You are invited to come and celebrate the opening of VATSIM’s newest division: VATNZ – New Zealand!! on 1st January 2007, Departing 1400 NZDT / 0100 UTC. Join the Kiwis as they traverse from south to north to arrive together in Auckland/NZAA, New Zealand.
The suggested routes are:
Prop Flyers: Christchurch/NZCH – Palmerston North/NZPM – Auckland/NZAA
Jet Flyers: Dunedin/NZCH – Wellington/NZWN – Auckland/NZAA
But of course you can fly any flight you want on the day.
Routes and charts available from www.aip.net.nz. Information is also available on the VATNZ website
Sunday, December 31, 2006
Wednesday, December 27, 2006
Dec 30th: Michigan Ski Trials
VATUSA's ZMP is hosting an event this Saturday, December 30th, at 1800z. The event is called Michigan Ski Trials.
Michigan Ski Trials is a revolutionary new pilot challenge for the best of the best here at VATSIM. Using accurately placed (to real world aeronautical charts) radio antennas placed in a zig-zag pattern around the Michigan Peninsula (and parts of lower Michigan), this event will test your own thinking, flying, and most importantly your navigating skills. From your starting airport (KSAW for jets, KTVC for props) you will depart and travel to a handful of scenic locations where you are to find a certain antenna, fly around it, and move on to the next needle. There are four needles to find in the jet route and three to find in the prop route. Once having successfully (under the watchful eye of a Center controller) completed the mission, you are to land at Alpena, MI (KAPN) where you receive your flight time!
Event signup is available at http://minniecenter.org/ski.php
Michigan Ski Trials is a revolutionary new pilot challenge for the best of the best here at VATSIM. Using accurately placed (to real world aeronautical charts) radio antennas placed in a zig-zag pattern around the Michigan Peninsula (and parts of lower Michigan), this event will test your own thinking, flying, and most importantly your navigating skills. From your starting airport (KSAW for jets, KTVC for props) you will depart and travel to a handful of scenic locations where you are to find a certain antenna, fly around it, and move on to the next needle. There are four needles to find in the jet route and three to find in the prop route. Once having successfully (under the watchful eye of a Center controller) completed the mission, you are to land at Alpena, MI (KAPN) where you receive your flight time!
Event signup is available at http://minniecenter.org/ski.php
Dec 27th: Beograd Flyin
WHEN: Wednesday, 27th of December, 2006, 19-23h Z
WHERE: BEOGRAD FIR (Beograd LYBE, Nis LYNI, Podgorica LYPG, Tivat LYTV)
Since the end of the year is fast approaching, SCGVACC and JAT Virtual
decided to organize a FLYIN, in order to thank all of you for fruitful
cooperation in 2006. SCGVACC ATC team is looking forward to welcoming virtual pilots on Wednesday, December 27th, 2006, from 19-23 Z.
During the event, all positions in BEOGRAD FIR will be covered, including Beograd (LYBE), Nis (LYNI), Podgorica (LYPG) and Tivat (LYTV). Excellent freeware sceneries, charts, and all other information are available at http://www.scgvacc.net
In addition, SCGVACC team and JAT VA have prepared some interesting material that provides some information and great screenshots from the four most popular airports in Serbia and Montenegro. Here is the link:
http://www.jatvirtual.com/docs/LYBA%20airports.pdf
SCGVACC community hopes that airports in Serbia and Montenegro will become part of the regular destinations of virtual pilots in 2007.
WHERE: BEOGRAD FIR (Beograd LYBE, Nis LYNI, Podgorica LYPG, Tivat LYTV)
Since the end of the year is fast approaching, SCGVACC and JAT Virtual
decided to organize a FLYIN, in order to thank all of you for fruitful
cooperation in 2006. SCGVACC ATC team is looking forward to welcoming virtual pilots on Wednesday, December 27th, 2006, from 19-23 Z.
During the event, all positions in BEOGRAD FIR will be covered, including Beograd (LYBE), Nis (LYNI), Podgorica (LYPG) and Tivat (LYTV). Excellent freeware sceneries, charts, and all other information are available at http://www.scgvacc.net
In addition, SCGVACC team and JAT VA have prepared some interesting material that provides some information and great screenshots from the four most popular airports in Serbia and Montenegro. Here is the link:
http://www.jatvirtual.com/docs/LYBA%20airports.pdf
SCGVACC community hopes that airports in Serbia and Montenegro will become part of the regular destinations of virtual pilots in 2007.
Sunday, December 24, 2006
Dec 29-30th: The Tallinn FIR experience
The Tallinn FIR Experience is a VATSIM event held by Estonian VACC and our aim is to promote our small country worldwide and invite more pilots to find us as a great choice for their destination. The event will take place on December 29-30, 2006 from 1500 - 1500 UTC time and the main air traffic control stations will be manned for 24 hours. All ATC stations in Estonia will be online on the main hours and small airports will be closed only for the night time. All the ATC service will be provided from one room and the facilities are kindly provided by Copterline Estonia.
More information about the event with charts and sceneries available at http://experience.estvacc.net/. And don't forget to have a look at our website at www.estvacc.net.
More information about the event with charts and sceneries available at http://experience.estvacc.net/. And don't forget to have a look at our website at www.estvacc.net.
