The Australian Division of the IVAO welcomes all domestic and international pilots and controllers to the first flight event in the Australian calendar specially designed for Visual Flight Rules pilots.

Event Purpose

This event will be used to introduce pilots to the principals of flight in a VFR regime, particularly in <<link to GAAP website on AsA webpage??>>  General Aviation Aerodrome Procedures (GAAP) aerodromes.  Australia has six <<?>> of these aerodromes located in the capital city areas.  GAAP aerodromes are primarily designed for flying training, and have particular procedures associated with them.

The Event Director is the Australian Events Coordinator, Darren Smith.

The Event Director has appointed an Event Monitor for this event, who is a specialist in the operations being used during this event.  Any questions on operations in the Archerfield GAAP area should be directed to him in the first instance.  The Event Monitor (General Aviation) will be the Australian Membership Coordinator, Mike Wethereld.

Event Profile

Pilots will be required to register for this event using the IVAO Slot System.  Aircraft will be restricted to those with a MAUW less than 5700kg.

Brisbane Approach (BN APP) and Melbourne Centre (ML CEN) will be active for all Approach/Departures and Flightwatch requirements as dictated in the En Route Supplement Australia (ERSA).

Pilots operating within the GAAP will be required to fly at least the profile above, before departing the airfield for other sortie profiles.

NOTAMs for participating aerodromes will be published here.

ATC

Controllers are required to download the aerodrome charts and ERSA segment for the aerodrome they are controlling.  Links to ERSA and DAP are listed below.  Airservices Australia do not provide free downloads of their enroute charts at this point in time so controllers and pilots will not be required to hold these charts.

The following aerodromes must be manned for the success of this event. 

Notes on Australian FIR organisation

• A clearance delivery unit is provided at YBBN and clearance services are provided to YBAF by these units if required.
• Archerfield is only manned by a Tower Controller (responsible for TWR and GND).  DEL and APP services are provided by YBBN, for ACFT requiring an IFR Pickup after departure from YBAF.
• Brisbane Flightwatch fills the duties of an IVAO Flight Service Station controller.

Controllers may open other positions not listed here once these positions have been filled.

Controllers wishing to nominate for positions listed above must email the AU-EC by xxxxZ on xx Xxx 04 with the following details to enable entry into the slot system:

• Position nominating for
• IVAO CID
• Current Rank
• Current Controller Hours
• Last Event Controlled, Position, Duration
• Home Control Position (where you control most often)
• Controller software being used (PC or IvAc)

Controllers will be expected to be proficient in english and have a familiarity with the Australian Airspace system.  A knowledge of operations within Archerfield GAAP will be an advantage.  An email containing the appropriate sector file will be sent to the controller upon verification.

IMPORTANT:  All ATCs requesting a position on this event will be required to attend a training session at XXXXZ on Xx April 2004 to be trained and assessed in GAAP regulations.

Downloads

Pilots are encouraged to download the real world departure and approach plates (DAPs) and en route information (ERSA) for aerodromes they wish to visit.  The links to these are shown below.

There is no specific scenery for this event.  Pilots may use MSFS defaults or enhanced sceneries.

As GAAP aerodromes have specific procedures to follow, pilots and controllers alike are advised to download the CASA GAAP Handbook for Archerfield, available here.  A summary document has been produced by the AU-MC, downloadable here.

En route planning

Pilots are requested, where possible, to flight plan using the Preferred Routes as shown in the ERSA.  Preferred routes can be downloaded here.  Flight plans must include the following remarks for this event:

• OPR/xxxxx where xxxxx is the ACFT operator (example OPR/RAAF)
• REG/xxxxx where xxxxx is the ACFT registration (example REG/VH-DJS or REG/A32-351)
• RMK/AUExx
• RMK/VOICE or RMK/TEXT

Pilots operating solely in the YBAF GAAP may flight plan VFR, YBAF to YBBN to YBAF.

Participation by military aircraft and controllers

Military aircraft are not permitted to enter within 50NM BN unless permission is obtained from BN CEN 20 min prior to expected entry.  This event will not be classified as a Special Operations Mission.

Useful Links

• Australian Air Information Publications series
• Australian National Airspace Reform information
• Enroute Supplement Australia
• Airservices Australia Departure and Approach Plates
• GAAP Booklet
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• Mike's Document

Queries

Queries can be directed to the Australian Events Coordinator.