VPC Flight Rally #16 - Kuwait! - Sunday the 15th June 2003
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The Staff and Crew of flightadventures.com would like to invite you all to the forthcoming VPC Flight Rally #16. This flight will take place on Sunday 15th June 2003 arriving at the destination airport for 20:00 ZULU/UTC and then into the Pilot Lounge for the usual chat and a virtual burger and beer afterwards.
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VPC FLIGHTADVENTURES FLIGHT RALLY #16

Kuwait International Airport, Kuwait City, Kuwait

ID Elevation Latitude Longitude Center Freq.

OKBK 206ft N29*14' E47*59' 121.3

Airfield Data: 2 Runways, Fire Category 9
Emergency Services: 24 Hours, Ambulances/5 Water, 9 Foam & Water, 2 Rescue tenders
Navigational Aids: NDB, VOR/DME, Radar (Landing Aids ILS CAT II)
Airfield Restrictions: None
Noise Restrictions: NNC Certified a/c Operations restricted daily between 18:30/05:30 UTC
Aircraft Maintenance: KAC
Runway 1: 3,400m (11,154ft), Direction 33L/15R, PCN 70, ICAO Cat. 4E, Parallel Taxiway, Aircraft size max: All types, Lighting: HIRL, HIAL, PAPI, RCLL
Runway 2: 3,500m (11,482ft), Direction 33L/15R, PCN 63, ICAO Cat. 4E, Parallel Taxiway, Aircraft size max: All Types, Lighting: HIRL, HIAL, PAPI, RCLL
Time Zone: GMT+3

For more info, please visit http://www.kuwait-airport.com.kw/kiasite/kia/airport.htm

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Kuwait International Airport (KIA) is one of the world's most modern air transportation gateways utilising a host of state-of-the-art facilities and equipment to handle five million passengers yearly. Its spacious terminal building offers passengers the high levels of comfort, efficiency and convenience that you would expect from Kuwait's premier international airport. The airport's cargo terminal, capable of simultaneously accommodating up to seven freighters, is one of the best equipped in the Gulf region. The newly refurbished ATC tower uses primary and secondary surveillance radars to control the safe flow of traffic at the airport and across Kuwaiti airspace as well as monitoring movements up to 250 nautical miles away.

Kuwait International Airport is 16km (10mi) south of Kuwait City. KIA is served by two Class 1 runways, measuring 11,483 x148 and 11,152 x 148 respectively. Kuwait International Airport is one of the world's most modern air transportation gateways utilising a host of state-of-the-art facilities and equipment. By world standards, Kuwait International Airport is small, with only a dozen or so gates, formed into a T shape, however the number of flights landing there is also small. Its spacious terminal building offers passengers the high levels of comfort, efficiency and convenience that you would expect from Kuwait's premier international airport. The airport's cargo terminal, capable of simultaneously accommodating up to seven freighters, is one of the best equipped in the Gulf region.

Passenger Facilities 2 x Restaurants, 3 x Cafeterias, 2 x Banks, Duty Free Shop, Gift Shop, 2 x Newsagents, Post Office, Nursery, Help Desk, Car Rental, Safir Transit Hotel, Airport Medical Center, 2 x VIP Lounges

Passenger Capacity Passenger Capacity: 5 million per annum , Minimum Connection Time:1 hour (Intl-lntl) , Passenger Terminal:15 stands all types of aircrafts, Cargo Terminal 7 stands all Types of aircrafts, General Aviation 5 stands all types of aircrafts, VIP 15 stands all types of aircrafts.

Cargo Facilities :Bonded Warehouses, Cold Storage, Dangerous Goods Room (for Explosives only), Outsize Cargo Handling, radioactive Material Room, Strong Room for valuables, Health Office, Press Censorship Office, Veterinary Office, Plant Inspection Office, X-Ray Equipment.

