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  1. Today

  2. Aloha from VATPAC1

    Callum Strawbridge posted a topic in NOTAMs

    Hello Everyone, Firstly, I would like to take the time to thank David Zhong who has maintained a stable community for our members to enjoy. Without his continued efforts I’m sure the division and the community would not be in the place it is today. Today David and I met to discuss current affairs of VATPAC and what current projects are underway after which I was given the responsibility of Division Director. As an introduction to those of you who don’t not know me, my name is Callum Strawbridge. I’ve worked in the Aviation industry for over 5 years and have been involved in Aviation far longer. My VATSIM Journey began in January 2011 where I’ve held positions within VATSIM Australia Pacific (ATC Training, Operations & Events), VATSIM South East Asia (Training) and VATSIM (Social Media). In the preceding years that followed my appointment, the VATPAC community has been subjected to some difficult times. With this in mind came my motive to apply for the Director Of Division position as I have first hand experience and knowledge on the events which have occurred and from that have a vision in mind to ensure the future growth and stability of the division. I want you to know that I have been through all of the recent events with you, I understand what went wrong, what didn’t work and what we can do better. It’s important to note though that I cannot achieve this overnight and cannot achieve it alone. The decision to apply for Director Of Division is something that I and the people who applied as well as the selection committee doesn’t take lightly and I would personally like to thank all who applied and those who took the time to Interview and select. So, What is going to happen from here? As I mentioned above, as a community, we have been through some turbulent times over the past few years. This has lead to plenty of questions about the leadership of VATPAC, VATOCE and even VATSIM. I have been involved in a lot of these events and can safely say, they are over. I have full confidence in the team at VATSIM and VATSIM Oceania, having seen many of the changes happening behind the scenes. I am also excited to work with Alan and the VATPAC Board to bring the division back to the friendly, helpful, energetic and professional community it used to be. I will be working with the VATPAC Board to ensure each department has a plan for the next 12 months. This will ensure we stay on target to give the community the best service we can. We will be filling the recently announced resignations as quickly as possible to ensure each department has strong leadership. If you are interested in applying for these positions, once they open, please put your hand up. I would love to see some people putting their hands up who haven’t before or perhaps people who used to hold roles at VATPAC. I also believe one of the best things we can do to show you that we care is being more transparent. I would like to start by bringing back the VATPAC Newsletter. Once a month, we will publish the newsletter to the mailing list (available on the VATPAC Homepage) and forums which will include an update on what your Divisional team is working on. It is also an opportunity for us to get out information and changes from VATSIM and VATSIM Oceania in a more interactive format. I will be working with the VATPAC Board and will update you with more information on the newsletter in the future. In the next couple of months, we will also be publishing a survey for all previous, current and potential future members. The goal of this survey will be to create a plan for the future that is in touch with the community. I'll publish further information on the survey soon and hope we can get as many responses as possible from the membership, the results of which will be published. Where do I see the community? I've changed quite a lot over the years. I started out with a pretty big ego (a common trait). I’m not going to deny I didn’t cause some trouble in my early days but having grown up, I have changed into the easy going, laid back person I am today. I live life as it comes and treat everyone equally. I want to see this community return to the way it was when I started, supportive and forgiving. I feel there is a word that keeps popping into my mind that sums up how I believe the VATPAC community should be. Mateship. Defined: “Mateship is an Australian cultural idiom that embodies equality, loyalty and friendship.” I know that we have lots of people in the community of different ages, backgrounds, languages and maturity levels. It costs nothing to be kind to everyone. Something that popped into my head while on holiday (I’m currently in Hawaii) was how you can go anywhere around the world, and spot an Aussie. You can say G’day, have a chat, and instantly, that sense of mateship is there. I would love for VATPAC to get back to a place where that is the case. That relies on everyone working together, being friendly, offering to share knowledge and help each other out. Finally, I know everyone says this, but I genuinely want you to know. My door will always be open for everyone, regardless of who you are. I look forward to working with each and every person of this community we love to make VATPAC the great place it once was, again. Sincerely, Callum
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  5. NOTAM: Reserved Positions for Cross The Ditch 1 INTRODUCTION The following positions are reserved under reference to section 4.1 of the VATPAC Controller Positions and Ratings Policy. This NOTAM is the reservation of positions for the purpose of Cross The Ditch 16 - Winter 2019 2 RESERVED POSITIONS The following positions are reserved during the Indicated Times below Saturday 1800z - Sunday 1400z (Entire Event) BN-TSN_FSS Saturday 2000z - Sunday 0100z SY_DEL, SY_GND, SY_TWR, SY_APP, BN-MDE_CTR Sunday 0300z - Sunday 0800z CG_DEL, CG_GND, CG_TWR, CG_APP, BN-DOS_CTR Sunday 0900z - Sunday 1400z ML_GND, ML_TWR, ML_APP, ML-SNO_CTR, ML-WON_CTR 3 AUTHORITY Sam Hall - Director of Events and Communications ([email protected]) Joshua Micallef - Events Coordinator ([email protected]) 4 CANCELLATION This NOTAM self cancels at 1400z on Sunday 16th June 2019
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  8. Tamworth to Mudgee