Dec 28th: Sunny beaches in winter
As temperatures drop and snow starts to fall, you long to be back in summer time with sunny and warm weather. Have you ever thought about swimming, diving, or just lying back on the beach to enjoy the sun during winter?
Egypt VACC invites you to its yearly winter event "Sunny Beaches in Winter" where we staff our two most exotic winter destinations. Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada international airports will be fully staffed during the event as people from around the world come to spend their winter holidays on our warm and sunny beaches in Winter on Thursday 28th December 2006 1600-2000Z. In addition, two CTR controllers will be online.
As we expect a lot of traffic for this event, please take the time to visit each airports' page to download the charts since you should expect to fly holding patterns around the published holding points.
Hurghada airport www.egypt-vacc.org/apt_info.php?apt=HEGN
Sharm El-Sheikh airport www.egypt-vacc.org/apt_info.php?apt=HESH
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact Ahmed Hassan(ACCEG4) our events coordinator by email: acceg4(at)egypt-vacc.org
Egypt VACC invites you to its yearly winter event "Sunny Beaches in Winter" where we staff our two most exotic winter destinations. Sharm El-Sheikh and Hurghada international airports will be fully staffed during the event as people from around the world come to spend their winter holidays on our warm and sunny beaches in Winter on Thursday 28th December 2006 1600-2000Z. In addition, two CTR controllers will be online.
As we expect a lot of traffic for this event, please take the time to visit each airports' page to download the charts since you should expect to fly holding patterns around the published holding points.
Hurghada airport www.egypt-vacc.org/apt_info.php?apt=HEGN
Sharm El-Sheikh airport www.egypt-vacc.org/apt_info.php?apt=HESH
If you have any questions please don't hesitate to contact Ahmed Hassan(ACCEG4) our events coordinator by email: acceg4(at)egypt-vacc.org
Wednesday, December 20, 2006
Dec 23rd: San Juan CERAP “Traffic Jam ‘06”
The San Juan CERAP will be hosting a free-for-all event next Saturday (Dec. 23rd) from 6PM local time through midnight (2200-0400Z).
Our main airports, San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín Int’l (TJSJ) and St.
Maarten’s Princess Juliana Int’l (TNCM), will be fully staffed, and airports like St. Thomas (TIST) and St. Croix (TISX) will be staffed down to Tower. Some of the best controllers in VATCAR, even those from other FIRs, have been invited to staff positions within San Juan to ensure satisfactory staffing levels. Philbert Charles, a real air traffic controller that works in St. Maarten, will be staffing Juliana Approach for the night, so get your charts out! Local information can be found at www.sjucerap.org
To provide as many options as possible for pilots, we have ensured the
participation of all the surrounding FIR/ARTCC’s, including Miami and New York Oceanic Centers, to provide uninterrupted ATC services all the way to the San Juan CERAP from the United States. Real routes to several destinations in the U.S and surrounding FIR/ARTCCs have been posted on the Preferred Routes Section of our website, and real routes between the United States and the San Juan CERAP, along with routes between most real destinations and San Juan, can be found at www.flightaware.com . If you are unable to locate a route, do ask on our forums and we will be more than happy to provide a preferred route for the flight.
Virtual airlines are more than welcome to participate. For more information, or to confirm participation, please contact our Events Coordinator, José Vega, at joseheidi (at) hotmail.com
Our main airports, San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín Int’l (TJSJ) and St.
Maarten’s Princess Juliana Int’l (TNCM), will be fully staffed, and airports like St. Thomas (TIST) and St. Croix (TISX) will be staffed down to Tower. Some of the best controllers in VATCAR, even those from other FIRs, have been invited to staff positions within San Juan to ensure satisfactory staffing levels. Philbert Charles, a real air traffic controller that works in St. Maarten, will be staffing Juliana Approach for the night, so get your charts out! Local information can be found at www.sjucerap.org
To provide as many options as possible for pilots, we have ensured the
participation of all the surrounding FIR/ARTCC’s, including Miami and New York Oceanic Centers, to provide uninterrupted ATC services all the way to the San Juan CERAP from the United States. Real routes to several destinations in the U.S and surrounding FIR/ARTCCs have been posted on the Preferred Routes Section of our website, and real routes between the United States and the San Juan CERAP, along with routes between most real destinations and San Juan, can be found at www.flightaware.com . If you are unable to locate a route, do ask on our forums and we will be more than happy to provide a preferred route for the flight.
Virtual airlines are more than welcome to participate. For more information, or to confirm participation, please contact our Events Coordinator, José Vega, at joseheidi (at) hotmail.com
Saturday, December 16, 2006
Dec 16th: OMDB Open day
Looking for somewhere different to do your shopping this year? Fly to Dubai City "the shopping capital of the Middle East" and get those presents with a difference.
VATAME will be staffing OMDB on Saturday December 16th live from Dubai airport. That means 4 hours ATC during the airports real world operating hours from 1900z until 2100z. All pilots are welcome.
Scenery and charts are available on the VATAME website
VATAME will be staffing OMDB on Saturday December 16th live from Dubai airport. That means 4 hours ATC during the airports real world operating hours from 1900z until 2100z. All pilots are welcome.