Customs Facilities :Live Animals/Perishables/Human Remains etc.: 24 hrs, 7 days a week. General cargo may be cleared 24 hrs if customs formalities are completed in advance. For General Cargo: 07.30-20.00 hrs (Sat-Wed), 07.30-14.00 hrs (Thu.), Closed on Friday and Public Holidays

There are approach plates for KIA on the Crew CD-ROM and DVD. We also have these plates available for download in the Crew Forum.

Please join us on Sunday, 15th June 2003 for the 16th VPC Flight Rally, and make sure to visit the Pilots Lounge after your flight to let us know all about it!

Please read http://www.flightadventures.com/docs/rally.htm and http://www.flightadventures.com/docs/VPCFTI.htm for detailed information on both VPC Flight Rallies and Flight Terminal Information. If you require further assistance or information then please don't hesitate to ask.

**** Remember folks, fly safe and have an enjoyable flight. ****

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James (CONman) Anderson
james@crew.flightadventures.com
http://www.flightadventures.com

Ben

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• RE: VPC Flight Rally #16 - Kuwait! - Sunday the 15th June 2003,Emile, 08:43z, 06-08-03
  • RE: VPC Flight Rally #16 - Kuwait! ...,Ben_Chiu, 22:30z, 06-08-03
    • RE: VPC Flight Rally #16 - Kuwait! ...,Emile, 06:22z, 06-09-03
      • RE: VPC Flight Rally #16 - Kuwait! ...,Ben_Chiu, 18:07z, 06-09-03
        • RE: VPC Flight Rally #16 - Kuwait! ...,Emile, 07:27z, 06-10-03
• RE: VPC Flight Rally #16 - Kuwait! - Sunday the 15th June 2003,Guido_Ostkamp, 20:22z, 06-15-03
  • RE: VPC Flight Rally #16 - Kuwait! - Sunday the 15th June 2003,Emile, 09:05z, 06-16-03
    • RE: VPC Flight Rally #16 - Kuwait! ...,Guido_Ostkamp, 17:08z, 06-16-03
      • RE: VPC Flight Rally #16 - Kuwait! ...,Ben_Chiu, 18:13z, 06-16-03
        • RE: VPC Flight Rally #16 - Kuwait! ...,Guido_Ostkamp, 21:02z, 06-16-03
          • RE: VPC Flight Rally #16 - Kuwait! ...,Ben_Chiu, 18:54z, 06-17-03
    • RE: VPC Flight Rally #16 - Kuwait! ...,Ben_Chiu, 18:13z, 06-16-03
      • RE: VPC Flight Rally #16 - Kuwait! ...,Emile, 03:27z, 06-18-03
        • RE: VPC Flight Rally #16 - Kuwait! ...,Ben_Chiu, 18:05z, 06-18-03
  • RE: VPC Flight Rally #16 - Kuwait! ...,Ben_Chiu, 18:13z, 06-16-03

Hello,
This is my flight plan
From : OMAA Abu Dhabi Intl (Emirates)
To : OKBK Runway 15R
Airbus 320 FL 310 TAS 280
via Way point OBBI Bahrain

Regards
Emile
EBBR Brussels
Belgium

Greetings Emile:

What altitude will you be using?

> This is my flight plan
> From : OMAA Abu Dhabi Intl (Emirates)
> To : OKBK Runway 15R
> Airbus 320 FL 310 TAS 280
> via Way point OBBI Bahrain

OK, it looks like you want BAH VOR. (OBBI is the ILS--note the letter I in the identifier).

Your request for 15R is on file. But just FYI, 15R only has a VOR approach. Most folks flying IFR will probably be utilizing an ILS into 15L, 33L or 33R.

Ben

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Helloo Ben,
I will be at Flight Level (FL) 310 and I do change my Flight Plan to fly via the BAR VOR and landing on Runway 33 Left
Thanks for the input
Regards
Emile
EBBR Brussels
Belgium

Greetings Emile:

I'm sorry. Missed your altitude in your first message.