    Pheonix Taylor commented on Russell Diehl's calendar event in VFR Operations

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    Scone Addon-Scenery for Prepar3D v4 is available here under "full" http://ausfs.tk/scenery/index.php & heads Russell the Orbx Australia link no longer works.
  9. Alan Cooke started following Director of Division VATPAC1 Appointed

  10. Director of Division VATPAC1 Appointed

    Alan Cooke posted a topic in NOTAMs

    I am happy to report that the application process to appoint VATPAC's new Director Of Division has been completed. It was a hard fought contest with 2 candidates nearly impossible to separate. It gives me great pleasure to announce that the new DD is Callum Strawbridge, I wish him well in his new appointment and I am sure the community will get behind him and support him as he works with the Board to improve VATPAC for all it's members. I must also thank the selection panel for the work they did in trying to find the best possible candidate. Thanks must also go to David for stepping in at a time of crisis in an acting role. He settled the Division down and has brought plenty of new structure and confidence to the board, I personally am very grateful to David for this and it will also set up Callum in a good position for moving forward. I would like to wish David well in his future endeavors. There will now be a short transition period where David can hand over to Callum. Thanks Alan

  11. Greek Isles - Karpathos to Ioannis Daskalogiannis

    Russell Diehl posted a calendar event in VFR Operations

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    Event Details This Greek Isles flight created by Peter Smith [YMA489] 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 65 mins Aircraft : Single or piston engine aircraft such as Mooney Bravo, Beechcraft Bonanza or similar capable of between 150-170 kias. Communications United States uses Unicom 122.80 for radio comms at all 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. The client is a little challenging to get installed and configured. Some further guidance can be found in this video tutorial for those with X-Plane on Windows x64). Altitude : Not above A6500 Flightplan File as : LGKP LGKS LGST LGIR LG54 LGSA 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 Default scenery X-Plane 10/11 Default scenery Flight Details * NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr" KARPATHOS [LGKP] Takeoff elev : 66 rwy : 12/30 asphalt CTAF : 122.80 KASSOS [LGKS] T&G - H-269° D-11 elev : 35 rwy : 09/27 asphalt CTAF : 122.80 SITIA/VITSENTZOS KORNAROS [LGST] T&G - H-252° D-42 elev : 376 rwy : 05/23 asphalt CTAF : 122.80 NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS [LGIR] T&G - H-278° D-46 elev : 115 rwy : 12/30 09/27 asphalt CTAF : 122.80 TYMPAKI [LG54] T&G - H-228° D-26 elev : 7 rwy : 09/27 asphalt CTAF : 122.80 IOANNIS DASKALOGIANNIS [LGSA] Land - H-310° D-41 elev : 490 rwy : 11/29 asphalt CTAF : 122.80 Chart
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  13. Cross the Ditch: Winter 2019

    Sam Hall replied to Sam Hall's topic in Event Announcements

    For anyone yet to make their way to the ATC roster, you can find the sheet here.
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  15. Spilled Milk Run - South West

