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"B" for FSX/P3D
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1 hour ago, William Teale said:
Well, at the time I posted it was Tuesday evening and bookings were unavailable, hence my asking.
They are still in that state, in fact.
They are up
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It's last minute but with such a fast changing real world environment, we need to move quickly to keep up! Welcome back to VATPAC's newest event series, Friday Night Live!
We're bringing you some Friday Night Entertainment that the pubs and clubs can't! Visit a new location or perhaps an old favourite, the possibilities are endless.This Week
This week, come and help the airlines of Western Australia deliver their FIFO workers to locations around the state. The resource industry sees hundreds of flights a week across Western Australia by Alliance, Cobham, Qantas, QantasLink, Skippers, Virgin Australia and Rex. With some amazing scenery for airports across the entire state, why not get involved and check some of them out!
Routes
We recommend using the Airservices Route Guide to ensure you're using an acceptable route. Simply scroll to page 31/32 to see information for routes departing Perth.
https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/ersa/GUID_ersa-fac-2-2_21MAY2020.pdf
ATC Positions
Australia:
Name
:Name: Login Identifier: Radio Callsign: Frequency: Perth Ground PH_GND Perth Ground 121.700 Perth Tower PH_TWR Perth Tower 127.400 Perth Approach PH_APP Perth Approach 123.600 Karratha Tower KA_TWR Karratha Tower 127.350 Melbourne Centre (ORE) ML-ORE_CTR Melbourne Centre 127.000 Melbourne Centre (Esperance) ML-ESP_CTR Melbourne Centre 123.950 Charts / Scenery
Australian Charts
Air-Services Australia Charts: https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/AeroProcChartsTOC.htm
Scenery
YPPH - Perth
Freeware - Zachari Gell's Perth (FSX/P3D)
Payware - MSFG Perth (FS9/FSX/P3D)
Freeware - Perth Airport v2 (XP)Regional Airports North WA
Freeware - Flukey's Paraburdoo YPBO (FSX/P3D)
Freeware - Flukey's Pilbara Pack [YANG, YCWA, YFDF, YCHK, YBGD, YSOL, YGIA] (FSX/P3D)
Freeware - Alan Blencowe's Geraldton (FSX/P3D)
Freeware - Geraldton XPlane (XP)Regional Airports South WA
Freeware - ORBX Busselton (FSX/P3D)
Freeware - Tim Burnett YBLN (XP)
Freeware - Nightflyer Albany YABA (XP)MISC - Miscellaneous Items
Payware - AUSv2 (FSX/P3D) *Required by ORBX Airports*
Freeware - OZx Libraries *Required for some scenery packages above* -
On 5/31/2020 at 11:49 AM, Callum Strawbridge said:
each Tuesday
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I think I've had this problem before as well. No Idea why though! Strange tech bugs
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Due to the smaller amount of late night traffic and difficulty keeping controllers up to 2200 AEST, we'll be trialling beginning and finishing half an hour earlier. Please keep this in mind when applying for ATC positions for next week.
Thanks
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1 hour ago, William Teale said:
One thing that felt a little awkward from my perspective was the handover, which more or less was left up to fate from my perspective - I hope it didnt cause any issues for the incoming DEP controller (also Cian!). It would be nice to have a procedure in place for a smooth handover that has zero, or low impact on pilots, and settles the incoming controller into the total situation smoothly and rapidly. A verbal briefing would be ideal, but problematic WRT current client limitations on G2G comms. TS or similar would be functional, Discord also workable if the policy situation were resolved.
Hi Bill,
Good controlling practice includes conducting a handover between the outgoing and incoming controller. This can be facilitated over Discord and we have recently added additional coordination channels to allow for this.
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Congratulations to Jordan who recently passed his Approach Assessment! Coming to Brisbane's complex TMA soon
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Congratulations to the Cam's! @Cameron Wilbraham @Cam Tyson who received this positive feedback today.
