Michael Wolf 973921 Posted June 11, 2009 at 02:45 PM Posted June 11, 2009 at 02:45 PM Hi there! How much different are Australia's VFR rules and airspace comparing to the United States? Maybe you have some kinda docomeent for your pilots that describes basic things. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Bartosz Posted June 11, 2009 at 04:26 PM Posted June 11, 2009 at 04:26 PM In Australia, they host weekly VFR fly-ins which are VERY succesful (around 20-30 pilots), you can email vfrevents(at)vatpac.org for more info, and to subscribe to the VFR events (the subscription email every week will contain flight details, scenery etc.) click here The latest info kit can be downloaded here I actually don't know where you can find VFR rules etc.. A VFR clearance would be like cleared to ---, at (altitude) VFR, squawk ----, departure frequency ---.--- At least thats how I learned it New York ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Wolf 973921 Posted June 11, 2009 at 05:52 PM Author Posted June 11, 2009 at 05:52 PM Sweet! Thanks for the info! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sebastien Bartosz Posted June 11, 2009 at 06:06 PM Posted June 11, 2009 at 06:06 PM Try searching through http://www.airservicesaustralia.com New York ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin Chia Posted June 18, 2009 at 05:52 AM Posted June 18, 2009 at 05:52 AM Hello Michael, You may want to have a look at the resources on www.vatpac.org where there is a guide for pilots flying in procedural airspace, and another for operating out of or into uncontrolled aerodromes and controlled airspace (under FOR PILOTS, click Manuals and Guides) and there's also some material walking pilots through example flights. I believe the airspace cl[Mod - Happy Thoughts] rules are the same, also, we don't have cl[Mod - Happy Thoughts] B in Australia. Transition is at 10,000ft/FL110 (as opposed to FL180 in the US). There are phraseology differences, but nothing you won't have encountered if you've flown outside the US before (being told to "line up and wait", for instance, or the requirement to get an explicit clearance to cross a runway). Also, if you're going to fly VFR down south, you will most definitely want the VOZ scenery from http://www.vistaoz.org/ which is a big file at about 600MB but is easily one of the best freeware scenery packages out there and well worth the download. Hope to see you down here soon! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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