What is Pacific Island Link?
Pacific Island Link is a monthly event in which we explore the pacific islands within VATPAC and occasionally within our neighboring divisions. Each month you can expect to fly routes across Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia and many other islands across Oceania. This event for the most part will fall on the first Saturday of each month from 0800z - 1100z and you can expect flight times any where from 1.5 hours to 3 hours.
This Month (01/09/2019) from 0600z - 0900z:
This month we leave beautiful Noumea (NWWW) bound for another popular vacation destination Nadi (NFFN).
The Route:
LTO B599 NN
Aircraft Type:
It is recommended that this event is flown in any aircraft of a size below or equal to a B738/A320 up to A330 or equivalent size.
Charts:
Charts for NWWW can be found here
Charts for NFFN can be found here
Requested ATC Positions:
The below positions are what are recommended to provide pilots with ATC Services - However, if these become full, we welcome you to log onto additional positions to provide even more services.
NFFF_FSS (Nadi Radio)
123.600
NWWW_APP (Tontouta Approach)
128.300
NWWW_TWR (Tontouta Tower)
118.100
NFFN_APP (Nadi Approach)
119.700
NFFN_TWR (Nadi Tower)
118.100
Scenery:
NWWW:
Dmitri Kozyrev; P3D: https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=208020 - Freeware
Cami De Bellis; Xplane: https://store.x-plane.org/NWWW-La-Tontouta-Noumea--New-Caledonia_p_909.html - Payware
NFFN:
Cami De Bellis; Xplane: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/27920-nffn-nadi-international-airport/ - Freeware
5171; Xplane: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/24134-nffn-nadi-int-fiji/ - Freeware
P3D, Nil.
If you have any questions or feedback, please email [email protected] or [email protected] as we would be happy to hear any feedback you have!
Pacific Island Link is a monthly event in which we explore the pacific islands within VATPAC and occasionally within our neighboring divisions. Each month you can expect to fly routes across Melanesia, Polynesia, Micronesia and many other islands across Oceania. This event for the most part will fall on the first Saturday of each month from 0800z - 1100z and you can expect flight times any where from 1.5 hours to 3 hours.
This Month (01/09/2019) from 0600z - 0900z:
This month we leave beautiful Noumea (NWWW) bound for another popular vacation destination Nadi (NFFN).
The Route:
LTO B599 NN
Aircraft Type:
It is recommended that this event is flown in any aircraft of a size below or equal to a B738/A320 up to A330 or equivalent size.
Charts:
Charts for NWWW can be found here
Charts for NFFN can be found here
Requested ATC Positions:
The below positions are what are recommended to provide pilots with ATC Services - However, if these become full, we welcome you to log onto additional positions to provide even more services.
NFFF_FSS (Nadi Radio)
123.600
NWWW_APP (Tontouta Approach)
128.300
NWWW_TWR (Tontouta Tower)
118.100
NFFN_APP (Nadi Approach)
119.700
NFFN_TWR (Nadi Tower)
118.100
Scenery:
NWWW:
Dmitri Kozyrev; P3D: https://library.avsim.net/esearch.php?DLID=208020 - Freeware
Cami De Bellis; Xplane: https://store.x-plane.org/NWWW-La-Tontouta-Noumea--New-Caledonia_p_909.html - Payware
NFFN:
Cami De Bellis; Xplane: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/27920-nffn-nadi-international-airport/ - Freeware
5171; Xplane: https://forums.x-plane.org/index.php?/files/file/24134-nffn-nadi-int-fiji/ - Freeware
P3D, Nil.
If you have any questions or feedback, please email [email protected] or [email protected] as we would be happy to hear any feedback you have!
Event Details
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 166 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 70 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 : Not above 5000
Flightplan
File as : YPKT YPUA YBVY YLGU YPKU
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
ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11
Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
PORT KEATS [YPKT] Takeoff
elev : 112
rwy : 16/34 asphalt
CTAF : 126.70
PALUMPA [YPUA] T&G - H-102° D-20
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 60
rwy : 1/19 dirt
CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25)
BULLO RIVER VALLEY [YBVY] T&G - H-182° D-68
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 25
rwy : 04/22 dirt
CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 131.25)
LEGUNE STN [YLGU] T&G - H-307° D-24
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 85
rwy : 11/29 dirt
CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 131.25)
KUNUNURRA [YPKU] Land - H-229° D-55
elev : 145
rwy : 12/30 asphalt
CTAF : 127.00
NDB : KU KUNUNURRA 221.0
VOR/DME : KU KUNUNURRA 116.50
Chart
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 166 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 70 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 : Not above 5000
Flightplan
File as : YPKT YPUA YBVY YLGU YPKU
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
ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11
Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
PORT KEATS [YPKT] Takeoff
elev : 112
rwy : 16/34 asphalt
CTAF : 126.70
PALUMPA [YPUA] T&G - H-102° D-20
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 60
rwy : 1/19 dirt
CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25)
BULLO RIVER VALLEY [YBVY] T&G - H-182° D-68
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 25
rwy : 04/22 dirt
CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 131.25)
LEGUNE STN [YLGU] T&G - H-307° D-24
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 85
rwy : 11/29 dirt
CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 131.25)
KUNUNURRA [YPKU] Land - H-229° D-55
elev : 145
rwy : 12/30 asphalt
CTAF : 127.00
NDB : KU KUNUNURRA 221.0
VOR/DME : KU KUNUNURRA 116.50
Chart
This event begins 09/02/19 and repeats every week on Monday for 3 occurrences
By far the most popular of our regular weekly events, on any given Milk Run Monday you'll find the famous "J-Curve" between Melbourne and Sydney well serviced by both pilots and ATC.
Not to be confused with our Spilled Milk Run Monday events, details of which can be found on the Spilled Milk Run page, the Milk Run invites you to fly in any direction between Sydney and Melbourne and all destinations in between (Canberra, Albury etc).
Prefer to control? We recommend getting in early. ATC positions on Milk Run Monday are often scarce so definitely worth being an early bird.
Traffic levels traditionally start to pick up at around 7:30pm AEST / AEDT and generally peak between 8:30pm and 9:30pm AEST / AEDT.
Route
YMML-YSSY:
ML H129 DOSEL Y59 TESAT
YSSY-YMML:
TESAT H65 RAZZI Q29 ML
ATC
SY_ATIS 126.25 SY_DEL 133.80 SY_GND 121.70 SY_TWR 120.50 SY_APP 124.40 ML-WOL_CTR 125.00 ML-SNO_CTR 124.00 ML_APP 132.00 ML_TWR 120.50 ML_GND 121.70 ML_DEL 127.20 ML_ATIS 118.00
Scenery
Melbourne Airport - Freeware for FSX
Orbx YMML Melbourne v3 (FSX/P3D) Melbourne Airport for Xplane (ISDG) Sydney YSSY freeware, FSX version | P3D version Sydney YSSY by FlyTampa (FSX & P3D) Sydney YSSY for Xplane (ISDG)
Not to be confused with our Spilled Milk Run Monday events, details of which can be found on the Spilled Milk Run page, the Milk Run invites you to fly in any direction between Sydney and Melbourne and all destinations in between (Canberra, Albury etc).
Prefer to control? We recommend getting in early. ATC positions on Milk Run Monday are often scarce so definitely worth being an early bird.
Traffic levels traditionally start to pick up at around 7:30pm AEST / AEDT and generally peak between 8:30pm and 9:30pm AEST / AEDT.
Route
YMML-YSSY:
ML H129 DOSEL Y59 TESAT
YSSY-YMML:
TESAT H65 RAZZI Q29 ML
ATC
SY_ATIS 126.25 SY_DEL 133.80 SY_GND 121.70 SY_TWR 120.50 SY_APP 124.40 ML-WOL_CTR 125.00 ML-SNO_CTR 124.00 ML_APP 132.00 ML_TWR 120.50 ML_GND 121.70 ML_DEL 127.20 ML_ATIS 118.00
Scenery
Melbourne Airport - Freeware for FSX
Orbx YMML Melbourne v3 (FSX/P3D) Melbourne Airport for Xplane (ISDG) Sydney YSSY freeware, FSX version | P3D version Sydney YSSY by FlyTampa (FSX & P3D) Sydney YSSY for Xplane (ISDG)
This Weeks Flight for Wednesday 4th September 2019 commencing 8.00pm AEST
Flight created by YMA555
Details : Raleigh-Durham Intl to Roanoke Woodrum USA Click here for Flight Details
Scenery: All airfields are in latest X-Plane 11.33 HOWEVER there is a new version of KROA since which can be downloaded thru the Xplane Gateway.