Airbus Emile, you are cleared to Kuwait International. VFR climb, direct BAH, direct KUA. Climb and maintain 5,000, expect FL310 10 minutes after departure. Departure frequency 119.05, squawk 3120.

Have a good flight!

Ben

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>Airbus Emile, you are cleared to Kuwait International. VFR
>climb, direct BAH, direct KUA. Climb and maintain 5,000,
>expect FL310 10 minutes after departure. Departure
>frequency 119.05, squawk 3120.
>
>Have a good flight!

Ben Control, Copy, Roger, Airbus Emile

Regards
Emile
EBBR Brussels
Belgium

Hi Ben and others,

>This flight will take place on Sunday 15th June 2003
>arriving at the destination airport for 20:00 ZULU/UTC and
>then into the Pilot Lounge for the usual chat and a
>virtual burger and beer afterwards.

what's going on here? It is now around 20:20 Zulu (22:20 my time) and I have been waiting in an empty chatroom for 20 minutes. Nobody out there? Problems with the time zone handling?

Ben, you are listed in the Terminal chatroom (instead of Pilot Lounge) and do not react too. Is this normal?

I have tried to connect to FS multiplayer as well, but found no one in the session. Furthermore I got kicked out after a minute for an unknown reason. This behaviour seems to be reproducible for me.

For the records: I did a flight from Riad, Saudi Arabia, King Khaled Airport to Kuwait in the standard Boeing 737-400. Had lots of trouble with the autopilot because after departure when it got activated it didn't work well and the same happened when landing. Although it was turned off according to the switched, I was unable to reduce power, something always brought the power on again with the effect of me overshooting the runway and landing in the desert. After a restart the second attempt worked out ok.

Regards,

Guido

Hi Guido,
I did fly from OMAA to Kuwait in a Airbus 320 , online VPC Flight 1 during 90 minutes with FSNav multiplayer, Ben did assist me as Flight Controller , I did land around 19:30 GMT and I did fly around (touch & go) Kuwait in a Baron to improve my landing capacities (till 20:30?) still with the assistance of Ben for the beginning.
Yes Ben ! I know turn RIGHT means turn RIGHT !! LOL

In fact the FS chat window is not easy , each time you receive a message you have to roll down to the bottom to read the message , I hope CoF will improve this.
BTW Ben, will VPC support CoF for network flights?
Have a nice day

Regards
Emile
EBBR Brussels
Belgium

Hi Emile,

> In fact the FS chat window is not easy , each time you
> receive a message you have to roll down to the bottom to
> read the message , I hope CoF will improve this.

I am sorry, but I logged into the first and only flight
offered, was connected for a short time, then the host
kicked me out. I have taken a picture to prove this. It was
around 20:16z (22:16 local), a time you were still flying
(as you said). However, in the FS Chat Window there were
only entries for "**ATC Control", "*FSHost2.3" and "Guido"
(myself). No one else, no Ben, no Emile.

My I kindly ask the two of you to join the normal Chat
session the next time as it was announced on the message
board? Otherwise I am going to end up alone - having no fun.

Regards,

Guido

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Greetings Guido:

> I am sorry, but I logged into the first and only flight
> offered, was connected for a short time, then the host
> kicked me out. I have taken a picture to prove this.

Got your email and screen shot. FSHost will boot you out for a number of reasons. The most common are: connection/lag time being too poor, incompabilities in some instances when users are using DX9, duplicate usernames (FSNAV, etc.). You can read up more on FSHost at: http://www.chocolatesoftware.com/fshost/

Ben

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Hi Ben,

>Got your email and screen shot. FSHost will boot you out
>for a number of reasons. The most common are:
>connection/lag time being too poor, incompabilities in
>some instances when users are using DX9, duplicate
>usernames (FSNAV, etc.).

thanks for the info. If you don't have information in your logs, I suppose that FSHost doesn't like the DirectX-8 I am using.

I have not upgraded to DirectX-9 because I remembered that at the time FS2002 appeared, there were some problems with it. Do you know whether these issues are solved?

