VATNZ Sunday Night Ops - 20th July 2008 - Oceanic Procedures

[Mark Richards]

Sunday Night Ops for 20th July 2008 - Oceanic Procedures Upskilling Session NZAA/NZWN/NZCH >> YBBN

 

(Click on image for larger graphic of the route)

 

This Sunday our SNO (Sunday Night Operations) is an Oceanic Procedures Upskilling Session from Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch to escape the winter blues in Sunny Queensland.

 

This is the PERFECT opportunity to practice your Oceanic Reporting procedures in readiness for the 1st Annual VATNZ/VATPAC Texas Hold'em Flight Crown event on Sunday 3 August 2008.

 

For correct position reporting in Oceanic Airspace, pilots are encouraged to read the VATNZ Oceanic Control Procedures information page.

 

Aircraft flying above FL245 MUST be SELCAL equipped. All non-SELCAL equipped aircraft must operate below FL245.

 

For information on SELCAL visit: http://www.vatnz.net/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=46&Itemid=28

 

For information on setting up SELCAL in SquawkBox visit: http://www.vatnz.net/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=28

 

Total flight time one-way should be somewhere in the region of 3 - 3.5 hours depending on your direction of travel, aircraft type, and prevailing winds.

 

• Departure Time: Sunday 20th July 2008 1800 NZST. NOTE THE EARLIER START TIME
  
• Flight Time: 3 - 3.5 hours / sector
  
• Flight Plan Route:
  NZAA / YBBN: AA A464 DRUMO Q39 SAVER G329 BN
  NZWN / YBBN: WN M639 SAVER G329 BN
  NZCH / YBBN: CH L503 SAVER G329 BN
   
  Potential ATC Positions:
  Towers:
  
  • NZAA_TWR - Auckland Tower
    
  • NZWN_TWR - Wellington Tower
    
  • NZCH_TWR - Christchurch Tower

  TMA Control

  • NZAA_APP - Auckland Control
    
  • NZWN_APP - Wellington Control
    
  • NZCH_APP - Christchurch Control

  En-Route Control

  • NZCH-A_CTR - Christchuch Control
    
  • NZCH-W_CTR - Christchuch Control
    
  • NZCH-N_CTR - Christchuch Control

  Oceanic Control

  • NZZC_FSS - Auckland Radio

If possible, also book your planned flight using vRoute - large numbers of bookings in vroute attract additional traffic.

 

Charts/Airspace Info:

Available from the VATNZ Airspace Reference site.

[Mark Richards]

Thanks to everyone who came along and supported the event. A number of overseas pilots as well as the usual supporters from VATNZ and VATPAC.

 

Thanks to all the pilots who joined in and supported the event.

 

Thanks to the controllers, David and Wesley on Towers, Jeff on Auckland Control, Ken on on Christchurch Centre and special mention to VATPAC member Greg Barber who was on BN-TSN_FSS for about 7 hours.

 

As you can see from the flight grid, it was a very successful SNO.

 

 

Looking for the 1st Annual VATNZ/VATPAC Texas Hold'em Flight Crown in a fortnight!