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• Camden Tower Operations as at June 3 2010

  3 June, 2010

   

  CAMDEN TOWER OPERATIONS
  

  as at 3rd June 2010

   

  The biggest change in decades to General Aviation Aerodromes and their procedures is set to take place on Thursday 3^rd June 2010. The following information has been prepared to give pilots an idea of how ATC will approach the new procedures.

  In particular

  • Definition of the manoeuvring area, and the associated responsibilities

  • Phraseologies pertaining to clearances, their definitions and readback requirements

  • Practical application of the change in procedures within the Tower environment

  • Changes to flight in proximity requirements and their impact

  • Camden Aerodrome Class D operations - June 3 Camden ERSA FAC Link - PDF 

  • Wake turbulence responsibilities

  Additional and valuable information relating to the changes can also be found from the Civil Aviation Safety Authority website: www.casa.gov.au in particular the learning modules aimed at Class D operations.

  And also the Airservices Australia website:www.airservicesaustralia.com/publications where pilots can access AIP Book, AIP Supplements, and ERSA.

  Curtis Aviation has preparded a handout which is available in the school's office. We recommend that you discuss these new procedures with an instructor PRIOR to flying.

  Please note the change in the use of the term 'sequence instruction' as per below.

   

   

  Visual Approach

  The term Visual Approach has come into use. It basically gives the pilot authorisation for a pilot to descend. A more detailed definition is given in AIP ENR, but for the Class D environment at Camden this will suffice. Previously, when arriving for Runway 06 or 24, pilots could descend once established on downwind and in receipt of a sequence instruction. This is no longer the case.

  Descent can only be commenced once the Tower controller has issued the instruction 'Cleared Visual Approach'. A sequence instruction does not give authority to descend. Traffic permitting, a Visual Approach can be issued from as far as Mayfield, The Oaks etc, or as close as late downwind. As with all the clearances issued it will depend on the disposition of other traffic at the time.

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

   

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  3 May, 2010

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• New Curtis Website launches

  23 April, 2010

  Curtis Aviation launches a thoroughly overhauled and updated website for the new decade. We've commissioned a fresh new design and re-arranged many of the pages.
  
  We'll now be able to keep you up to date via Twitter, even from the Air! Check out the sidebar on the website for the latest Twitter updates, or Follow us at Twitter on twitter.com/curtisaviation.
  
  It's now easier to find the Weather, check out videos and it's easier for us to now post new galleries.
  
  Some old favourites such as the aircraft registration finder are still there as well.
  
  And you can now even purchase Joyflight Gift Certificates directly online via our new e-Commerce gateway, backed by Paypal (and yes, you can use your Mastercard or Visacard as well).
  
  We still have to update some of our content so please be patient - we've been busy flying with such glorious weather recently!
  
  Enjoy!
  

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