Event created by Russell D - 1104622
Event Details
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 100 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 75 mins
Aircraft : Single piston engine aircraft such as Cessna 172, Piper Warrior or similar capable of 105 to 125 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 : Below Adelaide CTA.
Flightplan
File as : YGWA YPRS CAPE.JERVIS RAPID YADG YHTF MLIT WTC HVR YPPF
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
FSX / P3D
X-Plane 10/11
Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
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GOOLWA [YGWA] Takeoff
elev : 104
rwy : 01/19 gravel
rwy : 16/34 09/27 grass
CTAF : 126.95 (FSINN 126.70) -
ROSETTA HEAD (THE BLUFF) Overfly - coastal D-10
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NEWLAND HEAD Overfly - coastal D-5
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PARSONS BEACH [YPRS] T&G - coastal D-3
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 10
rwy : 10/28 closed
CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) -
CAPE JERVIS Overfly - H-283° D-18
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RAPID BAY T&G - coastal D-6
(Scenery not depicted in X-Plane)
elev : 510
rwy : 17/35 shale
CTAF : 131.25 -
ALDINGA [YADG] T&G - coastal D-21
elev : 110
rwy : 14/32 dirt
rwy : 21ns/03 asphalt
rwy : 18ns/36 08/26ns grass
CTAF : 127.15 -
HUNT FIELD [YHTF] T&G - H-007° D-7
elev : 8
rwy : 01/19 dirt
CTAF : 131.25 -
MARINO LIGHT HOUSE [MLIT] Overfly - H-017° D-7 - A1500
Clearance from any Active ATC (APPROACH or CTR Covering YPAD) - Request clearance to Track Parafield via HOPE VALLEY VFR. -
WAITE CAMPUS [WTC] Overfly - H-042° D-8
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HOPE VALLEY RESERVOIR [HVR] Overfly - H-018° D-8 A1000
INBOUND REPORTING POINT for entry into Parafield Airspace. If Parafied Tower is active do not proceed until given instructions to join the circuit
CALL - "PARAFIELD TOWER, [AIRCRAFT TYPE][CALLSIGN] HOPE VALLEY RESERVOIR 1000 RECEIVED INFORMATION [ATIS IDENTIFIER] INBOUND" -
PARAFIELD [YPPF] Land - Visual
elev : 57
rwy : 08L/26R 08R/26L 03R/21L 03L/21R asphalt
CTAF/TWR : 118.70
NDB : PF PARAFIELD ADELAIDE 416.0
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