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Circumnavigation of Australia - Stage 72 Simulation Date/Time: Current date set to daylight. Weather: Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. If not using live weather, please be mindful of others who are using live weather and will be taking off and landing into the wind. Distance: 183 nm Est Flight Time: Approx 75 min Aircraft: Beechcraft Baron or similar aircraft capable of 160 kias. Altitude: Not above FL125. Suggested 2000 ft. Flight plan File as: YMTI YBTK YBKT YDMG YALG YCNY GPS flight plan is available for FSX/P3D .pln, MFS2020 .pln, X-Plane .fms and Little Navmap. Navigation: Pilots are encouraged to navigate visually. For those less familiar the GPS flight plan is the recommended method of navigation. Communications Australia uses CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) for radio comms at uncontrolled airfields. During an event, Pilots are requested to broadcast intentions on the published CTAF. Pilots should also be aware that it is a VATSIM CoC (Code of Conduct) requirement that all pilots at uncontrolled airfields should monitor UNICOM on 122.800. Pilots should ensure that at least one of their radios (COM 2 being the most likely) is tuned to receive UNICOM transmissions in addition to transmitting and receiving on the published CTAF. Pilots also should read this post regarding the implications of using VATSIM UNICOM for CTAF. It provides some insight into potential pitfalls for the unwary when monitoring 122.80 in a CTAF environment. Scenery Due to the plethora of simulation platforms now being used, scenery is left to the discretion of each pilot. Updated X-Plane scenery is available here. Flight details MORNINGTON ISLAND [YMTI] Takeoff elev: 33 rwy: 09/27 asphalt CTAF: 126.7 BENTICK ISLAND [YBTK] T&G - H-134° D-34 nm elev: 42 rwy: 17/35 dirt CTAF: 126.7 ALBERT RIVER MOUTH overfly - H-154° D-31 nm BURKETOWN [YBKT] T&G - H-134° D-34 nm elev: 21 rwy: 03/21 asphalt [Note: RWY 13/31 has been decommissioned] CTAF: 126.7 DOOMADGEE [YDMG] T&G - visual along Wills Development Road and Doomadgee Road elev: 160 rwy: 12/30 asphalt CTAF: 126.7 ADELS GROVE [YALG] T&G - H-196° D-48 nm elev: 160 rwy: 05/23 dirt CTAF: 126.7 CENTURY MINE [YCNY] Land - visual along Riversleigh Road elev: 416 rwy: 14/32 asphalt [RH circuit RWY 32] CTAF: 126.7 Chart

Circumnavigation of Australia - Stage 73 Simulation Date/Time: Current date set to daylight. Weather: Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. If not using live weather, please be mindful of others who are using live weather and will be taking off and landing into the wind. Distance: 162 nm Est Flight Time: Approx 75 min Aircraft: Any GA aircraft capable of 140 kias. Altitude: Not above FL125. Suggested 2000 ft. Flight plan File as: YCNY YGDS YAGD YWER YINV YNTN GPS flight plan is available for FSX/P3D .pln, MFS2020 .pln, X-Plane .fms and Little Navmap. Navigation: Pilots are encouraged to navigate visually. For those less familiar the GPS flight plan is the recommended method of navigation. Communications Australia uses CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) for radio comms at uncontrolled airfields. During an event, Pilots are requested to broadcast intentions on the published CTAF. Pilots should also be aware that it is a VATSIM CoC (Code of Conduct) requirement that all pilots at uncontrolled airfields should monitor UNICOM on 122.800. Pilots should ensure that at least one of their radios (COM 2 being the most likely) is tuned to receive UNICOM transmissions in addition to transmitting and receiving on the published CTAF. Pilots also should read this post regarding the implications of using VATSIM UNICOM for CTAF. It provides some insight into potential pitfalls for the unwary when monitoring 122.80 in a CTAF environment. Scenery Due to the plethora of simulation platforms now being used, scenery is left to the discretion of each pilot. Updated X-Plane scenery is available here. Flight details CENTURY MINE [YCNY] Takeoff elev: 416 rwy: 14/32 asphalt [RH circuit RWY 32] CTAF: 126.7 GREGORY DOWNS [YGDS] T&G - visual along the Gregory River elev: 170 rwy: 17/35 asphalt CTAF: 126.7 AUGUSTUS DOWNS [YAGD] T&G - visual along Wills Development Road and the Leichhardt River (direct track H-075° D-37 nm) elev: 160 rwy: 03/21 dirt CTAF: 126.7 WERNADINGA [YWER] T&G - visual along the Leichhardt River elev: 59 rwy: 01/19 dirt CTAF: 126.7 INVERLEIGH [YINV] T&G - visual along the Great Top Road elev: 75 rwy: 07/25 14/32 dirt CTAF: 126.7 NORMANTON [YNTN] Land - visual along the Gregory River elev: 73 rwy: 14/32 asphalt CTAF: 126.7 NDB: NTN 311 Chart

Event Details Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 180 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 : Not above FL125 Flightplan File as : YCNY YALG YNOF YMSE YCMW YNMY YBMA 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 Flukey's Mount Isa 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" CENTURY MINE [YCNY] Takeoff elev : 416 rwy : 14/32ns asphalt CTAF : 126.70 ADELS GROVE [YALG] T&G - H-283° D-11 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 432 rwy : 6/24 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) NORFOLK [YNOF] T&G - H-190° D-39 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 790 rwy : 17/35 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) MORESTONE [YMSE] T&G - H-164° D-11 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 838 rwy : 1/19 10/28 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) CAMOOWEAL [YCMW] T&G - H-204° D-28 elev : 780 rwy : 13/31 bitumen CTAF : 126.70 NEW MAY DOWNS HS [YNMY] T&G - H-115° D-79 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 1283 rwy : 16/34 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) MOUNT ISA [YBMA] Land - H-112° D-10 elev : 1121 rwy : 16/34ns asphalt CTAF : 126.50 NDB : MA MOUNT ISA 338.0 VOR/DME : MA MOUNT ISA 117.50 Chart

Event Details Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 168 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 : YBMA HIM LEICHDAM LKJULIUS GUNP YGDS YCNY 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 Flukey's Mount Isa 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" MOUNT ISA [YBMA] Takeoff elev : 1121 rwy : 16/34ns asphalt CTAF : 126.50 NDB : MA MOUNT ISA 338.0 VOR/DME : MA MOUNT ISA 117.50 HILTON MINE Overfly - H-351° D-6 LEICHARDT RIVER DAM Overfly - H-094° D-5 LAKE JULIUS Overfly - H-014° D-27 GUN POWDER AERODROME Overfly - H-315° D-30 GREGORY DOWNS [YGDS] T&G - H-346° D-69 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 169 rwy : 17/35 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 131.25) CENTURY MINE [YCNY] Land - H-250° D-31 elev : 416 rwy : 14/32ns asphalt CTAF : 126.70 Chart