Scenery and charts are available on the VATAME website
Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Dec 16-17th: Fly and see Santa
VATSIM\'s most popular annual X-mas fly-in is right around the corner.
Fly & See Santa 2006 fly-in will be held at Rovaniemi (EFRO) Finland on 16th and 17th of December. Lots of traffic is expected and therefore we have opened a slotbooking system. Welcome to the friendly skies of Northern Finland. Professional ATC and Santa Claus are waiting.
Event information can be found http://vacc.fi/seesanta/
Fly & See Santa 2006 fly-in will be held at Rovaniemi (EFRO) Finland on 16th and 17th of December. Lots of traffic is expected and therefore we have opened a slotbooking system. Welcome to the friendly skies of Northern Finland. Professional ATC and Santa Claus are waiting.
Event information can be found http://vacc.fi/seesanta/
Sunday, December 10, 2006
Dec 10th: Mega Flyin Colombia 2006
In order to welcome the holidays and say goodbye to 2006 which has been one of the greatest years of our network, COLATC has organized this Sunday, December 10th, the annual MEGA FLY IN covering all of Colombia.
Beginning at 14:00z until 0200z a complete Air Traffic Control Service will be offered, covering the whole of Colombia. From the island of San Andres in the Caribbean, to Leticia in the Amazon all positions will be fully staffed and heavy traffic conditions are expected.
Both in Bogota and Medellin, Virtual Air Traffic Control Centers have been centralized in physical locations on that day in order to integrate our staff and make operations more real.
If you dare to experience something different, come and enjoy of the wonders of high altitude flying, rough terrain, and one of the best traffic control teams of the network.
Charts are available here . Please make sure you download the updated charts.
In Colombia, ATC services are very real. Participating in this event will be one of the most real and professional experiences you will enjoy on the network. We cordially invite you to the MEGA FLY-IN COLOMBIA 2006
Beginning at 14:00z until 0200z a complete Air Traffic Control Service will be offered, covering the whole of Colombia. From the island of San Andres in the Caribbean, to Leticia in the Amazon all positions will be fully staffed and heavy traffic conditions are expected.
Both in Bogota and Medellin, Virtual Air Traffic Control Centers have been centralized in physical locations on that day in order to integrate our staff and make operations more real.
If you dare to experience something different, come and enjoy of the wonders of high altitude flying, rough terrain, and one of the best traffic control teams of the network.
Charts are available here . Please make sure you download the updated charts.
In Colombia, ATC services are very real. Participating in this event will be one of the most real and professional experiences you will enjoy on the network. We cordially invite you to the MEGA FLY-IN COLOMBIA 2006
Wednesday, November 29, 2006
Dec 3rd: Nobel Prize Fly-in, Stockholm
In the beginning of December, the annually awarded Nobel Prize is awarded to people who have made extrordinary achievements for mankind in the areas of chemistry, physics, medicine, literature, physiology, economics and peace. You can read more about the Nobel prize here The prizes are awarded in Stockholm and Oslo and to celebrate this, VACC Scandinavia welcomes you to experience a typical Sunday evening in real life at Stockholm Arlanda, the by far biggest airport in Sweden!
Roughly 225 international and domestic flights are available in our booking system based on the real schedule. Pilots can expect full ATC staffing the whole evening and high quality service!
Visit www.vaccsca.org/event for more info.
Roughly 225 international and domestic flights are available in our booking system based on the real schedule. Pilots can expect full ATC staffing the whole evening and high quality service!
Visit www.vaccsca.org/event for more info.
Monday, November 27, 2006
Dec 3rd:Tschüss Dom - Hamburg EDDH Real OPS
Hamburg's DOM - this is a piece of this Hanseatic city's tradition which attracts around nine million visitors every year. Hamburg's DOM - the biggest fun fair in North Germany with a guarantee of fun, nostalgia and thrills galore.
Now after one month of partying, on December the 3rd, its time to say: Goodbye Dom.
Tschüss Dom is a Real OPS Event, taking place on Sunday Dec 3rd 1600-2200z. Flight bookings and other information can be found on the Eventpage
Non-scheduled Flights and General Aviation Traffic are welcome as well.
Now after one month of partying, on December the 3rd, its time to say: Goodbye Dom.
Tschüss Dom is a Real OPS Event, taking place on Sunday Dec 3rd 1600-2200z. Flight bookings and other information can be found on the Eventpage
Non-scheduled Flights and General Aviation Traffic are welcome as well.
Sunday, November 26, 2006
Dec 1st: Swiss FIR VFR day
Swiss FIR are pleased to announce a new monthly event in Switzerland, especially for all VFR Pilots.
The best time to explore Switzerland, on the 1st of each month, there will be some towers staffed across the country.
For the first time we have the following stations online:
LSGG – Geneva
LSGS – Sion
LSZA– Lugano
LSZB – Bern
LSZR – St Gallen
LSZS – Samedan
Another collection of Swiss VFR Fields can be found here
The best time to explore Switzerland, on the 1st of each month, there will be some towers staffed across the country.
