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Aegean Seagull Flies to Santa’s Home !!! (Year #2)

A nice holiday flight from Frankfurt / Main Germany to Rovaniemi Finland …

        This is the first annual event in Aegean Seagull’s calendar and has already become a nice tradition for all of us. So here we come flying to Rovaniemi Finland, Santa’s Home! Everyone can take part in this event, no matter if he/she is pilot of Aegean Seagull. Invite your fellow simmers to this flight…Let’s meet altogether and feel the Holiday Spirit in another dimension….

1. Organizing the Flight

        We will fly our 737-700 or 727-200, but you can fly any of your favorite aircraft as long as you can cruise with Mach 0.80 at FL330.

        For the FS98 users, that are not ASe pilots, we suggest to use Scenery Finland v2.0. You can find this scenery at www.fsnordic.net.

3. Pre – Connection Procedures - On Line flight

        Be sure to have the latest AIRAC navigation data installed in your SB. Also if you use FS Navigator 4.x take care and update its airway and intersection databases. You can do this from Prabal’s Navigation data or NavData. (For links to both sites check our Links page.) AIRAC cycle 0212 is valid till 25-12-2002 so please have an eye on this and update your databases properly in case a new update is released prior to our flight. However be advised that our flight planning has been made on the basis of AIRAC Cycle 0212.

4. Meeting Point-Communications

        We will meet at the apron of Frankfurt / Main (EDDF) at 20:10 UTC (Zulu), which is 22:10 Local Greece Time, on Saturday 28th of December 2002. Remember that we will apply time slots and assigned gates for our departures. If someone misses his/her time slot, he/she will have to wait until another one is available and assigned by ATC, SO BE PUNCTUAL.The whole procedure will start at 20:15 UTC (Zulu) and the first departure slot will be 20:20 UTC (Zulu). On connect with VATSIM be sure that you have your Squawk on stand by and please have your aircraft positioned in the assigned gate prior to this event. Not a big deal after all… We will meet in ASe’s company frequency which is rw.kapatel.gr/ase . In case the Hellenic RW server is down we will meet at rw.avsim.net/ase .This will be our check-in frequency. We just announce our presence and when time comes we all switch to the ATC post to start our departure procedure. PLEASE set your reality preferences to “IGNORE CRASH” while on the ground. No reason why we should lose time by unpredictable aircraft (pilots ?) behavior in EDDF’s or EFRO’s Apron.

        Connecting to VATSIM network does not mean that voice capability is mandatory. All controllers will provide ATC services even to text-only-able pilots. But… voice makes things much easier for all of us and is one step closer to reality. So please take care and be Roger Wilco able for this flight.

        Also in case you use voice, do not forget to change the voice channel/program when you change to another controller, although SquawkBox 2.3.4 and above does this automatically. It is a commonly made mistake to change your com frequency to another controller and stay tuned to the previous controller voice channel.

        Try to use radio laconically and speak loud (not too loud) and clear. You must have your system well tuned in order to take the maximum out of it.. Make some testing of your settings. You must also understand that not all of people have English as their native language…. Just for this reason please use standard ATC phraseology as it will facilitate things a lot. Clear, Simple and Effective communication!

        In FIRs that their ATC is not manned we will return to our company official RW freq (rw.kapatel.gr/ase or rw.avsim.net/ase) and we will leave for another ATC voice frequency when it is available.

        We remind you that you do not have to be a qualified Aegean Seagull pilot to participate in our flight, BUT you must be good at flying your aircraft. Have under mind that ASe is an advanced virtual airline system and its pilots fly with the highest standards available in the FS community. That means that the fun factor will be greatly increased. It is a good opportunity to have a good taste of our operations level and perhaps apply to join us.

Here is the flight plan in all its details .