    Trent Hopkinson posted a calendar event in Events Calendar

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    Join us June 24th from 1830 AEST to 2100 AEST as we spill the milk to the south west of WA.. Spilled Milk Run Monday - South West! This Spilled Milk Run Monday we will be exploring the South West of Western Australia and the many regional airports it has to offer with the focus of this event being Perth. This time around we are going to be taking a little bit of a different approach, both literally and figuratively. You may expect many different instrument approaches such as ILS and RNAV at the larger airports, or even GNSS, VOR and NBD approaches in some of our smaller fields. Much of these airports are in uncontrolled airspace so make sure you have your phraseology at its peak, ready for some more testing procedures for pilots and ATC alike. Recommended Routes YPPH - YPKG DCT AMANA Y31 KARAB Y69 BOSLI Y67 KG YPKG - YPPH DCT NALAR Q41 HAMTN Q158 BEVLY YPPH - YBLN DCT MANDU W20 BLN YBLN - YPPH DCT BLN W20 MANDU YPPH - YESP (Recommended for Non-Jet) DCT PH Z44 ESP YESP - YPPH (Recommended for Non-Jet) DCT ESP Q158 HAMTN Z52 GRENE YPPH - YABA (Recommended for Non-Jet) DCT SOLUS W172 ABA YABA - YPPH (Recommended for Non-Jet) DCT ABA W172 SOLUS ATC ATC is pretty straight forward with Perth being the hot-spot. However if TFC deems acceptable additional non-standard* positions may be opened (Particularly ENR) PH_DEL.......................................................118.550 PH_GND......................................................121.700 PH_TWR......................................................127.400 PH_APP.......................................................123.600 PH_DEP.......................................................118.700 ML-ESP_CTR..............................................123.950 PH-E_GND..................................................122.200 ML-PIY_CTR*.............................................133.900 ML-JAR_CTR*............................................120.300 ML-HYD_CTR*...........................................118.200 Please keep in mind that these non-standard* positions still require approval to open as per normal. Scenery ORBX Australia (Enroute) FSX/P3D (PAYWARE) MFSG Perth 2019 (YPPH) FS9/FSX/P3D (PAYWARE) ORBX Busselton (YBLN) FSX/P3D (FREEWARE) David Sheridan Kalgoorlie-Boulder (YPKG) FSX (FREEWARE) Mike Major Albany (YABA) FSX (FREEWARE)

  16. NASA Space Centre - Florida

    Paul Motu commented on Russell Diehl's calendar event in VFR Operations

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    That would be excellent Tristan. I've not flown on VATSIM with ATC yet, being quite a newbie at it. Having flown VFR with Daniel a few weeks ago and his guys it will help me a lot because we use TeamSpeak so I can hear what they say to you which will give me more confidence to follow suit and build up my confidence and hopefully after a few touch and go's I'll get better at it. Cheers mate.
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  18. Resignation - Eoin Motherway & Dan Martin

    David Zhong posted a topic in NOTAMs

    It is with regret that I advise the community that Eoin Motherway and Dan Martin have resigned from their positions citing real world commitments. Both of these gentlemen have made an enormous contribution to our organisation and on behalf of VATPAC I would like to express our gratitude. An announcement regarding a new division director is imminent and the incoming division director will be making the arrangements for the transition period while we find suitable replacements.
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  21. The VATPAC events team is now welcoming applications for the vacant position, Deputy Director Special Events. Responsible to: Director of Events Direct Reports: Event Coordinator(‘s) Duties: Responsible for the management, promotion and execution of and all major official VATPAC events. Provides oversight and organisation of event coordinators. Develops relationships with other divisions' and organisations' event staff to arrange support for VATPAC events as well as provide support for their events. Liaises with Director Operations for coordination of online ATC support of VATPAC events. Works with the Director Operations to ensure that VATPAC event information is promulgated to Partner Virtual Airlines. Acts in a lead role to ensure all tasks required in planning of events are completed to high standard and on deadline. Responsible for the Maintenance of the VATPAC Events webpage(s). Responsible for the promotion of VATPAC events to social media sites (such as VATSIM Forums, Vroute events, VATTASTIC Event, VATPAC, VATOCE and VATSIM Facebook pages) as required. Maintains an online presence of 5-10 hours per month on the VATSIM network. Essential Criteria: Be a member of the VATPAC Division of VATSIM for a period of at least 12 months. Be a member of good standing in VATSIM for at least 12 months at the time of application. Must have at least an S3 rating. Be able to work well with other board members and the VATPAC community. Have ability to maintain focus and organisation over the long run. Be able to work well within a voluntary organisation. Be able to work as a Team Player Where to apply? Members interested in being considered for the role should send your application, addressing the selection criteria listed above, via email to [email protected] APPLICATIONS IN STRICTEST CONFIDENCE CLOSE AT 23:59 hours AEST on Tuesday July 9th 2019.