QuoteOn behalf of the virtual black falcons I would like to thank Cam Tyson on Melbourne approach and Cameron Wilbraham in Melbourne center for their excellent ATC service this evening. We flew across from East Sale to Melbourne in formation and called up once Melbourne center once airborne and reported our intentions and he coordinated with Approach for our arrival early on so no stress for us. Once again, excellent ATC service so thank you very much.
Keep up the amazing work Gents!
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Amazing work @Ryan McDonald!
QuoteOn Milkrun Monday, during a very busy time in Melbourne, I decided I really wanted to mess things up by doing a touch and go in a C172. Except, Ryan was on APP and handled it like a boss. 10 aircraft in his airspace all on the LIZZI arrival for 16 and I was over the CBD. He managed to separate us all and slotted me in for a touch and go. He was on top of everyone and no one asked for clarifications. Impeccable job.
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It's last minute but with such a fast changing real world environment, we need to move quickly to keep up! Welcome back to VATPAC's newest event series, Friday Night Live!
We're bringing you some Friday Night Entertainment that the pubs and clubs can't! Visit a new location or perhaps an old favourite, the possibilities are endless.This Week
This week, we're heading to Rockhampton. Explore the Queensland outback flying GA, rip down in a Dash 8 from Cairns or fly a jet from further South. There are plenty of possibilities for fun!
Rockhampton is a Regional Queensland airport with direct services to Brisbane, Cairns, Townsville and Mackay. They see a mixture of Jets and Props which makes this airport busy enough to have a Tower and ground controller.
Routes
VATPAC recommends the following routes to fly into Port Moresby. These are only some of the possible departure points you could do. We recommend for other ports you use Flightaware to get a real world route
YBBN -> YBRK
ROUTE: DCT BIXAD Q67 LOAFA Q64 GEESE V308 DADBOYBRK -> YBBN
ROUTE: DCT BUDGI V111 RUROX Y177 SMOKAYBMK -> YBRK
ROUTE: DCT MK V153 RK DCTYBRK -> YBMK
ROUTE: DCT RK V308 MK DCTYBTL -> YBRK
ROUTE: DCT TL DCT JEMMA W258 MURPH V153 RK DCTYBRK -> YBMK
ROUTE: DCT RK V308 MK DCTYBCS -> YBRK
ROUTE: DCT CS Y177 SWIFT Z25 ALBUX V153 ABVAS DCTYBRK -> YBCS
ROUTE: DCT RK V308 BARIA DCT UPOLO DCT CS DCTATC Positions
Australia:
Name: Login Identifier: Radio Callsign: Frequency: Rockhampton Ground RK_GND Rocky Ground 121.800 Rockhampton Tower RK_TWR Rocky Tower 118.100 Brisbane Tower BN_TWR Brisbane Tower 120.500 Cairns Tower CS_TWR Cairns Tower 124.900 Brisbane Centre (Downs) BN-DOS_CTR Brisbane Centre 135.600 Brisbane Centre (TableTop) BN-TBP_CTR Brisbane Centre 120.550 Charts / Scenery
Australian Charts
Air-Services Australia Charts: https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/AeroProcChartsTOC.htm
Scenery
YBRK - Rockhampton
Freeware - Aussie Ants (FSX/P3D)
Freeware - Rockhampton (XP)YBBN - Brisbane International Airport
Payware - ORBX (FSX/P3D)
Freeware - AVSIM (FSX/P3D)YBCS - Cairns
Payware - ORBX (FSX/P3D)
Freeware - AVSIM (FSX/P3D)MISC - Miscellaneous Items
Payware - AUSv2 (FSX/P3D) *Required by ORBX Airports* -
NOTAM: Reserved Positions for Milk Run Monday Events
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 Milk Run Monday.2 RESERVED POSITIONS
The following positions are reserved from 0730z to 1130z on Every Monday, beginning 08JUN20 and ending 22JUN20.- ML_DEL, ML_GND, ML_TWR, ML_APP, ML_DEP
- SY_DEL, SY_GND, SY_TWR, SY_APP, SY_DEP, SY-D_APP
- ML-SNO_CTR, ML-WOL_CTR, ML-ELW_CTR
Additionally, Non-Standard positions falling within the Sydney TMA, and ML-SNO and ML-WOL sectors may not be activated without the approval of one of the contacts listed in this NOTAM.
