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Aegean Seagull's Saint Patrick's Parade to Dublin!!!

We honour Ireland's Patron St Patrick with a flight arriving in Dublin from Paris Orly LFPO France…

 

 

        This is the second yearly event in Aegean Seagull’s calendar and it is already a nice tradition for all of us. We have hammered strong friendship bonds with Irish Flight community over the years, so here we come flying to Dublin Ireland from Paris Orly France deploying Aegean Seagull's Saint Patrick's Parade!!! 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 parade into Dublin's International Airport

    1. Organizing the Flight

                We will fly our 737-700, but you can fly any of your favorite aircraft as long as you can cruise with Mach 0.78 in FL380.

                FS2002 users should use  the Dublin 2002 scenery released by Irish Flight Sim Design here.

                For the FS98 users, that are not ASe pilots, we suggest to use the detailed Dublin Airport Scenery created by Terry Gaff. You can find this scenery at www.pcpilotsireland.com.

                For FS2000 users we suggest Dublin2K detailed airport scenery created by Terry Gaff.                

               You can use the default FS scenery  for Paris Orly LFPO. 

               2. Registration

               There is absolutely no obligation from the pilots side to register. It would be great though to receive an e-mail from any pilot that will participate saying.Full Name, Callsign, your e-mail address, country of origin, Flight Simulator type  you utilize, Aircraft you plan to fly with as well as the  Time you wish to depart from Paris 

              Again it is not obligatory to register, but doing so you let us know the magnitude of pilots participation, you save time on your flight’s prepation AND you give us the opportunity to organize every detail in such a way that will magnify the fun factor, due to accurate reality simulation.

              Have under mind that the first departure time slot is set for 15:30 UTC (17:30 Local Hellas Time) and the rest will follow with a 3-5 minutes interval depending on the final number of registrated pilots. It will be quite difficult to intervene in this slot procedure once it is started and if you would not like to expect your turn after all pilots have departed  Please Do Register !!

3. Pre – Connection Procedures - On Line flight

            Be sure to have the latest AIRAC navigation data installed in your SB, which is AIRAC 0302. Same applies for FS Navigator 4.x. Take care and update its airway and intersection databases. You can do this from  NavData. (For link to the site check our Links page.)

            Prior to your connection here is a piece of advice that could prove to be wise. Utilize the ServInfo, a MUST HAVE utility created by Michael Frantzeskakis (check our Links Page) and find out which of the active servers has the smallest ping time for you. You should choose to connect to this server in SquawkBox. Although this is already a standard procedure for the regular and experienced On-Line Flight Simmers, we mention it, so that we reduce the lag factor to the minimum possible level. 

            As mentioned above, we will connect to VATSIM network and having contacted the vACCs engaged in our route, we hope that all of them will appear and cover ATC along our route. For the record,  you are supposed to know all details about on-line flying otherwise you better leave it for next year when you will be more experienced ;).

4. Meeting Point-Communications

        We will meet at the apron of Paris Orly Airport (LFPO) at 15:00 UTC (Zulu), which is 17:00 Local Greece Time, on Sunday 16th of March 2003.  The whole procedure will start at 15:20 UTC (Zulu) and the first departure slot will be 15:30 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 Hellenic RW server is down we will meet at our alternative frequency 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 LFPO's  or EIDW’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) and we will leave for another ATC voice frequency when it is available.

                5. Aegean
Seagull and non ASe pilots

        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.

               6. Flight plan

      Here is the flight plan in all its details .

      Aegean Seagull's St Patrick's Parade to Dublin !!!

    FLIGHT PLAN

    A/C : 737-700

    FLIGHT LEVEL 380 - CRUISE SPEED : M 0.78 - FLIGHT’S DURATION : 1.3hrs 

    Location

    Id

    Type

    Freq

    Course

    Distance

    Airway

    Country

    Paris Orly Airport

    LFPO

    AIRPORT

           

    France

    LGL9X

    SID

       

     

     

     

    L'AIGLE

    LGL

    VOR

    115.00

    282

    49.8

     H490

    ARGED

    ARGED

    ISEC

     

    290

    31.9

     

    SENLO

    SENLO

    ISEC

     

    289

    37.7

     UN861

    BARLU

    BARLU

    ISEC

    114.70

    357

    36.6

     

    FAWBO

    FAWBO

    ISEC

     

    4

    18.7

    UB11

    Exit/Entry

    KATHY

    KATHY

    ISEC

     

    4

    31.2

    UL612

     UK

    ELDER

    ELDER

    ISEC

     

    4

    8.6

     

    SOUTHAMPTON

    SAM

    VOR/DME

    113.35

    4

    17.5

    R37

    EXMOR

    EXMOR

    ISEC

     

    287

    77.1

    UR14

    SWANY

    SWANY

    ISEC

     

    315

    36.8

    STRUMBLE

    STU

    VOR/DME

    113.10

    315

    42.7

     

    VATRY

    VATRY

    ISEC

     

    341

    37.6

     

    Exit/Entry

    DUBLIN

    DUB

    VOR/DME

    114.90

    341

    64.0

     

    Ireland

    DUBLIN INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT

    EIDW AIRPORT        

    Total Distance is some 520 nm.

          7. IFR details-Info

Transition Altitude for Paris Orly is 4000 ft

Transition Altitude for Dublin Airport is 5000 ft.

Transition Altitude for Shannon Airport is 5000 ft.

        If the controller tells you that you under radar control and you will be given radar vectors, please, don’t start saying “BUT why? I have the standard published procedure” etc….You will comply with his/her will, respecting his/her offer to our hobby.

        Something that will make our flight having an interesting arrival are the strong winds prevailing in the Dublin Airports Area. Not much time ago a Delta 767 slided off the runway due to extremely strong winds at the time of landing.

         8. Flight Duration

          Duration of the Flight will be approx. 1.3 hours from engine start up to engine shut down, not counting the delays that may happen due to increased traffic on ground in Paris.

  

        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 0.78 at FL380. This will be the standard Flight Level and airspeed for all of us. This way we will ensure that the final Ireland 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 M0.78 main stream. In a case a faster aircraft is your choice then please select a different Flight Level as well.

       10. Alternative Airport

        Our Alternative Airport will be Shannon EINN around 100 nm southeast  of Dublin.

       11. Fuel on board

        For Boeing 737-700 users such as Aegean Seagull’sIsland of Skiros” 20.000 lbs of fuel should be enough to cover the whole flight plus 45 mins of holding plus diversion to the alternative airport of Shannon (EINN) plus medium delay on Paris ground.

     12. Missed Approach

        Some details about missed approach…

        This is something that every pilot, who respects him/herself, should pay some, at least some, attention. 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.

        This is the reason why you should study the missed approach pattern at both the original destination and alternative airports (the first one in case of an emergency return). If a controller will have many aircraft in his airspace, it will be quite difficult for him to pay the extra attention needed to you. Besides this way we are as real as it gets…

        Please remember our note about strong winds that prevail in Dublin this season of the year and which force quite a number of aircrews to execute missed approches in real life.

         13. Saving your flight regularly – Reconnection procedures

        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 FL380.

14. Wrapping things up

        Our dear Pilots and friends, we think that we have already established something special in the history of Aegean Seagull vAS. We hope that you will honor 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 System.

        Please do not hesitate to contact us for any additional information or question you might have.

        

        Finally our best wishes for

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