MFC0058 BWEP Southern Alaska SAK (PAVD-PAXK)


Return to Misty Moorings ("RTMM") has completed the BWEP add-on scenery which depicts the Alaska Pipeline:  from Port of Valdez through to Prudhoe Bay (Deadhorse) which is located in northern Alaska.

RTMM’s scenery project: "Blue Wave Energy Partners" (BWEP) pipeline project attempts, as much as possible, to replicate the characteristics and overall challenges facing a crude oil delivery platform similar to the that of the actual Trans-Alaska Pipeline.  

This pipeline exploration segment will commence at Valdez (PAVD) and will firstly take you around the Port of Valdez before heading northward to Paxson (PAXK). The routing in this initial BWEP exploration will also explore some new associated RTMM side trips as well as the BWEP pipeline dispatches.

Aircraft: Low and slow single engine prop (non-turbo) fixed wing: DHC-2 Beaver, Maule M7, C185, C206, c207 etc, PA-18 Super Cub, and if running in winter season perhaps you might want to add ski-wheel or tundra wheels. These make great aircraft to use in this exploration tour. There are BWEP liveries on the RTMM BWEP page, (RTMM’s Klaus Tröppner has also created some great BWEP repaints for these designated aircraft).  (Expect I’ll run the C185 in this trip but feel free to use the aircraft of your choice). The idea here is to run as low and slow as possible to be able to see the various scenery locations and to be able to follow the “pipes”.

For the helo pilots - specifically helicopters operated by the BWEP: refer to Klaus Tröppner’s Helicopter repaints: These include BWEP liveries of the following models that you can fly in this tour: Erickson S64, Bell212, Bell412, AS332, Bell 206, Bell 222 or the MD530.  

Hope you enjoy the trip following the pipes and visiting most of the RTMM/BWEP poi’s in this rugged area.

Tour Flight Leg Rating Conditions: “6A0”
6=Max landing rate is -600fpm,
A=Autopilot and/or GPS use permitted: (but not recommended).
0= # of Stop-overs in the flight leg* IE: 0-stops but optional stops if you want.

The Tour download for this excursion is available in the Tour downloads section which contains the all the tour details, scenery requirements, stop-over locations, flight plans, sky vector map links as well as the award for completion so make sure you obtain the tour download for all of the tour specifics.