For the first time we have the following stations online:
LSGG – Geneva
LSGS – Sion
LSZA– Lugano
LSZB – Bern
LSZR – St Gallen
LSZS – Samedan
Another collection of Swiss VFR Fields can be found here
Wednesday, November 22, 2006
Nov 26th: IFC Europe Fly In
IFC in conjunction with VATSIM-UK announces the IFC Flyin taking place on Sunday 26th November starting at 1800z. The Midlands RTS ATC team will be staffing Birmingham International Airport (EGBB).
All flights flying into Birmingham and landing between 1800z and 2200z will have their callsigns logged. They will then be automatically entered into a free prize draw that will take place at the end of the flyin on Sunday night . The lucky winner will be announced on the IFC Globalnetwork.com web site later that evening and will be awarded over £300 of flightsimulation products. The whole IFC team will be flying online and will depart from Frankfurt Germany at 1800z to Birmingham.
Come and join the IFC Flyin as a preview to the International Flightsim Convention that takes place at the NEC National Exhibition centre, UK on the 2nd & 3rd December.
Charts and airfield information can be found on the VATSIM-UK website
All flights flying into Birmingham and landing between 1800z and 2200z will have their callsigns logged. They will then be automatically entered into a free prize draw that will take place at the end of the flyin on Sunday night . The lucky winner will be announced on the IFC Globalnetwork.com web site later that evening and will be awarded over £300 of flightsimulation products. The whole IFC team will be flying online and will depart from Frankfurt Germany at 1800z to Birmingham.
Come and join the IFC Flyin as a preview to the International Flightsim Convention that takes place at the NEC National Exhibition centre, UK on the 2nd & 3rd December.
Charts and airfield information can be found on the VATSIM-UK website
Tuesday, November 21, 2006
Nov 23rd: C1 exam at LYBE (Belgrade)
Want to fly somewhere different, and help a wannabe controller at the same time? There is a C1 practical examination taking place at Belgrade (LYBE) on Thursday 23rd November at 1900z.
All traffic is welcome. Visit the Serbia and Montenegro vACC website, download the latest scenery and charts, and enjoy flying somewhere new.
All traffic is welcome. Visit the Serbia and Montenegro vACC website, download the latest scenery and charts, and enjoy flying somewhere new.
Nov 25th: KBOS Real World Ops
vZBW is pleased to announce the Real World Ops event
featuring KBOS!
featuring KBOS!
Click the above link to visit the KBOS Real World Ops webpage!
Monday, November 20, 2006
Nov 26th: Keflavik Fly-In
Yes we are still alive up here in Iceland and we want to invite all of you to come and enjoy an exciting event with full ATC coverage over Iceland and a fully staffed Keflavik International Airport (BIKF). Keflavik Airport was built by the US Army during WWII and was considered a valuable stop-over link between USA and Europe and during the Cold War its importance was at the highest. On September 30th 2006 the US Army pulled back all armed forces from the airport and officially handed it over to the Icelandic government. With this event we would like to pay our respects to the US soldiers that have defended our country for over 60 years, and at the same time celebrate that Keflavik Airport is now our own.
The event is on 26th November from 1800 - 2100 UTC
Further information available on the event website
The event is on 26th November from 1800 - 2100 UTC
Further information available on the event website
Thursday, November 16, 2006
Nov 22nd: ZAU ARTCC - the Satellite Special
On Wednesday, November 22nd, 2006, ZAU will be hosting VATSIM Regional Night! We are very excited to offer a different type of Regional Night to the pilots of VATSIM, rather than the typical staffing of KORD and KMDW! Being dubbed, "The Satellite Special," ZAU will be staffing Class C and Class D airports to give pilots a truly unique experience flying into all the smaller airports they usually don't have control for!
Examples of airports that will be staffed:
KBTL - W.K Kellogg Airport, Battle Creek, MI
KMKG - Muskegon Airport, MI
KGYY - Gary International Airport, IN
KDPA - DuPage Airport, IL
.... and many others!!!
The event will begin at 0200Z, and will run as long as the Air Traffic Controllers can possilbly stay online! Further information is available on http://www.zauartcc.org
Examples of airports that will be staffed:
KBTL - W.K Kellogg Airport, Battle Creek, MI
KMKG - Muskegon Airport, MI
KGYY - Gary International Airport, IN
KDPA - DuPage Airport, IL
.... and many others!!!
The event will begin at 0200Z, and will run as long as the Air Traffic Controllers can possilbly stay online! Further information is available on http://www.zauartcc.org
Nov 19th: Northern Norway event
OK, everyone, time to start up north. On November 19th we are going to have an event in the north of Norway! The events starts at 1700z and will keep on until 2100z.
We will offer ATC-coverage throughout northern Norway, with full staffing of Bodø Control sectors Central, North and East. We will also get ATC to Bodø Oceanic, so traffic crossing the Atlantic ocean is most welcome.
Come fly the Boeing 747 to Bodø (ENBO) or Bardufoss (ENDU), or you might want to take an aircraft like the 767 to Tromsø (ENTC) or Banak (ENNA) Bored by all the jets? Why not take a Dash 8 or Twin Otter, and make use of the many small airports along the coast? Hammerfest (ENHF), Hasvik (ENHK) and Sørkjosen (ENSR) are all challenging airports, even for the experienced pilot. And that ain't even half of what the north have to offer.
