24JUN22 | Horsham to Swan Hill

Simulation Date/Time: Current date set to daylight.

Weather: Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
If not using live weather, please be mindful of others who are using live weather and will be taking off and landing into the wind.

Distance: 125 nm

Est Flight Time: Approx 75 min

Aircraft: Cessna 172 or similar aircraft capable of 100-110 kias.

Altitude: Not above 8500 ft. Suggested 1500 ft.

Flight plan

File as: YHSM YWKB YBIR YWYF YQBK YSWH

GPS flight plan is available for FSX/P3D .pln, MFS2020 .pln, X-Plane .fms and Little Navmap.

Navigation: Pilots are encouraged to navigate visually. For those less familiar the GPS flight plan is the recommended method of navigation.

Communications

Australia uses CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) for radio comms at uncontrolled airfields. During an event, Pilots are requested to broadcast intentions on the published CTAF. Pilots should also be aware that it is a VATSIM CoC (Code of Conduct) requirement that all pilots at uncontrolled airfields should monitor UNICOM on 122.800. Pilots should ensure that at least one of their radios (COM 2 being the most likely) is tuned to receive UNICOM transmissions in addition to transmitting and receiving on the published CTAF.

Pilots also should read this post regarding the implications of using VATSIM UNICOM for CTAF. It provides some insight into potential pitfalls for the unwary when monitoring 122.80 in a CTAF environment.

Scenery

Due to the plethora of simulation platforms now being used, scenery is left to the discretion of each pilot. Updated X-Plane scenery is available for Horsham in OzXP and for other airports (this includes Quambatook which is not in default X-Plane).

Flight details

• HORSHAM [YHSM] Takeoff
  elev: 445
  rwy: 08/26 17/35 asphalt
  CTAF: 118.8
   
• VITERRA DOOEN (GRAIN SILOS) overfly - visual along the Wimmera Highway
   
• WARRACKNABEAL [YWKB] T&G - visual along the Henty Highway
  elev: 397
  rwy: 08/26 asphalt
  rwy: 17/35 grass
  CTAF: 126.7
   
• WARRACKNABEAL RACECOURSE overfly - visual along the Henty Highway
   
• BIRCHIP [YBIR] T&G - visual along Warracknabeal-Birchip Road
  elev: 340
  rwy: 04/22 asphalt
  rwt: 09/27 grass
  CTAF: 126.7
   
• WYCHEPROOF [YWYF] T&G - visual along Birchip-Wycheproof Road
  elev: 350
  rwy: 08/26 17/35 grass
  CTAF: 126.7
   
• QUAMBATOOK [YQBK] T&G - visual along Boort-Wycheproof Road and Avoca River
  elev: 301
  rwy: 09/27 18/36 grass
  CTAF: 126.7
   
• LALBERT overfly - visual along the railway
   
• SWAN HILL [YSWH] Land - visual along Donald-Swan Hill Road
  elev: 234
  rwy: 08/26 asphalt
  rwy: 04/22 gravel
  CTAF: 119.1
  NDB: SWH 407
   

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