Have you ever wanted to drive around the United States delivering mail? Have you wanted to do that in a plane, but slower? Now you can!

#1B in a series of missions based on early Airmail Delivery Routes

Aeronautical Bulletin - Route Information Series Number 1: 
Leg 2: Sacramento Executive (KSAC), Sacramento, California to Crissy Field (KCSY), San Francisco, California
 - Departure Time: 12:00PM
 - Weather: Live
 - Distance: 69.27 NM
 - ETE: 01:15
   
About the Series:
When airmail began in 1918, airplanes were still a fairly new invention. Pilots flew in open cockpits in all kinds of weather, in planes later described as “a nervous collection of whistling wires, of linen stretched over wooden ribs, all attached to a wheezy, water-cooled engine. Pilots followed landmarks on the ground; in fog they flew blind. Gradually, through trial and error and personal sacrifice, U.S. Air Mail Service employees developed reliable navigation aids and safety features for planes and pilots. They demonstrated that flight schedules could be safely maintained in all kinds of weather. Then they created lighted airways and proved that night flying was possible. Once the Post Office Department had proven the viability of commercial flight, airmail service was turned over to private carriers, flying under contract with the Department. In the days before passenger service, revenue from airmail contracts sustained commercial airlines. These missions celebrate those early days of aviation.

All POIs and route markers were hand placed in Littlenavmap using Library of Congress Airway System Set Maps, route direction bulletins, and total guesswork based on the information available.

These routes are not 100% accurate, but I have spent a lot of time to get as close as I can. Many early airports have been abandoned, railroad lines have gone out of business, roads and highways have been built, rivers dry up or get diverted, houses get repainted, water towers get torn down, you get the idea. Though all routes still use the given waypoints and try to stick to the spirit of the original flight, route descriptions have been clarified and POI names have been updated where appropriate.

All missions use the Curtiss JN-4D Jenny. You can change the plane in the .FLT file if you know what you're doing.

Most missions will be 2 legs with a flight out and a return trip as they were originally described (in the case of this trip, the first leg landed at Mather Airport nearby, and you can't change departure airports in Bush Trips.

Installation:
Extract to your community folder
Launch from Activities > Custom Content

Features: 
Runway start
No GPS
You're carrying your 170 pound self and 150 pounds of mail in the Co-Pilot seat
The mission will end when you've stopped (you don't have brakes, let it roll)
Navigation Aids: Off but can be enabled if you want waypoint markers
Piloting: All off. Auto-Rudder can't be locked, so if you really want to enable it, go ahead
User Experience: Off except opening VFR map and Navlog, but can be changed as you wish
Failure and Damages: Enabled but can be turned off
POIs: All Off (they don't appear to work in Bush Trips even if enabled)
Translations are done by machine and are not tested, apologies for any errors

Bushtrip #1B Notes:
I apparently put Crissy Field in the wrong place in mission 1A so I moved it a mile or so to the west to the actual Crissy Field instead of Marina Green. That gives you a little more room to land, but I'm still experimenting with the airport generator, so it looks less like a landing strip than the first mission. Just land on the green patch and you'll be ok.  
Again, Ryer island is missing in the game. You should fly past it crossing Suisun Bay, it appears on both Google and Bing Maps, but appears as open water in game. It's not as noticeable in this mission as the first.
You'll want to stay fairly low for the first half of the trip as power lines can be hard to spot from above 1200 feet or so.

Recommended Mods:
Water fix - San Francisco County, California, USA

Other Mods I use:
Mamudesign - Marinas
Powerlines and Solar Farms
We Love VFR - Region 2

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