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    Join one of several VFR routes through the Sydney basin under one of the busiest approaches in Australia, with an optional flight over Sydney Harbour. It is recommended that pilots read the Sydney General Flying Guide to understand the procedures and requirements for the VFR Coastal Route Victor 1 SOUTH and from Sea Cliff Bridge to Bankstown. The Guide also includes the procedures for optional HARBOUR SCENIC flights. Please note change of start time with the end of daylight savings. 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: 117 nm Flight Time: approx 75 mins Aircraft: Any "low and slow" GA aircraft capable of 100 kias and maintaining accurate altitude. Altitude: Remain in Class G airspace until Bankstown CTR. See waypoint notes below. Flight plan File as: YLMQ BRNJ LRF SYHD JIBN SLL SECF APPN CAMB TWRN YSBK GPS flight plan is available for FSX/P3D .pln, MSFS2020 .pln, X-Plane .fms and Little Navmap. This package also includes high resolution charts. Navigation: Pilots familiar with the area may 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. 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. 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 for Lake Macquarie is available here. Flight details LAKE MACQUARIE [YLMQ] Takeoff elev: 5 rwy: 07/25 asphalt CTAF: 132.1 BARRENJOEY HEAD [BRNJ] overfly not above 4500 ft - visual along the coast LONG REEF [LRF] overfly not above 2500 ft - visual along the coast Set Sydney local QNH. Tune DME to Sydney DME (SY 112.1). From LONG REEF pilots may optionally fly HABOUR SCENIC ONE or HARBOUR SCENIC TWO. The procedure is described in the Sydney General Flying Guide. This is not included in the GPS flight plan. Contact Sydney APP on 124.4 if active prior to reaching LONG REEF to obtain clearance. On completion of HARBOUR SCENIC, follow the procedure in the Sydney General Flying Guide to enter Victor 1 SOUTH. Enter VFR coastal route Victor 1 SOUTH. Monitor Sydney APP on 124.4 on COM2 if active. Pilots may "request flight following" from Sydney APP if desired. Broadcast position and intentions on 120.8 at LONG REEF. "Victor 1 traffic, [callsign], a [aircraft type], is at Long Reef southbound at [altitude], entering Victor 1." Not above 1000 ft within 10 DME SY. SYDNEY HEADS [SHD] - Make an advisory call on 120.8. "Victor 1 traffic, [callsign], a [aircraft type], is at Sydney Heads southbound at 500 ft, Victor 1." Maintain exactly 500 ft from South Head to Jibbon Point. Make an advisory call on 120.8 passing Botany Bay. "Victor 1 traffic, [callsign], a [aircraft type], is at Botany Bay southbound at 500 ft, Victor 1." JIBBON POINT [JIBN] - Make an advisory call on 120.8. "Victor 1 traffic, [callsign], a [aircraft type], is at Jibbon Point southbound at 500 ft, exiting Victor 1." If flight following was requested, continue monitoring Sydney APP until instructed by ATC. Not above 1000 ft until 12 DME SY. STANWELL PARK [SLL] overfly not above 2500 ft - visual along the coast SEA CLIFF BRIDGE [SECF] overfly not above 4500 ft - visual along the coast APPIN [APPN] overfly not above 4500 ft - H-276° D-9.8 nm CAMPBELLTOWN UNIVERSITY [CAMB] overfly not above 4500 ft - H-346° D-7.7 nm If Bankstown TWR is active, set transponder code 3000. TWO RN [TWRN] overfly not above 2500 ft - H-021° D-9.6 nm **Inbound reporting point** If Bankstown TWR is active, do not proceed until given circuit instructions. BANKSTOWN [YSBK] Land - H-069° D-5 nmelev: 34rwy: 11L/20R 11C/29C 11R/29L asphaltTWR/CTAF: 132.8 NDB: BK 416 Charts Due to image size limitations, only low resolution charts are available below. High resolution charts are included in the GPS flight plan package.
