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If there’s one thing we do best, it’s the good old FIFO flight; keeping communities connected and opening up our stunning interior to the world. Explore this beautiful country on the first Friday of every month as we take a tour around our regional airfields. VATPAC invites you to Australia’s famous Pilbara-Kimberley region in WA, famous for its red deserts, extraordinary rock formations and beautiful reefs. With connections to both Perth (YPPH) and Darwin (YPDN), towns in this region play a vital role in keeping WA’s mining and tourism industries rolling. Join us between 0700z-1000z (1700-2000 AEST; 1500-1800 AWST) on the 7th of January 2022! Routes: The below map highlights some of the routes available to fly throughout this region: Some other airports of importance in and around this region include: Solomon (YSOL), West Angelas (YANG), Roy Hill-Ginbata (YGIA), Boolgeeda (YBGD), and Fortescue (YFDF) It is recommended to use the following routes when flying between these airports: YPPH - YPKA YPPH - YPKU PH Y15 VETEL Z55 KA PH AMANA Y31 MANIG Y36 BIDAP T63 ARG J72 KU YPPH - YBRM YPPH - YCPR JET: PH Y31 BRM PH Y15 CULAB POGAV NON-JET: PH Z19 MURCH Y31 BRM YPPH - YPPD YPPH - YCWA PH Y15 ESDEG Y44 BUTON PD PH Y15 ESDEG Y60 HALEM SARIG YPPH - YNWN YPPH - YBRY JET: PH Y31 WONYU V35 NWN PH Y15 ESDEG Y60 GUVNA NON-JET: PH Z19 MURCH Y31 MONYU V35 NWN YPDN - YBRM YPPH - YTST DN HELLI J151 CIN J93 BRM PH Z19 NORIC COPDI Y13 VALRA A339 GUNAM YPDN - YPKU YPPH - YSOL DN HELLI J151 ZAMMI KU PH Y15 ESDEG Y44 REMBO ATC: FIFO Fridays are not rostered. Positions are taken on a first come, first get basis. The recommended positions for the event are listed below: Identifier: Radio Callsign: Frequency: PH_DEL Perth Delivery 118.550 PH_GND Perth Ground 121.700 PH_TWR Perth Tower 127.400 PH_APP Perth Approach 123.600 DN_DEL Darwin Delivery 126.800 DN_GND Darwin Ground 121.800 DN_TWR Darwin Tower 133.100 DN_APP Darwin Approach 134.100 KA_GND Karratha Ground 123.550 KA_TWR Karratha Tower 127.350 BRM_GND Broome Ground 121.700 BRM_TWR Broome Tower 126.000 BN-TRT_CTR Brisbane Centre 133.200 ML-OLW_CTR Melbourne Centre 134.000 ML-PIY_CTR Melbourne Centre 133.900 Please note that since both Broome and Karratha’s towers are procedural, they can only be staffed by members who are S3 or higher, or have completed their Procedural Tower Endorsement. Scenery: YPPH – Perth, WA Payware – MFSG (P3D / FSX) Freeware – AVSIM (P3D / FSX) Payware - Axonos (X-Plane) Freeware – OpenSceneryX (X-Plane) YPDN – Darwin, NT Payware – MFSG (P3D / FSX) Freeware – Ant's Aussie Airports (P3D / FSX) Freeware – WorldWideXP (X-Plane) YBRM – Broome, WA Payware – ORBX (P3D / FSX) Payware - ORBX (X-Plane) YPPD – Port Hedland, WA Freeware – AVSIM (P3D / FSX) Miscellaneous WA FIFO Airports: Freeware – AVSIM (P3D / FSX) Miscellaneous: Payware – ORBX Australia V2 (P3D / FSX) Payware - ORBX Global (P3D / FSX)