So start up you aircraft, and head up north!
Further information is available on the event website
We will offer ATC-coverage throughout northern Norway, with full staffing of Bodø Control sectors Central, North and East. We will also get ATC to Bodø Oceanic, so traffic crossing the Atlantic ocean is most welcome.
Come fly the Boeing 747 to Bodø (ENBO) or Bardufoss (ENDU), or you might want to take an aircraft like the 767 to Tromsø (ENTC) or Banak (ENNA) Bored by all the jets? Why not take a Dash 8 or Twin Otter, and make use of the many small airports along the coast? Hammerfest (ENHF), Hasvik (ENHK) and Sørkjosen (ENSR) are all challenging airports, even for the experienced pilot. And that ain't even half of what the north have to offer.
So start up you aircraft, and head up north!
Further information is available on the event website
Nov 19th: Fly the North Sea
On Sunday the 19th of November Essex RTS and The Dutch VACC are organizing an unique event between the 2 countries/regions, “Fly the North Sea”. Starting at 12:00 UTC ending around 16:00 UTC. Essex RTS will open London Stansted Airport(EGSS) and the Dutch VACC will open Rotterdam Airport(EHRD). Full ATC will be provided!
Both airports are in the Regional class and handle numerous scheduled, charter and business flights each day. Charts, scenery and further airport information is available on the websites of the Dutch VACC and Essex RTS. For valid flight plans you can consult the EUroute flightplan system. We hope to see you on Sunday the 19th on this unique event!
Both airports are in the Regional class and handle numerous scheduled, charter and business flights each day. Charts, scenery and further airport information is available on the websites of the Dutch VACC and Essex RTS. For valid flight plans you can consult the EUroute flightplan system. We hope to see you on Sunday the 19th on this unique event!
Tuesday, November 07, 2006
Nov 6-11th: World Flight - Cleared for Take Off
On Monday November 6th the six full-scale World Flight simulators departed Sydney for a seven day ‘round-the-world charity event. Supported by many home-flyers and under the expert guidance of full ATC live from the World Flight ATC ‘Centre’, crews will visit destinations across each VATSIM region.
World Flight crews would like to extend a warm invitation to all VATSIM members to check out your local crew’s website and join in from home for as many legs as possible!
Full ATC, flight planning support and ACARS is available for each leg!
There’s also many great ways to tune into all the action including live cockpit video and instrument telemetry feeds.
See you in the air!
Great flying – great ATC – great company – great charities!
World Flight Australia (B747) – http://www.worldflight.com.au
World Flight Canada (A340) – http://www.worldflightcanada.com
World Flight Scotland (A300) – http://www.airbusa300sim.co.uk/
World Flight United Kingdom (B767) – http://www.world-flight.org
World Flight United States (B737) - http://www.shamrock224.com/
United Kingdom World Flight (B747) - http://www.747simulator.co.uk/
Nov 11th: vACC Spain Summer Holidays Special
Join the biggest event in the Spanish Skies
- Full Staff in the two most important Spanish airports.
- 8 hours of non-stop ATC Service
- Fully compatible with any other worldwide event
- Lots of fun for every pilot!
DOUBLE REAL OPS LEBL-LEMD
Fly from, to or between Madrid and Barcelona. Experience a REAL Real Ops,with hundreds of pilots from every country.
LEMD and LEBL will be FULLY STAFFED from 14:00 to 22:00 UTC.
Check www.vatspa.net/realops for
- Updated FREEWARE SCENERIES of LEMD/LEBL
- Updated CHARTS
- Flight BOOKING
- Search & File Eurocontrol validated FLIGHTPLANS
VERY IMPORTANT
As the MADRID TMA procedures have recently undergone major changes, you are STRONGLY ADVISED to download new charts for the aerodrome,and the revised SIDS, STARS and ILS approaches.
- Full Staff in the two most important Spanish airports.
- 8 hours of non-stop ATC Service
- Fully compatible with any other worldwide event
- Lots of fun for every pilot!
DOUBLE REAL OPS LEBL-LEMD
Fly from, to or between Madrid and Barcelona. Experience a REAL Real Ops,with hundreds of pilots from every country.
LEMD and LEBL will be FULLY STAFFED from 14:00 to 22:00 UTC.
Check www.vatspa.net/realops for
- Updated FREEWARE SCENERIES of LEMD/LEBL
- Updated CHARTS
- Flight BOOKING
- Search & File Eurocontrol validated FLIGHTPLANS
VERY IMPORTANT
As the MADRID TMA procedures have recently undergone major changes, you are STRONGLY ADVISED to download new charts for the aerodrome,and the revised SIDS, STARS and ILS approaches.
NOv 11th: Frankfurt Overload 2006
Experience a traffic OVERLOAD at Frankfurt (EDDF), one of the busiest and largest international hubs. In real life Frankfurt handles more than 1250 movements a day and in peak times more than 70 movements per hour.
Frankfurt OVERLOAD simulates on the 11th of November from 17:00z until
23:00z, 6 hours of real traffic with more than 20 top controllers and a great ATC service (in co-operation with all the surrounding centres) in order to get as close as possible to real traffic levels. You will be able to undergo the exciting feeling of departing or arriving at an airport full of movement!
