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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: 105 nm Est Flight Time: Approx 75 min. Aircraft: Carbon Cub, Tiger Moth, light helicopter or other "low and slow" aircraft capable of 80 kias. Altitude: Remain in Class G airspace outside Coffs Harbour CTR. See waypoint notes below. Flight plan File as: YTRE YLKS YPMQ YSWK YNAA NHS URU BDH SWTE YCFS 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 TAREE [YTRE] Takeoffelev: 38 rwy: 04/22 asphalt rwy: 12/30 grass CTAF: 118.1 Tune DME to Coffs Harbour VOR/DME (CFS 117.0). Not above 8500 ft to 36 DME CFS. THE LAKES [YLKS] T&G - visual along the Pacific Highwayelev: 7 rwy: 16/34 asphalt [All circuits to the east] CTAF: 118.1 CAMDEN HEAD overfly - visual along the Camden Haven River. PORT MACQUARIE [YPMQ] T&G - visual along the coastelev: 15 rwy: 03/21 asphalt CTAF: 118.1 NDB: PMQ 395 Remain on CTAF 118.1 until 10nm past Port Macquarie. CRESCENT HEAD overfly - visual along the coast SOUTH WEST ROCKS [YSWK] T&G - visual along the coastelev: 2 rwy: 01/19 grass CTAF: 126.7 Not above 4500 ft within 36 DME CFS. NAMBUCCA [YNAA] T&G - visual along the coastelev: 5 rwy: 02/20 grass CTAF: 126.7 Not above 3500 ft within 22 DME CFS. NAMBUCCA HEADS [NHS] overfly not above 3500 ft - visual along the Nambucca River. *** Inbound reporting point *** Not above 2500 ft within 17 DME CFS or as directed by ATC. Not above 1000 ft within 12 DME CFS or as directed by ATC. URUNGA [URU] overfly not above 1000 ft or as directed by ATC - visual along the coast BUNDANGEN HEAD [BDH] overfly not above 1000 ft or as directed by ATC - visual along the coast If Coffs TWR is active, do not proceed until given circuit instructions. SAWTELL [SWTE] overfly not above 1000 ft or as directed by ATC - visual along the coast COFFS HARBOUR [YCFS] Takeoff - track as directed by ATCelev: 18 rwy: 03/21 asphalt [RH circuit RWY 03 except as directed by ATC. Note RWY 10/28 is unserviceable.] TWR/CTAF: 118.2 VOR/DME: CFS 117.0 Charts

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: 106 nm Est Flight Time: Approx 75 min. Aircraft: Carbon Cub, Tiger Moth, light helicopter or other "low and slow" aircraft capable of 80 kias. Altitude: Remain in Class G airspace outside Coffs Harbour CTR. See waypoint notes below. Flight plan File as: YCFS URU PIL MKV YKMP YDFD YCMH YTRE 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 Dexfield Park which is not in default X-Plane). Flight details COFFS HARBOUR [YCFS] Takeoffelev: 18 rwy: 03/21 asphalt [RH circuit RWY 03 except as directed by ATC. Note RWY 10/28 is unserviceable.] TWR/CTAF: 118.2 VOR/DME: CFS 117.0 Tune DME to Coffs Harbour VOR/DME. Not above 1000 ft within 12 DME CFS or as directed by ATC. URUNGA [URU] overfly not above 1000 ft or as directed by ATC - visual along the Pacific Highway. Not above 2500 ft within 17 DME CFS. PICKETT HILL [PIL] overfly not above 2500 ft - visual along the Pacific Highway. Not above 3500 ft within 22 DME CFS. Not above 4500 ft within 36 DME CFS. MACKSVILLE [MKS] overfly not above 4500 ft - visual along the Pacific Highway. Not above 8500 ft beyond 36 DME CFS. FREDERICKTON GOLF COURSE overfly - visual along the Pacific Highway. KEMPSEY [YKMP] T&G - visual along the Macleay Riverelev: 54 rwy: 04/22 asphalt [NOTE: RWY 16/34 has been decommissioned.] CTAF: 118.9 SOUTH KEMPSEY INTERCHANGE overfly - H-125° D-4.4 nm Tune to CTAF 118.1 approx 10nm from Port Macquarie (YPMQ). DEXFIELD PARK [YDFD] T&G - visual along the Pacific Highway and Hastings Riverelev: 13 rwy: 18/36 grass CTAF: 118.1 CAMDEN HAVEN [YCMH] T&G - visual along the Pacific Highwayelev: 5 rwy: 12/30 grass CTAF: 118.1 TAREE [YTRE] T&G - visual along the Pacific Highwayelev: 38 rwy: 04/22 asphalt rwy: 12/30 grass CTAF: 118.1 Charts