NOTAM: Positions Reserved For Newbie Night: Canberra - Gold Coast 1 INTRODUCTION The following positions are reserved under section 4.1 of the VATPAC Controller Positions and Ratings Policy. This NOTAM is the reservation of the positions noted in 2 RESERVED POSITIONS for the purpose of Newbie Night: Canberra - Gold Coast. 2 RESERVED POSITIONS The following positions are reserved from 0800z to 1100z on the 15th of January. • BN-ARL_CTR • BN-INL_CTR • ML-BIK_CTR • CG_APP • CG_TWR • CG_GND • CB_APP • CB_TWR • CB_GND 3 AUTHORITY This NOTAM Is under the authority of the following: • Chris Gardiner- Events Manager (c.gardiner[at]vatpac.org) 4 CONTACT The nominated Event Coordinator(s) for this event are: • Joshua Micallef - Event Coordinator (events[at]vatpac.org) Event Coordinators will be available for contact on the VATPAC Discord, using the @eventcoordinator role. They can also be contacted via PM over the VATSIM network. They may also be logged onto the network as VATPAC35. 5 ROSTER The roster for Newbie Night can be found here. If you have any questions about the roster, or wish to have it amended, please contact roster[at]vatpac.org. If you find yourself free during the event, and wish to offer your ATC services, please contact one of the dedicated event coordinators. 6 CANCELLATION This NOTAM will self-cancel at 1100z on the 15th of January 2022.

Welcome to the first Major Event of the year! Join us as we staff between Brisbane and Adelaide from 0600z to 1000z. Event Details: A City Pair event is where ATC Services is provided between two aerodromes for pilots to fly between. We invite you to fly between Adelaide International Airport (YPAD) and Brisbane Airport (YBBN) from 0600z to 1000z as we attempt to test out our talented controlling team! Routes: We recommend using the following routes when flying between Adelaide and Brisbane. YPAD - YBBN: DCT AD SEDAN Y465 BN DCT YBBN - YPAD: DCT BN H91 SANEG Q210 NBR Q53 WOONA Q60 BLACK H309 AD DCT ATC: Any controllers interested in providing ATC services during this event are encouraged to apply here. Applications will be open until Wednesday the 18th of January, on which the roster will be released for public viewing. Below are the positions being rostered for City Pair: Brisbane and Adelaide. Please keep in mind that slot availability will be dependent on the number of applications, and that any non-standard positions (marked with '*') must be approved by a Staff Member or C3 Controller before being opened. Login Identifier: Radio Callsign: Frequency: AD_DEL Adelaide Delivery 126.100 AD_GND Adelaide Ground 121.700 AD_TWR Adelaide Tower 120.500 AD_APP Adelaide Approach 124.200 AD_DEP* Adelaide Approach 118.200 BN_DEL Brisbane Delivery 118.850 BN_GND Brisbane Ground 121.700 BN-S_GND* Brisbane Ground 122.250 BN-N_GND* Brisbane Ground 124.050 BN_TWR Brisbane Tower 120.500 BN-W_TWR* Brisbane Tower 118.000 BN_APP Brisbane Approach 124.700 BN_DEP* Brisbane Departures 133.450 BN-F_APP* Brisbane Finals 119.250 ML-TBD_CTR Melbourne Centre 123.500 ML-BKE_CTR* Melbourne Centre 128.200 BN-ARL_CTR Brisbane Centre 130.900 BN-INL_CTR Brisbane Centre 134.200 Scenery: YBBN - Brisbane Airport Payware - ORBX (P3D v4.5+) Payware - ORBX (MSFS) Freeware - Ray Smith (P3D/FSX) Freeware - CDG (X-Plane) YPAD - Adelaide International Airport Payware - AUscene (P3D / FSX) Payware - Impulse Simulations (MSFS) Freeware - AusFS (P3D / FSX) Freeware - Roger Leupold (P3D / FSX) Freeware - ISDG (X-Plane) We are always looking for feedback about our events! Email [email protected] or visit https://helpdesk.vatpac.org

