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ANZAC Day (25 April) is observed in New Zealand as a day of commemoration for those who died in the service of their country and to honour returned servicemen and women.
25 April is the anniversary of the landing of the Australian and New Zealand Army Corps at Gallipoli in 1915. On the first anniversary of that landing services were held throughout the country in remembrance of the 2,721 New Zealand soldiers who died during the eight-month Gallipoli Campaign. Since 1916 ANZAC Day has evolved to the observance we know today.
Tonight we remember those who have given their lives in service to the country by flying any era of military aircraft into the three major RNZAF Bases in New Zealand, RNZAF Whenuapai (NZWP), RNZAF Ohakea (NZOH) and RNZAF Woodbourne (NZWB) and also into the Air Movements base at Wellington Airport.
You can choose to fly one of the currently military aircraft:
- Boeing 757 - ATS ID BOExxxx - Voice "Boeing"
- Beech B200 King Air - ATS ID KNGxxxx - Voice "King Air"
- Hercules C130 - ATS ID HERxxxx - Voice "Herc"
- Lockheed P3 Orion - ATS ID ORIxxxx - Voice "Orion"
- Iroquois UH1H - ATS IROxxxx - Voice "Iroquois"
- Kaman SH-2G Seapsrite - ATS SEAxxxx - Voice "Seasprite"
You could even get out your favourite former RNZAF aircraft, A4 Skyhawk, MB339 Macchi, or something even older and bolder!
Come and experience flying into some airfields that you mightn't be used to flying in and out of.
Arrival Time: Sunday 26 April 2009 19:00 - 22:00 NZST (07:00 -10:00 UTC)
Flight Time: 15 mins - 1.5 hrs (Depending on Aircraft type)
Flight Plan Routes:
Whenuapai to Ohaeka:
WP H182 AA H211 HN H325 TM H182 OH
Whenuapai to Woodbourne:
WP H182 AA H384 TR H472 WB
Whenuapai to Wellington:
WP H182 AA H384 NP Y738 WN
Ohakea to Woodbourne:
OH H169 TR H472 WB (8,000 feet and below)
Ohakea to Whenuapai:
OH H182 WP
Woodbourne to Ohakea:
WB H472 TR H169 OH (7,000 feet and below)
Woodbourne to Whenuapai:
WB H472 RUSIL H277 AA H182 WP
Wellington to Ohakea:
WN H364 PP H467 FOXTN H313 OH (at 11,000ft only)
Pilots, book your planned flight schedule in vRoute to let everyone know how busy the skies over New Zealand will be.
Potential ATC Positions:
Towers:
- NZWP_TWR - Whenuapai Tower
- NZOH_TWR - Ohakea Tower
- NZWB_TWR - Woodbourne Tower
TMA Control
- NZAA_APP - Auckland Terminal Control (controls departures and arrivals into Whenuapai)
- NZWN_APP - Wellington Terminal Control (controls departures and arrivals into Wellington and Woodbourne)
En-Route Control
- NZCH-A_CTR - Christchurch Control
- NZOH_CTR - Ohakea Control
- NZCH-W_CTR - Christchurch Control
NOTE: Military Aircraft should be assigned Squawk Codes in the 6000-6777 range.
Charts/Airspace Info: Available from the VATNZ Airspace Reference site.
) However I plan to be there regardless!! And its great to see Adrian Brausch's Hercules and Orion models are still in widespread use despite being 8 years old! Its a real shame the new CT4 model is FSX only!