Are you ready for the challenge?
Are you able to manage a flight from or to one of the busiest European and international airports?
Then this event will meet your expectations!
Please read the information available on www.edff-fir.de/overload very
carefully. Send your feedback/questions to overload(at)edff-fir.de
Frankfurt OVERLOAD simulates on the 11th of November from 17:00z until
23:00z, 6 hours of real traffic with more than 20 top controllers and a great ATC service (in co-operation with all the surrounding centres) in order to get as close as possible to real traffic levels. You will be able to undergo the exciting feeling of departing or arriving at an airport full of movement!
Are you ready for the challenge?
Are you able to manage a flight from or to one of the busiest European and international airports?
Then this event will meet your expectations!
Please read the information available on www.edff-fir.de/overload very
carefully. Send your feedback/questions to overload(at)edff-fir.de
Nov 11th: VATCAN's new FIR nights
VATCAN is pleased to announce a new weekly fly in. Every Saturday evening one FIR within Canada will host a large fly in. We welcome all pilots to take part in this event which will include heavy amounts of traffic and ATC.
The First FIR Night will take place on Saturday, November 11, 2006 in the Vancouver FIR. The host airport will be Victoria Int'l (CYYJ). The event begins at 1800 Pacific (0200 UTC) and will run all night long. Due to the large amount of traffic expected we ask that you fly with charts available from www.czvr.ca
Any other questions regarding this event can be answered here
The First FIR Night will take place on Saturday, November 11, 2006 in the Vancouver FIR. The host airport will be Victoria Int'l (CYYJ). The event begins at 1800 Pacific (0200 UTC) and will run all night long. Due to the large amount of traffic expected we ask that you fly with charts available from www.czvr.ca
Any other questions regarding this event can be answered here
Nov 11th: Hawaiian Coffee Roast
Honolulu ARTCC are hosting Hawaiian Coffee Roast - 3 Approach Fly-In & Fly-Out on Saturday November 11, 2006 from 1900z to 2300z
HNL_CTR + Tower and Approaches will be staffed.
Charts download from
PHTO http://zhnartcc.net/downloads.php?cat_id=6
PHNL whttp://zhnartcc.net/downloads.php?cat_id=7
PHOG http://zhnartcc.net/downloads.php?cat_id=8
This will be a good time for pilots and VAs to make a day of flying to/from Class B Honlolulu Intl, Class C Maui Kahului Intl and Class D Hilo Intl airports across the Hawaiian Island chain (IFR/VFR).
And Kona Coffee Tower (PHKO) will be perked up in addition to the 3 Approachs/Towers. Mug & Coffee at pilot's discretion !
HNL_CTR + Tower and Approaches will be staffed.
Charts download from
PHTO http://zhnartcc.net/downloads.php?cat_id=6
PHNL whttp://zhnartcc.net/downloads.php?cat_id=7
PHOG http://zhnartcc.net/downloads.php?cat_id=8
This will be a good time for pilots and VAs to make a day of flying to/from Class B Honlolulu Intl, Class C Maui Kahului Intl and Class D Hilo Intl airports across the Hawaiian Island chain (IFR/VFR).
And Kona Coffee Tower (PHKO) will be perked up in addition to the 3 Approachs/Towers. Mug & Coffee at pilot's discretion !
Friday, November 03, 2006
Nov 4th: Adriatic Plus
Croatia vACC is organizing another fantastic ADRIATIC Event.
As always, we are expecting some load on Dubrovnik, Split and Zagreb airports and many neighbouring airports in our friendly countries, from Italy to Hungary and Austria to Greece, will be online to support your wish to fly anywhere in the region.
All info on the event are available on www.crovacc.org - with only one click, pilots can find all info needed to fly to this event.
As always, we are expecting some load on Dubrovnik, Split and Zagreb airports and many neighbouring airports in our friendly countries, from Italy to Hungary and Austria to Greece, will be online to support your wish to fly anywhere in the region.
All info on the event are available on www.crovacc.org - with only one click, pilots can find all info needed to fly to this event.
Sunday, October 29, 2006
Nov 6-12th: World Flight 2006
It’s nearly that time of year again folks – World Flight – one of VATSIM’s premier events!
From Monday, 6th November through to Sunday, 12th November, six fully-crewed flight simulators will circumnavigate the virtual globe in real time. Located across four continents, the simulators are brought together by VATSIM community spirit to raise money and awareness for worthy causes such as Orbis and the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
A mini-ATC facility featuring three replica TAAATS consoles will again be in operation from World Flight Australia headquarters in Sydney to provide our simulators and support flyers with a rostered 24hr ATC service where local ATC is not available.
So click through to your local World Flight crew’s homepage to download all route and flight planning information kits so that you can join in this fantastic experience – and of course, please consider making a donation to the charity of your local crew.
Great flying – great ATC – great company – great charities!
World Flight Australia (B747) – http://www.worldflight.com.au
World Flight Canada (A340) – http://www.worldflightcanada.com
World Flight Scotland (A300) – http://www.airbusa300sim.co.uk/
World Flight United Kingdom (B767) – http://www.world-flight.org
World Flight United States (B737) - http://www.shamrock224.com/
United Kingdom World Flight (B747) - http://www.747simulator.co.uk/
From Monday, 6th November through to Sunday, 12th November, six fully-crewed flight simulators will circumnavigate the virtual globe in real time. Located across four continents, the simulators are brought together by VATSIM community spirit to raise money and awareness for worthy causes such as Orbis and the Royal Flying Doctor Service.