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    Welcome to the next installment of Newbie Night. This event offers the chance for inexperienced members to take to the virtual skies and for experienced controllers and pilots to offer their expertise. Whether you are completely new to flight simulation or have been flying for years and never connected to VATSIM, it will be the night for you with plenty of people available to help on the VATPAC Discord. To Join the Discord visit this link. This event is for: - Newbie pilots who want to learn and gain confidence flying with live ATC. - Experienced controllers who are patient and willing to teach. - Experienced pilots who are patient and willing to share knowledge. This Week Fly between Coffs Harbour (YCFS) to Sydney (YSSY) to experience class C and D airspace as well as enroute airspace. The flight will depart around 0700z (1800 AEDT) with ATC requested/available until around 1100z (2200 AEDT). An example of procedures from a Class D airport in a non-radar environment to a Class C primary airport in a radar environment can be found here: https://forums.vatpac.org/pilots/tutorials/ifr-albury-to-melbourne/ Routes The following routes are recommended to fly from Coffs Harbour to Sydney based on real world operations. Jet aircraft: DCT CFS J70 CORKY H12 BOREE (Coffs Harbour is suitable for jets up to B738/A321 size) Non-jet aircraft: DCT CFS W214 OLTIN W180 TESAT ATC Positions Name Login Identifier Radio Callsign Frequency Coffs Harbour Tower CFS_TWR Coffs Tower 118.200 Brisbane Centre (Downs) BN-DOS_CTR Brisbane Centre 135.600 Brisbane Centre (Mudgee) BN-MDE_CTR Brisbane Centre 133.000 Sydney Approach North SY_APP Sydney Approach 124.400 Sydney Tower SY_TWR Sydney Tower 120.550 Sydney SMC SY_GND Sydney Ground 126.500 Charts Airservices Australia charts: https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/AeroProcChartsTOC.htm Scenery Due to the many simulation platforms now in use, scenery is at the discretion of the pilot. NOTE: if you are running any simulator based on Microsoft's Flight Simulator X platform, due to the older navigation database Coffs may be known as YSCH rather than YCFS. This is its old ICAO code.
  3. INTRODUCTION OF THE SYDNEY HARBOUR SCENIC PILOT GUIDE The VATPAC Operations Department has created a Sydney Harbour Scenic Pilot Guide to supplement information available in the Sydney Area Local Instructions. Additionally, this document is for the combined use of pilots and controllers. DETAILS This Document Covers. Background to why the scenic routes are required, required charts, ERSA pages and the requirements of the airspace. Clearance Requests: The process of requesting, providing and receiving a Harbour Scenic One/Two Route: Descriptive route of the Harbour Scenic One/Two and a visual diagram of the route. DOCUMENT LINK Sydney Harbour Scenic Pilot Guide ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to acknowledge Tristan Garratt, Peter Story and Greg Barber for their efforts in putting this together.
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    By far the most popular of our regular weekly events, on any given Milk Run Monday you'll find the famous "J-Curve" between Melbourne and Sydney well serviced by both pilots and ATC. Not to be confused with our Spilled Milk Run Monday events, details of which can be found on the Spilled Milk Run page, the Milk Run invites you to fly in any direction between Sydney and Melbourne and all destinations in between (Canberra, Albury etc). Prefer to control? We recommend getting in early. ATC positions on Milk Run Monday are often scarce so definitely worth being an early bird. Traffic levels traditionally start to pick up at around 7:30pm AEST / AEDT and generally peak between 8:30pm and 9:30pm AEST / AEDT.
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    It's been some time since the last Real Ops. Actually, over 3 years and it’s coming back strong, with 8 hours of continuous ATC service. Real Ops will be held in Sydney, so get strapped in! With this returning so has the website. All the information as well as ATC applications and pilot information can be found at https://realops.vatpac.org What is Real Ops? The idea is quite simple. Real Ops focuses on running the airport like it was the real world, this means that all ATC positions are rostered. Pilots can expect holding and waits so remember to bring extra fuel. Controllers can expect hard work and many nonstandard procedures to deal with the traffic. This time we will be focusing on Sydney’s Kingsford-Smith International Airport, which is the busiest airport in Australia by passenger volume and has the longest runway in the Southern hemisphere. There will be over 8 hours of continuous ATC services and 20+ ATC positions. What ever you like, there will be something for you! The Details Sunday, October 7th ATC will be provided from 0000z-0800z(10:00-18:00 AEST) You can find all rostered positions, pilot information and more at https://realops.vatpac.org ATC Applications here: https://realops.vatpac.org . Applications will close Friday 28SEPT18. The roster will be published by Sunday 30SEPT18.