3 AUTHORITY
This NOTAM is under the Authority of the following;- Callum Strawbridge - Director, Division
4 CONTACT
The following people are contactable throughout the duration of the event.- Sam Hall - Director, Events ([email protected])
- Callum Strawbridge - Director, Division ([email protected])
- Harrison Scott - Director, Operations ([email protected])
5 CANCELLATION
This NOTAM self cancels at 1200z on Monday 22nd June 2020.-
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Hi All,
As discussed on Discord and during the Town Hall, we will be conducting a trial over the next 4-8 MRM's to assess the feasibility of rostering controllers. The outcome we want to achieve is to more fairly share around who gets a controller position, ensure coverage of at least TMA's and Centre's until 10PM AEST for our WA members and to allow more traffic instead of having people waiting around for an ATC position.
The first week will be on the 08th of June and bookings are available now by visiting our events site. http://vats.im/au/mrm. The roster will be published on Saturday or Sunday night prior to the event and will go up for bookings each Tuesday after the event. If you are no longer able to control, please email [email protected] and we will roster someone else.
There will be two time slots. 1800-2000 AEST and 2000-2200 AEST.
It's important to note, we won't be notifying individuals of their rostered times. It is your responsibility to check the roster. Members who don't turn up or don't remain for their allocated slot (within reason, life happens) will not be rostered for a Milk Run for at least 2 weeks. This is to reward members who stick around and act as a deterrent for leaving early/not rocking up without notification.
We'll publish the results of the trial including measurements of traffic numbers, controller coverage and trends of any feedback collected over the course of the trial.
Additionally, if you'd like to file any feedback over the course of the trial, we encourage you to use our google form here http://vats.im/au/mrmfeedback.
Thanks for the discussion and feedback which lead to the trial and I look forward to seeing and hearing the results.
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It's last minute but with such a fast changing real world environment, we need to move quickly to keep up! Welcome back to VATPAC's newest event series, Friday Night Live!
We're bringing you some Friday Night Entertainment that the pubs and clubs can't! Visit a new location or perhaps an old favourite, the possibilities are endless.This Week
This week, we're heading to the beautiful area of Port Moresby. Explore something different and trek around Papua New Guinea in a piston or perhaps fly from the Australian Mainland with Cairns only a short hop away.
There are plenty of possibilities so join in and support this not so busy area of the VATPAC airspace.
Routes
VATPAC recommends the following routes to fly into Port Moresby. These are only some of the possible departure points you could do. We recommend for other ports you use Flightaware to get a real world roue
YBCS -> AYPY
ROUTE: DCT CS R210 PY DCTAYPY -> YBCS:
ROUTE: DCT PY R210 CS DCTAYPY -> YBBN:
ROUTE: DCT PY B462 MK V153 POONA Y61 RUROX Y177 BN DCTYBBN -> AYPY
ROUTE: DCT BN Q67 GUDSO Q24 KELPI B220 PY DCTATC Positions
Australia:
Name: Login Identifier: Radio Callsign: Frequency: Port Moresby Ground AYPY_GND Port Moresby Ground 121.700 Port Moresby Tower AYPY_TWR Port Moresby Tower 118.100 Port Moresby Approach AYPY_APP Port Moresby Approach 125.800 Port Moresby Control AYPM_CTR Moresby Control 123.400 Brisbane Centre (Tabletop) BN-TBP_CTR Brisbane Centre 120.550 Charts / Scenery
Australian Charts
Air-Services Australia Charts: https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/AeroProcChartsTOC.htm
Port Moresby Charts: https://vats.im/au/AYPY
Scenery
AYPY - Port Moresby
Payware - ORBX AYPY (FSX/P3D)
Freeware - AVSIM AYPY (FSX)
Freeware - Port Moresby (XP)YBBN - Brisbane International Airport
Payware - ORBX (FSX/P3D)
Freeware - AVSIM (FSX/P3D)YBCS - Cairns
Payware - ORBX (FSX/P3D)
Freeware - AVSIM (FSX/P3D)MISC - Miscellaneous Items
Payware - AUSv2 (FSX/P3D) *Required by ORBX Airports*
Payware - ORBX Tapini (7 Airport Package PNG) -
Sorry for the last minute notice however, we recently received a request to run some ATC for a planned newbie night for some old and new VATPAC members. These experienced real world aviators are ready to take to the Virtual skies with ATC after conducting plenty of offline flying. We thought it was a great idea and want to invite everyone who is willing to share their knowledge or who wants to learn!
