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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 71 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: 199 nm Est Flight Time: Approx 80 min Aircraft: Beechcraft Baron or similar aircraft capable of 160 kias. Altitude: Not above FL125. Suggested 2000 ft. Flight plan File as: YBRL YKAB YMTI 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 for Borroloola in OzP and for other airports (this includes King Ash Bay which is not in default X-Plane). Flight details BORROLOOLA [YBRL] Takeoff elev: 55 rwy: 02/20 asphalt CTAF: 126.7 KING ASH BAY [YKAB] T&G - visual along the McArthur River elev: 30 rwy: 06/24 dirt CTAF: 126.7 MCARTHUR RIVER MOUTH overfly - visual along the McArthur River MURRENGINYA ISLAND overfly - visual along the coast CALVERT RIVER MOUTH overfly - visual along the coast TULLY INLET overfly - visual along the coast BAYLEY POINT overfly - visual along the coast FORSAYTH ISLAND overfly - H-036° D-7.1 nm MORNINGTON ISLAND [YMTI] Land - H-014° D-10.3 nm elev: 33 rwy: 09/27 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: 189 nm Est Flight Time: Approx 75 min Aircraft: Beechcraft Baron or similar aircraft capable of 160 kias. Altitude: Not above FL125. Suggested 1500 ft. Flight plan File as: YNTN YKMB YSWE YBBH YMTI 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 NORMANTON [YNTN] Takeoffelev: 73 rwy: 14/32 asphalt CTAF: 126.7 NDB: NTN 311 KARUMBA [YKMB] T&G - visual along the Norman Riverelev: 18 rwy: 03/21 asphalt CTAF: 126.7 FLINDERS RIVER MOUTH overfly - visual along the coast SWEERS RIVER MOUTH overfly - visual along the coast LEICHHART RIVER MOUTH overfly - visual along the coast SWEERS ISLAND [YSWE] T&G - H-333° D-29 nmelev: 23 rwy: 13/31 dirt CTAF: 126.7 LIGNOONGANEE ISLAND overfly - H-005° D-40 nm BIRRI BEACH [YBBH] T&G - visual along the coastelev: 19 rwy: 06/24 dirt CTAF: 126.7 MORNINGTON ISLAND [YMTI] Land - visual along the coastelev: 33 rwy: 09/27 asphalt [NOTE: RWY 12/30 has been decommissioned] CTAF: 126.7 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 : 207 nm Est Flight Time : approx 75 mins Aircraft : Single or twin turbine aircraft such as Beechcraft King Air, Pilatus PC-12/PC-9 or similar capable of 180 to 240 kias. Communications : Australia uses CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) for radio comms at uncontrolled airfields. 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. For pilots connecting to VATSIM using VPilot, there is a work around that enables these pilots to also take advantage of online voice CTAF. Refer to this informative VATPAC Forum post to learn how to implement the work around. Similarly, this work around has been reported to be successfully adopted for X-Plane using the X-Squawkbox client. As of yet there are no available instructions for doing this. Altitude : Not above FL125 Flightplan File as : YMTI YBTK YSWE YBKT YKMB YNTN 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 ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery Flight Details MORNINGTON ISLAND [YMTI] Takeoff elev : 33 rwy : 09/27 asphalt rwy : 12/30 dirt CTAF : 126.70 NDB : MTI 416.0 LINGNOONGANEE ISLAND Overfly - H-065° D-33.2 nm BENTINCK ISLAND [YBTK] T&G - H-188° D-37.5 nm (Airport not in FSX Scenery) elev : 23 rwy : 17/35 dirt CTAF : 131.25 SWEERS ISLAND T&G - H-132° D-3.2 nm elev : 23 rwy : 13/31 dirt CTAF : 131.25 BURKETOWN [YBKT] T&G - H-180° D-37.7 nm elev : 21 rwy : 03/21 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 KARUMBA [YKMB] T&G - H-071° D-76.2 nm elev : 18 rwy : 03/21 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 NORMANTON [YNTN] Land - H-129° D-19.6 nm elev : 73 rwy : 14/32 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 NDB : NTN NORMANTON 311.0 Chart