2016 SOH Summer Race Event

Airfields of the Vietnam War

The challenge is to fly a circuit visiting several of the airfields in Thailand and Vietnam that were used in the war, as quickly as possible, without crashing, or exceeding the speed of sound.

Any aircraft that was operational in the Vietnam War is eligible.

The event starts at 12:00 GMT, Friday, July 1. The race will last until 12:00 GMT time on August 1.

Scoring: The flight times, as recorded by the Duenna program, will be added together at the end of the event. The final result will be your total race time, minus penalties associated with breaking the sound barrier. At the end of the event, the fastest in the following three categories will be recognized: Fastest Jet, Fastest Turboprop, and Fastest Piston Engine.

The route consists of the airports listed below. Start from any airport. Make a full stop landing at each of the other airports listed. The order in which you fly the way points is up to you.

VTBU, U-Taphao Intl
VTPI, Takhli
VTUD, Udon Thani
VVDB, Dienbien
VVNB, Noibai Intl
VVCI, Catbi
VTUW, Nakhon Phanom
VVDN, Danang Intl
VTUU, Ubon Ratchathani
VVPC, Phucat
VVNT, Nhatrang
VTUN, Khorat
VVTS, Tansonnhat

Navigation: No GPS or any other third party “moving map” display that shows where you are, unless the aircraft you select had such a moving map display, and it is modeled in the FS aircraft. An example of this is the RAZBAM A-7E and the Projected Moving Map Set (PMDS).

The Duenna flight tracking program, version v2.0.396, must be used for this event, since it is the only version that tracks supersonic flight. The Duenna program can be downloaded from the RTW Race site, HERE.

The PDF file HERE documents the rules more completely. It's only five pages...