This Sunday is ANZAC Day and like all of our armed forces, the virtual air force will be out and about.
VATNZ will be staffing positions at the three main air force bases: Whenuapai (NZWP), Ohakea (NZOH), and Woodbourne (NZWB).
Always a popular event, this Sunday is the time to pull out your military aircraft of all stripes and honour our armed forces past and present by doing what we do best: going flying!
Pilots should start at any airport and fly multiple sectors to the other airports and back. The goal is to fill the skies and keep the controllers busy. A complete circuit around all three airports should take approximately two and a half hours depending on aircraft type.
- Departure Time: Sunday 25th April 2010 19:00-23:30 NZST / 17:00-21:30 AEST / 07:00-11:30 UTC
- Flight Time: approx 2.5 hours for the complete circuit
- Flight Plan Route:
Start at any of the three airports and fly multiple sectors to the others and back.
Clockwise:
NZWP/NZOH: (WPOH2) WP H182 AA H211 HN H325 TM H182 OH
NZOH/NZWB: (OHWB2) OH H169 TR H472 WB
NZWB/NZWP: WB H472 RUSIL H277 AA H182 WP
Anti-clockwise:
NZWP/NZWB: WP H182 AA H382 TR H472 WB
NZWB/NZOH: (WBOH1) WB H472 TR H169 OH
NZOH/NZWP: (OHWP3) OH H182 WP
Click on the image below to view the preferred routings in the airspace map:
- Airport Details: Whenuapai Airport
Likely arrival: ILS/DME RWY 03 or ILS/DME RWY 21 or VORTAC RWY 08 or VORTAC RWY 26
Likely departure r/w 03: BAYES1A
Likely departure r/w 08: BAYES1B
Likely departure r/w 21: WYTAK1A
Likely departure r/w 26: WYTAK1B - Airport Details: Ohakea Airport
Likely arrival: ILS/DME RWY 09 or ILS/DME RWY 27 or RNAV RWY 27 or VORTAC RWY 15 or VORTAC RWY 33
Likely departure: straight out - Airport Details: Woodbourne Airport
Likely arrival: VOR/DME RWY 06 or VOR/DME RWY 24 or RNAV RWY 24
Likely departure r/w 06: VALLEY ONE (VLY1)
Likely departure r/w 24: SPRING ONE (SPG1) - Priority ATC Positions:
NZWP_TWR/NZOH_TWR/NZWB_TWR - Aerodrome Control
NZAA_APP/NZWN_APP - Terminal Control
NZCH-R_CTR/NZOH_CTR - Enroute Control
Note: If you're providing ATC on the night, please give priority to these positions. They are not an exclusive list, but they are the ones that will see the most action this Sunday.
To reserve a particular ATC position, please post a message to that effect (including the times you expect to be online) in this thread. If possible, also book your position using vroute - large numbers of bookings in vroute attract additional traffic. - Late-comers/Shorter Alternative: Late-comers or people looking for a shorter flight should consider flying only one or two of the legs.
- Charts/Airspace Info: Available by clicking on the airport links above, or from the VATNZ Airspace Reference site.
If you have any questions please feel free to email me, or reply to this thread.
Nick