[NOTAM] Africa/Middle East Region NOTAM 1/2005

[Ilan Jonas 860311]

Hello to all 1,390 VATAME members. This Notice To Airmen is to

give you a heads-up about some important news in the region

mainly, and in Vatsim generally. Here we go:

1. New domain for VATAME website: you can now access VATAME at

http://www.vatame.net . Website has lots of info about all the

countries within the region.

 

2. vACC-EG: vACC Egypt is now active, under the lead of Mr. Ali

Abou-Zeid and his crew. check them out at

http://www.egypt-vacc.org .

 

3. VATSAF: With great satisfaction I announce the (re)opening of

Vatsim South African division, now called VATSAF. The new

division director, Mr. Wayne Higgins plans to develop VATSAF to

be a symbol of both professionalism and friendship. We wish him

the best of luck, and invite you all to fly in this beautiful

country. Visit them at http://www.vatsaf.net .

 

4. VATGLF: For several months we are running this special

station called Gulf Center, Gulf_FSS. This center controls the

whole Persian Gulf area, extended west to Jordan and Syria.

Countries covered are: Oman, Bahrain, UAE, Syria, Iran, Iraq,

Kuwait, Yemen and Saudi Arabia. In the future we are considering

to officially add Jordan and Syria. There is an update to

Serveinfo, you can download and read about it in my post here -

http://forums.vatsim.net/viewtopic.php?=3829&highlight=gulffss .

In the future we will develop a website, regulations and

everything else needed for a formal VATSIM division.

 

5. New software developments: New version of FSINN (1.1) and

SB3 (3.0.4)were introduced lately, and can be reached through

vatsim.net (http://vatsim.net/links/links31.html). A new ATC

client is also in the making, and you can read about this

wonderful piece of software here -

http://www.metacraft.com/vrc/

 

6. VATSIM Pilot Resource Center: The PRC now contains charts for

many airports around the world - worth a visit! New pilots, do

not forget that the VATSIM PRC is *for you* and it contains all

the information you may need to start in VATSIM. Visit

http://vatsim.net/prc to access this rich database of

information you need.

 

7. Other activity: There is some ongoing activity also in

Lebanon, Tunisia, Jordan, Central Africa and some other places

within our region. We hope to introduce more divisions and vACCs

in the near future!

 

8. Major events:

a. Christmas Flyin to Bagdhad - organized by Atlantic Aviation

Virtual Airlines along With American Virtual Airlines, and

planned for December 17th. Read about it here -

http://forums.vatsim.net/viewtopic.php?p=39783#39783

 

b. Cairo - Beijing flyin - read all about this exciting and

challenging flight here - www.cairo-beijing.co.nr .

c. Israel Holiday of Holidays event 2 - celebrating Xmas,

Hanuka and Id Al-Adhah on December 29-31. The event will be

handled from a special control center operating 24hrs a day.

Follow http://www.vatil.org for details!

 

9. VATAME seeks help: we need some help with making ATC sector

files and keeping them up-to-date. Anyone who can help, please

contact us! We are at your service always, contact us with any

problem or idea you have!

 

Cheers,

Ilan Jonas Shadi Abo-Ahmad

VATAME1 VATAME2

[Nicholas Bartolotta 912967]

I realize this is an old topic, but I just wanted to say how awesome of a website VATAME has! It's really easy to navigate through Nice work!

[Alexandre Geahel 932157]

I realize this is an old topic, but I just wanted to say how awesome of a website VATAME has! It's really easy to navigate through Nice work!

 

Yea, same here - I told it to Shadi and he told me he did it. Thumbs up Shadi, great work!

[Wayne Higgins 838379]

To further our endeavours to bring the Virtual world in line with the real world, I announce the UNICOM frequency for South African aviators and Controllers as amended from 122.8Mhz to 124.8Mhz with immediate effect. As a Pilots you are requested to note this change in your remarks field for others to learn (or as a controller in your ATIS) for at least the next 4 weeks.

 

Fellow pilots (especially foreign) must be requested to broadcast their intentions on 124.8 when OUT OF Controlled airpace. Pilots flying in UNCONTROLLED airspace are requested to do AIREPs every 10 mins on voice and/or text.Any pilots flying in the VATSAF Airpace on the old frequency, will be notified of this change and requested to broadcast on 124.8.Your cooperation is gratefully appreciated.

[Alexandre Geahel 932157]

Thanks for the info By the Way Shadi, what is Vatleb's status in being official we would like to know ASAP as we are preparing something.

[Matthew Horan 901577]

I would suggest emailing him, Alex - I'm not sure how often he might check the forums; but most people are meticulous about checking their email

[Alexandre Geahel 932157]

Wildo, I just posted it here so he would answer much faster as I regularly send him emails but...no answer.

[Daniel Finney 810884]

To further our endeavours to bring the Virtual world in line with the real world, I announce the UNICOM frequency for South African aviators and Controllers as amended from 122.8Mhz to 124.8Mhz with immediate effect. As a Pilots you are requested to note this change in your remarks field for others to learn (or as a controller in your ATIS) for at least the next 4 weeks.

 

Fellow pilots (especially foreign) must be requested to broadcast their intentions on 124.8 when OUT OF Controlled airpace. Pilots flying in UNCONTROLLED airspace are requested to do AIREPs every 10 mins on voice and/or text.Any pilots flying in the VATSAF Airpace on the old frequency, will be notified of this change and requested to broadcast on 124.8.Your cooperation is gratefully appreciated.

 

Can this change be NOTAMed through the main VATSIM system in order to make all pilots aware of the fact please Wayne ?

 

Best Regards

D Finney

[Wayne Higgins 838379]

Hi Daniel, Done.

[Daniel Finney 810884]

Many thanks Wayne, should reach everyone on the system now

 

Regards

D Finney