  6. It's been some time since the last Real Ops. Actually, over 3 years and it’s coming back strong, with 8 hours of continuous ATC service. Real Ops will be held in Sydney, so get strapped in! With this returning so has the website. All the information as well as ATC applications and pilot information can be found at https://realops.vatpac.org What is Real Ops? The idea is quite simple. Real Ops focuses on running the airport like it was the real world, this means that all ATC positions are rostered. Pilots can expect holding and waits so remember to bring extra fuel. Controllers can expect hard work and many nonstandard procedures to deal with the traffic. This time we will be focusing on Sydney’s Kingsford-Smith International Airport, which is the busiest airport in Australia by passenger volume and has the longest runway in the Southern hemisphere. There will be over 8 hours of continuous ATC services and 20+ ATC positions. What ever you like, there will be something for you! The Details Sunday, October 7th ATC will be provided from 0000z-0800z(10:00-18:00 AEST) You can find all rostered positions, pilot information and more at https://realops.vatpac.org
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    It's Spilled Milk Run Monday, and based on the ruminations in This Thread: It's time to brush up on our Helicopter Operations around Sydney. Pilots see the Sydney ERSA (https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/ersa/FAC_YSSY_16AUG2018.pdf ) especially from Pages 11 to 19 inclusive. Or Bankstown ERSA https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/ersa/FAC_YSBK_16AUG2018.pdf pages 4 through 7 inclusive. If you absolutely cannot fly a Helicopter, then see if you can get a small prop aircraft into the Sydney Approach airspace. Suggested activities include: Sydney Harbour Scenic flights, at 1500ft (inside controlled airspace, VFR) Fly a practice ILS approach at Sydney Airport (IFR clearance required, even in a Cessna) - perhaps with an IFR departure from Bankstown in a piston single! or pick up IFR in the air! ATC (And pilot) instructions at https://operations.vatpac.org/documents/li/Sydney Area Local Instructions.pdf VTC available at https://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/aipchart/vtc/Sydney_VTC_24MAY2018.pdf Routes: Familiarise yourself with pages 18, 25, 27, 28 of https://operations.vatpac.org/documents/li/Sydney Area Local Instructions.pdf Why not try the Barracks 5, Maroubra 5, Cape Banks 5, Wanda 5, Georges River 5, Rosehill 5, Erskineville 5 or the Harbour Bridge 5 routes in a Helicopter? Land at Rosehill Racecourse, Transition from the Georges River 5 to Choppers South or return. Try the Wanda 5 to enter the Victor 1 northbound. Maybe the Barracks 5 on your way to Sydney Heads to transition onto the Bondi 5 southbound? Or hit Erskineville 5 for a landing at Star City Casino and Darling Harbour, or mix it with the traffic orbiting east of the Sydney Harbour Bridge for a close-up view of Sydney's famous Opera House. IFR ILS practice approaches at YSSY YSBK - YSSY BK DCT SY DCT BK (Remember to ensure your DG heading is aligned for potential vectors) Sydney Scenic flight from Bankstown YSBK - YSBK BK PRT HSY STI LRF HBB LRF HSY PSP BK (Ensure you get clearance to enter the Sydney TMA prior to proceeding south of Long Reef toward Harbour Bridge) Harbour Scenic One: Long Reef - Harbour Bridge - North Head - Long Reef Harbour Scenic Two: Long Reef - Chatswood - Manly Beach - Long Reef Fixed Based WorldFlight sims We will endeavour to have ML-WOL_CTR open for some runs between YSCB (or other nearby CTAF's such as Wagga, Albury or Newcastle) and YSSY. Remember, you can always go around. For the adventurous, why not try a touch and go at YSBK?
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    We know there's nothing more VATPAC'ers love more than some friendly competition. Join us for another Iron Mic series that takes it to the next level as we battle our neighbors across the ditch, VATNZ. Covering VATPAC's busiest airport, Sydney, we'll take on our Kiwi friends all week long. The following positions will be the primary positions: SY_TWR SY_APP ML-WOL_CTR To give us the best chance possible, please logon to the above positions at Sydney prior to occupying others. Remember, There are no reserved positions so if one of the above positions is available, logon! What is Iron Mic? Iron Mic is a weekly competition that VATSIM holds which recognizes a position with the most hours logged on the network. It is broken into 3 categories; TWR, APP and CTR. The position in each category that logs the most online hours over a 7 day period wins the Iron Mic. Iron Mic runs from 0000Z on Monday (1000 AEST) to 2359Z Sunday (0959 Monday AEST). How do we know about our progress? Click on this link (http://fsmine.dhis.org/stats/showstats.cgi) to view all the VATSIM ATC stats for the week. Remember, Our aim is to keep the TWR, APP and CTR positions open as much as possible. Coordinate with other controllers to ensure maximum coverage of the Sydney positions. You can do this on Facebook, Teamspeak or the forums. VATSIM has set out a few rules regarding Iron Mic which can be viewed here https://forums.vatsim.net/viewtopic.php?f=26&t=11100 If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to ask! Good Luck VATPAC!
  9. By far the most popular of our regular weekly events, on any given Milk Run Monday you'll find the famous "J-Curve" between Melbourne and Sydney well serviced by both pilots and ATC. Not to be confused with our Spilled Milk Run Monday events, details of which can be found on the Spilled Milk Run page, the Milk Run invites you to fly in any direction between Sydney and Melbourne and all destinations in between (Canberra, Albury etc). Prefer to control? We recommend getting in early. ATC positions on Milk Run Monday are often scarce so definitely worth being an early bird. Traffic levels traditionally start to pick up at around 7:30pm AEST / AEDT and generally peak between 8:30pm and 9:30pm AEST / AEDT.
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    Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to the new and improved Australia Online! Thursdays are the new Tuesdays and with that will see the return of one of our longest running events. This week, we want to keep you in your comfort zone. Join us up the coast between Sydney and Brisbane
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    Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to the new and improved Australia Online! Thursdays are the new Tuesdays and with that will see the return of one of our longest running events. This week, we want to keep you in your comfort zone. Join us up the coast between Sydney and Brisbane
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    Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to the new and improved Australia Online! Thursdays are the new Tuesdays and with that will see the return of one of our longest running events. This week, we want to keep you in your comfort zone. Join us up the coast between Sydney and Brisbane
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