Aircraft: Capable of 150 kias
Comms: Tune Radio to 122.80MHz - Unless Advised by ATC or further detailed hereunder
.Flight Plan: KRDU KTDF KBUY KGSO KDAN KLYH KROA T&G at pilots discretion.
Suggested Altitude: Follow flight plan
Distance: 200nm
Weather: Real time weather, fair weather if conditions are not suitable for VFR Flying.
Flight Plan:(KRDU-KROA)< Just click on this link for Flight Plan for FSX, P3D and XP11
BELOW: MAP OF ROUTE
THANKS FOR FLYING VATPAC WORLD DISCOVERY FLIGHTS JOIN US IN FLIGHT, IN OUR CHAT ROOM "DAILY FOCUS VFR" IN TEAMSPEAK 3.
Flight created by YMA555
Details : Raleigh-Durham Intl to Roanoke Woodrum USA Click here for Flight Details
Scenery: All airfields are in latest X-Plane 11.33 HOWEVER there is a new version of KROA since which can be downloaded thru the Xplane Gateway.
Aircraft: Capable of 150 kias
Comms: Tune Radio to 122.80MHz - Unless Advised by ATC or further detailed hereunder
.Flight Plan: KRDU KTDF KBUY KGSO KDAN KLYH KROA T&G at pilots discretion.
Suggested Altitude: Follow flight plan
Distance: 200nm
Weather: Real time weather, fair weather if conditions are not suitable for VFR Flying.
Flight Plan:(KRDU-KROA)< Just click on this link for Flight Plan for FSX, P3D and XP11
BELOW: MAP OF ROUTE
THANKS FOR FLYING VATPAC WORLD DISCOVERY FLIGHTS JOIN US IN FLIGHT, IN OUR CHAT ROOM "DAILY FOCUS VFR" IN TEAMSPEAK 3.
Event Details
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 135 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 75 mins
Aircraft : Single engine aircraft such as Cessna 172 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 East Sale Restricted Airspace
Flightplan
File as : YORB YGRL YLKE YBNS LOWS VFR.ROUTE.ONE COWR YLTV FYN VFR.ROUTE.TWO YWSL
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
Orbost YORB by JohnO ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11
Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
ORBOST [YORB] Takeoff
elev : 94'
rwy : 07/25 sealed
CTAF : 126.70
GREAT LAKES [YGRL] T&G - H-251° D-29
elev : 260'
rwy : 08/26 asphalt
CTAF : 126.70
LAKES ENTRANCE/KALIMNA [YLKE] T&G - H-243° D-2
elev : 220'
rwy : 08/26 unsealed
CTAF : 126.70
BAIRNSDALE [YBNS] T&G - H-250° D-18
elev : 165'
rwy : 13/31 sealed
rwy : 04/22 gravel
CTAF : 126.70
LINDENOW SOUTH [LOWS] Overfly - H-286° D-7
STRATFORD [STRAT] Overfly - VFR ROUTE ONE
HEYFIELD [HEYF] Overfly - VFR ROUTE ONE
COWWARR [COWR] Overfly - VFR ROUTE ONE
LATROBE VALLEY [YLTV] T&G - H-210° D-16
elev : 180'
rwy : 03/21 sealed
rwy : 09/27 gravel
CTAF : 126.0
NDB : LTV 486.0
FLYNN [FYN] Overfly - H-073° D-10
WEST SALE [YWSL] Land - VFR ROUTE TWO
elev : 93'
rwy : 09ns/27 asphalt
rwy : 14ns/32 05ns/23 grass
* ns : non standard right circuits
R328 ACTIVE - APPR : 123.30 / CTAF : 118.30
WAN Chart
VNC Chart
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 135 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 75 mins
Aircraft : Single engine aircraft such as Cessna 172 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 East Sale Restricted Airspace
Flightplan
File as : YORB YGRL YLKE YBNS LOWS VFR.ROUTE.ONE COWR YLTV FYN VFR.ROUTE.TWO YWSL
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
Orbost YORB by JohnO ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11
Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
ORBOST [YORB] Takeoff
elev : 94'
rwy : 07/25 sealed
CTAF : 126.70
GREAT LAKES [YGRL] T&G - H-251° D-29
elev : 260'
rwy : 08/26 asphalt
CTAF : 126.70
LAKES ENTRANCE/KALIMNA [YLKE] T&G - H-243° D-2
elev : 220'
rwy : 08/26 unsealed
CTAF : 126.70
BAIRNSDALE [YBNS] T&G - H-250° D-18
elev : 165'
rwy : 13/31 sealed
rwy : 04/22 gravel
CTAF : 126.70
LINDENOW SOUTH [LOWS] Overfly - H-286° D-7
STRATFORD [STRAT] Overfly - VFR ROUTE ONE
HEYFIELD [HEYF] Overfly - VFR ROUTE ONE
COWWARR [COWR] Overfly - VFR ROUTE ONE
LATROBE VALLEY [YLTV] T&G - H-210° D-16
elev : 180'
rwy : 03/21 sealed
rwy : 09/27 gravel
CTAF : 126.0
NDB : LTV 486.0
FLYNN [FYN] Overfly - H-073° D-10
WEST SALE [YWSL] Land - VFR ROUTE TWO
elev : 93'
rwy : 09ns/27 asphalt
rwy : 14ns/32 05ns/23 grass
* ns : non standard right circuits
R328 ACTIVE - APPR : 123.30 / CTAF : 118.30
WAN Chart
VNC Chart
Event Details
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 160 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 80 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 : Below East Sale Restricted Airspace
Flightplan
File as : YWSL VFR.ROUTE.TWO FYN YLTV YYRM JSK VFR.ROUTE.THREE LSR YBNS YLKE YGRL YGRL YORB
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
Orbost YORB by JohnO ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11
Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
WEST SALE [YWSL] Takeoff
elev : 93'
rwy : 09ns/27 asphalt
rwy : 14ns/32 05ns/23 grass
* ns : non standard right circuits
R328 ACTIVE - APPR : 123.30 / CTAF : 118.30
FLYNN [FYN] Overfly - VFR ROUTE TWO
LATROBE VALLEY [YLTV] T&G - H-253° D-10
elev : 180'
rwy : 03/21 sealed
rwy : 09/27 gravel
CTAF : 126.0
NDB : LTV 486.0
YARRAM [YYRM] T&G - H-136° D-25
elev : 60'
rwy : 05/23 grass
rwy : 09/27 dirt/sand
CTAF : 126.70
JACK SMITH LAKE [JSK] Overfly - H-058° D-12
LOCH SPORT [LSR] Overfly - VFR ROUTE THREE
BAIRNSDALE [YBNS] T&G - H-343° D-10
elev : 165'
rwy : 13/31 sealed
rwy : 04/22 gravel
CTAF : 126.70
LAKES ENTRANCE/KALIMNA [YLKE] T&G - H-071° D-18
elev : 220'
rwy : 08/26 unsealed
CTAF : 126.70
GREAT LAKES [YGRL] T&G - H-063° D-2
elev : 260'
rwy : 08/26 asphalt
CTAF : 126.70
ORBOST [YORB] Land - H-071° D-29
elev : 94'
rwy : 07/25 sealed
CTAF : 126.70
VNC Chart
WAN Chart
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 160 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 80 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 : Below East Sale Restricted Airspace
Flightplan
File as : YWSL VFR.ROUTE.TWO FYN YLTV YYRM JSK VFR.ROUTE.THREE LSR YBNS YLKE YGRL YGRL YORB
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
Orbost YORB by JohnO ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11
Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
WEST SALE [YWSL] Takeoff
elev : 93'
rwy : 09ns/27 asphalt
rwy : 14ns/32 05ns/23 grass
* ns : non standard right circuits
R328 ACTIVE - APPR : 123.30 / CTAF : 118.30
FLYNN [FYN] Overfly - VFR ROUTE TWO
LATROBE VALLEY [YLTV] T&G - H-253° D-10
elev : 180'
rwy : 03/21 sealed
rwy : 09/27 gravel
CTAF : 126.0
NDB : LTV 486.0
YARRAM [YYRM] T&G - H-136° D-25
elev : 60'
rwy : 05/23 grass
rwy : 09/27 dirt/sand
CTAF : 126.70
JACK SMITH LAKE [JSK] Overfly - H-058° D-12
LOCH SPORT [LSR] Overfly - VFR ROUTE THREE
BAIRNSDALE [YBNS] T&G - H-343° D-10
elev : 165'
rwy : 13/31 sealed
rwy : 04/22 gravel
CTAF : 126.70
LAKES ENTRANCE/KALIMNA [YLKE] T&G - H-071° D-18
elev : 220'
rwy : 08/26 unsealed
CTAF : 126.70
GREAT LAKES [YGRL] T&G - H-063° D-2
elev : 260'
rwy : 08/26 asphalt
CTAF : 126.70
ORBOST [YORB] Land - H-071° D-29
elev : 94'
rwy : 07/25 sealed
CTAF : 126.70
VNC Chart
WAN Chart
This Weeks Flight for Wednesday 11th September 2019 commencing 8.00pm AEST
Flight created by YMA555
Details : Roanoke Woodrum to Charlston Yeager USA
Scenery: All airfields are in latest X-Plane 11.33 HOWEVER there is a new version of KCRW since which can be downloaded thru the Xplane Gateway.
