Dear Captains,
March 18 Martyrs' Remembrance Day and Çanakkale Naval Victory is a national day observed every year on March 18 throughout Turkey. It is commemorated with various official ceremonies and events across the country, especially in Çanakkale, to honor the Turkish soldiers who sacrificed their lives.
Dear aviators, on Tuesday, March 18, 2025, we invite you to join our special Çanakkale Martyrs Commemoration Flight from Ankara Esenboğa Airport (LTAC) to Çanakkale Airport (LTBH) as we pay tribute to the heroes of Çanakkale.
- Event Information;
Departure Airport: LTAC - Ankara Esenboğa Airport
Destination Airport: LTBH - Canakkale Airport
Event Start Time: 17:30'Zulu - 20:30'Local
Event Register Close Time: 16:30'Zulu - 19:30'Local
Event Attending Close Time: 17:30'Zulu -20:30'Local
Flight Type: IFR
Real-Time Flight: No
Open For Student Pilots: Yes
Route : YAVRU UL615 BKZ UN604 BIG
Extra Seniority: 8
Notes;
- Our pilots participating in the event will be awarded +8 seniority and 15% additional points to those who have attended the check-ride exam. Extra seniority bonus amounts may vary depending on the status of the event.
- Observing the voice communication procedures with ATCs is essential. If your English level needs to be improved, please talk with voice or text in English.
- Our event is open to student pilots as well.
- Student pilots who do not have the right to fly abroad on the day of the event will be given the right to fly overseas, and after the event ends, these pilots will only be able to return to one of the Turkish airports.
- Prepare your preparations/plans for the event in advance.
- Make your communication with ATC short, clear and understandable.
- Understand and follow the instructions given by ATCs correctly. Ask for any instructions to be repeated if they need to be understood.
- Due to the heavy traffic, try to hold procedures that can be given in LTBH TMA. Do not allow wrong-hold entries.
- For various reasons, remember that the runway may be closed, and traffic may restrict you from leaving it. Prepare for the missed approach procedures specified in the relevant charts for LTBH airport.
- First, use voice, and do not hesitate to communicate appropriately in Turkish, even if you cannot speak "receive." That is, listen to ATC, take the instruction by voice, and respond/reply as text. In this way, you will avoid causing a mess in heavy traffic.
- Apply without waiting for the possible speed, altitude, and heading information ATC can give. Remember, a mistake will get the other traffic behind you into trouble.
- For various reasons, make the communication problems with ATCs as text accordingly with RESPECT.
- Some Vatsim clients can create problems with some audio servers. If you have issues with one of them, please use alternative programs like (vPilot, sqbox)
Event regulations;
- Our pilots participating in the events will be given seniority according to the level of the event.
- Under the new event rules, the FDR event flight selection will open 5 minutes before the event starts and will automatically close 2 hours after the event begins.
- Persons who participated in the event within the first 2 hours from the start time and whose flight status was ATTENDED while in this state. If they had to leave their flight due to any problem on this flight, they could re-enter the event within the next four hours after their flight, even if the event participation time is closed.
- Pilots who want to attend the event after the event time is over will not be able to see the event option in the FDR, and management will not offer them any other options.
- You must arrive at the event departure airport using our free tickets or fly to the airport before the event starts.
- According to the decision, flights selected outside the EVENT, such as charter/scheduled flight types, will not be counted as event participation.
Promotional Transfer Tickets;
- The management gives real-time free tickets to those who want to go to the event departure airport. The pilots are responsible for using this ticket and arriving at least 2 hours before the start of the event. We want the pilots to act as planned. So, management will not make a separate effort for pilots who do not go to the event departure airport on time.
- Not using the free tickets for the event will expire two hours after the event starts.
- The free tickets are instant tickets and provide instant transfer to the event departure airport. The tickets given for the return are also instant tickets.
- Suppose a ticket request has already been made to the pilots participating in the event. In that case, another ticket will be allocated for returning to the airports they want after the event.
- During the event application, people who requested a ticket and went to the event departure airport but could not attend the event will still be assigned a separate return ticket after the event.
Sceneries and Charts:
https://www.turkishvirtual.com/scenerys.asp
https://www.turkishvirtual.com/charts.asp
Kind regards,
Erhan M ARTUC on behalf of Nihat OZSENGEZER