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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 : 245 nm Est Flight Time : approx 80 mins Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Beechcraft King Air C90, Pilatus PC12 or similar capable of 185 to 215 kias. Altitude : Upto A9500 and Remain clear of Restricted Airspace Flightplan File as : YPKT YPEP YWOU WAYS YWLO RESC YPTN GPS Flightplan is available for FSX, P3D, FS2020 as a 'pln' file and X-Plane as an 'fms' file. The original Plan-G flightplan is also included for those that find this useful. Thesa are 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 should also 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 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 KEATS [YPKT] Takeoff elev : 112 rwy : 16/34 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 PEPPIMENARTI [YPEP] T&G - H-076° D-33 elev : 79 rwy : 07/25 dirt CTAF : 122.80 FITZMAURICE RIVER Overfly - H-132° D-56 Co-located with an airfield WOMBUNGI [YWOU] T&G - H-078° D-17 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 599 rwy : 16/34 dirt CTAF : 122.80 D236A NORTH Overfly - H-204° D-10 D236B SOUTH Overfly - H-176° D-25 WAYSIDE [WAYS] Overfly - H-158° D-14 WILLEROO [YWLO] T&G - Victoria Hwy VFR D-35 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 558 rwy : 17/35 dirt CTAF : 122.80 RESCUE CENTRE [RESC] Overfly - Victoria Hwy VFR D-37 IF TDL APP/TWR or overhead CTR active, obtain Clearance before entering Tindal CTR. TINDAL MILITARY [YPTN] Land - H-055° D-30 elev : 443 rwy : 14/32 asphalt CTAF : 119.70 TACAN : TDL TINDAL KATHERINE 112.30 VOR : TN TINDAL KATHERINE 112.30 NDB : TN TINDAL KATHERINE 356.0 WAN Chart VNC

Event Details Simulation Date/Time : Current date set to daylight. Weather : Real World / Fair weather if real world is unsuitable for VFR operations. Distance : 245 nm Est Flight Time : approx 80 mins Aircraft : Single or twin engine aircraft such as Beechcraft King Air C90, Pilatus PC12 or similar capable of 185 to 215 kias. Altitude : Upto A9500 and Remain clear of Restricted Airspace Flightplan File as : YPTN KATHERINE.GORGE MT.HARVEY PINE.CREEK YTPA YDMN YWKD YPKT GPS Flightplan is available for FSX, P3D, FS2020 as a 'pln' file and X-Plane as an 'fms' file. The original Plan-G flightplan is also included for those that find this useful. Thesa are 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 should also 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 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 TINDAL MILITARY [YPTN] Takeoff elev : 443 rwy : 14/32 asphalt CTAF : 119.70 TACAN : TDL TINDAL KATHERINE 112.30 VOR : TN TINDAL KATHERINE 112.30 NDB : TN TINDAL KATHERINE 356.0 KATHERINE Overfly - H-298° D-7 KATHERINE GORGE Overfly - Track Katherine River D-12 MOUNT HARVEY Overfly - Track Katherine River D-22 PINE CREEK Overfly - H-283° D-54 TIPPERARY [YTPA] T&G - H-273° D-47 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 235 rwy : 11/29 asphalt CTAF : 122.80 DALY RIVER MISSION [YDMN] T&G - H-262° D-20 elev : 47 rwy : 12/30 dirt CTAF : 122.80 WOODIKAPILDIA [YWKD] T&G - H-257° D-42 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 83 rwy : 6/24 dirt CTAF : 122.80 PORT KEATS [YPKT] Land - H-225° D-35 elev : 112 rwy : 16/34 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 VNC WAN 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 : 166 nm Est Flight Time : approx 70 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. 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 : Not above 5000 Flightplan File as : YPKT YPUA YBVY YLGU YPKU 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" PORT KEATS [YPKT] Takeoff elev : 112 rwy : 16/34 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 PALUMPA [YPUA] T&G - H-102° D-20 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 60 rwy : 1/19 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) BULLO RIVER VALLEY [YBVY] T&G - H-182° D-68 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 25 rwy : 04/22 dirt CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 131.25) LEGUNE STN [YLGU] T&G - H-307° D-24 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 85 rwy : 11/29 dirt CTAF : 126.70 (FSINN 131.25) KUNUNURRA [YPKU] Land - H-229° D-55 elev : 145 rwy : 12/30 asphalt CTAF : 127.00 NDB : KU KUNUNURRA 221.0 VOR/DME : KU KUNUNURRA 116.50 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 : 184 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. 