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Circumnavigation of Australia - Stage 18 Simulation Date/Time: Current date set to daylight. Weather: Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Please note Rule B13 in the VATSIM Code of Conduct regarding weather. Distance: 142 nm Est Flight Time: Approx 75 min. Departure times may be staggered to avoid congestion. Aircraft: Cessna 172 or similar aircraft capable of 120 kias. Altitude: Not above 8500 ft. Suggested 3000 ft. Flight plan File as: YSWL YGMP YVVA YNNR YDER YCRE YOLA 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 (this includes Dunkeld, Derrinallum and Cressey which are not in default X-Plane). Flight details STAWELL [YSWL] Takeoff elev: 1008 rwy: 11/29 18/36 asphalt [RH circuit RWY 18 and 29] CTAF: 119.1 GRAMPIANS [YGMP] T&G - H-263° D-22 nm elev: 743 rwy: 06/24 grass CTAF: 126.7 VICTORIA VALLEY [YVVA] T&G - visual along Lodge Road elev: 727 rwy: 08/26 dirt rwy: 17/35 grass CTAF: 125.8 DUNKELD TOWNSHIP overfly - visual along Victoria Valley Road DUNKELD T&G - visual along the Glenelg Highway Note: Dunkeld does not have an ICAO or local code but is identified in the GPS flight plan as YDUNK. elev: 876 rwy: 09/27 17/35 grass CTAF: 126.7 GLENTHOMPSON TOWNSHIP overfly - visual along the Glenelg Highway LAKE BOLAC overfly - visual along the Glenelg Highway NERRIN NERRIN [YNNR] T&G - H-102° D-8.4 nm elev: 768 rwy: 01/19 11/29 dirt CTAF: 126.7 DERRINALLUM [YDER] T&G - visual along the railway elev: 768 rwy: 17/35 grass CTAF: 126.7 LISMORE TOWNSHIP overfly - visual along the Hamilton Highway CRESSEY [YCRE] T&G - visual along the Hamilton Highway elev: 420 rwy: 01/19 15/33 grass CTAF: 126.7 COLAC [YOLA] Land - visual along Colac-Ballarat Road elev: 450 rwy: 09/27 asphalt rwy: 18/36 grass CTAF: 126.7 Chart

Circumnavigation of Australia - Stage 17 Simulation Date/Time: Current date set to daylight. Weather: Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Please note Rule B13 in the VATSIM Code of Conduct regarding weather. Distance: 130 nm Est Flight Time: Approx 75 min. Departure times may be staggered to avoid congestion. Aircraft: Cessna 172 or similar aircraft capable of 110 kias. Altitude: Remain in Class G airspace outside Melbourne CTR. See waypoint notes below. Flight plan File as: YMEN FGN BLTB SNP ALOA TON YWBE YBSS BMP PYK YBLT YRAG YARA YSWL 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 Bacchus Marsh and Ararat in OzXP and for other airports (this includes moving Raglan to the correct location). Flight details MELBOURNE/ESSENDON [YMEN] Takeoffelev: 282 rwy: 08/26 17/35 asphalt TWR: 125.1 (use UNICOM 122.8 if no ATC) Tune DME to Melbourne VOR/DME (ML 114.1) Not above 1500 ft within 11 DME ML or as directed FLEMINGTON RACECOURSE [FGN] overfly not above 1500 ft or as directed by ATC - H-162° D-3.9 nm or as directed by ATC BOLTE BRIDGE [BLTB] overfly not above 1500 ft or as directed by ATC - H-138° D-1.9 nm or as directed by ATC STATION PIER [SNP] overfly not above 1500 ft or as directed by ATC - H-171° D-1.7 nm or as directed by ATC ALTONA [ALOA] overfly not above 2000 ft - visual along the coast LAVERTON BOM TOWER [TON] overfly not above 2500 ft - visual along the railway and Sayers Road WERRIBEE [YWBE] T&G - visual along Sayers Road elev: 141 rwy: 01/19 09/27 grass CTAF: 126.7 BACCHUS MARSH [YBSS] T&G - visual along Sayers