Aegean Seagull flies to Santa’s Home

FLIGHT PLAN A/C : 737-700 727-200 or any a/c type able to cruise with M0.80 at FL330 FLIGHT LEVEL 330 - CRUISE SPEED : M 0.80 - FLIGHT’S DURATION : 2hrs 30 mins
Location	Id	Type	Freq	Track	Distance	Airway	Country
Frankfurt / Main	EDDF	AIRPORT					Germany
SUGIT XX	SID
SUGIT	SUGIT	ISEC		015	33.3	N858
SWALM	SWALM	ISEC		062	18.2
FULNO	FULNO	ISEC		064	17.6	UG5
BEBLA	BEBLA	ISEC		008	11.8
KEMAD	KEMAD	ISEC		008	5.0	UN851
DEKEL	DEKEL	ISEC		019	74.4
AMALI	AMALI	ISEC		021	11.3
IRKIS	IRKIS	ISEC		021	49.3
ABASO	ABASO	ISEC		024	47.8
MAKEL	MAKEL	ISEC		024	31.2		Exit/Entry
GEDSER	GES	VOR	113.50	025	11.1		Denmark
LEBDA	LEBDA	ISEC		027	51.3
MOSIN	MOSIN	ISEC		028	12.2
GORAX	GORAX	ISEC		028	17.3		Exit/Entry
KEMAX	KEMAX	ISEC		036	23.7		Sweden
NEXIL	NEXIL	ISEC		035	15.8
ROXEN	ROXEN	ISEC		036	16.8
BEDOS	BEDOS	ISEC		036	59.7
TRS96	TRS96	ISEC		036	25.1
MIKNA	MIKNA	ISEC		037	16.4
PELUP	PELUP	ISEC		037	28.4
TROSA	TRS	VOR/DME	114.30	036	50.9
RESNA	RESNA	ISEC		008	87.2	UN851
SIPRI	SIPRI	ISEC		034	35.8
BAKLA	BAKLA	ISEC		029	36.5		Exit/Entry
ETANI	ETANI	ISEC		028	99.6		Finland
VAASA	VAS	VOR/DME	114.50	029	20.7
TILTU	TILTU	ISEC		020	20.6
VASUL	VASUL	ISEC		019	78.3
XEBAB	XEBAB	ISEC - IAF		019	107.0
ROVANI (ROVANIEMI)	ROI	VOR/DME	117.70
Rovaniemi	EFRO	AIRPORT

Total Distance is some 1144 nm.

 

        9. Cruising Flight Level and Mach Number

        First of all we would like you to participate with aircraft that are able to cruise with M 0.80. The suggested Flight Level is FL330. This way we will ensure that the final Finland ATC will receive our flight within a specified time window and will not have to wait for us being widely dispersed. Now if you insist to fly with a slower aircraft then you should select a lower FL to keep clear of the M0.80 main stream. In a case a faster aircraft is your choice then please select a higher Flight Level.

        Our Alternative Airport will be Oulu EFOU around 100 nm south of Rovaniemi .

        For Boeing 737-700 users such as Aegean Seagull’s “Island of Skiros” 30.000 lbs of fuel should be enough to cover the whole flight plus 45 mins of holding plus diversion to the alternative airport of Oulou (EFOU) plus medium delay on Frankfurt ground.

        This is something that every pilot, who respects himself, should pay some, at least some, attention. We Aegean Seagull pilots pay much, really much, to it. As weather conditions are not a controlled parameter to a flight, you can very easily engage a situation well under the minima for the decision altitude in your destination. In that case we execute a missed approach and we either go for a holding pattern and a second approach later either climb and fly direct to the alternative airport. The latest happens when the main destination airport is closed or there is no chance for the weather to become better.

        We strongly suggest you to save your flight in regular time intervals. This way you can ensure that even if a reboot is inevitable, then you will be within close range of the other aircraft. If disconnected from VATSIM network, take care to ask permission to reconnect from the ATC to avoid being overrun from another aircraft passing the point you disconnect on the very same time with you. Even better would be positioning your aircraft in a higher FL and connect. After you are sure that everything is clear, you may descend again to FL330.

        Our dear Pilots and friends, we think that we have established something special in the history of Aegean Seagull vAS. We hope that you will honour our efforts and fly with us. As it is a Special Event, you are free to invite friends of yours, even if they are not Aegean Seagull Pilots. We want to share this event with as many pilots as possible, because we want to create a strong tradition for our Virtual Airline.

  Merry Christmas and a Healthy & Happy New Year to you and your family !!!.

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