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Aegean Seagull Flies to Santa’s Home !!! (Year #3)

A nice holiday flight from Copenhagen Kastrup Denmark to Rovaniemi Finland …

Saturday December 20th, 2003

        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 0.78 at FL350.

                2. Scenery Files

           a. Rovaniemi Airport (EFRO)

         FS98 users        

        We suggest to use Scenery Finland v2.0. You can find this scenery at www.fsnordic.net.

         FS2000 users         

         Unfortunately there is no detailed airport scenery for Rovaniemi EFRO and FS2000 users will have to settle down with the default FS2000 scenery. 

        FS2002 - FS2004 users        

        There are taxiway signs for Rovaniemi EFRO, Oulu EFOU and some other finnish airports. You can find and download them at the site of Finnish vACC here: http://vacc-fin.net/downloads/software/#SCENERY

        There is also Rovaniemi 1.0 VFR.This scenery adds buildings to the city of Rovaniemi and corrects the terraindata, roads, lakes and rivers in Rovaniemi and Kemijärvi area. By: T.Kantomaa, J.Sinkkonen Download (3,4 MB)

       Finnish vACC honouring our annual Event released EFRO airport scenery in the final week prior to our flight. So check out this space for the URL to download it: http://vacc-fin.net/services/fly_in/santa03/

         b. Copenhagen Kastrup Airport (EKCH)

         FS98, FS2000,FS2002 

Check on the URL below to find Copenhagen related scenery files: 

http://files.fsnordic.net/files/msfs/Scenery/Denmark/

Also

Creators homepage :

http://www.flightsim.no/home/textureart/Kastrup/Kastrup.htm

 
Scenery Type Freeware
Download / Buy here: http://www.fsnordic.net
Compatibility: FS2002 FS2004
A nice and long awaited scenery from L & P. Very detailed, and with updated textures for Amager and Saltholm islands. Approved for FS2002 and FS2004.
Creators homepage : http://www.swedflight.com  
Scenery Type PAYWARE
Download / Buy here: http://www.swedflight.com
Compatibility: FS2002 FS2004
Bonus scenery from SwedFlight. If you buy one of their SwedFlight Packs (see ESSA, ESMK,..), you get this for "free".

               3. Registration - Is it obligatory?

         By no means reservation is an obligation of yours. But by doing this, you make our planning efforts much easier and our feedback to the corresponding ATC will be more accurate and credible with absolutely no surprises. On the other hand if you found out about this event some late never mind, appear in EKCH and fly with us. In case you register you will receive your assigned gate to place your aircraft and an assigned time slot. So if we have convinced you, send us your 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 Copenhagen  and e-mail them at fodim@hol.gr. We will try to satisfy your wish for your time of departure, but only if this slot is not established for another pilot that has opted for it  prior to your registration. All registrations will be treated on the "first come - first served" basis. Have under mind that the first departure time slot is set for 20:40 UTC (22:40 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. So  Please Do Register !!

4. 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 by dowloading them from NavData. (For links to both sites check our Links page.) AIRAC cycle 0312 is valid till 25-12-2003 so please have an eye on this and update your databases properly in case a new update is released prior to our flight. Be advised that our flight planning has been made on the basis of AIRAC Cycle 0312.

        Prior to your connection here is a piece of advice that could be proved to be wise. We urge you to 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 received their confirmation that all of them (Danish, Swedish and Finnish vACCs) will provide ATC for our flight. Especially Finnish vACC is organising a local fly-in in Rovaniemi at the time of our arrival, so the traffic will be greatly augmented. 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 ;).

 

 

5. Meeting Point-Communications-RW-AVC usage

        We will meet at the apron of Copenhagen Kastrup (EKCH) at 20:15 UTC (Zulu), which is 22:15 Local Greece Time, on Saturday 20th of December 2003. Remember that we will apply time slots and assigned gates for our departures to honour our registered pilots. 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 (clearance delivery) will start at 20:30 UTC (Zulu) and the first departure slot (take off) will be 20:40 UTC (Zulu). On connect with VATSIM be sure that you have your SquawkBox on stand by mode and please have your aircraft positioned in the assigned gate prior to this event. Not a big deal after all… 

