Team AVSIM Practice Thread #2

[MM 424]

Today we shall start a practice run for Team AVSIM to prepare for the Round the World Race. The actual race begins on February 20th. So this is a good time for old veterans to renew their skills and for new teammates to get the procedures down before the actual race begins.One of the keys to our winning the last two years has been our organization. We want to keep the baton in the air. That means that we try to have someone at the destination airport waiting, with engines warmed up and flight plan filed, ready for the arriving teammate. When the landing pilot announces on the forum "The baton is free at ICAO" (ICAO being the ICAO of the landing airport), the waiting teammate immediately announces "I have the baton" and takes off. (Best if each Race Leg begins in a new "subthread")The sequence looks like: ----The "I have the baton" poster grabs the baton and takes off. He then, or in a forum edit a couple of minutes later, gives the destination airport (ICAO) and ETA in Zulu time. For fun, the pilot might also give his aircraft. Under that thread, the pilot posts updates to the flightplan. Changes in ETA or destination. The pilot lands and prepares and posts his screenshot. The pilot, while posting the confirmation shot, declared "The baton is free at ICAO" -------The ETA should be in Zulu time (say 1425z). (Zulu is UTC or what we used to call GMT. For current Zulu time, go to http://www.time.gov/timezone.cgi?UTC/s/0/java ) Posting the destination airport and the ETA allows the next pilot to begin his preparations

[MM 424]

Just posting for Jeroen--he's now approaching MGGT

[Guest]

Landed, Baton is clear.http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/104717.jpg

[MM 424]

The Baton is Free.Who is next? MNMG looks pretty this time of year...

[DarkCharizma 10]

I would have done it if I had time right now, but it's pretty late now here in Sweden, and I have some homework to do for tomorrow...How long will you fly this practice, will you go all the way around the world? If so, then maybe I can fly a leg tomotrrow, when I have more time...

[MM 424]

Hope you can join us. We'll fly the practice until people get tired of it. And then step it up a notch to start working on speed.M.

[MM 424]

MGGT-MNMGETA 2300zOn Bush Net at the moment...

[barryward12345 0]

Hi MMCould you kindly contact me by email wardb3@tpg.com.au after you land.I have a big problem trying to connect to Bushnet - sometimes I can but mostly I can't. Right now, you are connected and I can't connect -- but I could connect before you connected :(Would like to talk to you about your settings.Thanks Barry

[MM 424]

Free baton.Managua needs to work on pollution...http://forums.avsim.net/user_files/104720.jpg

[jt_williams 291]

I'm off for Panama City

[MM 424]

Good to hear, Jeff.Don't stop by Catacamas...M.

[jt_williams 291]

Flight Update:MPTO ETA: 02:25 Zulu Aircraft: Piaggio AvantiFL310TAS 417GSPD 449 Online on Bushnet

[MM 424]

Who is next? Anyone interested?

[jt_williams 291]

#$@$@#$^@#@# autopilot. Failed Leg. Someone else will need to pickup the baton at MNMG.

[MM 424]

Flying along with Jeff to Panama City again.MNMG-MPTO