Whether you've been flying for years or never connected, it'll be the night for you with plenty of people available to help on the VATPAC Discord.
The Requirements:
- ATC who are willing to teach and have patience
- Pilots who are also patient but would love to share knowledge or learn something knew
This Week
This week, fly from Hobart to Adelaide and experience Class D Procedural airspace, enroute and Class C arrival airspace. The flight will depart around 1900 AEST with ATC requested/available from around 1830 AEST.
An example of departing a Class D Procedural aerodrome with a TWR is located here https://vatpac.org/pilots/tutorials/ifr-albury-to-melbourne/
Routes
VATPAC recommends the following routes to fly from Hobart to Adelaide. This route has been sourced from the ERSA Flight Planning Document https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/ersa/GUID_ersa-fac-2-2_21MAY2020.pdf.
DCT TASUM T234 BORTO H345 AD DCT
ATC Positions
Australia:
Name Login Identifier Radio Callsign Frequency Hobart Tower HB_TWR Hobart Tower 118.100 Adelaide Tower AD_TWR Adelaide Tower 120.500 Adelaide Approach AD_APP Adelaide Aproach 124.200 Melbourne Centre (Tasmania) ML-TAS_CTR Melbourne Centre 123.800 Melbourne Centre (Tailem Bend) ML-TBD_CTR Melbourne Centre 125.300 Charts / Scenery
Australian Charts
Air-Services Charts: https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/AeroProcChartsTOC.htm
Scenery
YMHB - Hobart
Freeware - George Goodman Hobart (P3D)YPAD - Adelaide International Airport
Payware - AUScene Adelaide X v2 (FSX/P3D)Freeware - YPAD ADE Update (FSX)
Freeware - YPAD Adelaide Photo Scenery (XP)
MISC - Miscellaneous Items
Payware - AUSv2 (FSX/P3D) *Required by ORBX Airports* (P3Dv4 Fix here)-
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Hi John,
Try running xPilot as admin. Not sure if it will make a difference but I'm stumped as to why it wouldn't work, given your windows indicates it's capturing the sound.
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It's last minute but with such a fast changing real world environment, we need to move quickly to keep up! Welcome back to VATPAC's newest event series, Friday Night Live!
We're bringing you some Friday Night Entertainment that the pubs and clubs can't! Visit a new location or perhaps an old favourite, the possibilities are endless.This Week
In case you weren't available for the Panic Stations Fix, this week we're moving up the coast to sunny Bris-Vegas where we have just had major changes to the airspace. Where before the airspace was somewhat of a sensible, well-laid out airspace; we are left with what is literally a birds-nest of SIDs and STARs. Bring along your new Navigraph AIRAC to explore the changes. If you don't have one, you can get a Navigraph subscription here https://navigraph.com/SubscriptionOptions.aspx (FMS Data, Charts or both are available via subscriptions).
Please note ATC will not be assigning runway 19R/01L unless requested. This is due to the lack of updated scenery in some simulators and the fact the runway isn't open yet.
