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In collaboration with PCF and the Indonesia VACC, VATPAC is pleased to delighted to invite you to the Guam -> Darwin Shuttle! Fly from Guam to Darwin with full ATC from 2000z on the 21st of November 2020, until 0400z on the 22nd of November 2020! What is a 'Shuttle' Event? A shuttle event is where we invite pilots and controllers to fly from the defined departure airport, to the defined arrival airport with the expectation of full ATC along the way! On this occasion, we have teamed up with PCF in order to provide you with an international event! We invite you to depart from Guam International Airport (PGUM) between 2000z and 2200z on the 21st of November 2020, inbound to Darwin International Airport (YPDN), as we attempt to test out our talented controlling team! Below you will find the recommended route between the two airfields, as well as information for your departure and arrival! Route: VATPAC, PCF and Indonesia VACC recommend the following route when flying between Guam and Darwin. PGUM -> YPDN: ROUTE: PGUM UNZ A450 LOEBB 08E40 06E39 00S37 BIK W65 ZDVEE FOLOT BUTPA A461 ADKUL UY95 DONYA DN DEPARTURE: Radar vectors to UNZ STAR: DONYA7A (11/29) Remember the departure slot for PGUM is between 2000z and 2200z! Departure From Guam: Pilots departing from Guam International Airport (PGUM), can expect to depart from either runways 06L/R or runways 24L/R, depending on wind direction and traffic levels. Pilots are to expect radar vectors after departure towards the UNZ TACAN, or a waypoint on their route that is nearby. Arrival Into Darwin: Upon Arrival into Darwin International Airport (YPDN), pilots can expect the DONYA7(A/U) followed by a choice of VOR, NDB, ILS, RNAV or Visual approach (Weather Permitting) into either runway 11 or 29. ATC will assign the approach type nominated in the ATIS but you may request a different approach type if you are up for the challenge. ATC will be provided at Darwin between 0100z and 0400z. We ask that you are familiar with the approach type you select. If you are unfamiliar with these operations you can request vectors from the Approach controller to ensure you capture the localiser. Click here to see a DONYA7A chart. Please note: The DONYA7U arrival is virtually the same as the DONYA7A, it simply links to a different approach! ATC: ATC within VATPAC airspace for this event will be rostered according to the positions nominated below. Applications are now open, click here to apply. Login Identifier: Radio Callsign: Frequency: BN-TRT_CTR Brisbane Centre 133.200 DN_APP Darwin Approach 134.100 DN_TWR Darwin Tower 133.100 DN_GND Darwin Ground 121.800 ZAK_W_FSS will NOT be a rostered position, however, if you are an ENR controller, and part of the "Oceanic Roster", please feel free to jump on from 2100z! Scenery: Guam International Airport (PGUM) Payware - RealWorld (FSX/P3D) Freeware - Xplane Forums (Xplane) Freeware - Xplane Forums (Xplane) YPDN - Darwin International Airport Payware - MFSG (FSX/P3D) Freeware - AVSIM (FSX) Freeware - WorldWideXP (Xplane) We are always looking for feedback about our events! Email [email protected] or visit https://feedback.vatpac.org

Welcome back to one of VATPAC's newest events - East Coast Connect! Whether you like to fly IFR in a commercial jet or small turboprop, or VFR in a smaller private aircraft, this is the event for you. Enjoy the beautiful scenery that Queensland has to offer within your simulators! What is East Coast Connect? East Coast Connect is a new event that offers two different types of events every four weeks. Running every second Saturday, the first round is a connection between Brisbane, Sydney and the Gold Coast. In the second round, we connect Brisbane & Cairns! Pilots can expect ATC to be online between the nominated airfields from 0800z - 1200z! ATC can expect to apply their sequencing skills to generate a pleasant flow of traffic between the nominated airfields. East Coast Connect occurs every second Saturday. In the event a major event occurs on the same day, East Coast Connect will not run. Keep an eye out on the VATPAC Event Announcements for future renditions of this event! Routes: This week, we are flying between Brisbane International Airport (YBBN) and Cairns international Airport (YBCS) We recommend the following routes for you to fly during this event; however, you are more than welcome to fly to different aerodromes within the coverage area! YBBN -> YBCS: BN BIXAD Q67 UPOLO CS YBCS -> YBBN: CS SWIFT Y177 SMOKA BN ATC: The positions below will be available to be rostered. Should a position not be filled by the roster, then anyone is permitted to log on and fill that position. To be rostered for this event, click here Login Identifier: Radio Callsign: Frequency: CS_DEL Cairns Delivery 128.750 CS_GND Cairns Ground 121.700 CS_TWR CS_APP Cairns Tower Cairns Approach 124.900 118.400 BN_DEL Brisbane Delivery 118.850 BN_GND Brisbane Ground 119.900 BN_TWR Brisbane Tower 120.500 BN_APP Brisbane Approach 124.700 BN-TBP_CTR Brisbane Centre 120.550 BN-DOS_CTR Brisbane Centre 135.600 Non-Standard positions will be available for opening depending on traffic levels. They may only be opened once all of the rostered positions are filled. Please see a member of the Board of Directors, or a C3 rated controller to be granted permission to open a non-standard position. Rostering Trial: During September & October, the events team will be trialling a rostering system for this event. The roster will be released on the Wednesday before the event. Positions that are not rostered (i.e. no controller assigned on the position) will remain free for all controllers available on the day to control. Controllers who wish to reserve a position to control during this event are encouraged to apply via https://events.vatpac.org/. After the controller roster is released on Wednesday evening, no controllers will be added to the roster. Feedback about this trial can be directed to [email protected] or via https://feedback.vatpac.org/. Scenery: Brisbane International Airport (YBBN): Payware - ORBX (FSX/P3D) Freeware - AVSIM (FSX/P3D) Cairns International Airport (YBCS): Payware - ORBX (FSX/P3D) Freeware - AVSIM (FSX/P3D) Freeware - FSClips (xPlane) MISC - Miscellaneous Items: Payware - AUSv2 (FSX/P3D) *Required by ORBX Airports* Do you have feedback for this event? Feel free to send your thoughts to [email protected].

