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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: 160 nm Est Flight Time: approx 80 mins Aircraft: Any GA aircraft capable of 130 kias. Altitude: Remain in class G airspace until Melbourne CTR. See waypoint notes below. Flight plan File as: YHOT YMFD YMEO YMNG BDF KIM WAN KAO CGB YMEN GPS flight plan is available for FSX/P3D .pln, MFS2020 .pln, X-Plane .fms and Little Navmap. This package includes high resolution charts. Navigation: Pilots are encouraged to navigate visually. For those less familiar the accompanying 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. Flight details MOUNT HOTHAM [YHOT] Takeoffelev: 4260 rwy: 11/29 asphalt CTAF: 126.75 Tune DME to Melbourne VOR/DME (ML 114.1) MOUNT HOTHAM VILLAGE [YMHM] overfly not above FL125 - visual along Great Alpine Road MOUNT SUGARLOAF overfly not above FL125 - H-253° D-4.3 nm MOUNT SELWYN overfly not above FL125 - H-233° D-8.1 nm Not above 8500 ft within 90 DME ML. MOUNT COBBLER overfly not above 8500 ft - H-258° D-14.8 nm THE PINNACLE overfly not above 8500 ft - H-241° D-8.8 nm SAWMILL SETTLEMENT overfly not above 8500 ft - H-230° D-2.8 nm MANSFIELD [YMFD] T&G - visual along Mount Buller Roadelev: 1050 rwy: 13/31 grass CTAF: 126.7 MERTON [YMEO] T&G - visual along Maroondah Highwayelev: 1104 rwy: 13/31 grass CTAF: 126.7 GRANITE HILL overfly not above 8500 ft - H-265° D-11.1 nm MANGALORE [YMNG] T&G - H-272° D-14.5 nmelev: 467 rwy: 05/23 18/36 asphalt CTAF: 121.1 VOR: MNG 113.2 Not above 7500 ft within 45 DME ML Not above 4500 ft within 30 DME ML BROADFORD [BDF] overfly not above 4500 ft - visual along the Hume Freeway *** Inbound reporting point if Melbourne APP is active *** Contact Melbourne APP (132.0) if active to arrange clearance into Melbourne CTR. Essendon TWR will issue the clearance closer to Melbourne. If Melbourne APP is not active, check if Melbourne (Snowy) Centre (124.0) is providing top down ATC for Melbourne. If there is no ATC, use UNICOM 122.8 to broadcast intentions. KILMORE [KIM] overfly not above 4500 ft - visual along the Broadford-Kilmore Road Not above 3500 ft within 20 DME ML WALLAN [WAN] overfly not above 3500 ft - visual along Northern Highway Not above 2500 ft within 15 DME ML Not above 1500 ft by Kalkallo or as directed by ATC. KALKALLO [KAO] overfly not above 1500 ft or as directed by ATC - visual along the Northern Highway and Hume Freeway *** Inbound reporting point *** If Melbourne APP is not active, contact Essendon TWR (125.1) approaching Kalkallo to obtain clearance into Melbourne CTR. Do not proceed until given clearance. If there is no ATC, use UNICOM 122.8 to broadcast intentions. There is no CTAF for Essendon. CRAIGIEBURN OVERPASS [CGB] overfly not above 1500 ft or as directed by ATC - visual along the Hume Freeway. ESSENDON [YMEN] Land - follow tracking instructions as directed by ATC. If no ATC, track 180° from Craigieburn Overpass until visual. elev: 282 rwy: 08/26 17/35 asphalt TWR: 125.1 Charts Note: Due to image size limitations, only low resolution charts are shown below. High res charts are included in the GPS flight plan package.

Event Details Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 145 nm Est Flight Time : approx 80 mins Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Beechcraft Baron, Cessna Caravan, Mooney Bravo or similar capable of 155 to 185 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 A9500 and below Albury Class D CTA Steps Flightplan File as : 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 Orbost YORB by JohnO Flight Details ORBOST [YORB] Takeoff elev : 94 rwy : 07/25 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 MOUNT HOTHAM [YHOT] T&G - H-293° D-75.3 nm elev : 4260 rwy : 11/29ns asphalt CTAF : 126.75 MT BEAUTY [YMBT] T&G - H-325° D-20.7 nm elev : 1107 rwy : 14/32ns sealed CTAF : 126.00 (FSINN 126.70) MITTA MITTA [YITT] T&G - H-023° D-15.9 nm elev : 820 rwy : 14/32 gravel CTAF : 126.70 HUME WEIR WALL [HWW] Overfly - H-314° D-29 nm ALBURY [YMAY] Land - H-296° D-4.2 nm elev : 539 rwy : 07ns/25 asphalt CTAF/TWR : 123.25 (FSINN 124.20) VOR/DME : AY ALBURY 115.60 WAN Chart Albury VTC