  22. Mudgee to Tamworth

    Russell Diehl posted a calendar event in VFR Operations

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    Event Details Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 145 nm Est Flight Time : approx 80 mins Aircraft : Single piston engine aircraft such as Cessna 172, Orion Maule or similar capable of 115 to 135 kias. Communications Australia uses CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) for radio comms at uncontrolled airfields. FSCopilot/FSInn VATSIM pilots connecting to the network using FSCOPILOT/FSINN can install an additional file that provides the ability to tune the CTAF frequency and make voice announcements to other pilots on frequency. These files can be obtained via this link. Swift Swift is a recent VATSIM Pilot Client alternative now released to the public as a beta release candidate. This pilot client is a one fits all alternative and will work with FSX, P3D V3/V4 and XPlane in either 32 bit Windows or 64 bit Windows, Mac and Linux. This client, once installed and configured (not for the faint of heart - some guidance can be found in this video tutorial for those with X-Plane on Windows x64), also provides a capability for pilots to designate a private voice channel to allow communication with other pilots in the same voice channel. However, to do this requires a frequency over ride to be set allowing the client to ignore the set frequency instead providing text entry into a text box. Into this box the name of the voice room needs to be entered to enable voice communication. A voice room is typically in the form of "some.server.org/<Airport ICAO>". The server component is ALWAYS "rw1.vatpac.org". So this week's departure would use "rw1.vatpac.org/<Airport ICAO>". For airports without an airport ICAO it is typical to use VATPAC VFR Virtual voice room acccessed using 131.25 in FSINN. The equivalent for SWIFT is "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr". Altitude : Remain OCTA below Class C & D Tamworth Steps. If ATC is active clearance will be required prior to passing Duri Gap Flightplan File as : YMDG YGGG YBUT YCAH YADU YBVL YQDI WEK GST DUA YSTW 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 Tamworth Airport [YSTW] 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" MUDGEE [YMDG] Takeoff elev : 1545 rwy : 04/22ns asphalt rwy : 16ns/34 grass CTAF : 126.70 NDB : MDG MUDGEE 398.0 GULGONG [YGGG] T&G - H-339° D-16 elev : 1443 rwy : 09/27 dirt CTAF : 131.25 BUTHEROO [YBUT] T&G - H-336° D-33 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 1388 rwy : 11/29 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) COOLAH [YCAH] T&G - H-081° D-10 elev : 1654 rwy : 08/26 gravel CTAF : 126.70 ARDGOUR [YADU] T&G - H-061° D-23 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 1725 rwy : 15/33 grass CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) BLACKVILLE [YBVL] T&G - H-048° D-8 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 1404 rwy : 11/29 1/19 grass CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) QUIRINDI [YQDI] T&G - H-060° D-18 elev : 1058 rwy : 06/24 14/32 asphalt CTAF : 127.80 NDB : QDI QUIRINDI 386.0 WERRIS CREEK [WEK] Overfly - H-029° D-11 GATE SOUTH [GST] Overfly - H-012° D-5 not above A3500 DURI GAP [DUA] Overfly - H-356° D-6 not above A3500 IF ATC active obtain clearance to enter Tamworth CTA TAMWORTH [YSTW] Land - H-035° D-10 elev : 1334 rwy : 12R/30L 12L/30R asphalt rwy : 06/24 18/36 grass CTAF/TWR : 119.40 NDB : TW TAMWORTH 341.0 VOR/DME : TW TAMWORTH 116.00 Tamworth VTC Mudgee to Tamworth VNC

