Fly Queen Elizabeth II Around Fiji Achievement

Single achievement

Fly Queen Elizabeth II Around Fiji

This is a virtual airline achievement created by Wayback Machines.

It's 1953, and Great Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Phillip have chartered a flying boat sightseeing excursion around Fiji. This is the first time the British royal family have chartered a flight on a commercial airliner.

The pair board your flying boat at the hydrobase in Suva (NFLB). Fly them along the southern coast of Fiji, landing at the Treasure Island seaplane base (NFRS) on the west coast, near Nadi. After a brief stop to explore the island, return the royals to Suva via the same route.

Route & Payload:

Route: Direct from the hydrobase at Suva, Fiji to the seaplane base at Treasure Island, and return to Suva
Plane configuration: The Queen, Prince Phillip and 6 members of their entourage, 7 crew, 250 kg cargo

Visual, dead reckoning

Aircraft:

The Queen flew on a Short Solent flying boat, but since we don't have that in MSFS, acceptable substitutes include:

Boeing 314 Clipper, or
Dornier Do X, or
Latécoère 631

Required Scenery:

Flying Boats Era's Hydrobases by Skylane (MSFS PC Only)

Criteria for Flying Boats:

Depart from and land at NMEB

For land-based aircraft, use the Criteria below:

Criteria

Depart from NFNA, fly to and land at NFNA (-1 NM), your flight distance must be further than 100 NM.

You will be awarded XP 25 for completing this achievement.