Alice Springs to Finke (Apatula)

Event Details

Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.

Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.

Distance : 170 nm

Est Flight Time : approx 85 mins

Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Beechcraft Baron, Mooney Bravo or similar capable of 155 to 185 kias.

Communications

Australia uses CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) for radio comms at uncontrolled airfields.

FSCopilot/FSInn

VATSIM pilots connecting to the network using FSCOPILOT/FSINN can install an additional file that provides the ability to tune the CTAF frequency and make voice announcements to other pilots on frequency. These files can be obtained via this link.

Swift

Swift is a recent VATSIM Pilot Client alternative now released to the public as a beta release candidate. This pilot client is a one fits all alternative and will work with FSX, P3D V3/V4 and XPlane in either 32 bit Windows or 64 bit Windows, Mac and Linux. This client, once installed and configured (not for the faint of heart - some guidance can be found in this video tutorial for those with X-Plane on Windows x64), also provides a capability for pilots to designate a private voice channel to allow communication with other pilots in the same voice channel. However, to do this requires a frequency over ride to be set allowing the client to ignore the set frequency instead providing text entry into a text box. Into this box the name of the voice room needs to be entered to enable voice communication. A voice room is typically in the form of "some.server.org/<Airport ICAO>". The server component is ALWAYS "rw1.vatpac.org". So this week's departure would use "rw1.vatpac.org/<Airport ICAO>".
For airports without an airport ICAO it is typical to use VATPAC VFR Virtual voice room acccessed using 131.25 in FSINN. The equivalent for SWIFT is "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr".

Altitude : Remain outside Alice Springs Controlled Airspace until a clearance is obtained from any ACTIVE ATC

Flightplan

File as : YBAS EWI OOR STT YADO YFNE

GPS Flightplan is available for FSX and X-Plane FMS and also provided is the original Plan-G flightplan for those that find this useful all enclosed within a Zip archive.

Navigation : Pilots familiar with the area can navigate visually, for those less familiar the accompanying GPS Flightplan is the recommended method of navigating the flight plan.

Recommended Scenery

• ORBX Australia
• ORBX Alice Springs [YBAS]
• ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS
• Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane (Necessary for Finke the destination airport)
• OZX 3.5 AU Scenery
• YADO Andado (P3D) by Phoenix Taylor

Flight Details

* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"

• ALICE SPRINGS [YBAS] Takeoff
  elev : 1789
  rwy : 17/35 12/30 asphalt
  CTAF/TWR : 118.30
  VOR/DME : AS ALICE SPRINGS 115.90
  NDB : AS ALICE SPRINGS 335.0

• EWANINGA [EWI] Overfly - VICTOR 4/5 D-10.8 nm

• MOUNT OORAMINNA [OOR] Overfly - VICTOR 4/5 D-7.5 nm

• SANTA TERESA [STT] Overfly - VICTOR 4 D-20.4 nm
  X-Plane pilots may have an opportunity to undertake a Touch and Go at an airstrip located in close proximity to this visual reference point
   

• ANDADO [YADO] T&G - H-141° D-91.6 nm
  Scenery to be download for  FSX/P3D. Refer to scenery list above
  elev : 553
  rwy : 13/31 dirt
  CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25)

• FINKE [YFNE] Land - H-248° D-40.1 nm
  elev : 915
  rwy : 15/33 dirt
  CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 131.25)
  FSX/P3D Pilots intending to fly Sunday's Return Flight commencing at this airport should save the flight so it can be loaded to commence again Sunday. This airport is not part of the FSX/P3D database and pilots can not spawn here to begin a flight.'

Alice Spring VTC

WAN Chart