has a slightly higher cruising speed, a higher operational ceiling, but a shorter range. Unlike the Vimy, the Cub has the luxury of an enclosed cockpit. See below for details about how to change the default aircraft.
- Because of the shorter range, you will need to stop and refuel on some of the longer legs of the bush trip. If you land at an airfield where fuel is available, the "fuel" toolbar icon will appear for you to add fuel. Alternatively, you can assign a button or keystroke to the "Repair and Refuel" action which you can use at any time.
- A few airstrips were created specifically for this bush trip, including the starting location at Brooklands near London (where the Vimy was outfitted for the trip), and the first destination at Hounslow Heath (the official start of the race). All of the custom airstrips made for this bush trip have runway lights, to try to make them easier to locate. The navigation log also offers guidance for how to find them.
- The bush trip and accompanying documents are machine translated into several languages.
- Weather defaults to clear skies, but can be changed for a more challenging adventure.
Hints:
- Use maps to give yourself a sense of where you are going and what you are looking for. The navigation log has screenshots at most waypoints to help you find your way.
- Think like a 1919 pilot with limited navigation aids. Plan to follow rivers, roads, and railroads--but make sure you are following the correct one. Fly up valleys and over mountain passes, rather than take direct routes.
- If you get lost, there are plenty of opportunities to find your way again. If you are trying to find a city on a coastline, turn and find the coast first, and then look for the city.
- Sometimes, the simulator doesn't reset the time of day when you begin a new leg. This will cause you to run out of daylight on some legs. After you complete a leg, if you "Return to Main Menu" (instead of "Continue"), the next leg will start in the morning.
If you would like to change the aircraft for the bush trip (because you want something faster or with autopilot), you can use the MissionChanger program from BuffyGC.
Created with BushTripInjector by BuffyGC.
Special thanks to BuffyGC and the BushTripInjector community for answering questions and offering guidance.
Suggestions for improvement to these bush trips are welcome.
There are several add-on sceneries to consider, but none are required:
London to Cairo:
Brooklands Museum, UK ( including airfield ) by mgh65
Viaduc de Ventabren by jeremy160189
Vesuvio by longastrino
Port of Naples cranes fix by Nimic
Aix TGV - L'arbois by jeremy160189
Cannes: Hôtels de la Croisette and Château de la Napoule by mv46
Château de Châteauneuf-du-Pape by mv46
Ibn Tulun Mosque, Cairo, Egypt by SUdashSMD
Marina Baie des Anges by eriktu
Muhammed Ali Mosque, Cairo, EGY by SUdashSMD
Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican by sebick
Pisa Piazza dei Miracoli by WonderOfficial
Rome - Ansa del Tevere - Parco de' Medici by AntoRm
Monaco high detail new version by marktaylor
Avignon city center by wtacod30650
Avignon city, France by Comolas
Cagnes-sur-Mer city, France by Comolas
Cannes city, France by Comolas
Italy - Lerici & San Terenzo by IlParaCapo
Italy - Pisa + aeroporto by IlParaCapo
Lyon by Thalixte
Lyon city by AdrianL
Monaco by marktaylor
Monte Carlo (French Riviera) by Olmecslayer
Napoli - Da Mergellina a Villa Volpicelli by Lucio Sergio Barelli
Napoli - Da Santa Lucia a Mergellina by Lucio Sergio Barelli
Napoli - Naples, the harbour by Lucio Sergio Barelli
Napoli - Naples; Secondigliano, Casavatore e Scampia by Lucio Sergio Barelli
Napoli - Posillipo e Nisida by Lucio Sergio Barelli
Napoli: Zona ospedaliera by Angelokade
Nice, France by Thalixte
Pisa by RazorRay
pisa by slasko79
Porto Venere by IlParaCapo & Mauro Melone
Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, Alpes Maritimes, France by comolas
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat city, France by Comolas
Cairo to Calcutta
India Gate by Viks
Mazar-E-Quaid Add-On Karachi by Syed Arbaz Rasheed
Bodhgaya by san
Calcutta to Singapore
Shwe Dagon Pagoda by ClemensFellner
Wat Arun by san
Bangkok Scenery by zinorules
Ipoh by Brandon
Singapore Downtown by EnjoyItFly
Singapore Changi Airport (WSSS) (Accurate Taxiways and Gates) by exocet_falling
