19NOV23 | Chinchilla to Stanthorpe

Circumnavigation of Australia - Stage 92

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: 177 nm

Est Flight Time: Approx 75 min

Aircraft: Beechcraft Baron or similar aircraft capable of 160 kias.

Altitude: Not above 8500 ft.

Flight plan

File as:  YCCA YTAA CCP YMMN YILW CMDR YSPE

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 here. It is recommended that X-Plane 12 users download the latest Gateway scenery for Chinchilla and Stanthorpe.

Flight details

• CHINCHILLA [YCCA] Takeoff
  elev: 1030
  rwy: 14/32 asphalt
  rwy: 03/21 clay
  CTAF: 126.35
   
• TARA [YTAA] T&G - visual along Chinchilla-Tara Road
  elev: 1180
  rwy: 17/35 asphalt
  CTAF: 126.7
   
• TARA TOWNSHIP overfly - visual along Chinchilla-Tara Road
   
• CECIL PLAINS [CCP] overfly - visual along the Moonie Highway and Dalby-Cecil Plains Road
   
• MILLMERRAN [YMMN] T&G - visual along Millmerran-Cecil Plains Road
  elev: 1312
  rwy: 13/31 grass
  CTAF: 126.7
   
• INGLEWOOD [YILW] T&G - visual along Millmerran-Inglewood Road
  elev: 933
  rwy: 06/24 asphalt
  rwy: 08/26 grass
  CTAF: 126.7
   
• LAKE COOLMUNDA [CMDR] overfly - visual along the Cunningham Highway
   
• STANTHORPE [YSPE] Land - visual along Stanthorpe-Inglewood Road
  elev: 2934
  rwy: 08/26 asphalt
  CTAF: 126.7

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