Event Details Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 125 nm Est Flight Time : approx 80 mins Aircraft : Single piston engine aircraft such as Cessna 172, Piper Warrior or similar capable of 105 to 125 kias. Communications Australia uses CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) for radio comms at uncontrolled airfields. FSCopilot/FSInn 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. Swift Swift is a recent VATSIM Pilot Client alternative now released to the public as a beta release candidate. This pilot client is a one fits all alternative and will work with FSX, P3D V3/V4 and XPlane in either 32 bit Windows or 64 bit Windows, Mac and Linux. This client, once installed and configured (not for the faint of heart - some guidance can be found in this video tutorial for those with X-Plane on Windows x64), also provides a capability for pilots to designate a private voice channel to allow communication with other pilots in the same voice channel. However, to do this requires a frequency over ride to be set allowing the client to ignore the set frequency instead providing text entry into a text box. Into this box the name of the voice room needs to be entered to enable voice communication. A voice room is typically in the form of "some.server.org/<Airport ICAO>". The server component is ALWAYS "rw1.vatpac.org". So this week's departure would use "rw1.vatpac.org/<Airport ICAO>". For airports without an airport ICAO it is typical to use VATPAC VFR Virtual voice room acccessed using 131.25 in FSINN. The equivalent for SWIFT is "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr". Altitude : Comply with altitude restrictions imposed by Williamtown Restricted airspace. Flightplan File as : YWVA YCNK YMND EGT SRO YGCR GCR WDU YTRE 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 FSX / P3D ORBX Cessnock Airport [YCNK] ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11 Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details * NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr" WARNERVALE [YWVA] Takeoff elev : 25 rwy : 02/20 bitumen CTAF : 132.10 CESSNOCK [YCNK] T&G - H-341° D-28 elev : 210 rwy : 17/35 asphalt CTAF : 122.65 MAITLAND [YMND] T&G - H-043° D-9 elev : 85 rwy : 08/26 05/23 sealed rwy : 18/36 dirt CTAF : 122.65 EAST GRETA [EGT] Overfly - H-118° D-3 STROUD ROAD [SRO] Overfly - Visual via THE WORM D-30 GLOUCESTER [YGCR] T&G - Visual via THE WORM D-18 elev : 383 rwy : 17/35 grass CTAF : 131.25 GLOUCESTER [GCR] Overfly - Visual via THE WORM D-3 WIRRADGURIE [WDU] Overfly - Visual via THE WORM D-8 TAREE [YTRE] Land - H-075° D-23 elev : 38 rwy : 12/30 04/22 asphalt CTAF : 118.10 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 : 115 nm Est Flight Time : approx 70 mins Aircraft : Single piston engine aircraft such as Cessna 172, Piper Warrior or similar capable of 105 to 125 kias. Communications Australia uses CTAF (Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) for radio comms at uncontrolled airfields. FSCopilot/FSInn 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. Swift Swift is a recent VATSIM Pilot Client alternative now released to the public as a beta release candidate. This pilot client is a one fits all alternative and will work with FSX, P3D V3/V4 and XPlane in either 32 bit Windows or 64 bit Windows, Mac and Linux. This client, once installed and configured (not for the faint of heart - some guidance can be found in this video tutorial for those with X-Plane on Windows x64), also provides a capability for pilots to designate a private voice channel to allow communication with other pilots in the same voice channel. However, to do this requires a frequency over ride to be set allowing the client to ignore the set frequency instead providing text entry into a text box. Into this box the name of the voice room needs to be entered to enable voice communication. A voice room is typically in the form of "some.server.org/<Airport ICAO>". The server component is ALWAYS "rw1.vatpac.org". So this week's departure would use "rw1.vatpac.org/<Airport ICAO>". For airports without an airport ICAO it is typical to use VATPAC VFR Virtual voice room acccessed using 131.25 in FSINN. The equivalent for SWIFT is "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr". Altitude : Comply with altitude restrictions imposed by Williamtown Restricted airspace. Flightplan File as : YTRE YOBR YTNC SUG BRI SRP WLM HXP YLMQ YWVA 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 FSX / P3D ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery X-Plane 10/11 Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details * NOTE Frequency 131.25 - "rw1.vatpac.org/virtualvfr" TAREE [YTRE] Takeoff elev : 38 rwy : 12/30 04/22 asphalt CTAF : 118.10 OLD BAR [YOBR] T&G - H-128° D-6 elev : 37 rwy : 01/19 grass CTAF : 131.25 TUNCURRY [YTNC] T&G - H-190° D-15 elev : 22 rwy : 05/23 15/33 dirt CTAF : 126.50 (FSINN 131.25) SUGARLOAF POINT [SUG] Overfly - H-155° D-15 BROUGHTON ISLAND [BRI] Overfly - Coastal VFR D-15 Requires Clearance from WLM Delivery before continuing SOLDIERS POINT [SRP] Overfly - Overhead VFR D-14 WILLIAMTOWN (NEWCASTLE) (113.3 MHZ) [WLM] Overfly - Overhead VFR D-13 HEXAM BRIDGE [HXP] Overfly - Overhead VFR D-8 LAKE MACQUARIE [YLMQ] T&G - H-175° D-15 elev : 5 rwy : 07/25 sealed CTAF : 132.10 (FSINN 131.25) WARNERVALE [YWVA] Land - H-213° D-15 elev : 25 rwy : 02/20 bitumen CTAF : 132.10 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 : 131 nm Est Flight Time : approx 85 mins Aircraft : Single engine aircraft such as Orion Maule, Cessna 172 or similar capable of 115 to 135 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. Altitude : Remain below Williamtown restricted airspace Flightplan File as : YMND HXB YWLM BRI SUG WALLIS YOBR YTRE YLKS YCNH YPMQ 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 Port Macquarie Ellias Smith Airports for NSW ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX AU Scenery Flight Details MAITLAND [YMND] Takeoff elev : 85 rwy : 05/23 08/26 sealed rwy : 18/36 dirt CTAF : 122.65 HEXHAM BRIDGE [HXB] Overfly - H-114° D-12.3 nm if Williamtown airspace active, request transition from controller WILLIAMTOWN MILITARY [YWLM] if airspace is active Overfly otherwise T&G pilot's discretion - H-065° D-7.8 nm elev : 31 rwy : 12/30 asphalt CTAF : 118.30 NDB : WLM WILLIAMTOWN NEWCASTLE 365.0 TACAN : WLM WILLIAMTOWN NEWCASTLE 113.30 BROUGHTON ISLAND [BRI] Overfly - H-053° D-26.5 nm SUGARLOAF POINT [SUG] Overfly - via the coast FORSTER-WALLIS ISLAND T&G - H-335° D-14.9 nm elev : 22 rwy : 04/22 clay CTAF : 131.25 OLD BAR [YOBR] T&G - H-010° D-15.3 nm elev : 37 rwy : 01/19 grass CTAF : 131.25 TAREE [YTRE] T&G - H-308° D-6.2 nm elev : 38 rwy : 12/30 04/22 asphalt CTAF : 118.10 THE LAKES [YLKS] T&G - H-034° D-14.9 nm elev : 2 rwy : 16/34ns bitumen CTAF : 118.10 CAMDEN HAVEN AIRFIELD [YCNH] T&G - H-002° D-3.1 nm elev : 20 rwy : 12/30ns grass CTAF : 118.10 PORT MACQUARIE [YPMQ] Land - H-013° D-15.1 nm elev : 15 rwy : 03/21 asphalt CTAF : 118.10 NDB : PMQ PORT MACQUARIE 395.0 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 : 120 nm Est Flight Time : approx 80 mins Aircraft : Single engine aircraft such as Orion Maule, Cessna 172 or similar capable of 115 to 135 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. Altitude : Remain below Williamtown restricted airspace Flightplan File as : YPMQ YCNH YLKS YTRE WDU GCR SRO DUNGOG EGT YMND 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 Port Macquarie ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX AU Scenery Flight Details PORT MACQUARIE [YPMQ] Takeoff elev : 15 rwy : 03/21 asphalt CTAF : 118.10 NDB : PMQ PORT MACQUARIE 395.0 CAMDEN HAVEN AIRFIELD [YCNH] T&G - H-193° D-15.1 nm T& elev : 20 rwy : 12/30ns grass CTAF : 118.10 THE LAKES [YLKS] T&G - H-182° D-3.1 nm elev : 2 rwy : 16/34ns bitumen CTAF : 118.10 TAREE [YTRE] T&G - H-214° D-14.9 nm elev : 38 rwy : 12/30 04/22 asphalt CTAF : 118.10 WIRRADGURIE [WDU] Overfly - H-256° D-22.8 nm GLOUCESTER [GCR] Overfly - visual via "the worm" STROUD ROAD [SRO] Overfly - visual via "the worm" DUNGOG Overfly - visual via "the worm" EAST GRETA [EGT] Overfly - visual via "the worm" MAITLAND [YMND] Land - H-298° D-3.3 nm elev : 85 rwy : 08/26 05/23 sealed rwy : 18/36 dirt CTAF : 122.65 Chart