Road elev: 141 rwy: 01/19 09/27 asphalt CTAF: 118.8 Not above 3500 ft within 20 DME ML BACCHUS MARSH TOWNSHIP [BMP] overfly not above 3500 ft - visual along Geelong-Bacchus Marsh Road Not above 4500 ft within 30 DME ML PYKES CREEK RESERVOIR [PYK] overfly not above 4500 ft - visual along the Western Freeway Not above 8500 ft beyond 30 DME ML BALLARAT [YBLT] T&G - visual along the Western Freeway elev: 1433 rwy: 05/23 18/36 asphalt rwy: 13/31 grass CTAF: 127.75 BEAUFORT TOWNSHIP overfly - visual along the Western Highway RAGLAN [YRAG] T&G - visual along the Western Highway and Raglan Road elev: 1207 rwy: 01/19 grass CTAF: 126.7 ARARAT [YARA] T&G - visual along the Western Highway elev: 1008 rwy: 12/30 asphalt rwy: 04/22 grass CTAF: 126.7 STAWELL [YSWL] Land - visual along the Western Highway elev: 1008 rwy: 11/29 18/36 asphalt [RH circuit RWY 18 and 29] CTAF: 119.1 Charts

Event Details This week VFR Operations flies between Moorabbin and Stawell. From Stawell we return to Moorabbin via Maryborough and Lilydale passing close to Melboune International's northern approach complying with strict altitude limitations. Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 164 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. 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 : Remain clear of Melbourne Controlled Airspace Flightplan File as : YSWL YMBU YKTN YRSY YRID YPEF KAO YYN YLIL ACE YMMB 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 Lilydale Airport YLIL (Freeware) (FSX/P3D) Mid west Victoria - YARA YSWL YMBU YSTA YDOD YWYF YBIR YHPN YKER YSLK YSWH - Colin Jeffery (FSX/P3D) ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery Flight Details STAWELL [YSWL] Takeoff elev : 807 rwy : 18/36 11/29 asphalt CTAF : 119.10 MARYBOROUGH [YMBU] T&G - H-077° D-46.4 nm elev : 766 rwy : 06/24ns 17ns/35 gravel CTAF : 119.10 KYNETON [YKTN] T&G - H-097° D-37 nm elev : 1650 rwy : 18ns/36 bitumen rwy : 09/27ns grass CTAF : 119.00 ROMSEY [YRSY] T&G - H-115° D-17.3 nm elev : 1488 rwy : 16/34 grass CTAF : 121.60 (FSINN 126.70) RIDDELL'S CREEK [YRID] T&G - H-177° D-5.1 nm elev : 1121 rwy : 02/20 sealed rwy : 16/34 grass rwy : 01/19 ??? CTAF : 121.60 (FSINN 126.70) PENFIELD [YPEF] T&G - H-198° D-2.1 nm elev : 1150 rwy : 15/33 01/19 grass CTAF : 121.60 (FSINN 126.70) KALKALLO [KAO] Overfly - H-087° D-11.7 nm YAN YEAN RESERVOIR [YYN] Overfly - H-086° D-9.3 nm LILYDALE [YLIL] T&G - H-114° D-13.5 nm elev : 242 rwy : 18ns/36 dirt CTAF : 119.10 ACADEMY [ACE] Overfly - H-204° D-15.3 nm MOORABBIN [YMMB] Land - H-206° D-6 nm elev : 55 rwy : 04/22 13R/31L 13L/31R 17R/35L 17L/35R asphalt CTAF/TWR : 118.10 NDB : MB MOORABBIN MELBOURNE 398.0 Melbourne VNC Melbourne VTC

Event Details This week VFR Operations flies between Moorabbin and Stawell. For the Friday flight, VFR Operations will conduct a "Fly in/Fly out" of the Avalon airshow enroute. As such, the flight is to be conducted in two parts. The first from Moorabbin to Avalon where at the completion of that flight a complete reset occurs prior to conducting the next leg Avalon to Stawell. It is a strong recommendation that pilots undertake some familiarisation with the approaches and departures around Avalon prior to participating in this event. Should there be an ATC presence pilots will be expected to understand the relevant procedures. Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 164 nm over two legs. 