  23. Tamworth to Mudgee

    Russell Diehl posted a calendar event in VFR Operations

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    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 80 mins Aircraft : Single piston engine aircraft such as Cessna 172, Orion Maule or similar capable of 115 to 135 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 : Once clear of Tamworth CTA remain OCTA below Class D & C Steps Flightplan File as : YSTW WASL CURR YGGO WBH YMBS YSCO YDEN YWID YMDG 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 Tamworth Airport [YSTW] 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" TAMWORTH [YSTW] Takeoff elev : 1334 rwy : 12R/30L 12L/30R asphalt rwy : 06/24 18/36 grass CTAF/TWR : 119.40 NDB : TW TAMWORTH 341.0 VOR/DME : TW TAMWORTH 116.00 WARRAL SILO [WASL] Overfly - H-159° D-4 CURRABUBULA [CURR] Overfly - H-210° D-9 GOONOO GOONOO [YGGO] T&G - H-100° D-10 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 1496 rwy : 12/30 grass CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) WALLABADAH [WBH] Overfly - H-187° D-14 MIDDLE BROOK STATION T&G - H-170° D-26 (Scenery not depicted in X-Plane) elev : 930 rwy : 18/36 grass CTAF : 131.25 SCONE [YSCO] T&G - H-153° D-4 elev : 745 rwy : 11/29 asphalt CTAF : 128.00 NDB : SCO SCONE 209.0 DENMAN [YDEN] T&G - H-196° D-23 elev : 401 rwy : 13/31 gravel CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) WIDDEN (PRIVATE) [YWID] T&G - H-226° D-16 elev : 652 rwy : 01/19 grass CTAF : 131.25 MUDGEE [YMDG] Land - H-254° D-37 elev : 1545 rwy : 04/22ns asphalt rwy : 16ns/34 grass CTAF : 126.70 NDB : MDG MUDGEE 398.0 Tamworth VTC Scone to Mudgee VNC
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  25. NASA Space Centre - Florida

    Tristan Garratt commented on Russell Diehl's calendar event in VFR Operations

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    If I get my ZJX rating back then I will control DAB for you all!

  26. NASA Space Centre - Florida

    Russell Diehl posted a calendar event in VFR Operations

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    Event Details This flight provides an opportunity to explore the NASA Space Centre in Florida. Pilots using X-Plane have some additional scenery to compliment the existing default for the area. This scenery is set post Shuttle and depicts the current practice of launching unmanned vehicles. Those flying legacy FSX have default scenery depicting the launch and retrieval of Shuttle missions. Atypically, pilots are encouraged to fly a small jet aircraft. This is to emulate the use of the Northrop T38 Talon used by NASA astronauts as their personal qualifying and taxi service. So pilots with the aircraft in their personal hangar are encouraged to use it for the flight. 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 65 mins Aircraft : Small single or twin engine jet aircraft such as Cirrus Vision, Pilatus PC-24, Northrop T-38 Talon or similar capable of up to 250 kias below A10,000. Communications United States uses Unicom 122.80 for radio comms at all 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. The client is a little challenging to get installed and configured. Some further guidance can be found in this video tutorial for those with X-Plane on Windows x64). Altitude : Not above A6500 Flightplan File as : KVQQ KSGJ KDAB KTIX KCOI COCOA.BEACH KXMR KTTS 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 Default scenery - FSX depicts the area during the latter days of the Shuttle Era The depiction in P3D is unknown at the time of publishing this event X-Plane 10/11 KXMR Cape Canaveral Air Force Station 3.5 Depicts the area post Space Shuttle Flight Details * NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr" CECIL [KVQQ] Takeoff elev : 80 rwy : 09L/27R 18R/36L 09R/27L 18L/36R asphalt CTAF : 122.80 FLEMING ISLAND Overfly - H-135° D-11 NORTHEAST FLORIDA REGL [KSGJ] T&G - H-118° D-21 elev : 10 rwy : 02/20 06/24 13/31 asphalt CTAF : 122.80 DAYTONA BEACH INTL [KDAB] T&G - H-167° D-49 elev : 34 rwy : 07R/25L 16/34 07L/25R asphalt CTAF : 122.80 LAKE HARNEY Overfly - H-185° D-26 SPACE COAST REGL [KTIX] T&G - H-142° D-20 elev : 34 rwy : 09/27 18/36 asphalt CTAF : 122.80 MERRITT ISLAND [KCOI] T&G - H-155° D-12 elev : 6 rwy : 11/29 asphalt CTAF : 122.80 COCOA BEACH Overfly - H-102° D-4 CAPE CANAVERAL AFS SKID STRIP [KXMR] T&G - H-021° D-8 elev : 10 rwy : 13/31 asphalt CTAF : 122.80 NASA SHUTTLE LANDING FACILITY [KTTS] Land - H-326° D-11 elev : 9 rwy : 15/33 asphalt CTAF : 122.80 Chart

