VATPAC / VATUSA FNO Down-Under

[Sam Hall 1360406]

Ladies and Gentleman, On Saturday 20th April 2019, Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane welcomes VATUSA to Friday Night Ops. Kicking off at Friday 19th April 2019 at 2330z , So drop the juice box or the gl[Mod - Happy Thoughts] of whiskey and get your flight plans filed.

 

VATPAC has your ATC Covered manning airspace between Adelaide, Sydney and Brisbane! We invite and encourage you to fly between the three airports, In any order you wish. You should allow approx 1.5-2.5 hours flying time for Jets between any given pair.

 

 

 

 

 

Flight Planning

 

In Australia, flight plans are filed in the ICAO method, with the SID/STAR not included with the initial filing. This will be provided by ATC on contact with clearance delivery (for departure) and with Centre, usually just prior to initial descent clearance.

 

 

 

In Sydney each different runway has it's own set of SID's, which can be hard to predict ahead of time. Due to this, the outbound route should start with "TESAT". TESAT is an RNAV waypoint located on the airfield, replacing the old VOR "SY" which has since been decommissioned in the real world as part of the Navigation Rationalization project which removed 179 ground-based navigation aids on the 26th of May 2016, meaning GNSS is now the primary means of navigation for all instrument flight rule aircraft and flight plans.

 

Knowledge about deleting waypoints and closing route discontinuities in your FMS will be useful. Cheats include knowing the 2nd waypoint along the initial airway. Additionally be aware that ATC is likely to ammend the text of your route when giving clearance in the same manner as the Electronic Flight Strip is used in the real world. Once you file it, it's theirs.

 

 

 

Flight Plan Route

 

To help with filing your flight plan, we reccomend Simbrief as a free service additionally there is a number of payware flightplaning software

 

https://www.simbrief.com/home/?page=home

 

 

 

Recommended Routes

 

With everything that has been said above VATPAC wishes to recommend a few routes to pilots that will be fully staffed during the event.

 

YBBN - YPAD

 

DCT HUUGO Q116 NBR Q53 WOONA Q60 BLACK DCT

 

YBBN - YSSY

 

DCT HUUGO H62 CORKY H12 BOREE DCT

 

YPAD - YBBN

 

DCT SEDAN Y19 PARRY Y195 GLENN DCT

 

YPAD - YSSY

 

DCT PANKI H247 CULIN Y59 RIVET DCT

 

YSSY - YBBN

 

DCT ENTRA Y245 BANDA H185 CG DCT

 

YSSY - YPAD

 

DCT KADOM H44 MAXEM Q60 BLACK DCT

 

 

 

 

 

Pilot Information

 

 

 

https://forums.vatpac.org/applications/core/interface/file/attachment.php?id=3682

 

 

 

Charts

 

Necessary charts for YPAD, YBBN and YSSY can be found in the pilot information PDF above.

 

Additionally the real world Air Services Australia website provides charts for all airports in Australia, free of charge, on their Aerodrome and Procedure Charts website.

 

http://www.airservicesaustralia.com/aip/current/dap/AeroProcChartsTOC.htm

 

 

 

 

Scenery

 

 

 

- Adelaide Airport Scenery (YPAD)

 

Payware Adelaide Scenery

 

Freeware Adelaide Scenery

 

Freeware X-Plane Adelaide Scenery

 

 

 

- Sydney Kingsford Smith Intl (YSSY)

 

Payware FlyTampa YSSY

 

Freeware YSSY FSX

 

Freeware YSSY P3D

 

Freeware YSSY X-Plane

 

 

 

- Brisbane International (YBBN)

 

Payware YBBN ORBX Direct

 

Freeware YBBN Aussie Ants FSX/P3D

 

Freeware YBBN X-Plane

 

 

for more information please visit https://events.vatpac.org/friday-night-ops-down-under

 

 

Should you have any questions, queries or suggestions, please contact the events department via the VATPAC forums or by emailing [email protected]

 

We look forward to seeing you at this not to be missed Event!

[Aharon Dayan]

YAHHHHH YAHHHHHH YAHHHHHHH I am NOT NOT going to miss this for sure!!

 

I think you forgot to enclose links for the airport sceneries?????? Would be interested in freeware Adelaide scenery, please

 

Thanks,

 

Aharon

[Sam Hall 1360406]

Hi Aharon,

My apologies for the broken links. You can find functioning links on the VATPAC event calendar

https://forums.vatpac.org/calendar/event/475-fno-down-under/

[Aharon Dayan]

Sam,

 

No apologies needed!!! I am grateful that VATPAC is offering rare Aussie event at the rare time very convenient to pilots living in America and Canada!!

 

Thanks for answer and for the link.

 

Regards,

 

Aharon

[Romano Lara]

Hi Sam,

 

I'm just a bit confused...what do you mean it's VATPAC/VATUSA FNO?

[Aharon Dayan]

Quick question please

 

Which Center will be covering departures of Hamilton Island (YBHM), please?

 

Thanks,

 

Aharon

[Romano Lara]

Hi Sam,

 

I'm just a bit confused...what do you mean it's VATPAC/VATUSA FNO?

 

 

Disregard this question. I get it now.

[Romano Lara]

Quick question please

 

Which Center will be covering departures of Hamilton Island (YBHM), please?

 

Thanks,

 

Aharon

 

A quick search on their website shows this: https://vatpac.org/operations/enroute-sectors/

[Aharon Dayan]

Thanks Romano but that map is kind of hard for me to read. Got to figure out how to superimpose those border diagrams into regular map with names of cities or islands.

[Sam Hall 1360406]

Hi Aharon,

 

Hamilton Island, being north or Brisbane and the remainder of the event will most likely be un-staffed.

A great site that accurately depicts VATPAC sectors is http://www.accomeap-project.com/ and I would highly recommend using it on the day f the event to see if there is any ATC online near you

[Aharon Dayan]

Thanks for reply, Sam

[Andre Almeida]

Hello Sam,

 

Event has been added to VATSIM event calendar: https://www.vatsim.net/events/vatpac-vatusa-fno-down-under .