The Bremem 2024
In 1928 three adventurers took to the sky in a Junkers W33 aircraft called the Bremen. They took off from Baldonnel Aerodrome in County Dublin and made their way to North America. It was the first transatlantic flight from east to west with a fixed-wing aircraft. The flight took 36 hours from start to finish after the crew experience some issues with navigation and the aircraft.
In 2003 the Irish Air Corps along with the German Air Force launched a memorial flight to honour the Bremen crew for its 75th anniversary.
In 2021 the Fireflies re-enacted this flight in MSFS and each year we take to the skies to mark the occasion.
This year as we mark our 4th anniversary flight, the route will consist of 4 x legs with one being completed each week.
Starting on Friday April 12 we will complete a single leg of the flight and over the next 4 weeks we will complete this mini-series and finish on May 3rd - the day after the crew were awarded the United States Distinguished Flying Cross by President Calvin Coolidge.
The aircraft chosen for these flights: (as always - you can fly anything you'd like - the below list is just the aircraft I will focus on with setup, systems, and flying)
Airbus A320 Boeing 737 BAE 146 Azur Poly C-160
The route chosen for this year has one slight change: EIME - BIKF* - BGBW* - CYYR* - CYBX - CYYR* ( * = full stop landings)
FireFly Air Achievement
But thats not all! Each leg will be flown and streamed live each week but will also require some supporting flights.
These "ferry flights" will be achievements set up on FireFly Air with a new challenge available that will require the movement of certain aircraft (alternative aircraft will be announced) from one location to another - and some special requirements may apply. The idea here is to offer our FFA pilots some routes that will have enhanced XP available to earn.
In order to obtain this multi-achievement you must complete each of the following achievements.
You will be awarded XP 1000 for completing this achievement.
Date | Departure | Arrival | Pilot | Aircraft | Landing rate | Distance | Flight time | ||
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19MAY24 1747Z | BGBW | CYYR | BigBossRobinson | Airbus A320 (A320) | -256 ft/m | 676 nm | 01:46 | View | |
16MAY24 2359Z | CYBX | CYYR | Obslynnx33 | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -119 ft/m | 199 nm | 00:36 | View | |
09MAY24 0335Z | CYBX | CYYR | SeanLegoMan | Boeing 737-600 (B736) | -175 ft/m | 167 nm | 00:33 | View | |
08MAY24 2203Z | CYBX | CYYR | Viperstrike95 | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -246 ft/m | 172 nm | 00:26 | View | |
08MAY24 0727Z | CYBX | CYYR | Ironbird | ATR ATR-72-600 (AT76) | -82 ft/m | 184 nm | 00:54 | View | |
06MAY24 1754Z | CYBX | CYYR | ProbiePete | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -532 ft/m | 164 nm | 00:51 | View | |
06MAY24 1210Z | BIKF | BGBW | Toto2495 | Airbus A320 neo (A20N) | -174 ft/m | 686 nm | 01:50 | View | |
05MAY24 1258Z | CYBX | CYYR | Daiki Decimus | ATR ATR-42-600 (AT46) | -149 ft/m | 176 nm | 00:48 | View | |
04MAY24 1845Z | CYBX | CYYR | Restoring 226 | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -699 ft/m | 171 nm | 00:38 | View | |
04MAY24 1315Z | CYBX | CYYR | Devildude1 | Airbus A330-900 (A339) | -79 ft/m | 195 nm | 01:13 | View | |
04MAY24 0501Z | CYBX | CYYR | Shaun Dale | Transall C-160 (C160) | -251 ft/m | 169 nm | 00:38 | View | |
04MAY24 0232Z | CYBX | CYYR | MDA009 | Transall C-160 (C160) | -319 ft/m | 173 nm | 00:43 | View | |
03MAY24 2343Z | CYBX | CYYR | SoaringAJ | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -48 ft/m | 187 nm | 00:41 | View | |
03MAY24 2235Z | CYBX | CYYR | RecklessRay | Boeing 737-700 (B737) | -74 ft/m | 197 nm | 00:40 | View | |
03MAY24 2233Z | CYBX | CYYR | Pappa_Razzi | Boeing C-17 Globemaster III (C17) | -239 ft/m | 167 nm | 00:26 | View | |
03MAY24 2157Z | CYBX | CYYR | LargerLife | Boeing 737-800 (B738) | -469 ft/m | 194 nm | 00:38 | View | |
03MAY24 2040Z | CYBX | CYYR | Stirling M0ss | Transall C-160 (C160) | -169 ft/m | 181 nm | 00:48 | View | |
03MAY24 2040Z | CYBX | CYYR | Martell | Cessna 700 Citation Longitude (C700) | -169 ft/m | 202 nm | 00:49 | View | |
03MAY24 2038Z | CYBX | CYYR | NightHawk1867 | Airbus A320 neo (A20N) | -98 ft/m | 177 nm | 00:35 | View | |
03MAY24 2038Z | CYBX | CYYR | Kaharia | Boeing 737-600 (B736) | -368 ft/m | 214 nm | 00:46 | View |