         2003 was the year to mark Advanced Voice Client's release as VATSIM's Official Voice Communication program. A very good communication tool indeed. We will use AVC during our flight and if you don't already have it, you can download it here : http://web.icspurdue.edu/~serio/vc/        

        We will meet in ASe’s company frequency which is UK-1.vatsim.net/ase (or Europe-E2.vatsim.net/ase if the primary frequency does not work) . This will be our check-in frequency and we remind you that you have to connect to Squawkbox prior to launching AVC. We just announce our presence and confirm our details. Please be sure that you have set your Squawk on Stand-By mode. We also suggest to send an abreviated FP with DEP & DEST only while we prepare. This "publishes" the flight in necessary places so nobody wonders about it. When time comes we all switch to the ATC for the rest of our Event. 

        If you use RW and then want to switch to AVC just remember that SB and ServInfo keeps default voice client the one which shut down the last time. So if you close RW and want later AVC to operate automatically on auto-connections you must open AVC once and close it again (or leave it open but still not attempt to connect before SB connection). If you don't do this, next time you'll try to auto-connect with voice client closed, SB will launch & connect RW.

        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 EKCH’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  AVC able for this flight. One remark for exclusive RW users is that they will hear their ATC communications in loud and not clear format, because ATC will use AVC and this phaenomenon is observed under the circumstances described. Just have this under mind if you finally decide to use Roger Wilco and not AVC for this flight.

        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 frequency (UK-1.vatsim.net/ase or Europe-E2.vatsim.net/ase) and we will return to ATC voice frequency when ATC is again available.

                  

               6. Aegean Seagull Log Book and Santa Claus

        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.

            7. Flight plan

      Here is the flight plan in all its details .

      EKCH KEMAX xx.KEMAX UN851 TRS UM607 RESNA UP609 BABUX.BABUX 1B EFRO

      And here is our Navigation Log :

      Aegean Seagull flies to Santa’s Home Year #3

    FLIGHT PLAN

    A/C : 737-700, 727-200 or any a/c type able to cruise with M0.78 at FL350

    FLIGHT LEVEL 350 - CRUISE SPEED : M 0.78 - FLIGHT’S DURATION : 2 hrs 

    Location

    Id

    Type

    Freq

    Track

    Distance

    Airway

    Country

    Copenhagen Kastrup 

    EKCH

    AIRPORT

     

     

     

    Denmark

    KEMAX xx

    KEMAX

    SID

     

     

     

    UN851

    Sweden

    NEXIL

    NEXIL

    ISEC

     

    035

    15.8

    ROXEN

    ROXEN

    ISEC

    036

    16.8

    BEDOS

    BEDOS

    ISEC

     

    036

    59.7

    MIKNA

    MIKNA

    ISEC

    036

    41,5

    PELUP

    PELUP

    ISEC

     

    037

    28.4

    TROSA

    TRS

    VOR/DME

    114.30

    036

    50.9

    UM607

    RESNA

    RESNA

    ISEC

     

    008

    87.2

    UP609

     

    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

    BABUX 1B

    BABUX

    STAR

     

     

     

    Rovaniemi

    EFRO

    AIRPORT

         

    Total Distance is some 780 nm.

    To download the flightplan in FS Navigator 4.x format please click here.

    To download the flightplan in SquawkBox format please click here.

     

               

          8. IFR charts

          You can find all nessecary IFR charts for Copenhagen Kastrup Airport (EKCH) here and for Rovaniemi Airport (EFRO) here.  Please note that practically all charts related to Rovaniemi EFRO have been changed effective 27th of November 2003.  You understand the necessity to have these updated charts.

        Something else is that if the controller tells you that you under radar control and you will be given radar vectors, please abide by his directions avoiding any possible problems.

                     
 

         9. Flight Duration

          Duration of the Flight will be approx. 2 hours from engine start up to engine shut down, not counting the delays that may happen due to increased traffic on ground in Copenhagen.

    

         

         10. 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. The suggested Flight Level is FL350. 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 M 0.78 main stream. In a case a faster aircraft is your choice then please select a higher Flight Level.

       11. Alternative Airport

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

     

       12. Fuel on board

        For Boeing 737-700 flyers such as Aegean Seagull’sIsland of Skiros25.000 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 Copenhagen ground.

