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Circumnavigation of Australia - Stage 59 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: 186 nm Est Flight Time: Approx 75 min Aircraft: Beechcraft Bonanza similar aircraft capable of 160 kias. Altitude: Remain in Class G airspace outside Broome CTR. See waypoint notes below. Flight plan File as: YBRM WICK JMPP YCLQ YOAP YDWP YDBY 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 BROOME {YBRM] Takeoff elev: 57 rwy: 10/28 asphalt TWR/CTAF: 126.0 NDB: BRM 320 DME: BRM 115.3 Tune DME to Broome DME. Not above 1000 ft within 13 DMR BRM or as directed by ATC. WILLIE CREEK [WICK] overfly not above 1000 ft or as directed by ATC - visual along the coast If Broome TWR is active, not above 1200 ft within 31 DME BRM or as directed by ATC. Once outside controlled airspace, use CTAF 127.2 until Cape Baskerville. JAMES PRICE POINT [JMPP] overfly not above 1200 ft or as directed by ATC - visual along the coast Not above FL125 beyond 31 DME BRM COULOMB POINT overfly - visual along the coast CAPE BERTOLET overfly - visual along the coast CAPE BASKERVILLE overfly - visual along the coast RED BLUFF overfly - visual along the coast SANDY POINT overfly - visual along the coast CAPE LEVEQUE [YCLQ] T&G - visual along the visual along the coast elev: 56 rwy: 13/31 dirt CTAF: 126.7 ONE ARM POINT [YOAP] T&G - visual along the visual along One Arm Point Road elev: 31 rwy: 06/24 dirt CTAF: 126.7 DEEP WATER POINT [YDWP] T&G - visual along the visual along the coast elev: 16 rwy: 13/31 sand CTAF: 126.7 Tune DME to Curtin VOR/DME (CIN 114.3) Not above 3500 ft within 25 DME CIN DERBY [YDBY] Land - visual along the visual along the coast elev: 24 rwy: 11/29 asphalt rwy: 05/23 gravel CTAF: 126.7 Charts

Circumnavigation of Australia - Stage 60 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: 135 nm Est Flight Time: Approx 75 min Aircraft: Cessna 172 or similar aircraft capable of 110 kias. Altitude: Remain in Class G airspace. See waypoint notes below. Flight plan File as: YDBY YELA YFTZ 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 DERBY [YDBY] Takeoff elev: 24 rwy: 11/29 asphalt rwy: 05/23 gravel CTAF: 126.7 Tune DME to Curtin VOR/DME (CIN 114.3) Not above 3500 ft within 25 DME CIN AIRPORT CREEK overfly not above 3500 ft - depart the circuit to the west then track south along the coast MADOOWARRA RIVER overfly not above 3500 ft - visual along the coast YEEDA STATION overfly not above 3500 ft - H-103° D-3.4 nm WILLARE (road junction) overfly not above 3500 ft - visual along Langey Crossing Road Remain south of the Great Northern Highway to stay outside restricted military airspace. CAMBALLIN overfly not above 3500 ft - visual along the Great Northern Highway Not above 5500 ft within 75 DME CIN. ELLENDALE STATION [YELA] T&G - visual along the Great Northern Highway elev: 16 rwy: 13/31 sand CTAF: 126.7 Not above FL125 beyond 75 DME CIN. FITZROY CROSSING [YFTZ] Land - visual along the Great Northern Highway elev: 368 rwy: 01/19 asphalt CTAF: 126.7 Chart

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: 134 nm Est Flight Time: Approx 75 min Aircraft: Cessna 172 or similar aircraft capable of 110-120 kias.. Altitude: Remain below restricted military airspace - see waypoint notes below. Suggested 2500 ft. Flight plan File as: YDBY YDWP YLBD YCLQ YOAP YCTI YKLI 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 11 scenery is available here. Flight details DERBY [YDBY] Takeoffelev: 24 rwy: 11/29 asphalt rwy: 05/23 gravel CTAF: 126.7 NDB: DBY 332 Tune DME to Curtin VOR/DME (CIN 114.3) Not above 3500 ft within 25 DME CIN. Not above 5500 ft beyond 25 DME CIN. VALENTINE ISLAND overfly - visual along the coast DEEP WATER POINT [YDWP] T&G - visual along the coastelev: 16 rwy: 13/31 sand CTAF: 126.7 Not above 5500 ft within 75 DME CIN. Not above FL125 beyond 75 DME CIN. DJARINDJIN/LOMBADINA [YLBD] T&G - visual along the coastelev: 155 rwy: 10/28 asphalt CTAF: 127.2 CAPE LEVEQUE [YCLQ] T&G - visual along the coastelev: 55 rwy: 13/31 dirt CTAF: 127.2 ONE ARM POINT [YOAP] T&G - visual along One Arm Point Roadelev: 31 rwy: 06/24 dirt CTAF: 127.2 SUNDAY ISLAND overfly - H-072° D-7.4 nm HIGH ISLAND overfly - H-064° D-9.4 nm HIDDEN ISLAND overfly - H-045° D-10.5 nm GIBBINGS ISLAND overfly - H-028° D-5.1 nm IRVINE ISLAND overfly - H-014° D-4.8 nm COCKATOO ISLAND [YCTI] T&G - H-103° D-4.3 nmelev: 380 rwy: 12/30 gravel CTAF: 127.2 Pilots are requested not to overfly the resort or the mine site. TARRANT ISLAND overfly - H-101° D-4 nm Avoid overflying the mines and new airport construction on Koolan Island. KOOLAN ISLAND/KOOLAN VILLAGE [YKLI] Land - visual along the north coastelev: 495 rwy: 05/23 asphalt [RH circuit RWY 05] CTAF: 127.2 [Callsign "KOOLAN BASE"] Chart

