The Great Aussie Air Rally of 2005
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March 07, 2005
Subject: GAAR sector 42
No YCNF airport or intersection.
Also no YMBL airport, just YMBL
intersection in FS-2002 data base.
All of Austrailia looks like "outback" in FS-2002 scenery
database mate!
Regards,
(or as the Palmies sez: Cherrio!)
Sandy Blaize
DCA-1037
GAAR-104
March 07, 2005
Pilots using real weather in the vicinity of
aware of severe TC Ingrid which is forecast to approach the coast
from the NE.
http://www.bom.gov.au/products/IDQ65002.shtml
Ed Burke
The following link will provide more information on TC Ingrid.
http://www.osei.noaa.gov/Events/Tropical/S_Pacific/2005/TRCingrid066_G9.jpg
Bud
gaar 102/330
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No BTISE and PDNEA intersections in FS-2002 map database. Used dead
reckoning waypoints.
Sandy Blaize
DCA1037
GAAR104
March 04, 2005
Subject: GAAR sector 33
In FS-2002 database: No BRLSC and NGUEB waypoints. Had to use BRL waypoint
and dead reckoning waypoint for reporting points.
Subject: Sector 34 GAAR2005
Noted no waypoints NGUWG, JABEC, JABEF in FS-2002 map
database.
Used "DR" positions as calculated and navigated
accordingly. Arrived safely
at YJAB.
GAAR104
March 01, 2005
Subject: GAAR sector 26
Noted that localizer way off on rwy 14L. Would have had me landing in
boonies to right of airport!
No Glideslope this navaid.
Sandy DCA-1037
GAAR 104
Subject: NOTAM sector 27...
Importance: High
Kumul Oil platform NDB not
visible nor audible! It IS shown on
FS2002
"MAP" as KUT on 737.0 Khz., not KUL on 1737.0 Khz. Both frequencies checked
with nil results.
Landed Daru island on rwy 14.
No buildings visible on airport site.
Parked
on NE side of runway as instructed.
Cheers,
Sandy Blaize
DCA1037
GAAR104
Feb 21, 2005
Sector 42 originates at YTEF
not YTEL
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Feb 21, 2005
RE: West Coast ATC
Pilots using
Flight Simulator 9, Set your target frame-rates to 20.
Click on
Options…Settings….Display…Hardware
Adjust slider to 20.
All
pilots: Set up a Push to Talk Switch for
teamspeak.
In TeamSpeak
click on Settings…Sound Input/Output Setting….Push To Talk….Set Press desired key. (I use the right CTRL) Click Close.
If you use a
router or firewall, ensure that the required ports are open.
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Feb 17, 2005
Sector 37 Waypoint #1 is YBTI not YBIT
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Feb 14, 2005
Sector 27
IN FSNavigator and FS 9 Kumul Oil Rig NDB Identifier is KUT not KUL
Not sure what it is in real life or earlier versions of FS
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GAAR Pilots are over-stressing the folks at WestCoastATC.
If you have a problem establishing a callsign read the tutorial. Links are on
The main
Please do not contact westcoastATC. All contact should be to me at:
bill@billvons.com
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02-11-05
The kneepad has been updated.
The link to Sector 45 was wrong.
Feb 11, 2005 Update (5 k)
Unzip into your main Flight Simulator 9 folder.
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02-03-05
Reports from pilots:
The altitudes in Sector 21 are a bit wrong
10500 ft was stated in sector report This is wrong
as I found out You have to be 14000 ft to clear the mountains
enroute
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The FS Nav. Plan for sector 14 lists the Townsville VOR/DME three
times. If you follow this plan you will see a lot more of the sector than you
want.
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02-02-05
A report has been received that Devonport was misspelled in the
briefings.
It will be corrected in the on-line Sector Briefings and in the
download for the kneepad briefings later today.
A report has been received that the FSNavigator plan for Sector 11a
and 11b is the same.
I will post your G.A.A.R. hours on the
Do not report them any where other than on the G.A.A.R. Flight
Reports page.
DC-3 Airways pilots:
DC-3 Airways would prefer for you to submit one pirep at the end of
the event.
There will be a page with statistics soon. It will have a running total for each pilot
and will remain on the web-site until G.A.A.R. 2006 opens for business.
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February 1, 2005
gaar028 reports that sector 26 has a terrain obstruction:
G'Day Captain Bill.
Pilot 28 reporting. Captain I have flown many of the
sectors in GAAR5 and would like to report that there is a fault in sector26
[Gurney to jackson Port Moresby], I am flying on autoPilot,sticking to height
restrictions and have found that there is not anough height to get over last
mountain before first waypoint [Safia Airport] to clear you have to go to
[12000Ft] not [10500Ft] am injoying my flight in GAAR5 and thank you all.