Singapore Changi International Airport [WSSS] by ams7880
Singapore to Adelaide
ANZAC Bridge Sydney
Sydney Harbour Bridge (3) by
Three Sisters by c64orinoco
Aeronoms - Semarang Landmark for MSFS2020 by Aeronoms
Google Map -Supertree Grove Singapore by demotyken
IKEA Tempe/Sydney Airport by jarvoss
istiqlal mosque - jakarta by zibedvai
Parkes observatory by droide
Sydney Tower Eye (2) by
The National Monument - Monas by zibedvai
Adelaide CBD - Low Poly by High_Frame_Rates
Singapore Downtown by EnjoyItFly
Surabaya Overhaul by Haykl17
Sydney by JacobTang
Barcaldine, YBAR by Shanman
Charleville, YBCV by Shanman
Cloncurry -YCCY by Shanman
RAAF Darwin Airbase - YPDN - Northern Territory - Australia by Tag21
YBCK - Blackall Airport by kliff0rd
YWTN - Winton Airport by kliff0rd
Adelaide International Airport (YPAD) by Impulse Simulations
YCMW - Camooweal Airport by kliff0rd
RAAF Air Base Point Cook - YMPC - Australia - Tag21
i dont want to be tied to msfs bush trip.
thanks
5 months ago
4 months ago
bhpowell
Gs747
do not know if I'm the only one or if there are others like that.
not current enough after the last update?
otherwise everything is up to date!
6 months ago
Hi, Swissair67. I have heard no other reports of this.
I do not have a VR headset to test with.
Let's start with some obvious questions...
* Does it crash for you without VR?
* Have you disabled all other add-ons?
* What graphics card and VR headset do you have?
6 months ago
bhpowell
Premium
Swissair67
Premium
I am currently on the fourth trip and have reached as far as Sydney (Kingsford Smith Intl Airport. YSSY), however the flight plan ends at that point and there are no waypoints showing for flying the last three or four legs.
It would be an enormous shame to not complete the trip. Just want to get to Adelaide. Any help greatly apprecited.
Keep up the stunning good work!
8 months ago
Hmm, I'll need to check on this. I'll report back if I figure something out.
I just checked the files I uploaded. I believe all the content is there to get you all the way to Adelaide.
Can you confirm a few things?
* Are you using the latest 1.5.0 version of the bush trip?
* Do you have any custom scenery installed (specifically for Australia)? If so, can you try removing it temporarily to see if that changes things?
* Do you have the latest version of the simulator and the world update that includes Australia?
* Trip 4 (Singapore to Adelaide) should have 21 legs. Is that what you see? Leg 17 should take you from the main Sydney airport to the Richmond Military Base. If you see fewer than 21 legs, what's the last you see in the bush trip starting menu (where you choose the legs)?
8 months ago
bhpowell
Ogri98
8 months ago
Just_Johnny
I cant wait for the A2A Commanche to come out so I can recreate the Sheila Scott flight to Australia.
10 months ago
freddielaker2
Hi, first of all this is a great bush trip and I am really enjoying myself. However is there any way to save your current progress during a particular leg? Since most legs take upwards of 4 hours, I would like to save mid flight and continue an other time. I tried landing at a random airport in the hopes that MSFS would save this, but sadly it didn't.
10 months ago
Thank you, @TipsyTapir.
My understanding is that MSFS automatically saves your progress in the cloud at each waypoint. So if you crash, for example, it should resume from the last waypoint you passed. However, I sometimes see it revert back to the beginning of the current leg--so I guess sometimes it doesn't work.
To be clear, I don't think there's any way for a user (or the bush trip) to control how MSFS saves to the cloud, and I don't know if there's a trick to getting it to work.
If you look at the changelog for this trip, you'll notice I've slowly been updating this trip to improve the NavLog descriptions. Along the way, I've also been adding a few more waypoints--especially in the long straight stretches where it's nice to know that you're still on the right path. If the MSFS save mechanism works, that should prevent the amount of time you have to backtrack when you have to quit the bush trip in the middle of a flight.
I'm coming out with an update (hopefully today) that is focused on improvements to the Australia sections of the flight, but will be doing the same for other sections of the trip as well over time.
