Intro Flight for Viggen

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The intro flight is a newcomer's first familiarization flight. Its purpose is mainly to make sure all technical things work, make the newcomer feel welcome, go through some radio stuff and have some fun. It's not that important to learn any particular skills during the flight. That can come later. This article describes the content of the sortie. A newcomer is welcome to practice any moments before, but there is no requirement nor expectation to do so.

However, all newcomers are expected to have gone through the Technical Checklist carefully, before the flight. This step is important. You're more than welcome to ask for help if you have any issues following the guide, but please don't ignore any of the mandatory steps.

The intro flight is designed for Viggen pilots, for other aircraft see Intro Flight .

Brief description of the sortie

Overview

Pre-flight

• Meet up on Discord
• Make sure Teamspeak and SRS works, including all PTT buttons
• SRS overlay and IFF/Transponder (mission 1XXX, training 0XXX, XXX=sidenumber)
• The 1 minute version of what MA is and what we do
• Briefing. Quickly go over what we will do during the flight and look at the map.

Flight

1. Disable Labels
2. Startup
   1. Loadout: Rb74 x 2, ARAK x 2, XT
   2. Load cartridge and review flight plan
   3. Tower channel S1 check-in (Report “2!”)
   4. Setup weapon and mode selector
3. Formation takeoff
4. Package channel S3 check-in (Report “2!”)
5. Fence in at WP2 (Report “2, fenced in, [fuelstate]!”)
6. Learn **raygun** and **buddyspike** calls (“Raygun, angels 12!”, “Buddyspike, angels 12!”)
7. Engage enemy aircraft at WP3 (Report “Fox 2! Splash 1!”)
8. Release rockets on target at WP4
9. Fence out (Report “2, fenced out, [fuelstate]!”)
10. Go through on-speed flying (vektor och fena)
11. Tower channel S1 check-in (Report “2!”)
12. Straight-in (or overhead break at 500 m) and land

Post-flight

• Short debriefing, going through what we just did and how it went. Some pointers on how to continue.
• Invitation to "Member" and "Rookie" status in Discord.