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Season 8 Race7: The Abbey at Monte Cassino

Event will run Tuesday, 15 May, 2007 at 2200 EDT-
(That is Tuesday at 7PM Pacific, 8PM Mountain,
9PM Central, 10PM Eastern; AKA Wednesday 3AM GMT)
 
EVENT AND COURSE DESCRIPTION FOR
"THE ABBEY AT MONTE CASSINO"
Terrain: Italy
Fuel Burn: 2.0
Fog Visibility: 10 Miles
Plane: Mosquito MkVI
Race Info VOX Channel: 200
Start Type: GullGutz Start
Start Field: A66 (Bishop)
Aircraft Loadout: PILOT CHOICE (no bombs or rockets)
Takeoff: SW Heading
Finish Type: Flying Finish at Bomber Hangar
Laps Per Heat: 3
Heats: 3 (Three Races - One Winner)
Views Enabled: F1, F3, and F5 (or "CM EYE")
 
Course Description:
1-Takeoff SW from A66.
2-Immediately make a left turn around the A66 Radar Tower,
followed immediately by making a right turn around the
Water Tower.
3-Continue your Right hand turn to be able to fly through
the large pad Bomber Hangar.
4-After flying through the Bomber Hangar make a right turn
to fly to the A66 town.
5-At the A66 town, the two Radar Towers will form a gate;
You must fly between the "gate" radar towers and then
immediately turn left around the water tower.
6-After turning left around the Water Tower, head for the
Abbey at Monte Cassino (the Large lone building on the
top of the mountain to the North East of A66's town.
7-When reaching the Abbey at Monte Cassino, make a 180
degree turn around it and fly right back down to the
A66 Town again. Left or Right turn around the Abbey,
Pilot can choose their preference.
8-Once reaching A66 Town again make a right turn around
the Water Tower and then immediately fly through the
"Gate" of the two Radar Towers at the town and continue
toward the A66 Field.
9-Upon reaching the A66 field again fly through the Grass
Bomber Hangar (the one to the most NE corner of the
field). This Bomber Hangar represents the completion
of Lap 1.
10-Repeat steps 2 through 9 to complete lap 2.
11-Repeat steps 2 through 9 to complete lap 3. Lap 3 is
the finish of the Heat. There are 3 heats to the race.

 
 
 

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