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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: Approx 45 nm Est Flight Time: Approx 60 min. Aircraft: Any ultra slow aircraft such as a Piper Cub, Edgley Optica, de Havilland Tiger Moth, autogyro, ultralight or light helicopter. Altitude: Not above FL245. Suggested 2000 ft. Flight plan File as: YLHI YLHI No GPS flight plan is provided for this flight. Scenery Due to the plethora of simulation platforms now being used, scenery is left to the discretion of each pilot. Flight details LORD HOWE ISLAND [YLHI] Takeoffelev: 17 rwy: 10/28 asphalt CTAF: 126.7 NDB: LHI 272 Make a clockwise circuit of the island following the coast. LORD HOWE ISLAND [YLHI] Landelev: 17 rwy: 10/28 asphalt CTAF: 126.7 NDB: LHI 272 Map

Event Details Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 43 nm Est Flight Time : approx 65 mins Aircraft : Light sport, vintage bi-plane, rotary wing or similar limited to 60-100kias. X-Plane 11 pilots might want to consider leaving their comfort zone and opting for the highly recommended Autogyro ELA07-S. Altitude : Upto A9500 Flightplan File as : YLHI BALLS.PYRAMID YLHI ROACH.ISLAND SOUTH.ISLAND YLHI GPS Flightplan is available for FSX, P3D, FS2020 as a 'pln' file and X-Plane as an 'fms' file. The original Plan-G flightplan is also included for those that find this useful. These are 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. Communications Australia uses CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) for radio comms at uncontrolled airfields. Now that VATSIM has introduced AFV (Audio For VATSIM) CTAF can now be used across all VATSIM approved pilot clients. Pilots are requested to tune to the published frequency as detailed in the flight details for an event when operating in or around an aerodome to make and monitor CTAF broadcasts. Pilots should also be aware that it is a VATSIM COC (Code of Conduct) requirement that all pilots at uncontrolled airfields should monitor Unicom (Australia 122.80). It is highly recommended that pilots ensure that at least one of their "on board" COM radios (COM 2 being the most likely) is tuned to receive unicom transmissions in addition to transmitting and receiving on the published CTAF frequency. Please Note. All pilots should also be vigilant regarding the receipt of text on both unicom and CTAF. If it is discovered there is a pilot participating that is unable to receive voice transmissions, pilots should arrange to also broadcast via text to ensure those pilots without the benefit of voice is able to receive appropriate broadcasts. VATSIM provides an update guide for getting AFV working on each of the approved pilot clients. 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. Recommended Scenery FSX / P3D ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery OZX Libraries 1.2 (required for all OZX scenery) X-Plane 10/11 Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details LORD HOWE ISLAND [YLHI] Takeoff elev : 17' rwy : 10/28ns asphault * ns - non standard right circuit CTAF : 126.70 DME : LHI 114.30 NDB : LHI 272.0 SOUTH HEAD [STHED] Overfly - H-173° D-3.5 GOWER ISLAND [GOWISL] Overfly - H-129° D-0.3 BALLS PYRAMID [BALLP] Overfly - H-122° D-13.1 KING POINT [KING] Overfly - H-302° D-13.1 RED POINT [RED] Overfly - H-028° D-2.0 MUTTON BIRD ISLAND [MUTTN] Overfly - H--002° D-1.9 MUTTON BIRD POINT [MUTTP] Overfly - H-238° D-0.7 LORD HOWE ISLAND [YLHI] T&G - H-284° D-1.0 NORTH HEAD [NTHED] Overfly - H-281° D-2.3 FISHY POINT [FISHY] Overfly - H--011° D-0.6 MALABAR HILL [MALBA] Overfly - H-079° D-1.2 ROACH ISLAND [ROACH] Overfly - H-003° D-0.9 SOUTH ISLAND [SOUTH] Overfly - H-111° D-0.4 NEDS BEACH [NEDS] Overfly - H-187° D-1.0 CLEAR PLACE POINT [CLEAR] Overfly - H-109° D-1.0 LORD HOWE ISLAND [YLHI] Land - H-182° D-0.7 Chart