  27. Ravensthorpe to Albany

    Russell Diehl posted a calendar event in VFR Operations

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    Event Details Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 182 nm Est Flight Time : approx 85 mins Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Beechcraft Baron, Mooney Bravo or similar capable of 155 to 185 kias. Communications Australia uses CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) for radio comms at uncontrolled airfields. FSCopilot/FSInn VATSIM pilots connecting to the network using FSCOPILOT/FSINN can install an additional file that provides the ability to tune the CTAF frequency and make voice announcements to other pilots on frequency. These files can be obtained via this link. Swift Swift is a recent VATSIM Pilot Client alternative now released to the public as a beta release candidate. This pilot client is a one fits all alternative and will work with FSX, P3D V3/V4 and XPlane in either 32 bit Windows or 64 bit Windows, Mac and Linux. This client, once installed and configured (not for the faint of heart - some guidance can be found in this video tutorial for those with X-Plane on Windows x64), also provides a capability for pilots to designate a private voice channel to allow communication with other pilots in the same voice channel. However, to do this requires a frequency over ride to be set allowing the client to ignore the set frequency instead providing text entry into a text box. Into this box the name of the voice room needs to be entered to enable voice communication. A voice room is typically in the form of "some.server.org/<Airport ICAO>". The server component is ALWAYS "rw1.vatpac.org". So this week's departure would use "rw1.vatpac.org/<Airport ICAO>". For airports without an airport ICAO it is typical to use VATPAC VFR Virtual voice room acccessed using 131.25 in FSINN. The equivalent for SWIFT is "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr". Altitude : Not above FL125 Flightplan File as : 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 Gnowangerup YGNW 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" RAVENSTHORPE [YNRV] Takeoff elev : 209 rwy : 14/32 06/24 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 RAVENSTHORPE [YRAV] T&G - H-320° D-20 (Scenery not depicted in X-Plane) elev : 996 rwy : 11/29 18/36 clay CTAF : 131.25 JERRAMUNGUP [YJGP] T&G - H-246° D-57 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 1049 rwy : 12/30 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) GNOWANGERUP [YGNW] T&G - H-267° D-45 elev : 907 rwy : 12/30 oil treated CTAF : 131.25 NARRIKUP T&G - H-195° D-52 (Scenery not depicted in X-Plane) elev : 385 rwy : 18/36 12/30 dirt CTAF : 131.25 ALBANY [YABA] Land - H-166° D-8 elev : 233 rwy : 05/23 14/32 asphalt CTAF : 127.85 NDB : ABA ALBANY 240.0 DME : ABA ALBANY 109.70 Chart

  28. Albany to Ravensthorpe

    Russell Diehl posted a calendar event in VFR Operations

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    Event Details Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 178 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 : Not above FL125 Flightplan File as : YABA YDEK YHPE YNRV 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" ALBANY [YABA] Takeoff elev : 233 rwy : 05/23 14/32 asphalt CTAF : 127.85 NDB : ABA ALBANY 240.0 DME : ABA ALBANY 109.70 DENMARK [YDEK] T&G - H-272° D-20 elev : 230 rwy : 09/27 bitumen CTAF : 127.85 (FSINN 126.70) NARRIKUP T&G - H-069° D-20 (Scenery not depicted in X-Plane) elev : 385 rwy : 18/36 12/30 dirt CTAF : 131.25 GAIRDNER RIVER T&G - H-071° D-89 (Scenery not depicted in X-Plane) elev : 35 rwy : 09/27 18/36 dirt CTAF : 131.25 HOPETOUN [YHPE] T&G - H-059° D-41 elev : 70 rwy : 01/19 11/29 dirt CTAF : 131.25 RAVENSTHORPE [YNRV] Land - H-025° D-7 elev : 209 rwy : 14/32 06/24 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 Chart
  29. Peter Walsh joined the community
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  31. World Discovery - New Zealand North Island Tour

    Paul Motu commented on Daniel Mckee's calendar event in VFR Operations

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    And now to feel like a total tosser I’ve just noted that in the NZWN to NZVR discovery flight that the flight included the leg from NZPP to NZMS. Sigh!
  32. William Teale joined the community
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  35. Bahamas-Congo Town to Nassau