We also are highly encouraging anybody who would like to come and fly VFR in Class D (Archerfield – YBAF, and Sunshine Coast – YBSU), Class G (note the new airspace lower limits), or even Class C (fancy some city orbits?). Again, VATPAC staff will be present to answer any questions you might have.
Routes
VATPAC recommends the following routes to fly into Brisbane or the Gold Coast. These are only some of the possible departure points you could do - Scenery for these recommended routes can be found below.
YSSY -> YBBN:
ROUTE: DCT ENTRA Y245 BANDA H185 BN DCTYBCS -> YBBN:
ROUTE: DCT SWIFT Y177 SMOKA DCTYBTL -> YBBN:
ROUTE: DCT JEMMA W258 LINSU W534 COCKA Y177 SMOKA DCTYMML -> YBBN
ROUTE: DCT NONIX H66 BLAKA DCTATC Positions
Australia:
Name:
Login Identifier:
Radio Callsign:
Frequency:
Brisbane Approach
BN_APP
Brisbane Approach
124.700
Brisbane Tower
BN_TWR
Brisbane Tower
120.500
Brisbane SMC
BN_GND
Brisbane Ground
121.700
Brisbane Centre (Downs)
BN-DOS_CTR
Brisbane Centre
135.600
Brisbane Centre (Mudgee)
BN-MDE_CTR
Brisbane Centre
133.000
Brisbane Centre (Tabletop)
BN-TBP_CTR
Brisbane Centre
120.550
Charts / Scenery
Australian Charts
Air-Services Charts: https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/AeroProcChartsTOC.htm
Brisbane Flight Path Tool: https://flightpathtool.bne.com.au/bac/knowledgecentre?utm_source=asa_website&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=bnr&utm_content=bnr_flightpaths
Scenery
Departure Scenery Possibilities
Payware - FlyTampa (FSX/P3D)
Freeware - AVSIM (FSX)
Freeware - AVSIM (P3D)
Freeware - ISDG (XPlane)YBBN - Brisbane International Airport
Payware - ORBX (FSX/P3D)
Freeware - AVSIM (FSX/P3D)YBCG - Gold Coast Airport
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) -
Please review these documents prior to the event which have been put together by Sam Keast and Matt Kelly respectively.
ATC Briefing Package: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ZYoKza8UDdJN45qrusg27tIyXUqTQONG/view?usp=sharing
For anyone controlling, please download and review the ATC Briefing Package. It has been designed in a way that you should only need to click on your position in the contents to jump to the section relevant to you (Works in the downloaded PDF version).
Pilot Briefing Package: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Bx0P7UaUvJLBvH5eFRVo0YLWpPcPL7Gz/view?usp=sharing
If you're departing or arriving into Brisbane or Gold Coast, use this document to find out information about the new SIDs/STARs, Published holds, fuel recommendations, route recommendations, frequency allocations, airspace allocations and heaps more! It's a must read for anyone wanting to fly in/out!
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@Pheonix Taylor Check Jepps/Navigraph charts.,
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Until advised otherwise, provide a service to 18/36. It would need to be either RNAV, VOR or VISUAL approaches as these plates still exist in the latest AIRAC update.
For aircraft with new scenery, there are approach plates for the new runway also.
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Hi Joe,
As you've previously linked a Discord account, you are unable to link a newly created one. This is to stop people leaving the server after getting banned and simply creating and linking a new Discord account. Do you still have access to your old Discord account? If not, I'd recommend contacting IT to have your previous account manually removed.
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A reminder that the Town Hall will begin at 0500z. If you're having difficulty accessing the Discord, please let me know via PM so we can resolve.
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G'day Lionel,
I'm sorry to hear you won't have access to your normal computer for the next few months. VATSIM supports PC, MAC and LINUX through compatible pilot clients only and doesn't support other consoles.
I hope you'll be able to work something out
QNH and 1013
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You can set that manually via the Pressure knob. (Each aircraft is different). If you're running FSX/P3D, the shortcut command is the letter "b".