Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:39 pmSunday Night Ops for 31st August 2008 - Rally NZ: Hamilton
This weekend sees the New Zealand leg of the WRC World Rally Championship, held on the roads outside of Hamilton. As well as the teams competing, the event attracts large contingents of motorsport fans from around the country and the world. Sunday afternoon the winner will be crowned; Sunday night we have to get teams and supporters out of town.
The goal is to fly as many sectors in and out of Hamilton to as many different Northern North Island airports as possible. These include Gisborne, Rotorua, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Napier, Palmerston North or even Auckland or Wellington.
These routes suit a variety of aircraft: real-world they would typically be the B1900, ATR72, Dash 8, or similar, but feel free to come along in whatever you think you'll be able to land in one piece.
If you have any questions please feel free to email me, or reply to this thread.
Nick
This weekend sees the New Zealand leg of the WRC World Rally Championship, held on the roads outside of Hamilton. As well as the teams competing, the event attracts large contingents of motorsport fans from around the country and the world. Sunday afternoon the winner will be crowned; Sunday night we have to get teams and supporters out of town.
The goal is to fly as many sectors in and out of Hamilton to as many different Northern North Island airports as possible. These include Gisborne, Rotorua, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Napier, Palmerston North or even Auckland or Wellington.
These routes suit a variety of aircraft: real-world they would typically be the B1900, ATR72, Dash 8, or similar, but feel free to come along in whatever you think you'll be able to land in one piece.
- Event Times: Sunday 31st August 2008 1900-2330 NZST / 1700-2130 AEST / 0700-1130 UTC
- Flight Plan Routes: To find the preferred route to Hamilton from any given airport, go to that airport's page in the Airspace Reference site, and click on the "Standard Route Clearances" chart.
- Airport Details: Hamilton Airport
Likely arrival r/w 18: VOR/DME RWY 18; or RNAV RWY 18
Likely arrival r/w 36: VOR/DME RWY 36; or RNAV RWY 36
Likely departure r/w 18: BUDEN ONE (BUDEN1)
Likely departure r/w 36: TAYLA TWO (TAYLA2) - Charts/Airspace Info: Charts for all the procedures listed here are available by clicking on the airport links above.
General Airspace information and details for all VATNZ airports available from the VATNZ Airspace Reference site. - Priority ATC Positions:
NZHN_TWR - Hamilton Tower
NZCH-A_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 legs. That said, all the legs within the Auckland Sector airspace are all short (less than 30mins) so ideally most pilots will fly several of them. The goal is to concentrate as much traffic as possible - heading in multiple directions - above the Waikato.
- Hamilton does not have an ILS, but flying an approach without one is not that difficult! For tips on how best to manage, be sure to check out this excellent Non Precision Approach tutorial from VATNZ member and real-world Air NZ flight crew, Steve Hall.
If you have any questions please feel free to email me, or reply to this thread.
Nick