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. 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 : remain outside Melbourne controlled airspace 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 Avalon [YMAV] (FSX/P3D) Activate airshow mode to enable YAVE runways and taxiways Mid west Victoria - YARA YSWL YMBU YSTA YDOD YWYF YBIR YHPN YKER YSLK YSWH - Colin Jeffery (FSX/P3D) ORBX Australia (FSX/P3D) ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS (FSX/P3D) OZX 3.5 AU Scenery (FSX/P3D) Avalon and Avalon East Airport Information YAVE is a temporary grass/unsealed aerodrome established 2KM east of the main YMAV runway. It consists of two parallel strips and associated taxiways as depicted in charts below. YAVE is for the exclusive use of Day VFR fixed wing aeroplanes of 5,700KG MTOW or less including approved recreational aircraft, operating to the EAST of Pousties Road, and SOUTH of the Princes Freeway (DO NOT CROSS THE FREEWAY) - SFC to 1,500FT. Strobe lighting is located to the east of RWY 17L/35R, visible in the eastern sector from about 340° clockwise to 180°. Airport Diagram Holding Circuits and paths for entering YAVE runways 17L/R & 35L/R. Initial approach fix is Little River Mouth Entry to YMAV runways 18 & 36. Initial approach fix is Werribee South Visual approach points of Werribee South and Little River Mouth Leg 1 - Moorabbin to Avalon/Avalon East Flightplan Active GPS flighplan "YMMB-YMAV_YAVE" With YAVE Scenery - File as : YMMB APL SNP ALTS WBES LRM YAVE Otherwise - File as : YMMB APL SNP ALTS WBES LRM YMAV Flight Details MOORABBIN [YMMB] Takeoff elev : 55 rwy : 04/22 13R/31L 13L/31R 17R/35L 17L/35R asphalt CTAF/TWR : 118.10 NDB : MB MOORABBIN MELBOURNE 398.0 ALBERT PARK LAKE [APL] Overfly - H-308° D-9.4 nm STATION PIER [SNP] Overfly - H-269° D-2.2 nm ALTONA SOUTH [ALTS] Overfly - H-239° D-5.8 nm No scenery for Avalon East - Inbound Avalon rwy 18/36 WERRIBEE SOUTH [WBES] Overfly - Visual over land (outbound remain over water) D-8.3 nm Inbound call to any active Tower or Approach otherwise CTAF AVALON [YMAV] Land - Visual elev : 35 rwy : 18/36 asphalt CTAF/TWR : 120.10 VOR/DME : AV AVALON 116.10 With scenery for Avalon East - Inbound Avalon East WERRIBEE SOUTH [WBES] Overfly - Visual over land (outbound remain over water) D-8.3 nm LITTLE RIVER MOUTH [LRM] Overfly - Visual over land (outbound remain over water) D-5.3 nm Inbound call to any active Tower or Approach otherwise CTAF AVALON EAST [YAVE] Land - Visual elev : 35 rwy : 17L/35R 17R/35L grass CTAF/TWR : 120.10 VTC for Moorabbin to Avalon Leg 2 - Avalon/Avalon East to Stawell Flightplan Active GPS flighplan "YMAV_YAVE-YSWL" With YAVE Scenery - File as : YAVE LRM NEQ YBLT YARA YSWL Otherwise - File as : YMAV LRM NEQ YBLT YARA YSWL Flight Details Use the departure displayed in the chart AVALON [YMAV] / AVALON EAST [YAVE] Takeoff LITTLE RIVER MOUTH [LRM] Overfly - Visual remain over water (inbound over land) D-5.7 nm NORTH EAST QUARRY [NEQ] Overfly - H-349° D-3.9 nm BALLARAT [YBLT] T&G - H-293° D-45.6 nm elev : 1433 rwy : 18ns/36 05/23 asphalt rwy : 13ns/31 grass CTAF : 127.75 (FSINN 126.00) ARARAT [YARA] T&G - H-276° D-40.1 nm elev : 1008 rwy : 12/30 asphalt rwy : 04/22 grass CTAF : 126.70 STAWELL [YSWL] Land - H-310° D-18.6 nm elev : 807 rwy : 18/36 11/29 asphalt CTAF : 119.10 VNC for Avalon to Stawell