A mini-ATC facility featuring three replica TAAATS consoles will again be in operation from World Flight Australia headquarters in Sydney to provide our simulators and support flyers with a rostered 24hr ATC service where local ATC is not available.
So click through to your local World Flight crew’s homepage to download all route and flight planning information kits so that you can join in this fantastic experience – and of course, please consider making a donation to the charity of your local crew.
Great flying – great ATC – great company – great charities!
World Flight Australia (B747) – http://www.worldflight.com.au
World Flight Canada (A340) – http://www.worldflightcanada.com
World Flight Scotland (A300) – http://www.airbusa300sim.co.uk/
World Flight United Kingdom (B767) – http://www.world-flight.org
World Flight United States (B737) - http://www.shamrock224.com/
United Kingdom World Flight (B747) - http://www.747simulator.co.uk/
Nov 4-5th: VATSAF celebrates its 1st birthday
It is VATSAF's birthday and we invite all pilots to join in celebrating this festive occasion!! VATSAF is one of the fastest growing regions in the world, at one stage achieving over a 326% increase in online hours!! They pride themselves in adhering as close as virtually possible to the real-world South African procedures.
The event will span two days, the 4th and 5th of November, and three major airports will be fully manned with Cape Town and Johannesburg centres covering the whole of South Africa. The ATC staff will be manning the RADARs for 10 hours, from 1100Z through to 2100Z on each day. That means Long-Haul pilots also get to take part.
Pilots should download and be familiar with the most recent SIDs, STARs, RNAV routes and Airport Charts. All this information can be found at www.vatsaf.net/anniversary.php
Pilots are more than welcome to visit the VATSAF Home Page to find out more or to even become a member. Everyone is Welcome!!
The event will span two days, the 4th and 5th of November, and three major airports will be fully manned with Cape Town and Johannesburg centres covering the whole of South Africa. The ATC staff will be manning the RADARs for 10 hours, from 1100Z through to 2100Z on each day. That means Long-Haul pilots also get to take part.
Pilots should download and be familiar with the most recent SIDs, STARs, RNAV routes and Airport Charts. All this information can be found at www.vatsaf.net/anniversary.php
Pilots are more than welcome to visit the VATSAF Home Page to find out more or to even become a member. Everyone is Welcome!!
Saturday, October 28, 2006
Oct 29th: Halloween night @ Caribbean
VATCAR and VATSAM have the great pleasure to invite you to the Halloween Night @ Caribbean. ATC will be provided by the Santo Domingo and Maiquetia FIRs. The event will take place Sunday 29th October, when both sectors will be operating between 2200-0200 Zulu. Pilots will have the opportunity to fly in the following airports.
Santo Domingo: MDSD - MDST - MDPC
Venezuela: SVMI - SVMG - SVMC
Pilots will be able to obtain airfield informations (NOTAMS - CHARTS -
SCENERIES) in the FIR's websites as listed below.
Santo Domingo FIR: www.sdfir.com
Maiquetia FIR: www.svzm.org
Santo Domingo: MDSD - MDST - MDPC
Venezuela: SVMI - SVMG - SVMC
Pilots will be able to obtain airfield informations (NOTAMS - CHARTS -
SCENERIES) in the FIR's websites as listed below.
Santo Domingo FIR: www.sdfir.com
Maiquetia FIR: www.svzm.org
Saturday, October 21, 2006
Oct 29th: Welcome back Egypt vACC
Egypt VACC is proud to announce its restructuring plan and coming back to VATSIM stronger than ever; with more Egyptian controllers dedicated to our hobby with their mind set to make Egypt VACC the place of high quality ATC on VATSIM.
Egypt VACC would like to invite you to join our “Welcome Back Egypt VACC” event, taking place on Sunday, 29th October 2006 at 1600Z. Expect FULL ATC at Cairo Intl. (HECA) staffed with all Egyptian controllers for four hours. In addition, two CTR controllers will be online to make this event “as real as it gets.”
Cairo Director (HECA_APP) will be staffed by real ATC who controls HECC_CTR in real life. Expect many holdings, so please take the time to download HECA charts from the airport page here. You can also download HECA SOP from the same page.
Since some of Egypt’s stations have different radio callsigns than the usual, here are the radio callsigns along with frequencies for ATC stations at HECA.
HECA_DEL (Cairo Pre-flight): 120.100
HECA_GND (Cairo Ground): 121.900
HECA_TWR (Cairo Tower): 118.100
HECA_APP (Cairo Director): 119.050
HECA_CTR (Cairo Control): 127.700/124.700
These callsigns/frequencies can also be found at the airport’s page mentioned above.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Egypt VACC Director: acceg1(at)egypt-vacc.org
Looking forward to providing top notch ATC services for you.
