Openskies 2011 -

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We look forward to welcoming you to what should be a truly spectacular event, what is set tobe one of VATSIM's biggest event ever!After the success of last year’s event, one of the world's busiest airspaces will come alive again forwhat is set to be one VATSIM's biggest events ever. Openskies 2011 aims to bring you a better,busier and more enjoyable event than has ever been witnessed on VATSIM before.Six of our premier airports; Bristol, Gatwick, Glasgow, Heathrow, Manchester and Stansted havebeen selected, and will be fully staffed to provide you with a huge range and variety of over1100 bookable flights in the space of five hours. There are over 40 airports in the UK alone andOpenskies allows you to experience some of these airports fully staffed and full to capacityresulting in you - the pilot; experiencing what it actually feels like to fly real-world in the UnitedKingdom, showcasing our airports at breaking-point capacity, heavily crowded airspaces andaircraft that are separated by just only 1000ft vertically and 3 miles laterally.The bookable flights offer an exceptional range of possibilities; from flying some of the biggestairliners in the world, to the occasional private jets and general aviation. These flights alsoinclude just over 180 transatlantic flights which is the same amount as our real worldcounterpart’s experience during the duration of the event. Openskies is truly an event like noother.To help with the smooth running of the event, we are grateful to the following VATSIM divisionsfor their support. Belux vACC, Dutch vACC, VATSIM France, VATEIR, Eurocenter vACC & VATSIMCanada.The sky really is the limit!!Click here for more information and flight bookings.You can view our event plan herePlease note unfortunately due to forecasted high demand some airports may become fully booked beforethe event. It's strongly recommended that you book as soon as possible to avoiddisappointment, we also send out reminders closer to the event of your booking.