David Winters 905945 Posted July 22, 2007 at 04:08 PM Posted July 22, 2007 at 04:08 PM The next in our series of New Pilots Nights is to be held on the 7th August at Southend (EGMC). The fun will start at 20:00 BST and go on until about 10. If you are planning on attending please try to be there from the beginning as it makes it more difficult if we have to start with someone new half way through. However, we will always try to accomodate those that arrive late . New Pilot's Nights are an opportunity for New Pilots (strange that!) to come along to an airfield, meet the pilot mentoring team, meet some ATC guys, ask shedloads of questions and do some flying in a totally non-pressurised environment where you can make all the mistakes you like with help available. As a follow up you can also opt for some one-to-one mentoring with one of the team - one flight or a whole series if you like - to get you going on Vatsim and doing what you want to do. VFR or IFR we usually have the right person to help you along in a hopefully friendly and unpressurised manner. MUST DO'S: Join the VATSIM-UK Teamspeak server in advance of the night You should get registered and setup with Vatsim-UK's Teamspeak server, please try and get set up on it before the night, it's virtually impossible to get registered on the night itself so it's imperative that you get set up in advance! We conduct all the training via Teamspeak so if you're not on it you will miss out on how completely and utterly brilliant we are. See this link which also appears as a link on the Home Page: http://www.vatsim-uk.org/index.php?page=teamspeak Once you have been set-up on that you will find a New Pilot's Night room on there plus a couple of mentoring rooms that we use. Get the Charts for Southend These as always come from the CAA's AIS website with which you need to register (it's free of course). This link will take you straight to the airfield charts page via the login/registration screen: http://www.ais.org.uk/aes/pubs/aip/html/aipad2.htm We tend to do some VFR circuits just to get going but if someone wants to try some IFR circuits or a short cross-country then we also have some approach cover arranged. There is no set plan for the night because it totally depends on who turns up, what their experience is and what they want to do - sometimes we get people who are struggling to even get connected to Vatsim (we can help with that as well) and sometimes we get people just wanting to make their first "live" flight, we've learned that there is no such thing as a "standard" New Pilot and therefore we have a flexible approach to what we get up to. Join up with Vatsim in the GA Parking area (or somewhere else suitable for your plane, NOT on a runway!) in an aeroplane you're comfortable with and know where the buttons are! Also can you please set your clock to daylight settings to provide the best conditions for VFR flying. Note to existing and experienced pilots As I always say, if you are an experienced pilot please try not to fly into Southend on the evening of the New Pilots Night. This removes the confusion of other pilots talking on the frequency when we are trying to teach the new pilots. This does also apply to pilots who have attended previous new pilots nights - we will have to start right back at the beginning so it is unlikely that you would gain anything from the night! If you have any questions or queries, please email new.pilots[at]vatsim-uk.co.uk David Winters VATSIM-UK New Pilot Co-ordinator - VATUK8 Contact Me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Casey Posted July 22, 2007 at 08:13 PM Posted July 22, 2007 at 08:13 PM David - the subject header is wrong mate. We're doing it 7th August and not 22nd July (cos that's today)! Bill Casey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Walker Posted July 22, 2007 at 09:13 PM Posted July 22, 2007 at 09:13 PM Always get one! Adam Walker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board of Governors Simon Irvine Posted July 22, 2007 at 11:02 PM Board of Governors Posted July 22, 2007 at 11:02 PM The power of the edit button Ive made it a sticky too! Simon Irvine VP Europe, Middle East and Africa Region Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Casey Posted July 24, 2007 at 08:27 PM Posted July 24, 2007 at 08:27 PM 07/08/07 being 7th August, on the UK Forum anyway Bill Casey Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Pike Posted July 24, 2007 at 11:17 PM Posted July 24, 2007 at 11:17 PM It's also an ISO standard date format (the first 07 being the year) ! Mike Pike VATSIM-UK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul westcott Posted July 26, 2007 at 09:11 PM Posted July 26, 2007 at 09:11 PM http://www.ais.org.uk/aes/pubs/aip/html/aipad2.htm when you go to this link and put your id in, which of the files do you download? thanks. paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adam Walker Posted July 26, 2007 at 10:11 PM Posted July 26, 2007 at 10:11 PM Clik on 'Southend' on the right hand column. It will then display a list of charts. for the new pilots night you will need the aerodrome chart. If you wish to do IFR circuits on the night then you will also need the ILS chart. Adam Walker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul westcott Posted July 27, 2007 at 01:02 PM Posted July 27, 2007 at 01:02 PM thanks adam paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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