The Gordon Reid on patrol in the area of Bella-Bella
For FSX only
 
Jean-Pierre Fillion, Quebec, www.jpfil.com


The offshore patrol ship Gordon Reid is based in Victoria, British Columbia. Follow her in his patrol in the Great Bear Rainforest fjords. Departure every day at 14:00 UTC near Bella Bella (CYJQ or CAF2). The trip ends around 19:00.


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Installation
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Place the ZIP content in FSX (C:\Program Files\Microsoft Games\Microsoft Flight SimulatorX), like this :
- AI_GordonReid and AI_SpeedBoat folders in …SimObjects\Boats\
- speeboat_bella folder in …Addon Scenery\
- trafficNaviresJP.bgl file in …Scenery\World\Scenery\ 

Traffic FSX should be set at least 10%. 

Add the Speeboat_bella scenery in the FSX Scenery Library.


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Helicopter CCG
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To install the Canadian Coast Guard texture on the FSX default Bell 260B, follow the instructions in the HELICO folder.


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Suggested aircraft types
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Fjords patrol : single or twin piston engines.
Land patrol and officers transport : helicopter.


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The journey 
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The ride was built using GoogleEarth and slightly corrected to correspond with the scene BellaFSX of Holger Sandmann (BellaFSX.zip). Not sure that this road is compatible with the default scenery of FSX. Then the scene Sandmann is mandatory, and so much more beautiful! 

The ride : Bella-Bella, heading North-West; Return Channel; heading north-east in Dean Channel to the end, then U-turn; Labouchere Channel; heading east in Burke Channel; North Bentinck Arm to the end, then U-turn near the Bella Colla river; South Bentinck Arm, round-trip; heading West in Burke Channel; Kwatna Inlet, round-trip and then heading east; Hakai Passage; Hunter Channel; Lama Passage and Bella-Bella. 

The best way to understand the topography of this region is to use the Canada Atlas web site: http://atlas.nrcan.gc.ca/site/english/maps/topo/map/topographicmap_view


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Additional notes
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The helizone of the ship is fictitious, just for your pleasure and the challenge ... In addition the vessel behavior is erratic : small jumps, irregular speed, with slower deceleratoin before turn, then acceleration after. I do not know the solution but for now it adds to the challenge of landing! 

Because of the jumps ship, a helicopter parked on the hélizone for some time ... could blow up! 

At a distance, the wakes are generally visible before the boat itself.


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What you said speedboat?
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Be ready for a hunt for smugglers!

Two speedboats to find: a mobile one (the Gordon Reid following his trail) and another one accosted near a logging road, close to an inhabited place, where

stock is landed on smaller vehicles. It would also further down the road transhipment of stock between vehicles and small trucks

timber transportation. Finally, you learn that police officers en route to the crime scene broke down shortly after their departure from Bella Coola.

Your tasks:

1) locate the speedboat sailing in the fjords;
2) locate the speedboat landed near a logging road;
3) locate the timber truck;
4) carry police officers from their vehicle (a big black SUV) to timber truck.

Good luck!


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Jean-Pierre Fillion, Québec (CYQB)
jpfil001@hotmail.com

Others scenery from Concepteurs virtuels du Québec : www.okad.ca/cvq/