    Daniel Mckee posted a calendar event in VFR Operations

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    This Weeks Flight for Wednesday 5th June 2019 commencing 8.00pm AEST Flight created by YMA555 Bahamas: Congo Town to Nassau Int'l Flight Details: MYAK-MYNN Scenery: All airfields are in latest X-Plane 11.33 Aircraft: Capable of 150 kias Comms: Tune Radio to 122.80MHz - Unless Advised by ATC or further detailed hereunder Flight Plan: MYAK MYAB MYAF MYAN MYBC MYBG MYNN Suggested Altitude: Follow flight plan Distance: 151nm Weather: Real time weather, fair weather if conditions are not suitable for VFR Flying. Flight Plan:(MKAY-MYNN)< Just click on this link for Flight Plan for FSX or PlanG or XP 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.

  36. Flinders Island to Launceston

    Russell Diehl posted a calendar event in VFR Operations

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    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 : Once clear of Launceston, remain below Launceston CTA Flightplan File as : YFLI YKCK PALANA YLDB YCBN YCKD SWAN.IS YBDP TAP NUA YMLT GPS Flightplan is available for FSX and X-Plane FMS and also provided is the original Plan-G flightplan for those that find this useful all enclosed within a Zip archive. Navigation : Pilots familiar with the area can navigate visually, for those less familiar the accompanying GPS Flightplan is the recommended method of navigating the flight plan. Recommended Scenery ORBX Launceston [YMLT] (P3D/FSX) Flinders Island (P3D/FSX) ORBX Australia (P3D/FSX ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS (P3D/FSX OZX 3.5 AU Scenery (P3D/FSX Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details * NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr" FLINDERS ISLAND [YFLI] Takeoff elev : 34 rwy : 05ns/23 14ns/32 sealed CTAF : 127.80 KILLIECRANKIE [YKCK] T&G - H-322° D-16 elev : 100 rwy : 09/27 dirt CTAF : 131.25 PALANA T&G - H-016° D-7 (Scenery not depicted in X-Plane) elev : 250 rwy : 09/27 grass CTAF : 131.25 LADY BARRON [YLDB] T&G - H-138° D-30 elev : 43 rwy : 07/25 dirt CTAF : 131.25 CAPE BARREN ISLAND [YCBN] T&G - H-208° D-16 pos : LT R-014 78.0 elev : 152 rwy : 08/26 gravel rwy : 02/20 12/30 grass CTAF : 131.25 CLARKE ISLAND [YCKD] T&G - H-133° D-9 pos : LT R-020 74.0 elev : 185 rwy : 11/29 05/23 09/27 grass CTAF : 131.25 SWAN ISLAND T&G - H-168° D-13 pos : LT R-026 62.6 elev : 41 rwy : 09/27 grass CTAF : 131.25 BRIDPORT [YBDP] T&G - H-227° D-36 elev : 54 rwy : 10/28 gravel CTAF : 131.25 TARGA GAP [TAP] Overfly - H-175° D-18 NUNAMARA [NUA] Overfly - Visual D-5 LAUNCESTON [YMLT] Land - Visual D-10 elev : 562 rwy : 14R/32L asphalt rwy : 18/36 14L/32R grass CTAF/TWR : 118.70 NDB : LT LAUNCESTON 242.0 NDB : LT LAUNCESTON LAUNCESTON TAS 242.0 VOR/DME : LT LAUNCESTON 112.60 Chart