Aircraft: Capable of 150 kias
Comms: Tune Radio to 122.80MHz - Unless Advised by ATC or further detailed hereunder
.Flight Plan: KROA KPSK KBLF KLWB KBKW KCRW T&G at pilots discretion.
Suggested Altitude: Download Flight Plan this link KROA-KCRW
Distance: 190nm
Weather: Real time weather, fair weather if conditions are not suitable for VFR Flying.
Flight Plan:(KROA-KCRW)< Just click on this link for Flight Plan for FSX, P3D and XP11
BELOW: MAP OF ROUTE
THANKS FOR FLYING VATPAC WORLD DISCOVERY FLIGHTS JOIN US IN FLIGHT, IN OUR CHAT ROOM "DAILY FOCUS VFR" IN TEAMSPEAK 3.
Flight created by YMA555
Details : Roanoke Woodrum to Charlston Yeager USA
Scenery: All airfields are in latest X-Plane 11.33 HOWEVER there is a new version of KCRW since which can be downloaded thru the Xplane Gateway.
Aircraft: Capable of 150 kias
Comms: Tune Radio to 122.80MHz - Unless Advised by ATC or further detailed hereunder
.Flight Plan: KROA KPSK KBLF KLWB KBKW KCRW T&G at pilots discretion.
Suggested Altitude: Download Flight Plan this link KROA-KCRW
Distance: 190nm
Weather: Real time weather, fair weather if conditions are not suitable for VFR Flying.
Flight Plan:(KROA-KCRW)< Just click on this link for Flight Plan for FSX, P3D and XP11
BELOW: MAP OF ROUTE
THANKS FOR FLYING VATPAC WORLD DISCOVERY FLIGHTS JOIN US IN FLIGHT, IN OUR CHAT ROOM "DAILY FOCUS VFR" IN TEAMSPEAK 3.
Event Details
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 115 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 70 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 : Comply with altitude restrictions imposed by Williamtown Restricted airspace.
Flightplan
File as : YTRE YOBR YTNC SUG BRI SRP WLM HXP YLMQ YWVA
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
ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11
Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
TAREE [YTRE] Takeoff
elev : 38
rwy : 12/30 04/22 asphalt
CTAF : 118.10
OLD BAR [YOBR] T&G - H-128° D-6
elev : 37
rwy : 01/19 grass
CTAF : 131.25
TUNCURRY [YTNC] T&G - H-190° D-15
elev : 22
rwy : 05/23 15/33 dirt
CTAF : 126.50 (FSINN 131.25)
SUGARLOAF POINT [SUG] Overfly - H-155° D-15
BROUGHTON ISLAND [BRI] Overfly - Coastal VFR D-15
Requires Clearance from WLM Delivery before continuing
SOLDIERS POINT [SRP] Overfly - Overhead VFR D-14
WILLIAMTOWN (NEWCASTLE) (113.3 MHZ) [WLM] Overfly - Overhead VFR D-13
HEXAM BRIDGE [HXP] Overfly - Overhead VFR D-8
LAKE MACQUARIE [YLMQ] T&G - H-175° D-15
elev : 5
rwy : 07/25 sealed
CTAF : 132.10 (FSINN 131.25)
WARNERVALE [YWVA] Land - H-213° D-15
elev : 25
rwy : 02/20 bitumen
CTAF : 132.10
Chart
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 115 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 70 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 : Comply with altitude restrictions imposed by Williamtown Restricted airspace.
Flightplan
File as : YTRE YOBR YTNC SUG BRI SRP WLM HXP YLMQ YWVA
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
ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11
Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
TAREE [YTRE] Takeoff
elev : 38
rwy : 12/30 04/22 asphalt
CTAF : 118.10
OLD BAR [YOBR] T&G - H-128° D-6
elev : 37
rwy : 01/19 grass
CTAF : 131.25
TUNCURRY [YTNC] T&G - H-190° D-15
elev : 22
rwy : 05/23 15/33 dirt
CTAF : 126.50 (FSINN 131.25)
SUGARLOAF POINT [SUG] Overfly - H-155° D-15
BROUGHTON ISLAND [BRI] Overfly - Coastal VFR D-15
Requires Clearance from WLM Delivery before continuing
SOLDIERS POINT [SRP] Overfly - Overhead VFR D-14
WILLIAMTOWN (NEWCASTLE) (113.3 MHZ) [WLM] Overfly - Overhead VFR D-13
HEXAM BRIDGE [HXP] Overfly - Overhead VFR D-8
LAKE MACQUARIE [YLMQ] T&G - H-175° D-15
elev : 5
rwy : 07/25 sealed
CTAF : 132.10 (FSINN 131.25)
WARNERVALE [YWVA] Land - H-213° D-15
elev : 25
rwy : 02/20 bitumen
CTAF : 132.10
Chart
Ever get sick and tired of flying in a B737 at 35,000ft not exploring all that amazing scenery that is hidden below the clouds? VATPAC Invites members of the VATSIM Community to try something different, flights in and around the beautiful South East Queensland
Fly from either Sunshine Coast Airport (YBSU/YBMC,) Archerfield Airport (YBAF) or the marvelous Gold Coast Airport (YBCG) in your favourite prop aircraft, with Full ATC Services from 0600z - 1000z
Event Info:
GA Madness focuses on the smaller side of aviation. It's designed to test a controller’s limits with high workload into small airports, with VFR and IFR aircraft. GA Madness focuses on class D airports and this time we’ll be focusing on the sunny Sunshine Coast, Archerfield and the gateway airport to the sprawling beaches and sands of Queensland... the Gold Coast.
What can I do?
These airports are some of the busiest airports in Australia however, under appreciated in VATPAC. You are welcome to conduct circuits, local area flights or even instrument operations. You may also want to fly a scenic route over the CBD! For those who are looking for longer flights, you could fly to and from Toowoomba or fly from Ballina-Byron.
Bring plenty of fuel and some charts as our controllers assist you to navigate through one of the busiest TMA's in the country.
