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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Dragon_Mech wrote:the landing contest sounds fun. i've been doing some landings that the FAA would not approve of at all .
On here it's the YSFFAA. Just look at all the confusion you caused...
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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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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
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
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
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