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RobertVA Certificates/Ratings/Crew Stations: "May 1 0200z Multiplayer Plan" 04-30-05, 07:05z  Statue hunting on Easter Island. Departure/Destination airport information: SCIP Mataveri Intl. 27° 9.88' S 109° 25.30' W @ 227 ft rwy. 10/28 10,841 ft. 10(IIPA) ILS 110.30 Easter Island, also known as Isla De Pascua, is known for a large quantity of large stone statues carved over a 900 year period by the island's natives. The statue carving is believed to have only stopped when the natives exhausted the nutrients in the islands soil and suffered serious famine, civil war and no materials to build canoes. We are going to look for the statues. The appearance of the scenery is closer to real life if Autogen Scenery is temporarily turned off. The statues appear when Detail Scenery is set for normal or better. Select a slow aircraft and FLY LOW. FS 9.1 Easter Island statue locations Some of statues are not upright. Some of the upright statues are partially buried. Readings obtained with default Garmin GPSMAP 295 while on ground within a few dozen yards of a statue. The "To" column shows direction from the landing point to the VOR. Isla De Pascua VOR IPA 117.10 To From Dist. 1 084 264 00.7 2 270 090 00.8 3 264 084 01.2 4 264 084 01.6 5 255 075 02.6 6 257 077 02.7 7 248 068 03.3 8 242 062 05.9 9 222 042 07.4 10 150 030 06.8 11 133 313 02.0 12 148 328 03.1 FYI: This is a VERY ISOLATED place. The GPS doesn't even show a second nearest airport! The nearest airport, VOR and NDB modes only show facilities on the island. Considering lack of development on the island and length of runway I'm thinking Mataveri Intl. may have been built as an emergency strip for transports traveling between Santiago and Tahiti. From Arturo Merino Benitez Intl. (SCEL) Santiago, Chile via SNO(113.70) MORSA ROBIK MAKRA CARPA TACAS GAMBA OSTRA IPA(280.0) 2,029 nm, most along Jetway UL348 From Faaa (NTAA) Tahiti, French Polynesia via TAF(112.90) TATIA SAMEP SELVU SADIT SUNTA SAPOK SAURI SAKOB IPA(280.0) 2,294 nm, also along Jetway UL348 From Mururoa (NTTX) Mururoa, French Polynesia via MRA(115.30) SADIT SUNTA SAPOK SAURI SAKOB IPA(280.0) 1,638 nm, most along Jetway UL348 From Totegegie (NTGJ) via Sunta SAPOK SAURI SAKOB IPA(280.0) 1,404 nm, most along Jetway UL348 Robert Near KORF Alert Edit | Reply | Reply With Quote | Top

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