       13. Missed Approach

        Some details about missed approach…

        This is something that every pilot, who respects himself, should pay some, at least some, attention. We, Aegean Seagull pilots, pay much, really much, attention to it. As weather conditions are not a controlled parameter to a flight, you can very easily be engaged 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 also execute a missed approach when communication with ATC is lost prior to our landing clearance.

        This is the reason why you should study the missed approach pattern at both the destination and alternative airports. If a controller has many aircraft in his area of responsibility, it will be quite difficult for him/her to pay the extra attention needed to you. Besides this way we are as real as it gets…

      14. 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. There is an EXCELLENT freeware utility by Peter Dowson called AUTOSAVE. Its a DLL that goes into the MODULES folder and it does things like saving your current flight status (in standard MSFS situation files) and then if it crashes it just resets your flight back to "10 seconds ago" status. You can have as many sequenced files saved (say last 10 or each 10'') and choose where to start from again. If you crash the aircraft FS will restart from last saved file. If FS itself crashes you can just go and select the situation (flight) file you wish from the list of files when you reload FS.It can be found at www.schiratti.com -> DOWSON 
        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 FL350.

      

       15. Registered pilots

         In the table below you can find all pilots that have registered their participation in the Event. Final details (TBA)will be released on the final days prior to our Event. 

  Aegean Seagull Flies to Santa's Home Year #3

#

Full Name 

Callsign

Country

Aircraft Type

FS Type

Assigned Gate / Stand

Assigned CTOT (UTC)

Departure Sequence #

1. Babis Peribolas ASe300 Hellas 737-700 FS2002 C36 20:37 1
2. Christos Makris OAV260 Hellas 737-700 FS2004 C32 20:40 2
3. Pascalis Katsiotis ASe287 Hellas 737-700 FS2004 C30 20:43 3
 4.  Kyprianos Biris ASe269 Hellas 727-200 FS2004 C28 20:46 4
 5.  Terence Mooney ASe139 Canada 737-400 FS2004 C26 20:49 5
6. Thanasis Chatzikampouris OAV051 Hellas 737-700 FS2004 B17 20:52 6
7. Makis Tsaparidis ASe299 Hellas 737-400 FS2002 B09 20:55 7

8.

Dimitris Nisiotis OAV171 Hellas 737-400 FS2002 B07 20:58 8
9. Costis Tsantzalos SFV732 Hellas A319 FS2002 B05 21:01 9

10.

Panagiotis Tsolkas ASe017 Hellas 727-200 FS2002 B10 21:04 10

11.

George Manolios ASe601 Hellas 767-300 FS2002 B08 21:07 11
 12. Nikos Gerontoukos ASe137 Hellas 727-200 FS2002 C27 21:10 12

13.

Vangelis Vaos ASe267 Hellas 737-700 FS2002 B04 21:13 13
14. Stathis Tsagaratos ASe402 Hellas 737-700 FS2002 A12 21:16 14
15.

Thomas Vasiliadis

ASe310

Hellas

767-300

FS2002

A09

21:19

15

16. Stelios Theodoridis ASe339 Hellas 727-200 FS2002 A08 21:22 16
17. Yannis Apostolopoulos OAV115 Hellas 737-700 FS2002 A06 21:25 17
18. Michael Frantzeskakis OAL064 Hellas MD-11 FS2004 B06 21:28 18
19.

Nikos Christopoulos

ASe181

Hellas

767-300

FS2002

A15

21:31

19

20. Aidan Rice ASe279 Ireland 737-700 FS2002 C29 21:34 20
21. George Dorkofikis OAL132 Hellas 737-700 FS2002 C35 21:37 21
22. Theodore Chronopoulos SX-TGH Hellas 737-700 FS2002 C33 21:40 22
23.

Fotis Dimitropoulos

ASe516

Hellas

737-700

FS2000

A17

21:43

23

  16. Wrapping things up

        Our dear Pilots and friends, we have established something special in the history of Aegean Seagull vAS  and we hope that we will see you flying  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 share a strong tradition for our Virtual Airline System.

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

        (Many thanks to Kyprianos Biris (VATEUR1) for his input in this document).

        PLEASE, DO NOT FORGET TO INFORM US ABOUT YOUR PARTICIPATION.

        Finally our best wishes for

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

 

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