10 months ago
bhpowell
TipsyTapir
How do you change the default Savage Cub to a different plane?
I love this presentation and have installed it as well as read the very exciting documentation. I felt as if I were reading their daily log day by day. It was very well presented for which I'm grateful just to have read the story.
I launched and got ready to fly and noticed the Savage Cub does not have any form of navigation at all, not even a heading button. I don't mind the speed, but I only have a joystick and after 5 minutes of flying, I can see my hand is going to wear out to keep this on line allowing for winds to make continuous changes.
I clicked on your link where it states you can change planes, but the file needed has been removed. Is there another way to change planes I don't need a full GPS system, just the ability to hold a course as I will follow your directions.
Do you have any more missions like this that you you have put together?
Bless you - Kittster
I just saw and downloaded the Ford Trimotor plane. I may have to consider this for the flight.
11 months ago
Hi, @Kittster. Sorry for the broken link for MissionChanger--it has been removed from flightsim.to. Fortunately, it is still available elsewhere and you can download it from here: https://www.bushtripinjector.de/downloads/
I will update the link in my bush trip description.
Just curious... what plane do you plan to use? I often test with the TBM 930, which is twice as fast, has GPS and autopilot, but is small enough to land at the airstrips in this trip.
11 months ago
bhpowell
Kittster
Astoundingly interesting and well done! Does it really not work with the April update? Just downloaded and reading the material. I looked for this after reading about this trip at the Darwin Air museum on vacation. I never expected to find such a well done take on the trip!
2 years ago
Thanks for the kind comments.
I believe it does work just fine with the latest version; I just haven't marked it as compatible. (I'll do that now, but please let me know if you see any issues.)
2 years ago
bhpowell
tmcd
Quite a challenge but very informative and interesting. However I found I was running out of daylight. Finding Campo Di Volo Campiglia (LIXR) in the dark was not easy. What does everyone else do? Push on in the dark? Or wait for daylight? or use the mission changer (I haven't got it so don't know if you can change the time with this) I can't change the time on the weather menu. I can change the date but not the time.
2 years ago
Hmm, that's a good question, and something I somehow missed in testing.
The expedient answer is that MissionChanger can modify the time. When you expand the listing for this bush trip in MissionChanger, you can find the right "SAVE" file to modify for the next flight.
The desired behavior for each leg is that you start the next morning. I thought that was the default behavior. Maybe the Sim changed behavior, or maybe I'm missing a setting somewhere. I will investigate.
Update: In some testing so far, if you click "Continue" after a leg is completed, the next leg will start at the time you finished your previous leg. If you click "Return to Main Menu", the next leg will reset the clock to the start time of the bush trip (which is 8 AM local time based on where you are, I believe).
2 years ago
bhpowell
bmjmod
Bonjour, excellent bush-trip merci pour votre travail.
J'ai une question j'aurai voulu changer d'avion j'ai suivi les instructions mais cela ne fonctionne pas et je ne vois plus le voyage en sélection.
de Sim=Asobo Savage Cub je mets Sim=Microsoft Junkers Ju52 1939 car il est pas en sur asobo...
Si vous avez la solution merci d'avance. cdt
2 years ago
Pardon the English, but I only know a little French.
Have you tried the MissionChanger software? You can download it here:
https://flightsim.to/file/28469/missionchanger
I also think that you have to change the airplane before you fly any of the trip. You might try reinstalling and seeing if that helps.
Good luck and thank you for the kind rating!
2 years ago
bhpowell
jluc2607
This trip is excellent and very well researched. For this purpose, extra airfields are inserted, which no longer exist today. It is a pleasure to read and to fly. Without question 5 stars.
2 years ago
Koschi
No bush trip file, only docx and pdf
2 years ago
There are five files you need to download. The first one contains the documentation. The other four are the individual bush trips.
2 years ago
bhpowell
Altair2134
interressant mais au dézippage je n'ai que des fichiers docx et pdf !!! Lecture agréable mais pas possible d'inclure ce parcours dans Fs2020 pour que Fs2020 le lise ???
2 years ago
Il y a cinq fichiers que vous devez télécharger. Le premier contient la documentation. Les quatre autres sont les voyages individuels dans la brousse.
2 years ago
bhpowell
eliott3