Chris G - 1546444 Posted November 17, 2021 Share Posted November 17, 2021 Welcome to the Australasian summer, where everyone heads to the beach or the barbecue. On VATSIM, we have another summer tradition... In the first weekend of December pilots from every corner of the globe will descend upon Australia and New Zealand to continue their undaunted quest to Cross the Ditch! Apply to provide ATC Book your Flights now! Event Schedule Virtual Airline Leaderboard What's it all about? For twenty hours this December, the skies over the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand will be filled with aircraft all on a mission to Cross the Ditch. An example of that typical down-under understatement, this "ditch" is over 1100nm wide. The flight routes all range from three to five hours flight time. Throughout the event, the Oceania's two divisions will be providing full gate-to-gate ATC coverage, in the Southern Hemisphere's premiere oceanic event. This is a great opportunity to experience Oceanic flying without the need to commit to an eight-hour flight! If you're new to Oceanic Flying, our reporting tool makes taking part a breeze along with our tutorial page on Oceanic Procedures Event Times This twenty hour event is timed to allow pilots from all over the world to join the fun: UTC: Saturday 4th December 2021 17:00 - Sunday 5th December 2021 13:00 AEDT: Sunday 5th December 2021 04:00 - Monday 6th December 2021 00:00 NZDT: Sunday 5th December 2021 06:00 - Monday 6th December 2021 02:00 Waves This season's event is organised in waves. Each airport will have a three-to-four-and-a-half hour departure window, during which time flights will be able to leave for the next destination. As the window closes, the departure window will open at the next destination. Given each of the flights is 3 - 4.5hrs in length, the previous wave's flights will be arriving at the same airport as the next wave departs, maximising the amount of traffic at each airport. NOTE: in order to ensure that you have ATC coverage throughout your flight, you MUST fly the wave route that is active at the time of your departure. The individual routes are designed to ensure as much opposing traffic enroute as possible. Each flight passes from one Oceania division to the other, and the result is six mini-flyins over the course of twenty hours! The Waves for Cross the Ditch 21 - Summer 2021 are: Wave Flight Departure Window UTC AEDT NZDT 1 Noumea, New Caledonia (NWWW) to Cairns, Australia (YBCS) 1700-2000 0400-0700 0600-0900 2 Cairns, Australia (YBCS) to Queenstown, New Zealand (NZQN) (B737/A321 and smaller) 2000-2330 0700-1030 0900-1230 2a Christchurch. New Zealand (NZCH) (Wide body aircraft) 2000-2330 0700-1030 0900-1230 3 Queenstown, New Zealand to Avalon, Australia (YMAV) (B737/A321 and smaller) 2330-0400 1030-1500 1230-1700 3a Queenstown, New Zealand to Melbourne, Australia (YMML) (Wide body aircraft) 2330-0400 1030-1500 1230-1700 4 Avalon, Australia (YMAV) to Wellington, New Zealand (NZWN) (B737/A321 and smaller) 0230-0700 1330-1800 1530-2000 4a Melbourne, Australia (YMML) to Wellington, New Zealand (NZWN) (Wide body aircraft) 0230-0700 1330-1800 1530-2000 5 Wellington, New Zealand (NZWN) to Gold Coast, Australia (YBCG 0530-0945 1630-2045 1830-2245 Calling all Pilots and Controllers Flight plans are available from the Flight Plans section. Book your flights now from the Flight Bookings page. Bookings made on this site help us plan for the event, and will also show up in vroute. Controllers wanting to get in on the action can also apply now at the event's ATC Applications page. Cross the Ditch is brought to you by VATPAC and VATNZ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris G - 1546444 Posted November 22, 2021 Author Share Posted November 22, 2021 ATC applications are still open for Cross the Ditch! We invite anyone who is available to control on Sunday the 5th of December to apply via the link below. https://crosstheditch.net/summer2021/atc_application Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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