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Touch n'Go tour 2018
Opening date and time
01/03/2018 00:01 UTC
Closing date and time
28/02/2019 23:59 UTC
Total distance
1753 NM
The France Division VFR Tour is a 32 legs Tour (with a touch and go) that leads you from all the France FIR. When completed you will get the Division VFR Tour Award.
Regulations
General rules for tours:
- These general rules for tours are applicable to all French division pilot tours. ATC tours and Special Operations tours are excluded.
- Some tours might have specific rules. In case of conflict, specific rules overrule general rules.
- All flights must be performed online on the IVAO network, with real weather. They have to be accomplished in real time (simulation rate x1 only, accelerated mode prohibited).
- Legs must be accomplished in the published order.
- Speed restrictions IAS < 250 kts below FL100 must be observed.
- Maximum speed in cruise is M0.85 with a maximum FL450.
- During cruise phases, a disconnection of up to 20 minutes is tolerated, provided that it does not disturb network operations, especially under ATC coverage. Please report any disconnection in your pilot report.
- The use of UNICOM in text or voice mode, in the absence of active ATC online, is MANDATORY. Legs may be rejected if not compliant.
- All legs must be validated by sending a pilot report. It is essential to read and understand the validator's comment for each leg, even if the leg is validated. We advise not proceeding with the tour without validation of the previous leg.
- Pilot reports must be sent within 12 days following the flight date. Any leg submitted after this deadline will be rejected.
- The pilot report must include the list of ATCs contacted during the flight and the procedures flown throughout the flight.
- A direct routing is allowed only with ATC instruction. Please mention any direct obtained in the pilot report.
- It is mandatory to disconnect from the network at the end of each flight.
- Pilots should pay particular attention to:
- In IFR:
- Odd/Even semicircular parity;
- Minimum and maximum airway altitudes;
- Published procedures when ATC is offline.
- In VFR:
- Aerodrome traffic circuit integrations;
- Prohibited (P) areas, as well as Restricted (R) areas when active (Special Operations link).
- In IFR:
- Pay close attention to your flight plan:
- Flight plans with incorrect or misspelled departure/arrival aerodromes will be rejected;
- Filed equipment must be compatible with the aircraft used.
- The prevailing flight plan will be the one active at takeoff. Airborne modifications will not be accepted.
- Operating flights under military or any other Special Operations flight type is not allowed. The flight type must strictly be G, S, or N.
- The use of military aircraft as described in 10.1 of the Special Operations Rules is prohibited on civilian tours.
- Pilots are required to be connected to the network at least 2 minutes before takeoff and remain connected for at least 2 minutes after landing. This allows the tracker to record your flight entirely.
- An IFR route, IFPS-compliant at the time of publication, may be proposed on some legs. This is only a suggestion; you are free to file your own route!
- A single flight can only be reported once, for one leg on one tour, even if the flight meets the requirements of 2 or more tours.
- Flights with two pilots using shared cockpit functionality are permitted on division tours. However, only the "master" pilot of the connection is allowed to submit a pilot report. The second pilot, connected as an observer, is not permitted to file a report for the leg flown.
- Should there be any inquiry or contestation following a leg evaluation, it must be sent exclusively by email to the validator. Supported languages are English and French. Messages must be sent no later than 7 days after the leg evaluation, clearly specifying the report ID.
- The use of the IVAO France Tracker is optional on all tours, except Skills tours.
Specific rules to the Touch n'Go tour 2018 tour:
- All legs must be carried out on IVAO network with real weather.
- All legs have to be flown in the right order.
- Flights must be performed in real time (sim rate x1 only - sim rate above x1 is strictly forbidden).
- Members not communicating intentions on Unicom 122.800, or crashing into other traffic, can be excluded from participation.
- Completed flights must be reported after each leg by using flight report so that to be validated.
- You must disconnect after each completed leg.
- Please pay attention to your flight plans :
- Flight plans with wrong departure/arrival airfields will NOT be accepted.
- Pay attention of your plane's equipments, they must be compatible with your plane (a C172 can't be equipped with RVSM, for example).
- Each leg has to be flown:
- According to visual flight rules..
- In VMC (Visual Meteorological Conditions).
- You must follow published VFR path : it will be checked !
- Follow the integration procedure of traffic pattern : it will be checked !
- A touch and go will have to be done for each leg in the designated aerodrome on the route field : the integration procedure of traffic pattern will also be checked !
- Restricted to category A single-engine aircraft piston
- To be connected a minimum of 5 minutes before take off and stay connected a minimum of 5 minutes after landing, for the correct record tracker.
- Every pilot having completed all legs in accordance with the required conditions will be awarded.
List of legs
| Legs | Distance | Status | Actions |
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| 45 NM | |||
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| 92 NM | |||
| 53 NM | |||
| 68 NM | |||
| 70 NM | |||
| 70 NM | |||
| 57 NM | |||
| 36 NM | |||
| 66 NM | |||
| 51 NM | |||
| 58 NM | |||
| 45 NM | |||
| 55 NM | |||
| 76 NM | |||
| 59 NM | |||
| 68 NM | |||
| 53 NM | |||
| 51 NM | |||
| 41 NM | |||
| 82 NM | |||
| 55 NM | |||
| 37 NM | |||
| 22 NM | |||
| 39 NM | |||
| 51 NM |