Jun 1st: Rome Festa Repubblica

This will be our last big Event in Italy before summer break. So don't miss the opportunity to enjoy a full staff at one of the most famous places in the world. And maybe you will be the lucky winner of the outstanding Scenery "City of Rome" published by Cloud9

We will be ready to serve you on Sunday 01st June 2008 between 18:30 and 22:30 UTC at Rome-Fiumicino Airport (LIRF)

All details about Sceneries, Charts and the Tombola can be found on the VATSIM forum

Arrivederci in Italy!

Jun 1st onwards: UN Operation MONUC

Starting June 1st, 2008 through August every week on Sunday between 1700-2100Z VATDRC will be hosting the UN Operation MONUC event sponsored by Captain Sim. ATC services will include FZAA (Kinshasa), FZQA (Lubumbashi) and FZIC (Kisangani). In order to qualify as a contestent to claim a prize your flight must be booked on our web site decated to this event. Contests will be held in monthly campaigns where the pilot that has accumulated the most amount of flying time down to the minute and has followed all the competition rules outlined below during these times will be the winner! The winner at the end of each month will get a base package of any Captain Sim product of their choosing!

For full details visit www.vatdrc.com

May 31st: Win prizes at the Palouse Poker Run

ZSE's annual poker run is returning to Eastern Washington state and Oregon (known locally as the "Palouse") on Saturday May 31, 2008 from 21-03z (2-6 PM PDT).

New features this year include real-time status of cards dealt on the ZSE website and a "wildcard" option: if you have a bad hand after visiting 3 airports, you can choose to gamble on your next destination and have your hand completely replaced by using the wildcard deck.

A special thanks to HiFi Simulation Software and Flight1 Software for their support of this year's Poker Run event! HiFi will provide a winner a selection of your choice. Flight1 will provide a winner one copy of download software from their entertainment title library. We appreciate their support of ZSE, all our pilots and the VATSIM community!

Event Airports:
ALW - Walla Walla, WA
MWH - Grant County - Moses Lake, WA
LWS - Lewiston, ID
YKM - Yakima, WA
PDT - Pendleton, OR
PSC - Tri-Cities - Pasco, WA

Register for prizes and get more information: www.seaartcc.net

May 31st: Golden Tulips Fly-In

The Netherlands, country of the cheese, wooden shoes, and the tulips. And in this time of the year we've got those beautiful tulips here in Holland in great numbers. Why don't you pick an aircraft, and fly that 'golden tulip' to or from the beautiful city of Amsterdam?

Our 'Golden Tulips' Fly-in will be held on Saturday, the 31st of May. The Dutch VACC will take care of staffing Amsterdam Airport Schiphol, from 17:00 till 21:00 UTC.

So, dig up or print your charts, and be ready to join this fly-in! Of course charts, scenery and an unofficial update of the taxiways for the Cloud9 scenery are available on the Dutch VACC website

May 25th:Helsinki Real Ops 2008

After the successful Helsinki Spring Heat –event, the same crew arranges an even bigger and better event, Helsinki Real Ops, held in Helsinki-Vantaa (EFHK/HEL) on Sunday, 25th of May. There are about 200 available flights to be booked. The booking system can be found on our event website. After successful booking, our event crew will provide each pilot a decent flightplan via e-mail.

As the traffic numbers are expected to be high, parallel approaches will be used during the event, if weather permits it.

Event site: http://realops.fsnordic.net/

Charts for EFHK/HEL: https://ais.fi/ais/eaip/html/efhk.htm

May 24th: Sunny Skies Tower Hop

ZAB welcomes you to sunny Phoenix, AZ on May 24th, to come fly in the Valley of the Sun. But don't bring your heavy metal - Phoenix is the busiest and most concentrated flight training area in the country. So dust off your Cessna or Piper, and enjoy the friendly desert skies from 2200 to 0200 zulu.

Charts are available on the ZAB website

May 24th: Larnaca & Paphos Online

Cypriot VACC invites you to a 10 hour' non-stop event, ( 11:00Z - 21:00Z / 14:00 - 24:00 Local time) which will take place on Saturday 24th May 2008! Expect top quality of ATC coverage at Larnaka and at Paphos airport, the two major airports of Cyprus. We will also have the honor to have the participation of Mr. Paris Georgiades a real life controller in Nicosia FIR.

Larnaka is able to accept aircraft from the lightest cessnas up to the modern A330/340 and B777 and of course the Queen of the skies B747-400! So, refuel your favourite aircraft,make your passengers feel comfortable and give us a visit during our event! We will be very happy to see you filling our skies!