  37. Launceston to Flinders Island

    Russell Diehl posted a calendar event in VFR Operations

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    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 90 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 : Once clear of Launceston, remain below Launceston CTA Flightplan File as : YMLT TID GVH BNE YGTO YBDP YICE YPSI YLDB PALANA YKCK YFLI 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. Navigation : Pilots have a choice of alternatives for this flight. There is the obligatory accompanying flight plan for those that embrace the latest technology. For the more adventurous pilots the radial and distances are provided allowing the flight to be navigated using ground based radio and visual navigation techniques. Recommended Scenery ORBX Launceston [YMLT] (P3D/FSX) Flinders Island (P3D/FSX) ORBX Australia (P3D/FSX) ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS (P3D/FSX) OZX 3.5 AU Scenery (P3D/FSX) Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details * NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr" LAUNCESTON [YMLT] Takeoff elev : 562 rwy : 14R/32L asphalt rwy : 18/36 14L/32R grass CTAF/TWR : 118.70 NDB : LT LAUNCESTON 242.0 NDB : LT LAUNCESTON LAUNCESTON TAS 242.0 VOR/DME : LT LAUNCESTON 112.60 TAMAR ISLAND [TID] Overfly - Visual D-11 GRAVELLY BEACH [GVH] Overfly - Visual D-8 BATMAN BRIDGE [BNE] Overfly - Visual D-5 GEORGE TOWN [YGTO] T&G - H-324° D-9 elev : 131 rwy : 06/24 bitumen rwy : 14/32 11/29 grass CTAF : 127.30 BRIDPORT [YBDP] T&G - H-083° D-26 elev : 54 rwy : 10/28 gravel CTAF : 131.25 ICENA [YICE] T&G - H-060° D-35 elev : 108 rwy : 09/27 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) PASSAGE ISLAND [YPSI] T&G - H-007° D-23 elev : 121 rwy : 14/32 09/27 grass CTAF : 131.25 LADY BARRON [YLDB] T&G - H-332° D-19 elev : 43 rwy : 07/25 dirt CTAF : 131.25 PALANA T&G - H-317° D-30 (Scenery not depicted in X-Plane) elev : 250 rwy : 09/27 grass CTAF : 131.25 KILLIECRANKIE [YKCK] T&G - H-196° D-7 elev : 100 rwy : 09/27 dirt CTAF : 131.25 FLINDERS ISLAND [YFLI] Land - H-143° D-16 elev : 34 rwy : 05ns/23 14ns/32 sealed CTAF : 127.80 Chart

  38. World Discovery - New Zealand North Island Tour

    Paul Motu commented on Daniel Mckee's calendar event in VFR Operations

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    My sincerest apologies to Daniel and fellow flyers. Last week was my first ever VATSIM flight and I did one of these NZ Discovery Tour flights. After doing that one I loved it so much I went back and did what I genuinely thought was one of the earlier OLD flights. So I did this flight and popped in the extra leg above and then made the foregoing comment thinking that if anyone was doing like I did and flying an old event that they might like to do the extra leg. Now I feel like such a dick for posting the missing leg comment above and for doing this flight AHEAD of the pack as well.... Sorry Daniel for commenting on the extra leg ahead of time! Having said this though, I'll be there for tonights flight as I just looked it up to see where we go and DOH noted my mistake - so if you decide to sabotage my plane mid-flight, I'll get the message! Sorry again Paul Motu
  39. Congratulations to Alex Metcalfe (1369259) who is the latest Transfer Controller to join the VATSIM Australia Pacific Division. Congratulations!

  40. VATPAC User Profile

    Tom Grozev posted a topic in NOTAMs

    One of the goals of the IT Department is to improve transparency in the platforms being developed and what and how personal data is stored. With this in mind, we are announcing the VATPAC profile. This page will be where you can go to find the data stored and used by VATPAC. Generally, this will generally be data sourced from VATSIM SSO but will expand in the future. https://profile.vatpac.org/ NOTE: This does not include forums or academy data. It is solely personal data from the core. If you would like to contribute, the code can be found on the VATPAC GitHub https://github.com/vatpac-it

  41. Pacific Link June: Moresby - Wewak

    Bailey Brown commented on Nicholas Naumovski's calendar event in Events Calendar

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    Wewak Gamer Time 😎😎😍🙌 wewak=epic

  42. World Discovery - New Zealand North Island Tour

    Paul Motu commented on Daniel Mckee's calendar event in VFR Operations

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    This is a suggestion to spice up this flight if anyone does this flight after the date of this post. In your flight plan add Paraparaumu (pronounced PARA-PARA-OO-MOO) airport (NZPP) after Masterton Airport (NZMS). As a result (and assuming you've purchased the Orbx South Island add on - (I'm not sure how it'll look if you don't have the add-on) but you'll have a great flight climbing up and over Mt Hector which adds a very 'speccy' bit of scenic viewing to this flight. How it was missed in the first instance surprised me but this is not a complaint about the original flight because it was a lot of fun and scenic. However, I have friends in NZPP and have driven from there to Wellington on a visit there many years ago, so wanted to fly there just because I was in the neighbourhood. As a result I discovered Mt Hector and thought I'd share and then it's a nice little fly in to Wellington after that.
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