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Every Tuesday is \"VFR Tuesday\": a weekly on-line day.

What\'s that?
Tuesday evenings, between 2000 and 2200 local time (1800 to 2000 UTC April-October, 1900 to 2100 UTC November-March), German VATSIM controllers open up some of the smaller airfields for VFR traffic. Like a traveling show, VFR Tuesday visits a different area in Germany each week.

Can I come, too?
VFR traffic in Germany may be done both in English or German. Thus, VFR Tuesday is, of course, open to any pilot on the VATSIM network. Just pick your favorite aircraft---it does not have to be the Cessna 172, but that will certainly do. Remember that the airfields are small and 5,700 kg maximum take-off weight is usually the limit in reality. In many cases, a few larger airports are also open in the particular area.

So, what\'s new?
Well, we have got a bit tired of the same old sights . Therefore, beginning March 31, 2009, VFR Tuesday will be on tour, coming to new regions, covering virtually all parts of Germany. The number of areas grows to fourteen, associated with a fixed schedule (see below).
What\'s more, in cooperation with the respective VACCs, you will have the opportunity to extend your flight to airfields in neighboring countries.
And finally, those pilots who like to do long-distance VFR flights will have the chance to fly from one area to the next: between 1930 and 2030 local time, an airfield belonging to the area of the previous week will be open.

OK, I\'d like to come. Where do I get the details?

• The complete schedule for 2009 is given below. The numbers refer to the map that should give you a rough idea of the areas visited.
• Freeware sceneries are available for most of the airfields, at least for FS2004. The attached PDF lists the airfields in each region and links to scenery files.
• Which airfields will be open on a given Tuesday depends, of course, on controller availability. Staffing is coordinated and announced in this board, check for the thread with the respective date in the title.
• Charts for some of the airfields may be found here http://www.vacc-sag.org/?PAGE=airport_overview. See http://vfr-bulletin.de/web20/index.htm for the ICAO chart which can be selected on the drop-down on the right.

Well, see you next Tuesday then!



VFR Tuesday Tour Schedule

31.03. (1) Ostfriesland / Niederlande
07.04. (2) Schleswig-Holstein / Dänemark
14.04. (3) Rügen / Usedom
21.04. (4) Rund um Berlin
28.04. (5) Rund um Dresden
05.05. (6) Franken / Rund um Nürnberg
12.05. (7) Rund um München / Österreich
19.05. (8) Bodensee / Zürich
26.05. (9) Rund um Stuttgart
02.06. (10) Saarland
09.06. (11) Rund um Frankfurt
16.06. (12) Rund um Köln
23.06. (13) Ostwestfalen
30.06. (14) Nördliches Ruhrgebiet
07.07. (1) Ostfriesland / Niederlande
14.07. (2) Schleswig-Holstein / Dänemark
21.07. (3) Rügen / Usedom
28.07. (4) Rund um Berlin
04.08. (5) Rund um Dresden
11.08. (6) Franken / Rund um Nürnberg
18.08. (7) Rund um München / Österreich
25.08. (8) Bodensee / Zürich
01.09. (9) Rund um Stuttgart
08.09. (10) Saarland
15.09. (11) Rund um Frankfurt
22.09. (12) Rund um Köln
29.09. (13) Ostwestfalen
06.10. (14) Nördliches Ruhrgebiet
13.10. (1) Ostfriesland / Niederlande
20.10. (2) Schleswig-Holstein / Dänemark
27.10. (3) Rügen / Usedom
03.11. (4) Rund um Berlin
10.11. (5) Rund um Dresden
17.11. (6) Franken / Rund um Nürnberg
24.11. (7) Rund um München / Österreich
01.12. (8) Bodensee / Zürich
08.12. (9) Rund um Stuttgart
15.12. (10) Saarland
22.12. (11) Rund um Frankfurt
29.12. (12) Rund um Köln

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VACC-SAG zve i přes včerejší předvedení piloty z LKAA a speciálně upozorňuje, že není nutno čekat na úterý 28.4. (LEG 5) kdy se bude létat částečně i po ČR (připravuje se plná koordinace s VACC-CZ!), ale je možné se zúčastnit okamžitě již toto úterý.

Link na originál v SAG fóru.:
http://board.vacc-sag.org/60/36629/

A link na LEG 2 (7.4.09)
http://board.vacc-sag.org/60/36707/

Scenérky obecně NEJSOU FSX kompatibilní. Pro FSX je možné v omezené míře použít GAP (vyšlo hodně sportovních letišt) nebo zůstat u defaultu. Většina Německa je pokryta TileProxy / yahoo nebo MS Virtual Earth v dobré kvalitě. Alternativou jsou tuším VFR Germany vycházející nepravidelně a relativně drahé.

Starší ICAOvky Německa je možné výhodně koupit ve výprodeji za cca 150 kus v Pilot Shopu na LKPR. Německo je ale rozrháno na několik hodně map, takže pozor při výběru.