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Aegean Seagull's flight over Piazza San Marco

An autumn flight to the graphic unique Venezia Italy from Athens Hellas ...

 

 

        This is the third annual event in Aegean Seagull’s calendar. Venezia is a charming italian city with the variety of feelings that its landscape and climate cause to its visitors. Aegean Seagull's flight to Venezia will bring us there and in case the weather will be good, we will have the chance to enjoy our Espresso coffee in Piazza San Marco !!! .Everyone can take part in this event, no matter if he/she is pilot of Aegean Seagull. Invite your fellow simmers to this flight…Venezia's Tessera Marco Polo airport is well updated and waits for us...

    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. 

                For FS2000 users it is imperative to have Athens El. Venizelos LGAV Airport scenery by George Dorkofikis and Ted Katranas since it is the only one that has all parking stands integrated and we will use them quite well. 

                FS2002 users should use the LGAV scenery by George Dorkofikis, but they should take care to install the special FS2002 patch, which makes the standard FS2000 scenery compatible with FS2002.

              

               2. Registration

                For the first time in ASe's Events history we do not require, we repeat we do not require, registration from the participating pilots. After the first few Events of ours we had the chance to confirm that virtual pilots do not have this hobby :)

             

3. Pre – Connection Procedures - On Line flight

            Be sure to have the latest AIRAC navigation data installed in your SB, which is AIRAC 0209. Also if you use FS Navigator 4.x take care and update its airway and intersection databases. You can do this from Prabal’s Navigation data or NavData. (For links to both sites 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 ΙVΑO  network and having contacted Hellenic and Italian Divisions, and we were assured that  both of them will appear and cover fully ATC along our route. For the record,  you are supposed to know all details about on-line flying otherwise you better leave it for someother time when you will be more experienced ;).

4. Meeting Point-Communications

        We will meet at the apron of Athens Eleftherios Venizelos Airport (LGAV) at 15:45 UTC (Zulu) on Saturday 28th of September 2002. The whole procedure will start at 16:00 UTC (Zulu) and on connect with IVAO be sure that you have your Squawk on stand by. We will meet in ASe’s company frequency which is rw.kapatel.gr/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 LGAV’s, or LIPZ’s Apron.

        Connecting to IVAO 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 Flies to Venezia

    FLIGHT PLAN

    A/C : 737-700

    FLIGHT LEVEL 380 - CRUISE SPEED : M 0.78 - FLIGHT’S DURATION : ~2hrs 

    Location

    Id

    Type

    Freq

    Course

    Distance

    Airway

    Country

    Athens Eleftherios Venizelos Airport

    LGAV

    AIRPORT

    		        

    Hellas

    PIKAD XX

    SID

    		    

    303

    13.5

    UR193

    IXONI

    IXONI

    ISEC

    303

    26.7

     

    ELVAS

    ELVAS

    ISEC

     

    302

    22.3

     

    GARTA

    GARTA

    ISEC

    		  

    302

    49.3

     

    PARNA

    PARNA

    ISEC

     

    303

    30.1

    		  

    KRK

    KRK

    VOR/DME

    114:70

    300

    19.9

    UA14

    TIGRA

    TIGRA

    ISEC

    		  

    305

    61.6

    		  

    Exit/Entry
    ORSOM OERSOM ISEC   305 31,4   Italy

    BRINDISI

    BRD

    VORTAC

    		 113.20

    305

    56.4

    B23

    DOLON

    DOLON

    ISEC

     

    311

    25.0

    		  

    PIKEL

    PIKEL

    ISEC

    		  

    311

    26.6

    		  

    UVOKA

    UVOKA

    ISEC

    		  

    310

    17.7

    		  

    VIE

    VIESTE

    VOR/DME

    		 112,60

    310

    48.5

    POLYP

    POLYP

    ISEC

     

    311

    50.7

    		  

    ARPIK

    ARPIK

    ISEC

     

    311

    24.2

     

    NUTRO

    NUTRO

    ISEC

     

    311

    37.6

    		  
    ANC ANCONA

    VOR/DME

    		 110.65 311 39.0  

    LANLI

    LANLI

    ISEC

    		  

    330

    25.6

    		  
    AMLON AMLON ISEC   330 26.3  
    CHI CHIOGGIA

    VOR/DME

    		 114.10 330 50.7  
    VEN VENICE NDB 379.0 43    

    VENEZIA TESSERA AIRPORT

    		 LIPZ AIRPORT        

    Total Distance is some 726,4 nm.

          7. IFR details-Info

Transition Altitude for Athens Eleftherios Venizelos is 9000 ft

Transition Altitude for Venezia Tessera is 6000 ft.

Transition Altitude for Milan Malpensa is 6000 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.

        You can find downloadable IFR charts at these URLs:

 http://www.ivao.org/gr

http://www.avsim.com/greece/hvacc

www.venicevirtual.tk 

     

         8. Flight Duration

          Duration of the Flight will be approx. 2.0 hours from engine start up to engine shut down, not counting the delays that may happen due to increased traffic on ground in Athens.

        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 Italian 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  or faster aircraft then you should select a different 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 Milan Malpensa LIMC around 145 nm west  of Venezia.

       11. Fuel on board

        For Boeing 737-700 users such as Aegean Seagull’s “Island of Skiros” 25.000 lbs of fuel should be enough to cover the whole flight plus 45 mins of holding plus diversion to the alternative airport of Milan Malpensa (LIMC) plus medium delay on Athens 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…

      

         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 IVAO 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 introduced 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 another strong tradition for our Virtual Airline.

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

        A last note : CHECK THE STATUS OF YOUR IVAO MEMBERSHIP. BE SURE IT IS ACTIVE.

               

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