Routes:
If you are planning to fly via airways (Mainly IFR,) VATPAC recommends the following routes to assist in Traffic Flow - Charts for all 3 aerodromes can be found here;
Gold Coast (YBCG) -> Archerfield (YBAF)
ROUTE: LAGOB W371 AMB Y195 GLENN
Gold Coast (YBCG) -> Sunshine Coast (YBSU/YBMC)
ROUTE: CG H185 BN V134 SU
Archerfield (YBAF) -> Gold Coast (YBCG)
ROUTE: LAGOB OOLNC OOLNI OOLNF CG
Archerfield (YBAF) -> Sunshine Coast (YBSU/YBMC)
ROUTE: BN V134 SU
Sunshine Coast (YBSU/YBMC) -> Archerfield (YBAF)
ROUTE: BN MOOLO CORAL
Sunshine Coast (YBSU/YBMC) -> Gold Coast (YBCG)
ROUTE: SU V217 GAYLA VIMOL W192 CG
ATC:
Controllers interested in controlling the event are encouraged to submit their ATC Applications here - Applications will remain open until 2 days before the event (13th September,) with a roster will be released one week before the event (8th September)
Dependent on the number of ATC Applications will ultimately persuade the number of controller positions that are eventually published and rostered. Positions that are planned to be rostered are below.
Name: Login Identifier: Radio Callsign: Frequency: Sunshine Coast Tower SU_TWR Sunshine Coast Tower 124.400 Sunshine Coast SMC SU_GND Sunshine Coast Ground 121.100 Archerfield Tower AF_TWR Archerfield Tower 118.100 Archerfield SMC AF_GND Archerfield Ground 119.900 Gold Coast Tower CG_TWR Gold Coast Tower 118.700 Gold Coast SMC CG_GND Gold Coast Ground 121.800 Gold Coast Approach CG_APP Gold Coast Approach 123.500 Brisbane Approach BN_APP Brisbane Approach 124.700 Brisbane Centre (Downs) BN-DOS_CTR Brisbane Centre 135.600
Note: Bold positions will only be rostered if sufficient ATC Applications are received.
Scenery:
YBSU/YMBC - Sunshine Coast Airport:
Freeware - AVSIM 'Flukey' (FSX/P3D) *Requires OZX Libraries*
Freeware - FlightSim (FSX)
YBAF - Archerfield Airport:
Freeware - Flightsim (FSX)
Freeware - Fly Away Simulation (FSX)
YBCG - Gold Coast International Airport:
Payware - ORBX Simulations Systems (FSX/P3D)
Freeware - AVSIM (FSX)
Freeware - Gateway (XPlane)
MISC - Miscellaneous Requirements/Scenery:
Payware - AUSv2 (FSX/P3D) *Required by ORBX Airports*
Payware - Brisbane International Airport (FSX/P3D)
Payware - CityScene Gold Coast
Freeware - OZx Libraries (P3Dv4 ONLY)
Should you have any questions, queries or suggestions, please contact the events department via the VATPAC forums or by emailing [email protected]
We Look forward to seeing you at our GA Madness event!
Fly from either Sunshine Coast Airport (YBSU/YBMC,) Archerfield Airport (YBAF) or the marvelous Gold Coast Airport (YBCG) in your favourite prop aircraft, with Full ATC Services from 0600z - 1000z
Event Info:
GA Madness focuses on the smaller side of aviation. It's designed to test a controller’s limits with high workload into small airports, with VFR and IFR aircraft. GA Madness focuses on class D airports and this time we’ll be focusing on the sunny Sunshine Coast, Archerfield and the gateway airport to the sprawling beaches and sands of Queensland... the Gold Coast.
What can I do?
These airports are some of the busiest airports in Australia however, under appreciated in VATPAC. You are welcome to conduct circuits, local area flights or even instrument operations. You may also want to fly a scenic route over the CBD! For those who are looking for longer flights, you could fly to and from Toowoomba or fly from Ballina-Byron.
Bring plenty of fuel and some charts as our controllers assist you to navigate through one of the busiest TMA's in the country.
Routes:
If you are planning to fly via airways (Mainly IFR,) VATPAC recommends the following routes to assist in Traffic Flow - Charts for all 3 aerodromes can be found here;
Gold Coast (YBCG) -> Archerfield (YBAF)
ROUTE: LAGOB W371 AMB Y195 GLENN
Gold Coast (YBCG) -> Sunshine Coast (YBSU/YBMC)
ROUTE: CG H185 BN V134 SU
Archerfield (YBAF) -> Gold Coast (YBCG)
ROUTE: LAGOB OOLNC OOLNI OOLNF CG
Archerfield (YBAF) -> Sunshine Coast (YBSU/YBMC)
ROUTE: BN V134 SU
Sunshine Coast (YBSU/YBMC) -> Archerfield (YBAF)
ROUTE: BN MOOLO CORAL
Sunshine Coast (YBSU/YBMC) -> Gold Coast (YBCG)
ROUTE: SU V217 GAYLA VIMOL W192 CG
ATC:
Controllers interested in controlling the event are encouraged to submit their ATC Applications here - Applications will remain open until 2 days before the event (13th September,) with a roster will be released one week before the event (8th September)
Dependent on the number of ATC Applications will ultimately persuade the number of controller positions that are eventually published and rostered. Positions that are planned to be rostered are below.
Name: Login Identifier: Radio Callsign: Frequency: Sunshine Coast Tower SU_TWR Sunshine Coast Tower 124.400 Sunshine Coast SMC SU_GND Sunshine Coast Ground 121.100 Archerfield Tower AF_TWR Archerfield Tower 118.100 Archerfield SMC AF_GND Archerfield Ground 119.900 Gold Coast Tower CG_TWR Gold Coast Tower 118.700 Gold Coast SMC CG_GND Gold Coast Ground 121.800 Gold Coast Approach CG_APP Gold Coast Approach 123.500 Brisbane Approach BN_APP Brisbane Approach 124.700 Brisbane Centre (Downs) BN-DOS_CTR Brisbane Centre 135.600
Note: Bold positions will only be rostered if sufficient ATC Applications are received.
Scenery:
YBSU/YMBC - Sunshine Coast Airport:
Freeware - AVSIM 'Flukey' (FSX/P3D) *Requires OZX Libraries*
Freeware - FlightSim (FSX)
YBAF - Archerfield Airport:
Freeware - Flightsim (FSX)
Freeware - Fly Away Simulation (FSX)
YBCG - Gold Coast International Airport:
Payware - ORBX Simulations Systems (FSX/P3D)
Freeware - AVSIM (FSX)
Freeware - Gateway (XPlane)
MISC - Miscellaneous Requirements/Scenery:
Payware - AUSv2 (FSX/P3D) *Required by ORBX Airports*
Payware - Brisbane International Airport (FSX/P3D)
Payware - CityScene Gold Coast
Freeware - OZx Libraries (P3Dv4 ONLY)
Should you have any questions, queries or suggestions, please contact the events department via the VATPAC forums or by emailing [email protected]
We Look forward to seeing you at our GA Madness event!
Event Details
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 125 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 80 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 : Comply with altitude restrictions imposed by Williamtown Restricted airspace.
Flightplan
File as : YWVA YCNK YMND EGT SRO YGCR GCR WDU YTRE
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
ORBX Cessnock Airport [YCNK] ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11
Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
WARNERVALE [YWVA] Takeoff
elev : 25
rwy : 02/20 bitumen
CTAF : 132.10
CESSNOCK [YCNK] T&G - H-341° D-28
elev : 210
rwy : 17/35 asphalt
CTAF : 122.65
MAITLAND [YMND] T&G - H-043° D-9
elev : 85
rwy : 08/26 05/23 sealed
rwy : 18/36 dirt
CTAF : 122.65
EAST GRETA [EGT] Overfly - H-118° D-3
STROUD ROAD [SRO] Overfly - Visual via THE WORM D-30
GLOUCESTER [YGCR] T&G - Visual via THE WORM D-18
elev : 383
rwy : 17/35 grass
CTAF : 131.25
GLOUCESTER [GCR] Overfly - Visual via THE WORM D-3
WIRRADGURIE [WDU] Overfly - Visual via THE WORM D-8
TAREE [YTRE] Land - H-075° D-23
elev : 38
rwy : 12/30 04/22 asphalt
CTAF : 118.10
Chart
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 125 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 80 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 : Comply with altitude restrictions imposed by Williamtown Restricted airspace.
