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This Sunday our SNO (Sunday Night Operations) is an Oceanic Procedures Upskilling Session from Auckland, Wellington or Christchurch to escape the winter blues in Sunny Queensland.
This is the PERFECT opportunity to practice your Oceanic Reporting procedures in readiness for the 1st Annual VATNZ/VATPAC Texas Hold'em Flight Crown event on Sunday 3 August 2008.
For correct position reporting in Oceanic Airspace, pilots are encouraged to read the VATNZ Oceanic Control Procedures information page.
Aircraft flying above FL245 MUST be SELCAL equipped. All non-SELCAL equipped aircraft must operate below FL245.
For information on SELCAL visit: http://www.vatnz.net/cms/index.php?option=...6&Itemid=28
For information on setting up SELCAL in SquawkBox visit: http://www.vatnz.net/cms/index.php?option=...7&Itemid=28
Total flight time one-way should be somewhere in the region of 3 - 3.5 hours depending on your direction of travel, aircraft type, and prevailing winds.
- Departure Time: Sunday 20th July 2008 1800 NZST. NOTE THE EARLIER START TIME
- Flight Time: 3 - 3.5 hours / sector
- Flight Plan Route:
NZAA / YBBN: AA A464 DRUMO Q39 SAVER G329 BN
NZWN / YBBN: WN M639 SAVER G329 BN
NZCH / YBBN: CH L503 SAVER G329 BN
Potential ATC Positions:
Towers:- NZAA_TWR - Auckland Tower
- NZWN_TWR - Wellington Tower
- NZCH_TWR - Christchurch Tower
- NZAA_APP - Auckland Control
- NZWN_APP - Wellington Control
- NZCH_APP - Christchurch Control
- NZCH-A_CTR - Christchuch Control
- NZCH-W_CTR - Christchuch Control
- NZCH-N_CTR - Christchuch Control
- NZZC_FSS - Auckland Radio
Charts/Airspace Info:
Available from the VATNZ Airspace Reference site.