Today we are introducing you to one of VATPAC's newest events - East Coast Connect! Whether you like to fly IFR in a commercial jet or small turboprop, or VFR in a smaller private aircraft, this is the event for you. Enjoy the beautiful scenery that NSW and the Gold Coast offer within your simulators! What is East Coast Connect? Similar to Milk Run Monday, East Coast Connect is where pilots fly between Sydney Kingsford Smith (YSSY) and Brisbane International Airport (YBBN). Expect full ATC Coverage between 0800z and 1200z, as we attempt to fill the MDE and DOS airspace with as many aircraft as possible! Routes: We recommend the following routes for you to fly during this event; however, you are more than welcome to fly to different aerodromes within the coverage area! YSSY -> YBBN: TESAT ENTRA H133 GAMBL H66 BLAKA BN YBBN -> YSSY: BN SANEG H91 SANAD TESAT YBCG -> YSSY: CG APAGI H91 SANAD TESAT YSSY -> YBCG: TESAT ENTRA Y245 BANDA Y43 BERNI CG ATC: The positions below will be available to be rostered. Should a position not be filled by the roster, then anyone is permitted to log on and fill that position. To be rostered for this event, click here. Login Identifier: Radio Callsign: Frequency: SY_DEL Sydney Delivery 133.800 SY_GND Sydney Ground 126.500 SY_TWR SY_APP Sydney Tower Sydney Approach 120.500 124.400 BN_DEL Brisbane Delivery 118.850 BN_GND Brisbane Ground 119.900 BN_TWR Brisbane Tower 120.500 BN_APP Brisbane Approach 124.700 CG_TWR CG_APP Gold Coast Tower Brisbane Approach 118.700 123.500 BN-MDE_CTR Brisbane Centre 133.000 BN-DOS_CTR Brisbane Centre 135.600 Non-Standard positions will be available for opening depending on traffic levels. They may only be opened once all of the rostered positions are filled. Please see a member of the Board of Directors, or a C3 rated controller to be granted permission to open a non-standard position. Rostering Trial: During September & October, the events team will be trialling a rostering system for this event. The roster will be released on the Wednesday before the event. Positions that are not rostered (i.e. no controller assigned on the position) will remain free for all controllers available on the day to control. Controllers who wish to reserve a position to control during this event are encouraged to apply via https://events.vatpac.org/. After the controller roster is released on Wednesday evening, no controllers will be added to the roster. Feedback about this trial can be directed to [email protected] or via https://feedback.vatpac.org/. Scenery: Sydney Kingsford Smith (YSSY): Payware - FlyTampa (FSX/P3D) Freeware - AVSIM (FSX/P3D) Freeware - ISDG (xPlane) Brisbane International Airport (YBBN): Payware - ORBX (FSX/P3D) Freeware - AVSIM (FSX/P3D) Gold Coast International Airport (YBCG): Payware - ORBX (FSX/P3D) Freeware - AVSIM (FSX/P3D) MISC - Miscellaneous Items: Payware - AUSv2 (FSX/P3D) *Required by ORBX Airports* Payware - Gold Coast CityScape (FSX/P3D)

The VATPAC Events Department is proud to announce another edition of one of our most popular events - Panic Stations! Whether you fly a C172, B737 or A330, if you enjoy being on time, every time, then this is the event for you! Once again, we are putting an exciting twist on the usual event, by hosting it in a procedural environment, with two touchdown times and prizes to be won!!!! Take a scenic flight up to Alice Springs (YBAS) with an expectation to have full ATC services between 0900z and 1200z! Event Details: Panic Stations is a simple yet challenging event. Get as many aircraft flying to the destination as possible, with only one objective: Arrive at or after the target times, to enjoy bragging rights... Until the next panic stations event that is! VATPAC is putting another spin on this event. Unlike last time, there will be two target arrival times and prizes for the winner of each time!! Touch Down Times for this event are 1000z & 1100z We recommend that pilots bring extra holding fuel for this event, as we attempt to accommodate all pilots, whilst controllers attempt to maintain a larger separation standard than usual! We look forward