SCX Around the World

 In the past month SCX has flown to 41 different countries (Albania, Algeria, Angola, Anguilla, Antarctica, Argentina, Australia, Bermuda,Brazil, British Virgin Islands, Canada, Chile, Cook Islands, Ecuador, French Guiana, Greece, Guyana, Hong Kong, India, Japan, Laos, Libya, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger, Norway, Panama, Peru, Puerto Rico, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Turks And Caicos Islands, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom and The United States), over 300 flights for 150,000 nautical miles by 12 pilots.

Here's a small gallery of the last months flying

737 flying over McMurdo Sound in Antarctica

King Air in Central Africa

A320 ariving in Chios, Greece

A320 in Barcelona

B747-400 Crossing the Atlantic

SCX King Air 350

 Fresh out of the paint shop is the new King Air 350 for MSFS.  This paint has been added to the [SCX] Central Livery Repository

SCX 'Generic' LRM Sound Pack

 Using a script, from a number of sources and some clever Text-To-Speech tools we now have a 'Generic' AI voiced sound package for LRM's Cabin Manager

The AeroPad Cabin Manager

LRM Soundpack setup for our Generic sound set.

Our sound package covers all of the 'normal' cabin calls, used in a regular flight.  There will be a tutorial coming soon on how to enable and use AeroPad and Cabin Manager.

For instructions on how to enable the AeroPad, check out this entry on the FSHub Wiki.

Download the [SCX Generic SoundPack]

More Milestones

 Southern Charter joined the FSHub world in December 2021, and in the subsequent 3 years have turned over 10,000 flights, 7,000 hours, and over 3 million miles.  This is a pretty amazing achievement for our relatively small airline, and a credit to the dedication and hard work of all of our pilots.

Airline stats as of September 8th 2024.

More Charter Operations

 Thanks to the great work of Jacob we now have a far bigger range of charters available for pilots. These charters cover a great range of mission types, from medical transfers to moving jets around for maintenance.

Each of these charters have their own back story, which adds a whole new dimension to these flights.  Check this example of a charter being flown as I write this:

Charters now have a great story, with some randomness to keep them fresh!   Jacob has done an epic job setting these up, now it's time for us to fly some :)  And remember, the end of month reports will show how many charters we've flown ;-)

Access the Charters via the Crew Portal, or directly here:  [SCX Charters]

Monthly reports

FSHub recently launched Airline Reports covering a wide range of statistics, and as was pointed out on the SCX discord; "It's a hobby for stats!"

The reports feature, though in it's infantcy gave us an interesting insight into our operations and something which we will try to do each month.

Click here to view the  May 2024 Report

Unfortunately not long after this report was created the feature was taken down for furter development, hopefully it will be available again for the end of June's report!

Introducing the A-3 Skywarrior to the SCX Tactical Fleet

 SCX Tactical doing a little training in the A-3 Skywarrior, beter known in Navy service as the 'Whale'.  The A-3 started life as a carrier-borne bomber, but later served as an electronic 'agressor' over electronic warefare ranges, as well as playing the bad-guy at exercises like Red Flag.  SCX Tactical intendes using the A-3 as a contract bad guy for Contract "Red Air'.

A-3 on the Ramp at Inyokern

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New contract for aircraft deliveries

 SCX has secured a contract to deliver brand new ATR 72-600's for Air New Zealand, under Contract [SCX66]

The aircraft are to be picked up from the factory in Toulouse, and flown to Auckland in New Zealand.  The flight plan is in 10 legs from Europe through the Middle East and Asia before crossing Australia before the jump across the Tasman and arriving in Auckland. 

GC Mapper - Route Summary

A Multi-Leg achievement has been set up for the delivery flight on the SCX Crew Portal.

Southern Charter is persuing more ferry/delivery contracts, across all of our divisions. SCX Shipping is presently negotiating a deal to relocate Cruise Ships around the globe, news of that will be coming soon.

Welcome to the Fleet!

 Welcome to the Southern Charter fleet, SCX Blackadder!

Blackadder joins the Matchett and Moana Roa at SCX shipping, increasing total capacity by approximately 40%.  Her shakedown voyage was from Long Beach North through San Francisco and Seattle, then Further North up into Alaska visiting Ketchican and Juneau before heading back South to Vancouver.

The entire fleet is headed for Los Angeles for some R&R before deploying again to the oceans of the world.

Discussions and negotiations are underway regarding a home-port for SCX Shipping's operations.  The original plan was to call Los Angeles home, given it's proximity to SCX's Headquarters at Inyokern, but this is now just one of the potential locations being looked at.

SCX Shipping Fleet Expansion

 SCX Shipping is in the process of sourcing an additional vessel to the fleet, expanding to 3 ships operating full-time.  This expansion will allow the Moana Roa, the smallest vessel in the current fleet, to return to shorter routes, more suited to her size and speed. The new vessel will join the MV John Matchett on the long-haul routes doubling SCX Shippings capability.

Trials of potential vessels are underway with the MV Ken Koku, a 23,000DWT Bulk Carrier testing off the US West Coast.

MV Ken Koku preparing to leave Long Beach for Sea Trials

Once a new vessel is selected it will need a new name, and a repaint before the official naming ceremony, and entry into revenus service with SCX Shipping.   Suggestions for names can be submitted via our Discord server, or via email to admin@southerncharter.net

IDAP Departure from Kosovo

 In recent sad news, our FSHub partner IDAP have ceased both their FS and ARMA3 operations.  This marks the end of a great conract and partnership for Southern Charter.

As a result of this we will be assisting in the repatriation of deployed IDAP assets, including not only those in the current Kosovo deployment, but teams in Somalia and Mexico. Updated schedules will be posted on the Operations Page, and FSHub's achievements page shortly.  SCX's vessels are currently inbound for Durres to uplift equipment and personnel, before stopping at Bari then heading back to Texas.

The partnership with IDAP has been valuable for SCX, taking us to some out-of-the-normal destinations over the past year.  The management team are working with a few other Virtual Organisations with an eye to securing some similar 'support' contracts.

SCX Freighter heading for Kosovo