A.J.
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01-31-2005
Looking over the pireps for Sector
1 it is apparent that a considerable number of pilots don't understand what to report
for the waypoint times.
Each waypoint should be reported as
the number of minutes since brake release.
Thus 40 for the first and any number less than 40
for the second is impossible.
An example is: 68 minutes total
40 at waypoint 1 59 at waypoint 2
I also noticed an pilot that shows
the same time at waypoint2 as the total for the flight. Either he crached into the DPO VOR or he
doesn't understand either.
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01-30-2005
January 30th
Pilot Application and Roster
"real-time" systems are on-line.
Still a few things to fix with
"Flight Reports"
Pilots who signed up and thought
their pilot numbers where gaar234 - gaar237 have been changed to gaar235 -
gaar238
Pilots who had a "to be
decided" should email me there aircraft selection.
Those who already have your
aircraft has not been added to the "real time" roster yet, but I have
it.
gaar-237 When entering your data, I had to enter
something for aircraft. When I get your
nominated aircraft I will change it to that.
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Capt Rob is taking a survey. Check the forum titled "Cruise
Speeds"
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01-26-2005
The following pilots have
registered with WestcoastATC but have not “joined” their callsign to
bgad032 bgak061
bgas004 bgas041 gaar031
gaar117 gaar160 gaar163
01-26-2005
Pilots who have indicated they will
fly “Multiple Aircraft” will need to
register for each aircraft.
Pilots who have indicated “To be
decided” will need to decide before their first flight.
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01-24-2005
The kneepad modifications page has
been updated, along with the downloads fo the Default FS 9 kneepad mod, and the
DCA Kneepad mod.
If you have already download the
kneepad mods there are small update files to download.
These will add WestcoastATC 24 Hour
Free Server 1 and 2, and the Gaar2005 Weather Report to your kneepad in
addition to the Sector Briefings.
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01-19-2005
All pilots: any communications with headquarters need to
have your pilots ID included.
Pilots gaar135 thru gaar139 please
send me an email. I lost your email
addresses and need to rebuild my records.
bill@billvons.com
please put your gaar### in the subject line.
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01-18-2005
Some of the
The missing intersections download will put
markers into FSNav for the BRLSC & NGUEB (Sector 33) and NGUWG (sector 34
intersections).
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Regarding Multi-Player: If you are already signed up with
WestcoastATC you don't have to sign up for a gaar### call sign. You can use your bga?### call sign.
If you're a pilot for another
airline on WestcoastATC, you can fly with your current callsign. Just let me know and I will send you the
password for the
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01-17-2005
The credits page has been updated. Pilots of virtual airlines who don’t have
links, may submit the links to me at bill@billvons.com
The PDF Sector Briefing download
had a minor mistake.
Sector 4 was really a second copy
of Sector 6.
It has been corrected.
If you already downloaded the
package, click below to get a small
Download of
the corrected Sector 4
The rules page has been
modified. The correct airport code for
the shortest field is YKMB
Also the instructions for filing
flight reports have been removed, pending completion of the
New “real-time” pirep system.
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01-15-2005
Questions have been made regarding
the scheduling and time requirements for submitting pireps:
Most pilots will
fly starting on Feb 1st and fly every 2nd or 3rd day, taking 2 to 3 months to
complete.
But there
aren't any deadlines. I will continue to update the roster as long as reports
continue to come in.
Since there
isn't a competition element, late reports wouldn't influence any positions
report or basis of
computing
scores on averages.
So, just have
fun and keep sending your reports. The web-site
will stay "live" until Jan 15th 2006 when
GAAR 2006
will open for applications.
A weather
file is provided for FS 2002 and FS 2004.
This is provided for those that requested it during the GAAR 2004
survey. It use is optional. You may use any weather or none if you
prefer. It is more fun for all, if
everyone uses the same weather, as a basis for comparing your perfrormance.
A Weather
Briefing page will be provided before the start of the event, so that all
pilots can know in advance what to expect at their destination and plan their
take-off and landing runways.
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FS2002 Pilots – YJAB Jabiru does
not exist in FS 2002. Coleman Green has
created it for you. The download link is
on the main page. In FS2002 field
elevation is 630 ft instead of 85 ft in FS 9.
The only way around this would have been to put the airport in a 545 ft
deep hole. If you are using mesh scenery
that corrected this FS2002 defect, I hope it also included YJAB as our version
would be unusable.
FS 2002 Pilots – All but one of the
airports exist in FS 2002, but in many of them the parking areas are numbered
differently or non-existant. Use pilots
discretion as to where to position your aircraft. If flying on-line, move your aircraft off of
the runway before connecting.