Flightplan
File as : YWVA YCNK YMND EGT SRO YGCR GCR WDU YTRE
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
ORBX Cessnock Airport [YCNK] ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11
Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
WARNERVALE [YWVA] Takeoff
elev : 25
rwy : 02/20 bitumen
CTAF : 132.10
CESSNOCK [YCNK] T&G - H-341° D-28
elev : 210
rwy : 17/35 asphalt
CTAF : 122.65
MAITLAND [YMND] T&G - H-043° D-9
elev : 85
rwy : 08/26 05/23 sealed
rwy : 18/36 dirt
CTAF : 122.65
EAST GRETA [EGT] Overfly - H-118° D-3
STROUD ROAD [SRO] Overfly - Visual via THE WORM D-30
GLOUCESTER [YGCR] T&G - Visual via THE WORM D-18
elev : 383
rwy : 17/35 grass
CTAF : 131.25
GLOUCESTER [GCR] Overfly - Visual via THE WORM D-3
WIRRADGURIE [WDU] Overfly - Visual via THE WORM D-8
TAREE [YTRE] Land - H-075° D-23
elev : 38
rwy : 12/30 04/22 asphalt
CTAF : 118.10
Chart
This Weeks Flight for Wednesday 18th September 2019 commencing 8.00pm AEST
Flight created by YMA555
Details : Charleston Yeager (West Virginia) to Cincinnati Int'l (Hebron, Kentucky) USA
Scenery: All airfields are in latest X-Plane 11.33 HOWEVER there are new versions of KCRW and KFGX since which can be downloaded thru the Xplane Gateway.
Aircraft: Capable of 150 kias
Comms: Tune Radio to 122.80MHz - Unless Advised by ATC or further detailed hereunder
.Flight Plan: KCRW KHTS KPMH KAMT KFGX KCVG T&G at pilots discretion or fly to Tri State and then just follow the Ohio River or a mix of both.
Suggested Altitude: Follow flight plan Link Here
Distance: 183nm
Weather: Real time weather, fair weather if conditions are not suitable for VFR Flying.
Flight Plan:(KCRW-KCVG)< Just click on this link for Flight Plan for FSX, P3D and XP11
BELOW: MAP OF ROUTE
THANKS FOR FLYING VATPAC WORLD DISCOVERY FLIGHTS JOIN US IN FLIGHT, IN OUR CHAT ROOM "DAILY FOCUS VFR" IN TEAMSPEAK 3.
Flight created by YMA555
Details : Charleston Yeager (West Virginia) to Cincinnati Int'l (Hebron, Kentucky) USA
Scenery: All airfields are in latest X-Plane 11.33 HOWEVER there are new versions of KCRW and KFGX since which can be downloaded thru the Xplane Gateway.
Aircraft: Capable of 150 kias
Comms: Tune Radio to 122.80MHz - Unless Advised by ATC or further detailed hereunder
.Flight Plan: KCRW KHTS KPMH KAMT KFGX KCVG T&G at pilots discretion or fly to Tri State and then just follow the Ohio River or a mix of both.
Suggested Altitude: Follow flight plan Link Here
Distance: 183nm
Weather: Real time weather, fair weather if conditions are not suitable for VFR Flying.
Flight Plan:(KCRW-KCVG)< Just click on this link for Flight Plan for FSX, P3D and XP11
BELOW: MAP OF ROUTE
THANKS FOR FLYING VATPAC WORLD DISCOVERY FLIGHTS JOIN US IN FLIGHT, IN OUR CHAT ROOM "DAILY FOCUS VFR" IN TEAMSPEAK 3.
Event Details
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 190 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 80 mins
Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Beechcraft Baron, Mooney Bravo or similar capable of 155 to 185 kias.
Altitude : Not above FL125
Flightplan
File as : NFFN NFNA NFNB NFNO NFNM
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.
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".
Recommended Scenery
FSX / P3D
NXGN Nadi-X (payware) ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11
NFFN Nadi International Airport 1.1 Default X-Plane 11 scenery Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
NADI INTL [NFFN] Takeoff
elev : 59
rwy : 09/27 02/20 asphalt
CTAF : 122.80
VOR/DME : NN NADI 112.50
NDB : VK NAVAKAI NADI 405.0
NAUSORI INTL [NFNA] T&G - H-092° D-66
elev : 17
rwy : 10/28 asphalt
CTAF : 122.80
NDB : NA NAUSORI 307.0
VOR/DME : NA NAUSORI 112.20
BURETA [NFNB] T&G - H-016° D-23
elev : 11
rwy : 08/26 asphalt
CTAF : 122.80
KORO [NFNO] T&G - H-047° D-44
elev : 358
rwy : 10/28 dirt
CTAF : 122.80
MATEI [NFNM] Land - H-033° D-57
elev : 70
rwy : 11/29 asphalt
CTAF : 122.80
NDB : MT MATEI 296.0
Chart
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 190 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 80 mins
Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Beechcraft Baron, Mooney Bravo or similar capable of 155 to 185 kias.
Altitude : Not above FL125
Flightplan
File as : NFFN NFNA NFNB NFNO NFNM
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.
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".
Recommended Scenery
FSX / P3D
NXGN Nadi-X (payware) ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11
NFFN Nadi International Airport 1.1 Default X-Plane 11 scenery Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
NADI INTL [NFFN] Takeoff
elev : 59
rwy : 09/27 02/20 asphalt
CTAF : 122.80
VOR/DME : NN NADI 112.50
NDB : VK NAVAKAI NADI 405.0
NAUSORI INTL [NFNA] T&G - H-092° D-66
elev : 17
rwy : 10/28 asphalt
CTAF : 122.80
NDB : NA NAUSORI 307.0
VOR/DME : NA NAUSORI 112.20
BURETA [NFNB] T&G - H-016° D-23
elev : 11
rwy : 08/26 asphalt
CTAF : 122.80
KORO [NFNO] T&G - H-047° D-44
elev : 358
rwy : 10/28 dirt
CTAF : 122.80
MATEI [NFNM] Land - H-033° D-57
elev : 70
rwy : 11/29 asphalt
CTAF : 122.80
NDB : MT MATEI 296.0
Chart
Event Details
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 190 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 80 mins
Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Beechcraft Baron, Mooney Bravo or similar capable of 155 to 185 kias.
Altitude : Not above FL125
Flightplan
File as : NFNM NFNL NFNS NFFN
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.
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".Recommended Scenery
Recommended Scenery
FSX / P3D
NXGN Nadi-X (payware) ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11
NFFN Nadi International Airport 1.1 Default X-Plane 11 scenery Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
MATEI [NFNM] Takeoff
elev : 70
rwy : 11/29 asphalt
CTAF : 122.80
NDB : MT MATEI 296.0
RABI [NFFR] T&G - H-304° D-13
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 18
rwy : 13/31 dirt
CTAF : 122.80
LABASA [NFNL] T&G - H-264° D-37
elev : 41
rwy : 13/31 asphalt
CTAF : 122.80
SAVUSAVU [NFNS] T&G - H-171° D-20
elev : 11
rwy : 14/32 asphalt
CTAF : 122.80
NADI INTL [NFFN] Land - H-230° D-122
elev : 59
rwy : 09/27 02/20 asphalt
CTAF : 122.80
VOR/DME : NN NADI 112.50
NDB : VK NAVAKAI NADI 405.0
Chart
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 190 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 80 mins
Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Beechcraft Baron, Mooney Bravo or similar capable of 155 to 185 kias.
Altitude : Not above FL125
Flightplan
File as : NFNM NFNL NFNS NFFN
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.
