RFoV Adventures · VFR Discovery
Go somewhere worth finding.
General-aviation adventures built around scenery, navigation and discovery. Before the flight you get a concise mission briefing and visual clues. The richer track, route review and evidence belong to the debrief after you have flown it.
Brief first. Discover in the air. Debrief afterwards. RFoV deliberately avoids showing a complete prescribed flight path before an adventure. Use the briefing, your own navigation and the landscape. Once the sector is complete, the detailed recorded route becomes part of the story.
Adventure Tour · 20 stages
The Ring of Fire
Explore Earth's restless Pacific margin. Follow volcanic arcs from New Zealand to the Andes with bespoke visual charts, magnetic tracks, radio-navigation references and a volcanology story for every leg.
2 / 20 sectors complete
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New Zealand • Auckland Volcanic Field to Taupō Volcanic Zone
NZAA → NZROVolcanology Brief
Rangitoto
Tectonic setting: Pacific Plate subducting beneath the Australian Plate; Auckland itself is an intraplate basaltic field.
Why it matters: Auckland's youngest volcanic cone rises from the Hauraki Gulf and makes a perfect visual departure landmark.
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MISSION BRIEFING
New Zealand • Central Taupō Volcanic Zone
NZRO → NZAPMount Tarawera
Tectonic setting: Back-arc extension and subduction-related volcanism within the Taupō Volcanic Zone.
Why it matters: The 1886 eruption ripped open a chain of craters across Tarawera; the fissure is still striking from the air.
03
MISSION BRIEFING
New Zealand • Tongariro to Taranaki
NZAP → NZNPRuapehu
Tectonic setting: Taupō Volcanic Arc in the east, transitioning west toward the isolated Taranaki volcanic centre.
Why it matters: Ruapehu is New Zealand's highest active volcano and dominates the central North Island skyline.
04
MISSION BRIEFING
Indonesia • Bali to East Java
WADD → WADYAgung
Tectonic setting: Sunda Arc volcanism generated by northward subduction of the Indo-Australian Plate.
Why it matters: Agung is Bali's highest volcano and the island's dominant navigational landmark.
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MISSION BRIEFING
Indonesia • East Java Volcano Corridor
WADY → WARASemeru
Tectonic setting: Sunda Arc subduction volcanism along densely populated eastern Java.
Why it matters: Semeru is Java's highest volcano and forms the dramatic southern wall of the Tengger region.
06
MISSION BRIEFING
Indonesia • Central Java
WARA → WAHHMerapi
Tectonic setting: Sunda Volcanic Arc, where rapid subduction feeds a closely spaced chain of active stratovolcanoes.
Why it matters: Merapi is one of Indonesia's most persistently active volcanoes and sits immediately north of Yogyakarta.
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MISSION BRIEFING
Indonesia • Java to Sumatra via Krakatau
WAHH → WILLKrakatau
Tectonic setting: Sunda Arc subduction; the route crosses the volcanic spine of Java before reaching the Sunda Strait.
Why it matters: The 1883 Krakatau eruption was one of the defining volcanic disasters of modern history; the caldera remains active.
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MISSION BRIEFING
Philippines • Pinatubo and Taal
RPLC → RPLLPinatubo
Tectonic setting: Luzon volcanic arc and Philippine Mobile Belt, driven by complex subduction on both sides of the archipelago.
Why it matters: Pinatubo's 1991 VEI-6 eruption formed the modern summit caldera and affected climate worldwide.
09
MISSION BRIEFING
Philippines • Southern Luzon to Mayon
RPLL → RPLPMayon
Tectonic setting: Luzon Volcanic Arc above subduction associated with the Philippine Mobile Belt.
Why it matters: Mayon's near-symmetrical cone is one of the world's most recognisable stratovolcano profiles.
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MISSION BRIEFING
Japan • Southern Kyushu
RJFK → RJFTSakurajima
Tectonic setting: Ryukyu volcanic arc formed above subduction of the Philippine Sea Plate.
Why it matters: Sakurajima sits inside Aira caldera beside Kagoshima and is one of Japan's most active volcanoes.
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MISSION BRIEFING
Japan • Fuji and Central Honshu
RJNS → RJAFFuji
Tectonic setting: Complex junction of the Izu-Bonin, Northeast Japan and Nankai volcanic systems.
Why it matters: Fuji is Japan's highest mountain and a young stratovolcano rising almost 12,400 ft above sea level.
12
MISSION BRIEFING
Russia • Southern Kamchatka
UHPP → UHPMAvachinsky
Tectonic setting: Eastern Kamchatka volcanic arc above Pacific Plate subduction beneath the Okhotsk microplate.
Why it matters: Avachinsky and Koryaksky form the dramatic twin-volcano backdrop to Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky.
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MISSION BRIEFING
Russia • Central Kamchatka Giants
UHPM → UHPKKlyuchevskoy
Tectonic setting: Central and Eastern Kamchatka volcanic arcs above rapid Pacific Plate subduction.
Why it matters: Klyuchevskoy is the towering centerpiece of Kamchatka's volcano group and among Eurasia's highest active volcanoes.
14
MISSION BRIEFING
Alaska • Aleutian Arc
PACD → PADUShishaldin
Tectonic setting: Aleutian volcanic arc formed by Pacific Plate subduction beneath the North American Plate.
Why it matters: Shishaldin is a remarkably symmetrical cone rising from Unimak Island and makes an unmistakable VFR landmark.
15
MISSION BRIEFING
Alaska • Cook Inlet Volcanoes
PAHO → PANCRedoubt
Tectonic setting: Alaska Peninsula volcanic arc above Pacific Plate subduction.
Why it matters: Redoubt's eruptions have repeatedly affected aviation in Southcentral Alaska, making it a fitting aviation-volcanology waypoint.
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MISSION BRIEFING
USA • Washington Cascades
KBFI → KPDXMount St Helens
Tectonic setting: High Cascades volcanic arc above Juan de Fuca Plate subduction beneath North America.
Why it matters: The 1980 eruption and sector collapse created the iconic breached crater visible from the air today.
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MISSION BRIEFING
USA • Oregon to Northern California
KPDX → KRDDCrater Lake / Mount Mazama
Tectonic setting: High Cascades volcanic arc, continuing south from Oregon into northern California.
Why it matters: Crater Lake occupies the collapse caldera of Mount Mazama, formed by a huge eruption roughly 7,700 years ago.
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MISSION BRIEFING
Mexico • Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
MMPB → MMOXPopocatépetl
Tectonic setting: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt related chiefly to subduction of the Cocos and Rivera plates.
Why it matters: Popocatépetl is one of Mexico's most active volcanoes and rises immediately west of Puebla.
19
MISSION BRIEFING
Guatemala • Central American Volcanic Arc
MGGT → MGRTFuego
Tectonic setting: Central American volcanic arc above Cocos Plate subduction beneath the Caribbean Plate.
Why it matters: Fuego is persistently active and sits beside the much larger Acatenango complex southwest of Guatemala City.
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Ecuador • Northern Andes Finale
SEQM → SECUCotopaxi
Tectonic setting: Northern Andean volcanic arc above Nazca Plate subduction beneath South America.
Why it matters: Cotopaxi is one of the world's highest active volcanoes and an extraordinary opening waypoint for the final stage.