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: 187 nm Est Flight Time: Approx 75 min Aircraft: Beechcraft Baron or similar aircraft capable of 150-160 kias. Altitude: Remain below restricted military airspace - see waypoint notes below. Suggested 3000 ft. Flight plan File as: YKLI YWII YMHT YNPD YKBS YDBY 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 11 scenery is available here. Flight details KOOLAN ISLAND/KOOLAN VILLAGE [YKLI] Takeoffelev: 495 rwy: 05/23 asphalt [RH circuit RWY 05] CTAF: 127.2 [Callsign "KOOLAN BASE"] Tune DME to Curtin VOR/DME (CIN 114.3) TRAVERSE ISLAND overfly - H-108° D-21 nm WUALAM ISLAND overfly - H-138° D-10.8 nm WALCOTT INLET [YWII] overfly - H-088° D-14.2 nm MOUNT TALBOT overfly - H-103° D-18.2 nm MOUNT MATTHEW overfly - H-154° D-21 nm MOUNT HART STATION [YMHT] T&G - visual along the Barker River elev: 644 rwy: 02/20 gravel CTAF: 126.7 Not above 5500 ft within 75 DME CIN. NAPIER DOWNS STATION [YNPD] T&G - visual along the Barker River elev: 272 rwy: 11/29 dirt CTAF: 126.7 KIMBERLEY DOWNS STATION [YKBS] T&G - visual along the Gibb River Road elev: 196 rwy: 03/21 13/31 dirt CTAF: 126.7 Not above 3500 ft within 25 DME CIN. DERBY [YDBY] Land - visual along the Gibb River Roadelev: 24 rwy: 11/29 asphalt rwy: 05/23 gravel CTAF: 126.7 NDB: DBY 332 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 : 181 nm Est Flight Time : approx 85 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 : YADL YCTI YKLI YKIB YOOB YKBS YDBY 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. NOTE : Following the GPS flighplan will result in pilots entering restricted airspace. Allowances will be required to avoid entering restricted airspace. Recommended Scenery FSX / P3D 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" ADELE ISLAND [YADL] Takeoff elev : 16 rwy : 36/18 dirt CTAF : 131.25 COCKATOO ISLAND [YCTI] T&G - H-140° D-44 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 365 rwy : 12/30 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) KOOLAN ISLAND [YKLI] T&G - H-098° D-10 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 458 rwy : 5/23 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) KIMBOLTON [YKIB] T&G - H-172° D-34 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 172 rwy : 16/34 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) OOBAGOOMA [YOOB] T&G - H-112° D-10 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 36 rwy : 4/22 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) KIMBERLEY DOWNS STN [YKBS] T&G - H-148° D-44 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 196 rwy : 3/21 13/31 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) DERBY [YDBY] Land - H-269° D-40 elev : 24 rwy : 05/23 gravel rwy : 11/29 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 NDB : DBY DERBY 332.0 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 : 170 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 : YDBY YBGB YBG1 YLBD YCLQ YADL 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. NOTE : Following the GPS flighplan will result in pilots entering restricted airspace. Allowances will be required to avoid entering restricted airspace. Recommended Scenery FSX / P3D 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" DERBY [YDBY] Takeoff elev : 24 rwy : 05/23 gravel rwy : 11/29 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 NDB : DBY DERBY 332.0 BEAGLE BAY [YBGB] T&G - H-287° D-62 elev : 121 rwy : 08/26 dirt CTAF : 131.25 BEAGLE BAY PEARL FARM [YBG1] T&G - H-294° D-10 elev : 10 rwy : 09/27 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) LOMBADINA [YLBD] T&G - H-041° D-36 elev : 155 rwy : 10/28 oil treated CTAF : 131.25 CAPE LEVEQUE [YCLQ] T&G - H-001° D-7 elev : 75 rwy : 13/31 dirt CTAF : 127.20 (FSINN 131.25) ADELE ISLAND [YADL] Land - H-010° D-55 elev : 16 rwy : 36/18 dirt CTAF : 131.25 Chart