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".Recommended Scenery
Recommended Scenery
FSX / P3D
NXGN Nadi-X (payware) ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11
NFFN Nadi International Airport 1.1 Default X-Plane 11 scenery Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
MATEI [NFNM] Takeoff
elev : 70
rwy : 11/29 asphalt
CTAF : 122.80
NDB : MT MATEI 296.0
RABI [NFFR] T&G - H-304° D-13
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 18
rwy : 13/31 dirt
CTAF : 122.80
LABASA [NFNL] T&G - H-264° D-37
elev : 41
rwy : 13/31 asphalt
CTAF : 122.80
SAVUSAVU [NFNS] T&G - H-171° D-20
elev : 11
rwy : 14/32 asphalt
CTAF : 122.80
NADI INTL [NFFN] Land - H-230° D-122
elev : 59
rwy : 09/27 02/20 asphalt
CTAF : 122.80
VOR/DME : NN NADI 112.50
NDB : VK NAVAKAI NADI 405.0
Chart
This Weeks Flight for Wednesday 25th September 2019 commencing 8.00pm AEST
Flight created by YMA555
Details : Cincinnati Int'l (Kentucky) to Chicago Midway Intl
Scenery: All airfields are in latest X-Plane 11.33 HOWEVER there are new versions of KLAF and KMDW since which can be downloaded thru the Xplane Gateway. Worth doing as files are very small.
Aircraft: Capable of 150 – 180 kias
Comms: Tune Radio to 122.80MHz - Unless Advised by ATC or further detailed hereunder
.Flight Plan: KCVG KIND KLAF KVPZ KMDW T&G at pilots discretion.
Suggested Altitude: Follow flight plan Link
Distance: 239nm
Weather: Real time weather, fair weather if conditions are not suitable for VFR Flying.
Flight Plan:(KCVG-KMDW)< Just click on this link for Flight Plan for FSX, P3D and XP11
BELOW: MAP OF ROUTE
THANKS FOR FLYING VATPAC WORLD DISCOVERY FLIGHTS JOIN US IN FLIGHT, IN OUR CHAT ROOM "DAILY FOCUS VFR" IN TEAMSPEAK 3.
Flight created by YMA555
Details : Cincinnati Int'l (Kentucky) to Chicago Midway Intl
Scenery: All airfields are in latest X-Plane 11.33 HOWEVER there are new versions of KLAF and KMDW since which can be downloaded thru the Xplane Gateway. Worth doing as files are very small.
Aircraft: Capable of 150 – 180 kias
Comms: Tune Radio to 122.80MHz - Unless Advised by ATC or further detailed hereunder
.Flight Plan: KCVG KIND KLAF KVPZ KMDW T&G at pilots discretion.
Suggested Altitude: Follow flight plan Link
Distance: 239nm
Weather: Real time weather, fair weather if conditions are not suitable for VFR Flying.
Flight Plan:(KCVG-KMDW)< Just click on this link for Flight Plan for FSX, P3D and XP11
BELOW: MAP OF ROUTE
THANKS FOR FLYING VATPAC WORLD DISCOVERY FLIGHTS JOIN US IN FLIGHT, IN OUR CHAT ROOM "DAILY FOCUS VFR" IN TEAMSPEAK 3.
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 75 mins
Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Beechcraft Baron, Mooney Bravo or similar capable of 155 to 185 kias.
Altitude : Not above FL125
Flightplan
File as : YAYE ULURU YCSP YIMA YMBZ YERN
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.
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".
Recommended Scenery
FSX / P3D
ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery essential for the inclusion of the destination at Ernabella X-Plane 10/11
Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
AYERS ROCK/CONELLAN [YAYE] Takeoff
elev : 1626
rwy : 13/31ns asphalt
CTAF : 126.90
NDB : AYE AYERS ROCK 233.0
DME : AYE AYERS ROCK 117.10
ULURU [ULURU] Overfly - H-156° D-10
CURTIN SPRINGS [YCSP] T&G - H-084° D-39
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 1617
rwy : 12/30 dirt
CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 131.25)
IMANPA [YIMA] T&G - H-070° D-46
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 1663
rwy : 14/32 dirt
CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 131.25)
MOUNT EBENEZER [YMBZ] T&G - H-117° D-5
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 1571
rwy : 12/30 dirt
CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 131.25)
ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) [YERN] Land - H-196° D-70
elev : 2319
rwy : 05/23 dirt
CTAF : 126.70
NOTE : FSX/P3D pilots need to save their position if intending to make the return flight Sunday. Ernabella is not in the FSX/P3D database and as such pilots can not spawn at the airport at start up.
Chart
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 75 mins
Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Beechcraft Baron, Mooney Bravo or similar capable of 155 to 185 kias.
Altitude : Not above FL125
Flightplan
File as : YAYE ULURU YCSP YIMA YMBZ YERN
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.
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".
Recommended Scenery
FSX / P3D
ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery essential for the inclusion of the destination at Ernabella X-Plane 10/11
Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
AYERS ROCK/CONELLAN [YAYE] Takeoff
elev : 1626
rwy : 13/31ns asphalt
CTAF : 126.90
NDB : AYE AYERS ROCK 233.0
DME : AYE AYERS ROCK 117.10
ULURU [ULURU] Overfly - H-156° D-10
CURTIN SPRINGS [YCSP] T&G - H-084° D-39
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 1617
rwy : 12/30 dirt
CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 131.25)
IMANPA [YIMA] T&G - H-070° D-46
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 1663
rwy : 14/32 dirt
CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 131.25)
MOUNT EBENEZER [YMBZ] T&G - H-117° D-5
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 1571
rwy : 12/30 dirt
CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 131.25)
ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) [YERN] Land - H-196° D-70
elev : 2319
rwy : 05/23 dirt
CTAF : 126.70
NOTE : FSX/P3D pilots need to save their position if intending to make the return flight Sunday. Ernabella is not in the FSX/P3D database and as such pilots can not spawn at the airport at start up.
Chart
Event Details
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 140 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 75 mins
Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Cessna 185, Britten Islander or similar capable of 120 to 135 kias.
Altitude : Not above FL125
Flightplan
File as : YERN YAMT YMUP ULURU YAYE
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.
FSX/P3D : The OZX Ernabella scenery is not included in the airport database on these two platforms. As such the airport is not a valid departure point within a flightplan. To work around this the flightplan has been created to depart YAYE Ayres Rock/Conellan airport and the first waypoint is Ernabella the true departure airport for this flight. See the note below regarding the consequences of this to the inability to spawn at Ernabella on the FSX/P3D platforms.
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".
Recommended Scenery
FSX / P3D
ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery (Essential as it packages the departure airport) X-Plane 10/11
Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Note to FSX and P3D pilots
The Ozx scenery depicting YERN Ernabella the departure airport is not in the simulation database and as such pilots will be unable to spawn themselves at the departure airport. For those that flew on Friday and remembered to save the situation can use this to place themselves at the airport. For those without a saved situation a work around is to spawn at any airport, load the accompanying FSX/P3D flightplan and accept being located at the departure airport. Doing this will place the plane at YAYE Ayres Rock/Conellan the destination for the flight. From that location, open the simulation map then drag the plane to the first waypoint in the depicted plan. Close the map by clicking okay to confirm the repositioning. This should relocate the plane in the vicinity of the airport in the scenery. Use slew and an overhead view to place the aircraft at the departure airport.
Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) [YERN] Takeoff
elev : 2319
rwy : 05/23 dirt
CTAF : 126.70
AMATA [YAMT] T&G - H-276° D-54
elev : 2279
rwy : 14/32 dirt
CTAF : 126.70
MULGA PARK [YMUP] T&G - H-060° D-28
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 2008
rwy : 07/25 dirt
CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 131.25)
ULURU [ULURU] Overfly - H-309° D-47
AYERS ROCK/CONELLAN [YAYE] Land - H-336° D-10
elev : 1626
rwy : 13/31ns asphalt
CTAF : 126.90
NDB : AYE AYERS ROCK 233.0
DME : AYE AYERS ROCK 117.10
Chart
Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight.
Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations.
Distance : 140 nm
Est Flight Time : approx 75 mins
Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Cessna 185, Britten Islander or similar capable of 120 to 135 kias.
Altitude : Not above FL125
Flightplan
File as : YERN YAMT YMUP ULURU YAYE
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.