If there’s one thing we do best, it’s the good old FIFO flight; keeping communities connected and opening up our stunning interior to the world. Explore this beautiful country on the first Friday of every month as we take a tour around our regional airfields. VATPAC invites you to Australia’s famous Pilbara-Kimberley region in WA, famous for its red deserts, extraordinary rock formations and beautiful reefs. With connections to both Perth (YPPH) and Darwin (YPDN), towns in this region play a vital role in keeping WA’s mining and tourism industries rolling. Join us between 0700z-1000z (1700-2000 AEST; 1500-1800 AWST) on the 7th of January 2022! Routes: The below map highlights some of the routes available to fly throughout this region: Some other airports of importance in and around this region include: Solomon (YSOL), West Angelas (YANG), Roy Hill-Ginbata (YGIA), Boolgeeda (YBGD), and Fortescue (YFDF) It is recommended to use the following routes when flying between these airports: YPPH - YPKA YPPH - YPKU PH Y15 VETEL Z55 KA PH AMANA Y31 MANIG Y36 BIDAP T63 ARG J72 KU YPPH - YBRM YPPH - YCPR JET: PH Y31 BRM PH Y15 CULAB POGAV NON-JET: PH Z19 MURCH Y31 BRM YPPH - YPPD YPPH - YCWA PH Y15 ESDEG Y44 BUTON PD PH Y15 ESDEG Y60 HALEM SARIG YPPH - YNWN YPPH - YBRY JET: PH Y31 WONYU V35 NWN PH Y15 ESDEG Y60 GUVNA NON-JET: PH Z19 MURCH Y31 MONYU V35 NWN YPDN - YBRM YPPH - YTST DN HELLI J151 CIN J93 BRM PH Z19 NORIC COPDI Y13 VALRA A339 GUNAM YPDN - YPKU YPPH - YSOL DN HELLI J151 ZAMMI KU PH Y15 ESDEG Y44 REMBO ATC: FIFO Fridays are not rostered. Positions are taken on a first come, first get basis. The recommended positions for the event are listed below: Identifier: Radio Callsign: Frequency: PH_DEL Perth Delivery 118.550 PH_GND Perth Ground 121.700 PH_TWR Perth Tower 127.400 PH_APP Perth Approach 123.600 DN_DEL Darwin Delivery 126.800 DN_GND Darwin Ground 121.800 DN_TWR Darwin Tower 133.100 DN_APP Darwin Approach 134.100 KA_GND Karratha Ground 123.550 KA_TWR Karratha Tower 127.350 BRM_GND Broome Ground 121.700 BRM_TWR Broome Tower 126.000 BN-TRT_CTR Brisbane Centre 133.200 ML-OLW_CTR Melbourne Centre 134.000 ML-PIY_CTR Melbourne Centre 133.900 Please note that since both Broome and Karratha’s towers are procedural, they can only be staffed by members who are S3 or higher, or have completed their Procedural Tower Endorsement. Scenery: YPPH – Perth, WA Payware – MFSG (P3D / FSX) Freeware – AVSIM (P3D / FSX) Payware - Axonos (X-Plane) Freeware – OpenSceneryX (X-Plane) YPDN – Darwin, NT Payware – MFSG (P3D / FSX) Freeware – Ant's Aussie Airports (P3D / FSX) Freeware – WorldWideXP (X-Plane) YBRM – Broome, WA Payware – ORBX (P3D / FSX) Payware - ORBX (X-Plane) YPPD – Port Hedland, WA Freeware – AVSIM (P3D / FSX) Miscellaneous WA FIFO Airports: Freeware – AVSIM (P3D / FSX) Miscellaneous: Payware – ORBX Australia V2 (P3D / FSX) Payware - ORBX Global (P3D / FSX)

ATC applications are still open for Cross the Ditch! We invite anyone who is available to control on Sunday the 5th of December to apply via the link below. https://crosstheditch.net/summer2021/atc_application