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 : Not above 5000 Flightplan File as : YPKU YCIL YWYM YFRV LACROSSE.I YP28 YPKT 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" KUNUNURRA [YPKU] Takeoff elev : 145 rwy : 12/30 asphalt CTAF : 127.00 NDB : KU KUNUNURRA 221.0 VOR/DME : KU KUNUNURRA 116.50 CARLTON HILL [YCIL] T&G - H-326° D-19 elev : 47 rwy : 12/30 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) WYNDHAM [YWYM] T&G - H-265° D-22 elev : 14 rwy : 12/30 asphalt CTAF : 128.00 (FSINN 127.40) FOREST RIVER MISSION [YFRV] T&G - H-316° D-28 (Scenery not depicted in P3D) elev : 20 rwy : 14/32 dirt CTAF : 122.80 (FSINN 131.25) LACROSSE ISLAND [LACROSSE I] Overfly - H-045° D-37 BLACKTIP SINGLE [YP28] Overfly - H-060° D-68 not depicted in X-Plane scenery Drilling platform - elevated Helipad PORT KEATS [YPKT] Land - H-090° D-10 elev : 112 rwy : 16/34 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 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 : 161 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. Altitude : Below Darwin Class C steps Flightplan File as : YPKT PERON DUNDEE YDII CRAB.CLAW YDLV CHAP YPDN 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 have a choice of alternatives for this flight. There is the obligatory accompanying flight plan for those that embrace the latest technology. For the more adventurous pilots the radial and distances are provided allowing the flight to be navigated using ground based radio and visual navigation techniques. DARWIN PROCEDURES Darwin is a class C civil and military aerodrome. An excellent source of VFR procedural information for Darwin can be found in CASA's "Ontrack" Online Reference Resource. Pilots unfamiliar with Darwin Operations are encouraged to visit the site and review available information (video is very informative) prior to operating within Darwin airspace. In this flight a non standard arrival not depicted as an option is used. Recommended Scenery ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX AU Scenery Flight Details PORT KEATS [YPKT] Takeoff elev : 112 rwy : 16/34 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 PERON ISLANDS Overfly - H-024° D-71.3 nm pos : DN R-222° D-66.5 DUNDEE BEACH T&G - H-027° D-32.5 nm pos : DN R-237° D-36.5 elev : 3 rwy : 11/29 sand CTAF : 131.25 DUM IN MIRRIE IS [YDII] T&G - H-002° D-5.4 nm pos : DN R-244° D-32.6 elev : 19 rwy : 15/33 dirt CTAF : 131.25 CRAB CLAW ISLAND T&G - H-106° D-15.5 nm pos : DN R-231° D-23.6 elev : 5 rwy : 16/34 dirt CTAF : 131.25 DELISSAVILLE [YDLV] T&G - H-017° D-10.5 nm pos : DN R-235° D-15 elev : 112 rwy : 12ns/30 dirt CTAF : 126.70 CHARLES POINT [CHAP] Overfly - H-335° D-10.8 nm * caution DN A1000 step pos : DN R-274° D-17.0 DARWIN INTL [YPDN] Land - H-093° D-15.3 nm elev : 103 rwy : 18/36 11/29 asphalt CTAF : 122.80 NDB : BGT BAGOT DARWIN 308.0 TACAN : DAR DARWIN 113.70 VOR/DME : DN DARWIN 112.60 WAN Chart VTC 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 : 170 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. Altitude : Below Darwin Class C steps Flightplan File as : YPDN YMKT MTD YCCR YBCR YAPK YDMN YPEP YPKT 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 have a choice of alternatives for this flight. There is the obligatory accompanying flight plan for those that embrace the latest technology. For the more adventurous pilots the radial and distances are provided allowing the flight to be navigated using ground based radio and visual navigation techniques. DARWIN PROCEDURES Darwin is a class C civil and military aerodrome. An excellent source of VFR procedural information for Darwin can be found in CASA's "Ontrack" Online Reference Resource. Pilots unfamiliar with Darwin Operations are encouraged to visit the site and review available information (video is very informative) prior to operating within Darwin airspace. In particular, review : Outbound VFR Route 4 Recommended Scenery Daly River Airport - YDMN - by Pete Smith Peppimenarti Airport [YPEP] - by Pete Smith ORBX Australia ANTS AUSSIE AIRPORTS OZX AU Scenery Flight Details DARWIN INTL [YPDN] Takeoff elev : 103 rwy : 18/36 11/29 asphalt CTAF : 122.80 NDB : BGT BAGOT DARWIN 308.0 TACAN : DAR DARWIN 113.70 VOR/DME : DN DARWIN 112.60 EMKAYTEE [YMKT] T&G - Visual elev : 68 rwy : 07/25 oil treated CTAF : 127.10 MANTON DAM [MTD] Overfly - VFR Route 4 COOMALIE CREEK [YCCR] T&G - H-175° D-9.3 nm elev : 175 rwy : 17/35 gravel CTAF : 131.25 BATCHELOR [YBCR] T&G - H-242° D-6.7 nm elev : 361 rwy : 13/31 oil treated CTAF : 131.25 ALBANY PARK [YAPK] T&G - H-159° D-2.2 nm elev : 392 rwy : 13/31 dirt CTAF : 131.25 DALY RIVER MISSION [YDMN] T&G - H-203° D-44.5 nm pos : DN R-185° D-80.5 elev : 47 rwy : 12/30 dirt CTAF : 131.25 PEPPIMENARTI [YPEP] T&G - H-232° D-42.3 nm pos : DN R-201° D-113.5 elev : 79 rwy : 07/25 dirt CTAF : 131.25 PORT KEATS [YPKT] Land - H-256° D-33.3 nm pos : DN R-212° D-136.0 elev : 112 rwy : 16/34 asphalt CTAF : 126.70 VTC Chart WAN Chart