to seeing you all on the tarmac at Alice Springs! Prizes: To add yet another exciting twist to this event, the VATPAC Events team has been in contact with ORBX and are extremely happy to announce that ORBX will be providing three prizes for this event! For Pilots: Two prizes will be on offer. To win an award, you must be the aircraft to arrive (touch down) at or just after the target arrival time. Each touchdown time has one prize that will be awarded. For Controllers: The controller who receives the most positive feedback from the community will receive the third prize! Feel free to plug https://feedback.vatpac.org/ to the pilots transitioning your airspace!!! (Make sure to select Events Department as the Department you are writing too!) You have to be in it to win it!!! The following prizes are available to Pilots and Controllers: Global Upgrades Collection Bundle (P3D) Global openLC Collection Bundle (P3D) TrueEarth Great Britain Collection Bundle (XPlane) TrueEarth US Collection Bundle (XPlane) Each winner will be able to select one of the above prizes to redeem. If you are lucky enough to win, you will immediately be contacted by VATPAC5 to redeem your reward! To help us choose a winning controller, we need both pilots and controllers to submit feedback at feedback.vatpac.org and (if able) include the controller's name, CID and controlling position! Routes: VATPAC recommends the following routes to fly into Alice Springs. These are only some of the possible departure points you could use! Note: All aircraft will be routed via ARNTU or ANZAC into Alice Springs, so we request you plan via either of those waypoints! YSSY -> YBAS: ROUTE: TESAT KADOM A576 POLEV ANZAC AS YMML -> YBAS: ROUTE: ML KEPPA H164 LEC A461 AGAGO ARNTU AS YPAD -> YBAS: ROUTE: AD HAWKY J58 WHA J251 SARAH ARNTU AS YPPH -> YBAS: ROUTE: PH RAVON Z87 ROSMO Z23 KATCM Z83 YOKRA Y69 ROOKS W408 AYE J64 WINAL ARNTU AS YPDN -> YBAS: ROUTE: DN LAKUP J251 SCOTI ANZAC AS YBBN -> YBAS: ROUTE: BN WACKO V250 LEBIT V412 ROM T11 MITTS ANZAC AS ATC: Controllers interested in controlling for the event are encouraged to submit their ATC Applications here. Applications will remain open until five days before the event date, of which the roster will be compiled on the website. The number of ATC positions available to the pilots will depend on the number of ATC Applications. The positions that are planned to be rostered are below. Note: *NS* is Non-Standard Positions which will be rostered based on controller availability and position requirements. Login Identifier: Radio Callsign: Frequency: AS_TWR Alice Tower 118.300 AS_GND Alice Ground [TBD] ML-ASP_CTR Melbourne Centre 131.800 ML-ASW_CTR* Melbourne Centre 121.850 ML-ASE_CTR* Melbourne Centre 128.850 ML-TBD_CTR Melbourne Centre 125.300 ML-ESP_CTR Melbourne Centre 123.950 BN-ISA_CTR Brisbane Centre 125.200 BN-TRT_CTR Brisbane Centre 133.200 Previous Winners: During the last event (Panic Stations Melbourne), the following members took home the trophy for their respective categories: JET: VOZ324 B738 Jacob Maher // Landed 09:03:00 NON-JET: QLK131D DH8D Ken Dixon // Landed 09:01:37 Could you be the next person to take home the Panic Stations trophy? Scenery: YBAS - Alice Springs Payware - ORBX (FSX/P3D) Freeware - Flightsim (FSX) Freeware - Xplane.org (Xplane) YSSY - Sydney Kingsford Smith Payware - FlyTampa (FSX/P3D) Freeware - AVSIM (FSX/P3D) Freeware - ISDG (Xplane) YMML - Melbourne Tullamarine Payware - ORBX (FSX/P3D) Freeware - FlyAwaySimulations (FSX/P3D) Freeware - ISDG (Xplane) YPAD - Adelaide Airport Payware - AUSCENE2 (FSX/P3D) Freeware - FlyAwaySimulations (FSX/P3D) Freeware - ISDG (Xplane) YPPH - Perth Airport Payware - MFSG (FSX/P3D) Freeware - AVSIM (FSX) Freeware - Gateway (Xplane) YPDN - Darwin International Airport Payware - MFSG (FSX/P3D) Freeware - AVSIM (FSX) Freeware - Xplane Scenery Gateway (Xplane) YBBN - Brisbane International Airport Payware - ORBX (FSX/P3D) Freeware - AVSIM (FSX/P3D) MISC - Miscellaneous Items Payware - AUSv2 (FSX/P3D) *Required by ORBX Airports* Freeware - OpenSceneryX (Xplane) *Required by some Xplane sceneries*