27MAR23 | Easter Egg Hunt - Sydney and NSW

[Charlie M - 1353356]

This Easter, VATPAC invites you to Sydney for our first annual Easter Egg Hunt! On the 27th of March, fly out of Sydney in search of 3 easter eggs at 3 different airports around NSW. Hints for where these airports are will be released throughout the event. The first pilot to identify, fly to and land at each airport wins! Expect full ATC coverage and plenty of prizes this March between 0730z and 1030z!
 

Event Details:

The idea of the Easter egg hunt is simple. From 0730z, one hint will be released every 30 minutes revealing three different locations. Pilots then depart Sydney in search for the airports. Once a pilot lands at the airport they believe the Easter egg is at, they take a screenshot and post it. The first pilot to correctly identify and fly to each airport wins! 

Pilots and controllers must follow the relevant criteria below in order to be eligible to win a prize!

Prizes:

Thanks to the generous donations of some of the VATPAC staff, there will be four prizes up for grabs during the Easter egg hunt. The prizes are as follows:

• Pilots: 3 x  €10 ($15AUD) simMarket Gift Vouchers - 1 per airport
• Controllers: 1 x €10 ($15AUD) simMarket Gift Voucher - all eligible controllers will be added to a draw and randomly selected to win the prize.

In order to be eligible to win one of the prizes pilots and controllers must follow the following procedures:

Pilots:

• All pilots must depart Sydney (YSSY) and remain online and connected for the duration of the flight
• Pilots must not use any sim rate enhancement
• Pilots must follow all controller instructions and not take purposeful shortcuts or refuse sequencing to try and shorten the duration of their flight.
• VATPAC events staff, senior staff and directors are not eligible to win pilot prizes.
• Pilots must not use high performance aircraft to reduce their flights duration. This includes fighter jets, high altitude / speed airliners such as the Concorde, or any other aircraft purposely chosen for an unrealistic speed advantage.
• Upon arrival at the chosen airfield, pilots must post a screenshot on the VATPAC discord and tag an event coordinator.
• Pilots are only eligible to receive one (1) prize.
• Pilots must only depart Sydney after the hint is released

All flights to correct airports will be closely tracked by Event Coordinators. If a member of the events team believes your flight was not in observance of the above criteria, or that you had any form of unfair advantage, they may deem you ineligible to receive a prize.

Controllers:

• All rostered and unrostered controllers who contributed for at least one hour will be considered for the prize
• Controllers not active for the duration of their rostered period (without a valid excuse) will be ineligible for the draw
• Controllers who already received a pilot prize will not be eligible for the draw

At the close of the event the winners of each category will be announced. 

ATC:

Any controllers interested in providing ATC services during this event are encouraged to apply here. Applications will be open until Monday the 24th of March, on which the roster will be released for public viewing. Controllers are encouraged to apply and reminded that they have the chance of winning one of the four prizes at random.

Below are the positions being rostered for Easter Egg Hunt - Sydney and NSW. Please keep in mind that slot availability will be dependant on the number of applications, and that any non-standard positions (marked with '~') must be approved by a Senior Staff Member or C3 Controller before being opened.

Login Identifier:	Radio Callsign:	Frequency:
BN-ARL_CTR	Brisbane Centre	130.900
ML-YWE_CTR	Melbourne Centre	134.325
ML-BIK_CTR	Melbourne Centre	129.800
SY_APP	Sydney Approach	124.400
SY_TWR	Sydney Tower	120.500
SY_GND	Sydney Ground	126.500
SY_DEL	Sydney Delivery	133.800

Scenery:

YSSY - Sydney:
Payware - FlyTampa v2 (FSX/P3D)
Payware – FlyTampa (MSFS)
Payware - TaiModels (X-Plane 11)
Freeware - AVSIM (FSX/P3D)