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Circumnavigation of Australia - Stage 92 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: 177 nm Est Flight Time: Approx 75 min Aircraft: Beechcraft Baron or similar aircraft capable of 160 kias. Altitude: Not above 8500 ft. Flight plan File as: YCCA YTAA CCP YMMN YILW CMDR YSPE 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. It is recommended that X-Plane 12 users download the latest Gateway scenery for Chinchilla and Stanthorpe. Flight details CHINCHILLA [YCCA] Takeoff elev: 1030 rwy: 14/32 asphalt rwy: 03/21 clay CTAF: 126.35 TARA [YTAA] T&G - visual along Chinchilla-Tara Road elev: 1180 rwy: 17/35 asphalt CTAF: 126.7 TARA TOWNSHIP overfly - visual along Chinchilla-Tara Road CECIL PLAINS [CCP] overfly - visual along the Moonie Highway and Dalby-Cecil Plains Road MILLMERRAN [YMMN] T&G - visual along Millmerran-Cecil Plains Road elev: 1312 rwy: 13/31 grass CTAF: 126.7 INGLEWOOD [YILW] T&G - visual along Millmerran-Inglewood Road elev: 933 rwy: 06/24 asphalt rwy: 08/26 grass CTAF: 126.7 LAKE COOLMUNDA [CMDR] overfly - visual along the Cunningham Highway STANTHORPE [YSPE] Land - visual along Stanthorpe-Inglewood Road elev: 2934 rwy: 08/26 asphalt CTAF: 126.7 Chart

Circumnavigation of Australia - Stage 93 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: 131 nm Est Flight Time: Approx 75 min Aircraft: Cessna 172 or similar aircraft capable of 110 kias. Altitude: Remain in Class G airspace outside Gold Coast CTR. See waypoint notes below. Flight plan File as: YSPE YWCK PLW LOOH YBOA YKBN OFD NEN ROTC PIN YBCG 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. It is recommended that X-Plane 12 users download the latest Gateway scenery for Stanthorpe. Flight details STANTHORPE [YSPE] Takeoff elev: 2934 rwy: 08/26 asphalt CTAF: 126.7 Tune DME to Amberley TACAN (AMB 118.3) Not above 8500 ft until 35 DME AMB. WARWICK [YWCK] T&G - visual along the New England Highway elev: 1527 rwy: 09/27 asphalt (parallel grass runways for gliders only) CTAF: 127.85 Not above 4500 ft within 35 DME AMB PALM MEADOWS [PLW] overfly not above 4500 ft - visual along the Cunningham Highway LAKE MOOGERAH [LOOH] overfly not above 4500 ft - visual along the Cunningham Highway BOONAH [YBOA] T&G - visual along Mount Alford Road elev: 330 rwy: 04/22 grass CTAF: 122.75 Tune DME to Brisbane VOR/DME (BN 113.2) Not above 8500 ft within 65 DME BN KOORALBYN [YKBN] T&G - visual along Green Hills Road elev: 308 rwy: 12/30 grass CTAF: 126.65 LARAVALE overfly not above 8500 ft - visual along Kooralbyn Road and Mount Lindesay Highway Not above 7500 ft within 40 DME BN BEAUDESERT overfly not above 7500 ft - visual along the Mount Lindesay Highway TAMBORINE overfly not above 7500 ft - visual along Beaudesert-Nerang Road Tune DME to Gold Coast VOR/DME (CG 112.3) Not above 6500 ft within 25 DME CG TAMBORINE MOUNTAIN overfly not above 3500 ft - visual along Tamborine Mountain Road OXENFORD [OFD] overfly not above 3500 ft - visual along Tamborine-Oxenford Road Not above 1500 ft within 15 DME CG NERANG [NEN] overfly not above 1500 ft - visual along the Pacific Motorway *** Inbound reporting point *** ROBINA TOWN CENTRE [ROTC] overfly not above 1500 ft - visual along the Pacific Motorway If Gold Coast ATC is active, do not proceed until given circuit instructions. THE PINES [PIN] overfly not above 1500 ft - visual along the Pacific Motorway GOLD COAST [YBCG] Land - visual along the Pacific Motorway or as directed by ATC elev: 21 rwy: 14/32 17/35 asphalt TWR/CTAF: 118.7 VOR/DME: CG 112.3 NDB: CG 278 Charts