FSX/P3D : The OZX Ernabella scenery is not included in the airport database on these two platforms. As such the airport is not a valid departure point within a flightplan. To work around this the flightplan has been created to depart YAYE Ayres Rock/Conellan airport and the first waypoint is Ernabella the true departure airport for this flight. See the note below regarding the consequences of this to the inability to spawn at Ernabella on the FSX/P3D platforms.
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".
Recommended Scenery
FSX / P3D
ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery (Essential as it packages the departure airport) X-Plane 10/11
Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Note to FSX and P3D pilots
The Ozx scenery depicting YERN Ernabella the departure airport is not in the simulation database and as such pilots will be unable to spawn themselves at the departure airport. For those that flew on Friday and remembered to save the situation can use this to place themselves at the airport. For those without a saved situation a work around is to spawn at any airport, load the accompanying FSX/P3D flightplan and accept being located at the departure airport. Doing this will place the plane at YAYE Ayres Rock/Conellan the destination for the flight. From that location, open the simulation map then drag the plane to the first waypoint in the depicted plan. Close the map by clicking okay to confirm the repositioning. This should relocate the plane in the vicinity of the airport in the scenery. Use slew and an overhead view to place the aircraft at the departure airport.
Flight Details
* NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr"
ERNABELLA (PUKATJA) [YERN] Takeoff
elev : 2319
rwy : 05/23 dirt
CTAF : 126.70
AMATA [YAMT] T&G - H-276° D-54
elev : 2279
rwy : 14/32 dirt
CTAF : 126.70
MULGA PARK [YMUP] T&G - H-060° D-28
(Scenery not depicted in P3D)
elev : 2008
rwy : 07/25 dirt
CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 131.25)
ULURU [ULURU] Overfly - H-309° D-47
AYERS ROCK/CONELLAN [YAYE] Land - H-336° D-10
elev : 1626
rwy : 13/31ns asphalt
CTAF : 126.90
NDB : AYE AYERS ROCK 233.0
DME : AYE AYERS ROCK 117.10
Chart
Welcome to the latest VATPAC Iron Mic attempt featuring Canberra! Canberra airport is the major airport serving Australia's capital city and features several domestic destinations and a couple of international ones too, placing it as Australia's 8th busiest airport. Join us from September 30th to October 6th as we attempt to take home yet another Iron Mic.
The following positions will be the primary positions:
CB_TWR
CB_APP
ML-SNO_CTR
To give us the best chance possible, please logon to the above positions at Canberra prior to occupying others. Remember, There are no reserved positions so if one of the above positions is available, logon!
What is Iron Mic?
Iron Mic is a weekly competition that VATSIM holds to recognizes the positions with the most hours logged on the network. It is broken into 3 categories; TWR, APP and CTR. The position in each category that logs the most online hours over a 7 day period wins the Iron Mic.
Iron Mic runs from 0000z on Monday to 2359z on Sunday (0859 Monday AEDT)
How do we know about our progress?
Click on this link (http://fsmine.dhis.org/stats/showstats.cgi) to view all the VATSIM ATC stats for the week.
Remember, Our aim is to keep the TWR, APP and CTR positions open as much as possible. Coordinate with other controllers to ensure maximum coverage of the Canberra positions. You can do this on Facebook, Teamspeak or the forums.
VATSIM has set out a few rules regarding Iron Mic which can be viewed here https://forums.vatsim.net/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=11100
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! Good Luck VATPAC!
The following positions will be the primary positions:
CB_TWR
CB_APP
ML-SNO_CTR
To give us the best chance possible, please logon to the above positions at Canberra prior to occupying others. Remember, There are no reserved positions so if one of the above positions is available, logon!
What is Iron Mic?
Iron Mic is a weekly competition that VATSIM holds to recognizes the positions with the most hours logged on the network. It is broken into 3 categories; TWR, APP and CTR. The position in each category that logs the most online hours over a 7 day period wins the Iron Mic.
Iron Mic runs from 0000z on Monday to 2359z on Sunday (0859 Monday AEDT)
How do we know about our progress?
Click on this link (http://fsmine.dhis.org/stats/showstats.cgi) to view all the VATSIM ATC stats for the week.
Remember, Our aim is to keep the TWR, APP and CTR positions open as much as possible. Coordinate with other controllers to ensure maximum coverage of the Canberra positions. You can do this on Facebook, Teamspeak or the forums.
VATSIM has set out a few rules regarding Iron Mic which can be viewed here https://forums.vatsim.net/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=11100
If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! Good Luck VATPAC!
It's the End of the Month. Time to go somewhere else for a change. This week: SA
Featuring our Iron Mic airport Canberra, join us as we head south of the Bass Strait to Hobart & Launceston
Recommended Routes
YSCB - YPAD
CB W148 WG Q60 BLACK
YPAD - YSCB
DCT BENDO H36 KACEY DCT
ATC
CB_ATIS 127.45 CB_GND 121.70 CB_TWR 118.70 CB_APP 124.50 ML-TBD_CTR 125.30 ML-SNO_CTR 124.00 AD_APP 124.20 AD_TWR 120.50 AD_GND 121.70 AD_DEL 126.10 AD_ATIS 134.50 Scenery
ORBX Australia (Enroute) FSX/P3D (PAYWARE) ORBX YSCB Canberra AUscene Adelaide
Featuring our Iron Mic airport Canberra, join us as we head south of the Bass Strait to Hobart & Launceston
Recommended Routes
YSCB - YPAD
CB W148 WG Q60 BLACK
YPAD - YSCB
DCT BENDO H36 KACEY DCT
ATC
CB_ATIS 127.45 CB_GND 121.70 CB_TWR 118.70 CB_APP 124.50 ML-TBD_CTR 125.30 ML-SNO_CTR 124.00 AD_APP 124.20 AD_TWR 120.50 AD_GND 121.70 AD_DEL 126.10 AD_ATIS 134.50 Scenery
ORBX Australia (Enroute) FSX/P3D (PAYWARE) ORBX YSCB Canberra AUscene Adelaide
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Upcoming Events
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21 April 2024 09:00 AM Until 10:15 AM
0Simulation 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: 114 nm
Est Flight Time: approx 75 min
Aircraft: Cessna 172 or similar aircraft capable of 100 kias.
Altitude: Remain in Class G airspace outside Cairns CTR. See waypoint notes below.
Flight plan
File as: YCGO YSMT YHTN ATH YATH LMGE GOV PFRM EDT EARV KOPP MARQ BRIN REDL CBLT SMIF YKS YBCS
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.
Flight details
CHILLAGOE [YCGO] Takeoff
elev: 1123
rwy: 17/35 asphalt
CTAF: 126.7
Tune DME to Cairns VOR/DME (CS 113.0)
Not above 8500 ft to 36 DME CS
ALMADEN overfly - visual along the Burke Development Road
SUNNYMOUNT [YSMT] T&G - visual along the Burke Development Road
elev: 1961
rwy: 11/29 grass
CTAF: 126.7
IRVINEBANK overfly - visual along Herberton-Petford Road
HERBERTON [YHTN] T&G - visual along Herberton-Petford Road
elev: 2715
rwy: 16/34 grass
CTAF: 126.7
Not above 6500 ft within 36 DME CS
ATHERTON [ATH] overfly - visual along Atherton-Herberton Road
ATHERTON [YATH] T&G - adjacent VFR waypoint
elev: 2460
rwy: 15/33 grass
CTAF: 126.7
LAKE BARRINE overfly not above 6500 ft - visual along the Gillies Highway
Not above 4500 ft within 22 DME CS
LITTLE MULGRAVE RIVER [LMGE] overfly not above 6500 ft - visual along the Gillies Highway
GORDONVALE [GOV] overfly not above 2500 ft - visual along the Gillies Highway
*** Inbound reporting point ***
Note: Cairns may be controlled top down by Brisbane Centre.
If ATC is active, follow the Western VFR Corridor until instructed to turn base. Remain west of the Bruce Highway/Cairns Western Arterial Road/Captain Cook Highway.