Egypt VACC would like to invite you to join our “Welcome Back Egypt VACC” event, taking place on Sunday, 29th October 2006 at 1600Z. Expect FULL ATC at Cairo Intl. (HECA) staffed with all Egyptian controllers for four hours. In addition, two CTR controllers will be online to make this event “as real as it gets.”
Cairo Director (HECA_APP) will be staffed by real ATC who controls HECC_CTR in real life. Expect many holdings, so please take the time to download HECA charts from the airport page here. You can also download HECA SOP from the same page.
Since some of Egypt’s stations have different radio callsigns than the usual, here are the radio callsigns along with frequencies for ATC stations at HECA.
HECA_DEL (Cairo Pre-flight): 120.100
HECA_GND (Cairo Ground): 121.900
HECA_TWR (Cairo Tower): 118.100
HECA_APP (Cairo Director): 119.050
HECA_CTR (Cairo Control): 127.700/124.700
These callsigns/frequencies can also be found at the airport’s page mentioned above.
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact Egypt VACC Director: acceg1(at)egypt-vacc.org
Looking forward to providing top notch ATC services for you.
Oct 28-29th: Sleepless in Vienna
Enjoy ATC at best in Vienna, Austria, during the whole night from Saturday to Sunday, on October 28th/29th!
Following the ATC-saying "We never close, we never doze!" Wien Schwechat Intl. Airport (LOWW) will be manned as well as Austrian CTR-position from 1800Z to 1100Z. This is the opportunity for everyone living in another timezone or or who is just keen on flying at night!
You need some further hints and links? Here we go!
- Have the latest LOWW-Charts aboard by clicking HERE
- Enjoy the flight with a beautiful scenery by checking out the following links:
FlyTampa LOWW (Payware)
PFS LOWW (Freeware)
Austrian Airports (Payware)
Ladies and Gentlemen, no sleep till Sunday!
The FIR Wien-Team
Following the ATC-saying "We never close, we never doze!" Wien Schwechat Intl. Airport (LOWW) will be manned as well as Austrian CTR-position from 1800Z to 1100Z. This is the opportunity for everyone living in another timezone or or who is just keen on flying at night!
You need some further hints and links? Here we go!
- Have the latest LOWW-Charts aboard by clicking HERE
- Enjoy the flight with a beautiful scenery by checking out the following links:
FlyTampa LOWW (Payware)
PFS LOWW (Freeware)
Austrian Airports (Payware)
Ladies and Gentlemen, no sleep till Sunday!
The FIR Wien-Team
Friday, October 20, 2006
South East RTS (UK) Summer Real Ops Day: Oct 22nd
VATSIM-UK in conjunction with South East Regional Training Scheme proudly present the summer edition of their bi-annual Real Operations Event, and this time the hot English summer sun has got to them, as this event will last a full day!
The SE-RTS Real Operations day will take place on Sunday October 22nd from 0500z to 2300z (EGKK movements start from 0800z), allowing for a full days worth of movements from the busiest day in UK Aviation, the Summer Bank Holiday. Three major airfields will be manned, these will be the worlds busiest single runway airport London Gatwick (EGKK) and two south coast regional airports of Southampton (EGHI) and Bournemouth (EGHH). This year’s event involves over 750 planned movements into and out of the three airfields, with real world flightplans from this summer.
This years movements include flights operated by Britten Norman Tri-landers to Tupolev 154’s and Boeing 747’s, from small regional carriers to major UK, European and International Carriers.
To make this even more realistic from our previous three events, for the first time at our event we will be enforcing all NOTAMs (Notice to Airman) and operating ATC units in accordance with standard opening times.
Booking is available now through our website at http://serts.evvivasystems.co.uk . To book, simply register with the system, then book the flight or flights you wish to operate.
Taipei and Shanghai Fly-in : Oct 21st
Due to the political situation between Taiwan and Mainland China, the
air connections between two regions was terminated around 50 years ago. The connections have been rebuilt in recent years. For this reason, VATROC and VATPRC are going to present "the Cross Strait Flight" Fly-in between their commercial centres Taipei (RCTP) and Shanghai (ZSPD). It only takes 90 minutes to reach either side directly.
Come and enjoy the express service that we have prepared for you. Further information is on our Fly-in website http://www.vatroc.org/chinese/event/061021/.
FS Conference Fly-in at Paderborn EDLP: Oct 21st
vACC SAG will be presenting itself and VATSIM at the 4th German FlightSimulation conference at Paderborn. To show the visitors what we do and how it works, we need a lot of traffic.
Therefore on Saturday Oct 21st 2006 (0900 - 1500UTC) a Fly-In will take place at EDLP Paderborn Airport. Paderborn GND, TWR, APP and CTR will be fully staffed.
Become a part of the exhibition; fly to or from EDLP.
Charts and airport information can be found at http://www.vacc-sag.org/airport/EDLP
VATSIM events RSS feed
VATSIM (the Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network) holds many events and fly-ins. At present the adverts and notices are scattered widely around the websites and forums. This site is my first attempt to see if we can provide an RSS feed listing forthcoming events organised by VATSIM
The site feed URL is http://vatsimevents.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Ruth
VATGOV7
Vice president - Communications, VATSIM
The site feed URL is http://vatsimevents.blogspot.com/atom.xml
Ruth
VATGOV7
Vice president - Communications, VATSIM
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