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Whiteout

As my second FSX mission port, I bring you Whiteout! This one is another one of my favorite missions as it presents the pilot with a fairly difficult challenge: VFR navigation in less than ideal conditions, followed by an instrument approach under radar control. In addition to the flying challenge, the storyline of this mission will certainly keep you on your toes. Well, as much as a mission in a flight simulator can do that, I suppose. Anyway, I hope you enjoy! 

Objective

Starting at Cascade Locks (KCZK), take an ice fisherman to Trout Lake (66WA), then return to Portland (KPDX) in instrument meteorological conditions. Your copilot will help you navigate and will handle all radio communications during this mission. Estimated time to complete: 60 minutes.

Prerequisites/Recommendations

It is highly recommended that you have basic instrument flying skills for this mission, as well as proficiency with using the G1000 NXi to fly an instrument approach. You should have the approach plate for the ILS or LOC 28R approach at KPDX on hand as well. For your convenience, I have included a copy of it in the download as a PDF, in addition to the airport diagram.

Tips

Write this part down or remember it or you will have trouble!

• When the co-pilot advises you to follow the highway, you may have trouble seeing it. You can follow the river adjacent to the highway instead.
• ***When asked to fly to the Portland VOR, you should simply fly direct to the Portland Airport. The mission dialogue is old (circa 2007), and this navigation aid does not exist in this simulator. This is because the Portland VOR (PDX) was decommissioned sometime in 2013, from what I could find online.
• Your aircraft is equipped with a Synthetic Vision System (SVS). While it is not legal or safe to use SVS as a substitute for being able to see out the window in real life, this is a fictional scenario within a simulator. You may have to do this at some point.

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Installation

1. Drag and drop all folders starting with synoxys787 into your community folder. You do not have to reinstall the sceneries if you already have them installed.

2. Launch the sim. You should find the mission under Activities > Custom Content (Scroll all the way to the right).

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Known Issues

• (Attempted to fix in 1.0.1) The mission may not automatically end when parking in the designated spot. For now, please exit the mission manually if it does not end automatically.
• The weather is a little tame to be a true whiteout. I had to balance between having whiteout conditions and being able to scud run successfully without overreliance on synthetic vision. Also, it is currently impossible for me to have snow in one area and not in another like it was in the original mission. Therefore, there is no precipitation.
• The waypoint markers cannot be turned off. This is not ideal, but I feel that some of these markers are necessary for people to understand where they need to go to continue the mission. 

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Credits

This version of Whiteout was made by Synoxys787.

The idea for the mission, along with the story, script, and voiceover comes from Microsoft Flight Simulator X. Thank you to the great people who created the original mission for making a memorable experience!

Special thanks to BuffyGC for his work on BushTripInjector, which is what I used to create this bush trip.