Welcome to the Australasian summer, where everyone heads to the beach or the barbecue. On VATSIM, we have another summer tradition... In the first weekend of December pilots from every corner of the globe will descend upon Australia and New Zealand to continue their undaunted quest to Cross the Ditch! Apply to provide ATC Book your Flights now! Event Schedule Virtual Airline Leaderboard What's it all about? For twenty hours this December, the skies over the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand will be filled with aircraft all on a mission to Cross the Ditch. An example of that typical down-under understatement, this "ditch" is over 1100nm wide. The flight routes all range from three to five hours flight time. Throughout the event, the Oceania's two divisions will be providing full gate-to-gate ATC coverage, in the Southern Hemisphere's premiere oceanic event. This is a great opportunity to experience Oceanic flying without the need to commit to an eight-hour flight! If you're new to Oceanic Flying, our reporting tool makes taking part a breeze along with our tutorial page on Oceanic Procedures Event Times This twenty hour event is timed to allow pilots from all over the world to join the fun: UTC: Saturday 4th December 2021 17:00 - Sunday 5th December 2021 13:00 AEDT: Sunday 5th December 2021 04:00 - Monday 6th December 2021 00:00 NZDT: Sunday 5th December 2021 06:00 - Monday 6th December 2021 02:00 Waves This season's event is organised in waves. Each airport will have a three-to-four-and-a-half hour departure window, during which time flights will be able to leave for the next destination. As the window closes, the departure window will open at the next destination. Given each of the flights is 3 - 4.5hrs in length, the previous wave's flights will be arriving at the same airport as the next wave departs, maximising the amount of traffic at each airport. NOTE: in order to ensure that you have ATC coverage throughout your flight, you MUST fly the wave route that is active at the time of your departure. The individual routes are designed to ensure as much opposing traffic enroute as possible. Each flight passes from one Oceania division to the other, and the result is six mini-flyins over the course of twenty hours! The Waves for Cross the Ditch 21 - Summer 2021 are: Wave Flight Departure Window UTC AEDT NZDT 1 Noumea, New Caledonia (NWWW) to Cairns, Australia (YBCS) 1700-2000 0400-0700 0600-0900 2 Cairns, Australia (YBCS) to Queenstown, New Zealand (NZQN) (B737/A321 and smaller) 2000-2330 0700-1030 0900-1230 2a Christchurch. New Zealand (NZCH) (Wide body aircraft) 2000-2330 0700-1030 0900-1230 3 Queenstown, New Zealand to Avalon, Australia (YMAV) (B737/A321 and smaller) 2330-0400 1030-1500 1230-1700 3a Queenstown, New Zealand to Melbourne, Australia (YMML) (Wide body aircraft) 2330-0400 1030-1500 1230-1700 4 Avalon, Australia (YMAV) to Wellington, New Zealand (NZWN) (B737/A321 and smaller) 0230-0700 1330-1800 1530-2000 4a Melbourne, Australia (YMML) to Wellington, New Zealand (NZWN) (Wide body aircraft) 0230-0700 1330-1800 1530-2000 5 Wellington, New Zealand (NZWN) to Gold Coast, Australia (YBCG 0530-0945 1630-2045 1830-2245 Calling all Pilots and Controllers Flight plans are available from the Flight Plans section. Book your flights now from the Flight Bookings page. Bookings made on this site help us plan for the event, and will also show up in vroute. Controllers wanting to get in on the action can also apply now at the event's ATC Applications page. Cross the Ditch is brought to you by VATPAC and VATNZ

The controller roster for this weekend has been released. Please note all rostered controllers are to attend a mandatory controller briefing at 0545z on Saturday. Controllers who are available on the day for covering positions are also encouraged to attend so they are aware of planned operations on the day. All enroute controllers will also receive a briefing on working with the Flow Controller, which is great preparation for WorldFlight coming up. The roster can be viewed here.

