YSFHQ Civilian Event - Poll

What event would you like to see take place?

Poll ended at Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:11 pm

A landing contest
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43%
An ATC session
3
13%
A fly in
3
13%
A mass flight/tour
7
30%
 
Total votes: 23

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Post by jetskit »

As part of the project to revitalise the civilian side of HQ Varren and myself are planning some events to try and show what the community is all about. this poll is to ask you, the people of HQ what you would like to see!

The options are -
  • A landing contest - This will take place in airports that are notorious for their tricky approaches!) There will also be a real life prize for whoever comes in first place.

    An ATC session - These are not new to the civilian side, but are a great way to get the civilian side together and display what they are about.)

    A fly in! - A large group of flights fly into an airport.

    A mass flight/tour - A group of aircraft embark on a tour of the map, visiting each of the airports located on the map
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Post by Gunny »

I think all of the above are great ideas.But if I have to narrow it down I think the landing skills contest is the best idea. ;)
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Post by Neocon »

My opinion is the same as Gunny's. I like all of them, but a landing contest is a new idea so it got my vote.
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We'll probably end up doing them all, this'll just determine the order.
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+1 Landing Contest.
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the landing contest sounds fun. i've been doing some landings that the FAA would not approve of at all :D .
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Dragon_Mech wrote:the landing contest sounds fun. i've been doing some landings that the FAA would not approve of at all :D .
the "FAA"??
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The Federal Aviation Administration. it is THE governing body for American airspace

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Dragon_Mech wrote:The Federal Aviation Administration. it is THE governing body for American airspace

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ah ok! cuz the "FAA" in argentina is known as the airforce (fuerza aerea argentina)
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Dragon_Mech wrote:the landing contest sounds fun. i've been doing some landings that the FAA would not approve of at all :D .
On here it's the YSFFAA. Just look at all the confusion you caused... :mrgreen:
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*YSFAA* run by Varren and myself (that does absolutely nothing btw)

It's been a running joke since last year
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VNAF ONE wrote:[post]88976[/post] *YSFAA* run by Varren and myself (that does absolutely nothing btw)

It's been a running joke since last year

You don't want to be caught breaking their rules though, they give out some hefty fines lol :lol:
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Post by VNAF ONE »

It seems that the landing contest idea is very popular, yet I've never experienced one in YS so I'd like to see how that goes. I think of Fly-ins and ATC events as about the same thing though, not really separate things.

I'm eager to see how the AirFest Arrival Day (Rehearsal Day) goes as it's definitely the first of its kind in YS :)
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Post by Turbofan »

^We actually had a spontaneous landing contest last year when Scarecrow and Venom were around. That was lots of fun.

A fly-in to an airport would be great as well, although the airport will need to have more than just the one or two runways YS maps tend to have.

Like Cashville Metropolitan International Airport, for example *cough* cough*
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Just a personal thought but an ATC session in conjunction with the landing skills contest would be fantastic since ATC and landing skills are pretty much inseparable in my humble opinion ;)
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i think the landing contest should be about the most creative ways to land an aircraft, and not about your ILS skills.
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How about a 15mph crosswind landing event?
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Post by Gunny »

The most creative way to land an airplane is not to crash it.And it does take skill to precisely land an airplane taking direction from a controller.The free landings are easy and no ILS need be used it should be all visual unless a night landing contest is gona happen.Hum not a bad idea at that ;)
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The landing contest would go in stages, so it would start of with fairly calm conditions, we would maybe use 2 maps known for the airports
And through the use of OpenYS we would make visibility lower and winds stronger, glad to see you guys are interested!
Dragon_Mech wrote:i think the landing contest should be about the most creative ways to land an aircraft, and not about your ILS skills.
Who needs ILS when you can go manual 8-) ;)
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Post by Lor599 »

Better start doing some of the built-in landing practice :lol:
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