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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. 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. 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. Recommended Scenery FSX / P3D Port Macquarie ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX 3.5 AU Scenery OZX Libraries 1.2 (required for all OZX scenery) X-Plane 10/11 Bazz's Australian and PNG Scenery for X-Plane Flight Details PORT MACQUARIE [YPMQ] Takeoff elev : 15 rwy : 03/21 asphalt CTAF : 118.10 NDB : PMQ PORT MACQUARIE 395.0 CAMDEN HAVEN AIRFIELD [YCMH] 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

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