VFR Club
| Briefing | June 2009 |
| Introduction | Packyourthermals, we're off to Norway! This special event covers the wholemonth of June, and takes us for a tour of the spectacular Norwegian fjords | |
| Start Time and Place | Startfrom theGA apron at Bodø , ENEV, any time during June. | |
| Departure and Duration | Wewill departand fly individually or in small groups. The total distance isapproximately 550 nm. Cruising at 100 knots, the flight willtake about 5 hours 40 mins. This is split across 10 legs. All legs must be completed in order, and within the month of June. A separate PIREP should be filed for each leg. | |
| Weather ...or not | Beforestartingwe
will check the weather en route. If it is unsuitable for our trip
asplanned, then we will fix it. Something we can do in the simulator -
wouldn't it be nice if we could do it in real life! FSInn has a "CAVOK" button. Click this and you get calm clear weather. Those using Squawkbox will need to turn off the on-line weatherupdates, and select calm in the FS weather options. |
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| Maps and Charts | Airportchartsand approach plates for all the airports in this event can be downloaded from the
Norwegian AIP. Flight plan images produced by Plan-G. Click on the thumbnail to see the full size image. |
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| Flight Plans | Flight
plans areprovided for each leg in both FSX and FS9 format. Right-click
on thelinks and select Save link As (Firefox) or Save Target As
(Internet Explorer). Save the file to My Documents\Flight Simulator X Files
(FSX) or
My Documents\Flight Simulator Files
(FS9). You can then open them on the normal way with the FS Flight Planner. Note :IE8 (and possibly earlier versions) will attempt to save FSX flightplans with a ".xml" extension. You will have to manually change this back to ".pln" in the Save As dialog box. |
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| Overview | The trip startsin Bodø, where we left off in December, and continues to thevery Northern tip of Norway, visiting the world's Northernmost city,and finishing at Lakslev. |
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| Leg 1 |
Bodø ENBO to Harstad/Narvik (Evenes) ENEV
91nm Route : ENBO - VAGOY - SKARSTAD - VARGFJORD - ENEV Navaids : BDO 117.55 MHz (VOR/DME) EVD 117.35 MHz (VOR/DME) Flight Plan : FSX FS9 |
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| Leg 2 |
Harstad/Narvik (Evenes) ENEV
to Stokmarknes/Skagen ENSK
37nm / 44nm Choice of routes depending on Northerly or Southerly departure. Route 1 (North) : ENEV - FS - KG - ENSK Route 2 (South) : ENEV - EVD - SKARSTAD - HANOYVIKA - ENSK Navaids : EVD 117.35 MHz (VOR/DME) ODD 365 KHz (NDB) FS 396 KHz (NDB) KG 404 KHz (NDB) SKG 112.8 MHz (VOR/DME) Flight Plan : FSX1 FSX2 FS9 1 FS9 2 |
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| Leg 3 |
Stokmarknes/Skagen ENSK
to Andnes/And
ø
ya ENAN
53nm Route : ENSK - KG - SKOLDHAMN - ASE - DVERBERG - ENAN Navaids : SKG 112.8 MHz (VOR/DME) AND 112.2 MHz (VOR/DME) Flight Plan : FSX FS9 |
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Leg 4 |
Andnes/And
ø
ya ENAN
to Troms
ø/Langnes
ENTC
66nm Route : ENAN - ANSNES - RYA - HAKOYA - ENTC Navaids : AND 112.2 MHz (VOR/DME) ANY 343 KHz (NDB) TRO 113.8 MHz (VOR/DME) TRO 393 KHz (NDB) Flight Plan : FSX FS9 |
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Leg 5 |
Troms
ø/Langnes
ENTC
to Sorkj
ø
sen ENSR
46nm Route : ENTC - TO5NES - NIPOYA - STORTIND - ENSR Navaids : TRO 113.8 MHz (VOR/DME) TRO 393 KHz (NDB) HTK 378 KHz (NDB) SR 109.3 MHz (LOC/DME) Flight Plan : FSX FS9 Note: |
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Leg 6 |
Sorkj
ø
sen ENSR
to Hasvik ENHK
49nm Route : ENSR - HTK - ENHK Navaids : HTK 378 KHz (NDB) HK 386 KHz (NDB) VK 111.5 MHz (LOC/DME) Flight Plan : FSX FS9 |
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Leg 7 |
Hasvik ENHK
to Alta ENAT
40nm Route : ENHK - TOFTEN - ALTENES - ENAT Navaids : HK 386 KHz (NDB) TV 330 KHz (NDB) ATA 358 KHz (NDB) ATA 117.4MHz (VOR/NDB) Flight Plan : FSX FS9 |
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| Leg 8 |
Alta ENAT
to Hammerfest ENHF
45nm Route : ENAT - ALTENES - ENHF Navaids : TV 330 KHz (NDB) ATA 358 KHz (NDB) ATA 117.4MHz (VOR/NDB) HMF 112.4 MHz (VOR/DME) FOR 318 KHz (NDB) HA 111.35 MHz (LOC/DME 05) HF 110.7 MHz (LOC/DME 23) Flight Plan : FSX FS9 |
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| Leg 9 |
Hammerfest ENHF
to Honningsv
å
g/Valan ENHV
50nm Route : ENHF - HMF - ENHV Navaids : HMF 112.4 MHz (VOR/DME) FOR 318 KHz (NDB) HLN 308 KHz (NDB) HV 108.1 MHz (LOC/DME 26) Flight Plan : FSX FS9 |
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| Leg 10 |
Honningsv
å
g/Valan ENHV
to Lakslev/Banak ENNA
61nm Route : ENHV - BNA ENNA Navaids : HLN 308 KHz (NDB) BNA 114.4 MHz (VOR/DME) BNK 345 KHz (NDB) BNK 10.3 MHz (VOR/DME) BK 109.35 MHz (LOC/DME 17) Flight Plan : FSX FS9 |
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NDB and VOR Tracking |
The
Instrument Flightdocument
in the Training section of the club web site contains asection on NDBs
and how to use them. If you are unsure how to track NDBs, download and
have a look at this. The document covers the use of VORs for direction and distance measurements as well. |
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Radio Discipline |
Take
care notto let our Teamspeak chat cut across ATC. Stop any
conversationimmediately the R/T comes alive, then continue if "he
wasn't talking tous". This is difficult because when transmitting on
Teamspeak you can'thear the R/T. So be brief on Teamspeak, and be aware
that ATC might betrying to get through. If anyone hears an R/T message
which seems to bebeing ignored, just say "ATC is calling G-CIXN" if you
have identifiedthe callsign, or "ATC is calling us" which is a cue for
everyone to bequiet on Teamspeak until ATC call again (which they
will). Remember toothat if asked to "Stand By" by ATC, you do not reply
- not even "Roger", but simply wait until you are called again. Remember also that there are several different ATC frequencies in use,and you may not be able to hear when communications are taking place. Make sure you have set and know how to use a Teamspeak mute switch. |
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