Honolulu is going to be holding the Friday Night Ops event THIS FRIDAY the 11th, which will run from 0100 to 0400Z. Instead of focusing on just one or two major airports, we are going to be lighting up the entire island chain with staffing for all fields.. even the little VFR pineapple strips. While itr17;s not firm yet, we are looking for support from the Oakland center with Oakland Radio (Pacific Oceanic) coverage from the west coast to give pilots non-stop ATC from the west coast to the islands, and back.
Hawaii is getting even better thanks to growing improvements in our ARTCC controller team, including a number of recent VATSIM Iron Micr awards (rewarded for controller up-timer worldwide). We're growing and rebuilding our team so we can support you better. This event will be an excellent opportunity for seasoned and fresh pilots alike to get a taste for that blend between medium and long-haul flying, including radar-less oceanic flying. It's quite fun!
In addition to the basics of the event, I've also provided a few helpful tools and suggested scenery packs to increase enjoyment for participants. If you have any questions, please don't hesitate to shoot me a reply and ask.
Routes:
There lots of great places to pick up routes flown to and from the islands, such as:
www.Simroutes.com
http://flightaware.com/statistics/ifr-route/
http://www.vroute.net/
Scenery:
To make the event more engaging, the HCF ARTCC is recommending a number of freeware and payware scenery packs which are available to enhance the Hawaiian experience.
PAYWARE:
Honolulu FS DreamTeam, FS9/FSX - 22.90 EUR
http://www.fsdreamteam.com/products_phnl.html (screenshots at the bottom of the page)
Hilo/Lihue FS DreamTeam, FS9/FSX - 22.90 EUR (both Hilo and Lihue are currently sold together)
http://www.fsdreamteam.com/products_hawaii1.html (screenshots at the bottom of the page)
In my personal opinion, these scenery packs are an absolute MUST for flying to either of these three airports. The scenery is available for FS9 or FSX, is extremely detailed, yet has a very low framerate impact. FSDT is looking to extend development to a few other airports in the Hawaiian airspace.
FREEWARE (FS9):
Honolulu FlightSim: phnl2007.zip (newer)
Honolulu AVSIM: honov5.zip (older)
Lihue AVSIM: lihue2.zip
Hilo AVSIM: hilov3.zip
Kahului (Maui) AVSIM: kahu2.zip
Kona AVSIM: konav3.zip
Dillingham FlightSim: phdh_v1.zip
Kaneohe Bay Marine Airfield FlightSim: phng2007.zip
Honolulu Eastr FlightSim: phnlea07.zip (works in conjunction with FlightSim: phnl2007.zip)
Kalaeloa FlightSim: phjr07hr.zip
Puunene Maui International FlightSim: phpn_v1f.zip
Barking Sands PRMF FlightSim: dbwbks05.zip
Hana FlightSim: phhn.zip and fix FlightSim: phhn_fix.zip
Pearl Harbor and Ford Island FlightSim: dbwprl04.zip
Lanai FlightSim: lanfs9.zip
FREEWARE (FSX):
Honolulu: LlightSim: fsxphnla.zip
Honolulu Yacht Club FlightSim: honoycht.zip
Molokai AVSIM: phmk_scenery.zip
Hana FlightSim: phhn_sce.zip
Tern Island FlightSim: tern_isl.zip
Ford Island NAS FlightSim: fordnavybase_jd.zip
Kauai AVSIM: hawaii-kauai-rs-01.zip (Part 1 of 5 see embedded links to 2, 3, 4 and 5 of 5 on the AVSIM search)
Kahului FlightSim: phog_ade_rs_fsx.zip
Lihue FlightSim: phli_ade_rs_fsx.zip
Wheeler Army Airfield FlightSim: wheeleraaf.zip
Barking Sands PMRF FlightSim: pak_phbk.zip
Kaui FlightSim: hi03.zip
Aloha,
Mark R. McCoy
Events Coordinator - 823112 - S3
Honolulu ARTCC (HCF) - http://www.hcfartcc.org
VATUSA Division - http://www.vatusa.org