You
have flown the Mt.
Hotham Adventure with the instructor
and now to continue your navigation training
you are ready for another cross-country
flight. This VFR flight will take you from
Wollongong on the eastern seaboard of Australia
to the nation's capital city - Canberra.
Wollongong
is a non-controlled aerodrome with CTAF
(Common Traffic Advisory Frequency) procedures
in place. As you approach the Canberra
area you will seek an airways clearance
from Canberra Approach to enter the controlled
airspace step (5500 ft) which you will reach
at 20 DME Canberra - See
chart
As
is the case in real life, on receiving your
airways clearance you can expect four different
approaches (RWY 17, 35, 12 or 30) depending
on the randomly assigned arrival weather
- See
diagram
This
adventure is modelled around a Piper Warrior
(VH-CGX) but any single/twin piston-engined
aircraft can be used. "Dead reckoning" (deduced reckoning) and VFR navigation principles
are required to track between
the waypoints. This package will also come with a compilation of high-resolution
mesh and landclass scenery covering the Canberra
area will make VFR, map-to-ground
orientation possible. Includes real background
ATC and an on-board virtual pilot.
Here
is a brief overview of some of the features in this ATC adventure:
- Cross-country
flight begins OCTA and enters Controlled
Airspace (CTAF and CTA procedures)
- All
runways at Canberra (4) are randomly
assigned depending on the weather
(also random)
- This
flight is in "real time", ie. all checklist items must be
performed
- On-board virtual
pilot makes the radio calls and gives timely advisories
- Full
aircraft audio checklist (Piper Warrior specific) from startup to shutdown
- Special
audio information key - CTRL + SHIFT + c = Track or Course to next waypoint
- Special
audio information key - CTRL + SHIFT + h = Heading to next waypoint
(wind corrected)
- Special
audio information key - CTRL + SHIFT + e = ETA to next waypoint
- Special
audio information key - CTRL + SHIFT + d = Distance to next waypoint
- Special
audio information key - CTRL + t = Reads out the current time in two-figure
format
- ATC includes real air traffic controllers
- Random
background ATC specific to each frequency
- Designed
for FS2002 (FS2000 may also be used but compatibility not fully tested)
- Pre-flight Briefing Document
- Navigation
charts
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