Is it possible to downgrade from DirectX-9 to DirectX-8 when it doesn't work? Such upgrade are always dangerous; my graphics card is so old, that there is no longer any driver support for newer versions of DirectX.

Regards,

Guido

Greetings Guido:

> thanks for the info. If you don't have information in your logs, I
> suppose that FSHost doesn't like the DirectX-8 I am using.

According to the author is FSHost, there are some multiplayer bugs in DX8x which have been corrected in DX9.

> I have not upgraded to DirectX-9 because I remembered that at the time
> FS2002 appeared, there were some problems with it. Do you know whether
> these issues are solved?

DX9a seems to be stable. Then again, DX7 seemed stable to me too!
The only reason why I updated to DX9 was to run FS2k4 (it was required and would not install without it).

> Is it possible to downgrade from DirectX-9 to DirectX-8 when it doesn't
> work?

Yes, but the amount of hassle involved depends on which OS you're using. If you're using XP, it *should* just be a matter of setting a restore point. If you're using Win9x, there have been in the past a number of manual DX removal tutorials on the net. I'd suspect they'd have one for DX9 already.

> Such upgrade are always dangerous; my graphics card is so old,
> that there is no longer any driver support for newer versions of
> DirectX.

Agreed.

Ben

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Greetings Emile:

> Yes Ben ! I know turn RIGHT means turn RIGHT !! LOL

LOL, rgr! It may seem like it shouldn't make a difference, but the direction you're told to turn changes the amount of spacing available between fixes, radials, and obstacles(!). For example, in your case, turning left would have put you too close to the outter marker of the ILS to make a comfortable intercept.

> In fact the FS chat window is not easy , each time you receive a message
> you have to roll down to the bottom to read the message , I hope CoF
> will improve this.

There's a little util called FSChat Scroll that will fix that for FS2k2. Ideally, we need to get RW to work for you better. It may just be your connection, but checking your settings would help. You might try seeing if changing the Internet Connection Speed setting in RW to Fast Modem and uncheck Use less CPU and check Run Roger Wilco at High CPU priority might help. You come through, but very garbled at present.

> BTW Ben, will VPC support CoF for network flights?

We haven't been able to make multiplayer work in CoF yet. But that may be a limitation of the Beta.

> Have a nice day

Thanks! You too, Emile!

Ben

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Hello Ben,
>
>There's a little util called FSChat Scroll that will fix
>that for FS2k2. Ideally, we need to get RW to work for you
>better. It may just be your connection, but checking your
>settings would help. You might try seeing if changing the
>Internet Connection Speed setting in RW to Fast Modem and
>uncheck Use less CPU and check Run Roger Wilco at High CPU
>priority might help. You come through, but very garbled at
>present.
>
OK I did find the util and I did change the settings of RW as you suggest it. I will try both next time I fly online.
BTW there is a new version of RW V1.4.1.2 , I receive this popup each time I start RW

Regards
Emile
EBBR Brussels
Belgium

Greetings Emile:

> BTW there is a new version of RW V1.4.1.2 , I receive this popup each
> time I start RW

Just FYI, our recommended version of RW is Mk1c (available from our file download area). This was the last version before RW became spyware. You might want to remove the version you have and download a spyware killer like spybot to get rid of any spyware that's left over on your system, then install Mk1c.

Let us know if you have any questions.

Ben

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Greetings Guido:

> what's going on here? It is now around 20:20 Zulu (22:20 my time) and I
> have been waiting in an empty chatroom for 20 minutes. Nobody out there?
> Problems with the time zone handling?

I don't know what was happening at that time. It was Father's Day here in the US and my kids took me out to lunch.

> Ben, you are listed in the Terminal chatroom (instead of Pilot Lounge)
> and do not react too. Is this normal?

I left ATC Radar Screen running, but wasn't here watching it. The "normal" procedure is to meet in the Pilot Lounge.

Ben

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