This October, VATPAC welcomes you to Perth for the next rendition of the Panic Stations series! Whether you fly into Perth in a Boeing 747 from Melbourne, or a Cessna 172 from Mandurah, it doesn’t matter; all that matters is you make it on time to win the bragging rights! Western Australia awaits this rendition of Panic Stations, with expectations of a fully staffed Perth (YPPH) between 0600z – 1000z (5pm-9pm AEDT). Event Details: The aim of Panic Stations is simple; get as many aircraft flying into the destination as possible with one objective. Be the first person to arrive into Perth at or after the arrival time, for your chance to score bragging rights! Note: pilots must depart from an aerodrome more than 30 Nautical miles from Perth to be eligible to win the panic station award. There are two touch down times for this event: 0815z & 0900z We recommend bringing some extra holding fuel as controllers will be busy trying to accommodate the influx of pilots whilst trying to maintain separation standards. Routes: We recommend using the following routes when arriving into Perth from different locations around Australia. These are only a handful of the possible departure points so feel free to depart from any airfield you like. YMML -> YPPH: ML Q158 PH YSSY -> YPPH: DCT TESAT A576 KADOM H44 AD Q33 ESP Q158 PH DCT YBBN -> YPPH: DCT BN H91 SANEG Q210 VIGUT T33 LEC J141 KG Q41 HAMTN Q158 PH DCT YPDN -> YPPH: DCT DN J151 CIN W257 NWN Q38 PH DCT YPAD -> YPPH: DCT AD Q33 ESP Q158 PH DCT YPKA -> YPPH: JET: DCT KA Y305 COBRA L514 REVOP Q38 PH DCT NON-JET: DCT KA Y305 COBRA L514 PALTI OVLUK V16 WOORA Q38 PH DCT YBRM -> YPPH: JET: DCT BRM Q38 PH DCT NON-JET: DCT BRM Q38 NWN V16 WOORA Q38 PH DCT YBAS -> YPPH: DCT AS J64 AYE Q41 HAMTN Q158 PH DCT Prizes: This Panic Stations, two anonymous VATPAC members have provided awards! They have generously donated two $25 Euro gift cards to use on the simMarket store. To win one of these two awards, you must be the first aircraft to arrive at or just after the target arrival time. One prize will be given for the first aircraft to arrive at or after 0815z and 0900z. ATC: Any controllers interested in providing ATC services during this event are encouraged to apply here. Applications will be open until Wednesday the 6th of October, on which the roster will be released for public viewing. Below are the positions being rostered for Panic Stations: Perth. Please keep in mind that slot availability will be dependent on the number of applications, and that any non-standard positions (marked with '*') must be approved by a Staff Member of C3 Controller before being opened. Login Identifier: Radio Callsign: Frequency: PH_GND Perth Ground 121.700 PH_TWR Perth Tower 127.000 PH_APP Perth Approach 123.600 ML-PIY_CTR Melbourne Centre 133.900 ML-ESP_CTR* Melbourne Centre 123.950 ML-OLW_CTR Melbourne Centre 134.000 ML-ASP_CTR Melbourne Centre 118.300 PH-FLW_CTR* N/A N/A Previous Winners: We would once again like to congratulate the following pilots who took home the prize during the last Panic Stations, held in Adelaide. JET: Tony Ralph // GR516 // Touched Down at 08:00.31z NON-JET: Alex Morrell // USL // Touched Down at 08:00.53z Congratulations to our previous winners who will be giving up their crowns to two more participants. Will you be one of them? Scenery: YPPH - Perth Payware - MFSG (P3D / FSX) Payware - Axonos (X-Plane) Payware – Axonos (MSFS) Freeware - Ray Smith (P3D / FSX) Freeware - patschwarz_ (X-Plane) YMML - Melbourne - Tullamarine Payware - ORBX (P3D / FSX) Freeware - Robert Catehrall (P3D / FSX) Freeware - ISDG (X-Plane) YSSY - Sydney - Kingsford Smith Payware - FlyTampa (FSX / P3D / MSFS) Freeware - Robert Catherall (FSX / P3D) Freeware - ISDG (X-Plane) YBBN - Brisbane Payware - ORBX (P3D v4.5+) Payware - ORBX (MSFS) Freeware - Ray Smith (P3D/FSX) Freeware - CDG (X-Plane) YPDN - Darwin Payware - MFSG (P3D / FSX) Freeware - Roger Leupold (P3D / FSX) Freeware - WorldWideXP (X-Plane) YPAD - Adelaide Payware - AUscene (P3D / FSX) Payware - Impulse Simulations (MSFS) Freeware - AusFS (P3D / FSX) Freeware - Roger Leupold (P3D / FSX) Freeware - ISDG (X-Plane) YBAS - Alice Springs Payware - ORBX (FSX / P3D) Freeware - Roger Leupold (P3D / FSX) Freeware - Bk1984 (X-Plane) YBRM - Broome Payware - ORBX (P3D / FSX / X-Plane) Miscellaneous Payware - ORBX - Australia V2 (P3D / FSX) Payware - ORBX - Global (P3D / FSX) Freeware Australian Airport List (P3D / FSX) Freeware Australian Airport & VFR Scenery List (X-Plane) We are always looking for feedback about our events! Email [email protected] or visit https://helpdesk.vatpac.org

The controller roster has been released. It can be viewed at https://events.vatpac.org/darwin-denpasar-return

Thanks to everyone who joined us for Slotmania Sydney! We always appreciate feedback on our events, have your say about Slotmania Sydney and the future of the Slotmania series with the link below: https://vats.im/pac/ss-feedback

Controller roster released! check it out below. https://events.vatpac.org/slotmania-sydeny-sydney