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Welcome to the next installment of Newbie Night. This event offers the chance for inexperienced members to take to the virtual skies and for experienced controllers and pilots to offer their expertise. Whether you are completely new to flight simulation or have been flying for years and never connected to VATSIM, it will be the night for you with plenty of people available to help on the VATPAC Discord. To Join the Discord visit this link. This event is for: - Newbie pilots who want to learn and gain confidence flying with live ATC. - Experienced controllers who are patient and willing to teach. - Experienced pilots who are patient and willing to share knowledge. This Week Fly between Coffs Harbour (YCFS) to Sydney (YSSY) to experience class C and D airspace as well as enroute airspace. The flight will depart around 0700z (1800 AEDT) with ATC requested/available until around 1100z (2200 AEDT). An example of procedures from a Class D airport in a non-radar environment to a Class C primary airport in a radar environment can be found here: https://forums.vatpac.org/pilots/tutorials/ifr-albury-to-melbourne/ Routes The following routes are recommended to fly from Coffs Harbour to Sydney based on real world operations. Jet aircraft: DCT CFS J70 CORKY H12 BOREE (Coffs Harbour is suitable for jets up to B738/A321 size) Non-jet aircraft: DCT CFS W214 OLTIN W180 TESAT ATC Positions Name Login Identifier Radio Callsign Frequency Coffs Harbour Tower CFS_TWR Coffs Tower 118.200 Brisbane Centre (Downs) BN-DOS_CTR Brisbane Centre 135.600 Brisbane Centre (Mudgee) BN-MDE_CTR Brisbane Centre 133.000 Sydney Approach North SY_APP Sydney Approach 124.400 Sydney Tower SY_TWR Sydney Tower 120.550 Sydney SMC SY_GND Sydney Ground 126.500 Charts Airservices Australia charts: https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/AeroProcChartsTOC.htm Scenery Due to the many simulation platforms now in use, scenery is at the discretion of the pilot. NOTE: if you are running any simulator based on Microsoft's Flight Simulator X platform, due to the older navigation database Coffs may be known as YSCH rather than YCFS. This is its old ICAO code.

It's Spilled Milk Run Monday, and based on the ruminations in This Thread: It's time to brush up on our Helicopter Operations around Sydney. Pilots see the Sydney ERSA (https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/ersa/FAC_YSSY_16AUG2018.pdf ) especially from Pages 11 to 19 inclusive. Or Bankstown ERSA https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/ersa/FAC_YSBK_16AUG2018.pdf pages 4 through 7 inclusive. If you absolutely cannot fly a Helicopter, then see if you can get a small prop aircraft into the Sydney Approach airspace. Suggested activities include: Sydney Harbour Scenic flights, at 1500ft (inside controlled airspace, VFR) Fly a practice ILS approach at Sydney Airport (IFR clearance required, even in a Cessna) - perhaps with an IFR departure from Bankstown in a piston single! or pick up IFR in the air! ATC (And pilot) instructions at https://operations.vatpac.org/documents/li/Sydney Area Local Instructions.pdf VTC available at https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/aipchart/vtc/Sydney_VTC_24MAY2018.pdf Routes: Familiarise yourself with pages 18, 25, 27, 28 of https://operations.vatpac.org/documents/li/Sydney Area Local Instructions.pdf Why not try the Barracks 5, Maroubra 5, Cape Banks 5, Wanda 5, Georges River 5, Rosehill 5, Erskineville 5 or the Harbour Bridge 5 routes in a Helicopter? Land at Rosehill Racecourse, Transition from the Georges River 5 to Choppers South or return. Try the Wanda 5 to enter the Victor 1 northbound. Maybe the Barracks 5 on your way to Sydney Heads to transition onto the Bondi 5 southbound? Or hit Erskineville 5 for a landing at Star City Casino and Darling Harbour, or mix it with the traffic orbiting east of the Sydney Harbour Bridge for a close-up view of Sydney's famous Opera House. IFR ILS practice approaches at YSSY YSBK - YSSY BK DCT SY DCT BK (Remember to ensure your DG heading is aligned for potential vectors) Sydney Scenic flight from Bankstown YSBK - YSBK BK PRT HSY STI LRF HBB LRF HSY PSP BK (Ensure you get clearance to enter the Sydney TMA prior to proceeding south of Long Reef toward Harbour Bridge) Harbour Scenic One: Long Reef - Harbour Bridge - North Head - Long Reef Harbour Scenic Two: Long Reef - Chatswood - Manly Beach - Long Reef Fixed Based WorldFlight sims We will endeavour to have ML-WOL_CTR open for some runs between YSCB (or other nearby CTAF's such as Wagga, Albury or Newcastle) and YSSY. Remember, you can always go around. For the adventurous, why not try a touch and go at YSBK?