Click the links for charts and scenery

May 24th: Cairo - Sharm Al Sheikh City Hopping

After the great success during the Cairo- Hurghada City Hopping event earlier this year VATEG - VATSIM Egyptian vACC is pleased to announce its second domestic City Hopping Event, this time between Cairo and Sharm Al Sheikh Intl airports.

Enjoy a short trip that won't take more than 1 Hour from start up till shutdown. You will experience high quality ATC provided by our staff that includes real world ATCs serving on their real facilities and the beautiful scenery of the high mountains of Sinai. Prepare your cameras as you will be over flying the St. Catherine's Monastery located at the foot of Mount Moses While Crossing the CAT NDB ( Catherine NDB ).

For More Information,Charts,Scenery,Etc... : http://vateg.egyptair-va.com/

May 18/19th: Coastal Range Eruption

Seattle, Oakland and Los Angeles ARTCCs are pleased to announce a collaborative event, featuring 2 airports each. Seattle will be featuring KSEA and KMFR, Oakland will be featuring KSFO and KSJC while KLAX will feature KLAX and KSBA. Full staffing will be provided from Sunday night 18th May 5pm-9pm PDT (Monday 19th May 0000z-0400z).

Charts can be obtained via the VATUSA website

May 15th: Finland - ATC training and Nordic Fly-In

Traffic is needed for ATC-training in Finland (position EFES CTR) on Thursday May 15th 1700-1900Z. EFES ACC will cover both the Northern and the Southern Finland. We request both IFR and VFR flights. Remember also our Nordic Fly-In, starting at 1600UTC! Welcome!

File FPL: http://vacc.fi/services/filefpl/
Charts: http://vacc.fi/downloads/charts/
Sceneries: http://vacc.fi/downloads/sceneries/

May 17th: Three Times Berlin 2008

Real Operations event in the Berlin area: three airports EDDB, EDDI and EDDT are fully staffed and provide service for your real scheduled flights from and to Berlin. Controllers will be staffing 13 positions from Delivery to Director. Choose your flight on www.fir-berlin.de and join us in the busy airspace of Berlin. Charts, procedures and scenery recommendations can be found on the event homepage

May 11th: Atlanta LIVE

Atlanta LIVE means real flights, real schedules, real delays!! Be prepared to be amazed at the sight of record-breaking traffic and ATC online. Join us as we prove why Atlanta-Hartsfield Jackson Intl Airport is one of the busiest in the world. Please visit www.vztlartcc.org for sign-ups

May 10th: Frankfurt RealOps 2008: May 10th

On 10th of May, 2008 it gets as real as it gets in Frankfurt again. For 6 hours with up to 20 controllers and more than 400 bookable flights VACC-SAG simulates Frankfurt's real-world traffic on a busy Saturday afternoon. Pilots are invited to visit the newly designed RealOps 2008 eventpage and enjoy the great introduction trailer to put get in the mood! Booking is open: http://realops.toolforge.de/ All participants are requested to read the procedures provided on the website very carefully.

May 10th: ZNY Nor'easter '08

Get ready to get blown once more by the ZNY Nor'Easter. See how "Da Best" perform on a fully staff, fully loaded New York. May 10 2008 From 3-10pm ET(1900z-0200z), come fly in the craziest airspace you have ever seen and be ready for those fast-talking controllers! Bring your A Game, because it's gonna be a great time!

Airport information is available at www.nyartcc.org

May 3rd: VFR Flying Rally - Estonia

We are pleased to invite you to Flying Rally event to Tallinn on 3rd May. The event will be taking place at Tallinn airport, Estonia. Take your Cessna C172 to the skies and find the points marked on the ground. And all this in one evening.

We are sorry for the late invitation but we are really hoping to see you.

Please read the rules here (Word document in English), and then register in the Estvacc forums or by e-mail to karl.must [at] gmail.com. For scenery visit the Estvacc site.

May 3rd: Fiesta Mexicana

VATMEX is proud to announce the great annual Fly-in "Fiesta Mexicana 2008". This event will take place on May 2nd starting at 2000 lcl until 2400 lcl time (May 3rd 0100 – 0500Z). Destination will be MMMX – Mexico City Intl and there will be full ATC staffing all over the country during the event. Come and enjoy an unparalleled flight, great professionalism and realism. Join us to live the maximum expression of virtual flight.

All the information can be found under the special event section at: www.vatmex.com