Cross the Ditch 11 - Winter 2015

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Cross the Ditch 11 - Winter 2015

Postby Mikaere Flavell » Wed May 13, 2015 6:43 am

Cross the Ditch 11 - Winter 2015
Sun 14 Jun 2015 06:00 NZST to Mon 15 Jun 2015 02:00 NZST
Sun 14 Jun 2015 04:00 AEST to Mon 15 Jun 2015 00:00 AEST
Sat 13 Jun 2015 18:00 UTC to Sun 14 Jun 2015 14:00 UTC

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Cross the Ditch 11: Winter 2015

As winter descends upon the Southern Hemisphere, it's time once again to Cross the Ditch!

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Check out the official Cross the Ditch website
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Book your flight now!
Check out the Virtual Airline Leaderboard
Grab the recommended add-on scenery for each of the event airports


What's it all about?
For twenty hours this June, the skies over the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand will be filled with aircraft all on a mission to Cross the Ditch.
An example of that typical down-under understatement, this "ditch" is over 1100nm wide. The flight routes all range from two to three and a half hours flight time.
Throughout the event, the Oceania region's two divisions - VATNZ and VATPAC - will be providing full ATC coverage, in the Southern Hemisphere's premiere oceanic event.
This is a great opportunity to experience Oceanic flying without the need to commit to an eight-hour flight!
If you're new to Oceanic Flying,VATNZ'S reporting tool makes taking part a breeze.


Event Times
This twenty hour event is timed to allow pilots from all over the world join the fun:

UTC: Saturday 13th June 2015 18:00 - Sunday 14th June 2015 14:00
AEST: Sunday 14th June 2015 04:00 - Monday 15th June 2015 00:00
NZST: Sunday 14th June 2015 06:00 - Monday 15th June 2015 02:00


Routes
This season's event is following a three-airport structure, with an airport in Australia, one in New Zealand, and one in the Pacific Islands - in this case, Port Vila in Vanuatu.
Each flight should take roughly two to three and a half hours to complete, allowing pilots time to easily complete multiple sectors.
NOTE: despite the early start time, Sydney will be available for arrivals and departures from 20:00 UTC/06:00 AEST. Port Vila and Auckland will be available from the start of the event.
Similarly, at the end of the event, Port Vila and Auckland will remain open for arrivals and departures until 12:00 UTC/00:00 NZST. Sydney will be available until the end of the event.
The Arrival and Departure Slots available on the Flight Booking page will ensure that there is ATC coverage throughout your flight.


The Routes for Cross the Ditch 11 - Winter 2015 are:

Port Vila (NVVV) to Christchurch (NZCH)
Christchurch (NZCH) to Sydney (YSSY)
Sydney (YSSY) to Christchurch (NZCH)
Christchurch (NZCH) to Port Vila (NVVV)


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Calling all Pilots and Controllers


Flight plans are available from the Flight Plans section.

Book your flights now from the Flight Bookings page. Bookings made on this site help us plan for the event, and will also show up in vroute.

Controllers wanting to get in on the action can also apply now at the ATC Applications page.




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Mikaere (Mike) Flavell- Events Manager

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