Rekindles: Sun, Sea and Sand!
Posted Thursday, October 30, 2008 14:12 EST



VATCAR Piarco FIR presents Piarco Rekindles: Sun, Sea and Sand!

Come down to the Caribbean and experience a challenging but fun area to fly. This event is Piarco's first event and we are coming out with a bang!! The event will feature three of the airports in the Piarco FIR for this event: Grantley Adams International(TBPB), Piarco International(TTPP) and VC Bird International(TAPA).

All the stocks are being pulled out and the airports will be fully staffed. Pilots are welcomed to fly into and out of these airports. Whether you want precision approaches, non-precision approaches, short fields, terrain challenges we have it all.

There will be several different legs with preferred routings available for pilots to choose from within and to Piarco.
Come out and experience the Sun, Sea and sand.

Date: 22nd-November-2008
Time: 1400Z - 2000Z


For more information http://boredomcode.net/piarco/.

Indy Event
Posted Wednesday, October 29, 2008 18:28 EST


Here comes one of the biggest events of the fall season. Indianapolis International Airport (KIND) and ZID ARTCC is celebrating the Grand Opening of its New Terminal Building. Come share the fun and excitement with many pilots who will participate in this event. We also welcome the Saturday Scramble during this time as well. We will be fully staffed and ready to provide all of you with the highest quality ATC seen anywhere on Vatsim. We hope to see you all in Indy!!

Scenery is available at avsim under kind08

For more information http://www.vzidartcc.org/.

Squawkbox 4 Open Beta Now Available
Posted Sunday, August 24, 2008 22:22 EST

Brian Gefrich and Joel DeYoung are pleased to announced that after a long wait, a public beta of SquawkBox 4 is now available to try on the VATSIM network. This version of SquawkBox works with Flight Simulator 2002, 2004 and FSX. It has been tested on Windows XP and Vista. Download this latest beta version and help find and resolve the last outstanding bugs.

The main Squawkbox site can be found here:

http://www.squawkbox.ca/

Please use the Squawkbox forums to report or discuss any issues:

http://www.squawkbox.ca/forum

The following issues are already known to occur:

- Transponder module may toggle to "ACTIVE" when connecting to a server, regardless of current setting. You may still set the transponder to STANDBY mode after the connection is made.
- Switching your sound device in the settings while receiving a voice transmission can cause crashes.

Download the SB4 open beta via one of the links found here:

http://squawkbox.ca/downloads

Taking R&D from Virtual to Reality
Posted Friday, August 22, 2008 6:37 EST

Can a fun, virtual air traffic simulation game translate into “tried and true” research and development? CAASD is exploring the possibilities through a partnership with the Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network (VATSIM), a global aviation community on the Internet avid about flight simulation. VATSIM is comprised of over 100,000 registered users consisting of pilots, air traffic controllers, and new users interested in learning about online flight simulation and air traffic control. The network offers CAASD an opportunity for concept exploration and validation within the research and development (R&D) community that has yet to be explored. Says Principal Software Systems Engineer Frank Sogandares, “We hope to conduct virtual future National Airspace System (NAS)-level and global simulations with the group. These simulations can offer better insights into how aviation systems behave as operational changes are introduced.”

To read the complete article, please visit :
http://www.mitrecaasd.org/comm/news_details.cfm?item_id=645