Not above 3500 ft within 12 DME CS
PALM FARM [PFRM] overfly - visual west of the Bruce Highway
Not above 1000 ft within 7 DME CS or as instructed by ATC.
EDMONTON [EDT] overfly - visual west of the Bruce Highway
If ATC is active, do not proceed until given circuit instructions.
If Runway 33 is in use, expect left base after Edmonton.
EARLVILLE [EARV] overfly - visual west of the Bruce Highway
KOPPEN PARK [KOPP] overfly - visual west of the Cairns Western Arterial Road
MARONI'S QUARRY [MARQ] overfly - visual west of the Cairns Western Arterial Road
BRINSMEAD [BRIN] overfly - visual west of the Cairns Western Arterial Road
REDLYNCH [REDL] overfly - visual west of the Cairns Western Arterial Road
CABLEWAY TERMINAL [CBLT] overfly - visual west of the Cairns Western Arterial Road
If Runway 15 is in use, expect right base after Cableway Terminal. Remain west of the Captain Cook Highway until given instructions to turn base.
SMITHFIELD [SMIF] overfly - visual west of the Captain Cook Highway
YORKEYS KNOB [YKS] overfly - visual towards the coast or as directed by ATC
CAIRNS [YBCS] Land - visual along the coast or as directed by ATC
elev: 10
rwy: 15/33 asphalt
TWR: 124.9
VOR/DME: CS 113.0
NDB: CS 364 Charts
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24 April 2024 09:30 AM Until 11:00 AM
0This Weeks Flight for Wednesday 24th April 2024 finds us in the USA flying from Grand Canyon National Park (KGCN) and will follow the might Colorado River and the Grand Canyon to Boulder City (KBVU). There are a number of T&G's along the route at pilot's discretion.Flight created by YMA555
Aircraft: Capable of 150 kias
Comms: Tune Radio to 122.80MHz - Unless Advised by ATC or further detailed hereunder
.Flight Plan: Link
Suggested Altitude: Follow flight plan or just follow the Colorado River
Distance: 199nm
Weather: Real time weather, fair weather if conditions are not suitable for VFR Flying.
Flight Plan:(KGCN-KBVU)< Just click on this link for Flight Plan for .fms and .pln
BELOW: MAP OF ROUTE
THANKS FOR FLYING VATPAC WORLD DISCOVERY FLIGHTS
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26 April 2024 09:00 AM Until 10:15 AM
0Simulation 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: 140 nm
Est Flight Time: approx 75 min
Aircraft: Cessna 172 or similar aircraft capable of 120 kias.
Altitude: Not above 8500 ft. Suggested 2500 ft.
Flight plan
File as: YWBL CAU YCWO YARA YMBU YBDG
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.
Flight details
WARRAMBOOL [YWBL] Takeoff
elev: 242
rwy: 04/22 13/31 asphalt
CTAF: 126.0
CARAMUT [CAU] overfly - visual along Warrnambool-Caramut Road
CHATSWORTH [YCWO] T&G - visual along the Caramut-Chatsworth Road
elev: 628
rwy: 02/20 10/28 grass
CTAF: 126.7
ARARAT [YARA] T&G - visual along Chatsworth-Wickliffe Road and Mortlake-Ararat Road
elev: 1008
rwy: 12/30 asphalt
rwy: 04/22 grass
CTAF: 126.7
MARYBOROUGH [YMBU] T&G - visual along the Pyrenees Highway
elev: 766
rwy: 17/35 asphalt [RH circuit RWY 17]
rwy: 06/24 grass [RH circuit RWY 24]
CTAF: 119.1
LAANECOORIE RESERVOIE overfly - visual along Bendigo-Maryborough Road
BENDIGO [YBDG] Land - visual along Bendigo-Maryborough Road
elev: 710
rwy: 05/23 17/35 asphalt [RH circuit RWY 05 and 35]
CTAF: 119.3 Chart
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28 April 2024 09:00 AM Until 10:15 AM
0Simulation 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: 145 nm
Est Flight Time: approx 75 min
Aircraft: Cessna 172 or similar aircraft capable of 120 kias.
Altitude: Not above 8500 ft. Suggested 3500 ft.
Flight plan
File as: YBDG YCAL DFD CWK YBLT SKP YDER YWBL
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.
Flight details
BENDIGO [YBDG] Takeoff
elev: 710
rwy: 05/23 17/35 asphalt [RH circuit RWY 05 and 35]
CTAF: 119.3
CASTLEMAINE [YCAL] T&G - visual along the Calder Freeway and Midland Highway
elev: 963
rwy: 01/19 10/28 dirt
CTAF: 126.7
DAYLESFORD [DFD] overfly - visual along the Midland Highway
CRESWICK [CWK] overfly - visual along the Midland Highway
BALLARAT [YBLT] T&G - visual along the Pyrenees Highway
elev: 1433
rwy: 05/23 18/36 asphalt [RH circuit RWY 18]
rwy: 13/31 grass [RH circuit RWY 13]
CTAF: 127.75
SKIPTON [SKP] overfly - visual along the Glenelg Highway
LISMORE overfly - visual along Lismore-Skipton Road
DERRINALLUM [YDER] T&G - visual along the Hamilton Highway
elev: 600
rwy: 17/35 grass
CTAF: 126.7
MORTLAKE overfly - visual along the Hamilton Highway
WARRAMBOOL [YWBL] Land - visual along the Hopkins Highway
elev: 242
rwy: 04/22 13/31 asphalt
CTAF: 126.0 Chart
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29 April 2024 06:00 AM Until 12:00 PM
0It’s the end of the month and Spilled Milk Run Monday is back on the calendar. This week we are taking you from New Zealand, to Australia as we commemorate those who shall not grow old, as we who are left grow old.
Fly from Wellington (NZWN) to Canberra (YSCB) and Sydney (YSSY) with full expectations of ATC Services throughout your flight!
Please Note: Depart NZWN between 06-09z. Arrival ATC will be online from 08-12z in Australia!
Routes:
We recommend the following routes between Wellington, Canberra and Sydney.
NZWN - YSCB: TANEN M636 SASRO M636 PLUGA DCT RAZZI
NZWN - YSSY: TANEN M636 PLUGA RIKNI N774 MARLN
Flying in Oceanic Airspace:
Normal ATC throughout Australia (Brisbane Centre, Melbourne Centre, Sydney Approach, etc.) rely on radar to determine where an aircraft is in the air. Over the ocean, there is no radar. This non-radar airspace is controlled by Oceanic ATC.
All Oceanic Controlled Airspace in Australia is controlled from Brisbane, so all oceanic controllers in Australia are called "Brisbane Radio"
One of the significant differences between radar and oceanic flying is the need for position reports.
Position reports are how ATC can determine where you are. Position reports contain estimates for waypoints, speeds, altitudes and any other information. Because there is no radar over the ocean, ATC relies on time-based separation and reports from the pilots. ATC has no way of determining where you are unless you specifically tell them.
The standard format is:
Current/Previous waypoint name and the time you crossed that point. Current Flight Level Mach number if assigned by ATC. Your next waypoint and estimate for that point. The waypoint after that. For example: "Qantas 123 is position PLUGA at time 0523, Flight Level 380, estimating VELKU at 0750, SASRO next."
You can use the Oceanic Reporting Tool to help construct oceanic position reports.
Find more information regarding Oceanic Procedures here.
Controllers:
Controllers who wish to control a position during this event are encouraged to apply here. Positions that do not have a controller online (i.e. no controller controlling the position) will remain free for all controllers available on the day to control.
BN-TSN_FSS BN-ARL_CTR ML-BIK_CTR SY_APP SY_TWR SY_GND CB_APP CB_TWR CB_GND
Scenery:
YSSY - Sydney:
Payware - FlyTampa v2 (FSX/P3D)
Payware – FlyTampa (MSFS)
Payware - TaiModels (X-Plane 11)
Freeware - AVSIM (FSX/P3D)
YSCB - Canberra:
Payware - Impulse Simulations (MSFS)
Payware - ORBX (FSX/P3D)
Freeware - FlyAwaySimulations (FSX/P3D)
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