NOTAM Introduction

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Welcome to the 5th edition of Mutley's Hangar Around The World Challenge, or ATWC 5.

Do you love flying your Flight sim, but are stuck flying to the same destinations time and time again?

Want to join in a group activity for your favourite Flight Sim, but feel that other rallies are too strict and/or time consuming for your taste?

Do you enjoy telling a story of your flight, and publishing screenshots to enhance the story?

If the answer is yes to at least one of the above questions then the ATWC 5 is the challenge you've been waiting for!

Bid, Fly and Post, it's as simple as that.

The ATWC is a relay "race" where the participants take turn in bringing the ATWC-baton around the world along a predetermined route.

The route will be published as we progress through the challenge, at this point all we are giving away is that we will start and finish in Southampton, and that the route will favor locations that we haven’t visited in previous Around The World Challenges. Also, this years challenge will be considerably longer than the last one, so there should be plenty of legs to choose from.

The challenge is split into a number of sections that in turn are split into a number of legs. Once a section is announced a bidding window will open during which all interested pilots can bid for the leg(s) they want to fly. More details on the bidding process will be published once we announce the first sector.

Once you have been assigned to a flight it’s up to you to plan your flight and fly it. With a few exceptions (more on those later) it’s all a matter of the pilots preference how you get from point A to point B. Pick any plane you want, fly any route you want to. You can even divide the leg into shorter flights with different airplanes (the current record is 9 flights for a leg, with different airplanes for each flight!).

As long as you end up at the planned destination we won’t mind the manner in which you get there. (As long as you do it in a flight simulator of course    )

Once you’re done with your flight all that is left is to post your PIREP in the form of screenshots in the forum. The storytelling bit is purely optional, but some sort of commentary to go along with your screenshots is customary.

The only thing we ask is that you wait until the baton has been delivered to your departure airport by the previous pilot, and leave some time (about 36 hours) for others to view the previous PIREP before you post yours. There will also be a deadline, usually about 3-4 days after the previous PIREP was published, that we want you to keep in order to keep us moving along in good pace.

Legs with imposed restriction
 

On a few legs we will impose some sort of restrictions on your choice of aircraft to add to the challenge of those specific destinations. I.E. it can be in the form of a minimum MTOW for the aircraft you pick.

 

What’s next?

 

Do you feel like joining in?

In that case no real action is needed from your end until a new section is announced and the bidding window is open.

 

However, if you want a personal banner for use in the forum signature, e-mail notification of new sections and bidding windows and your name on the Pilot Roster for ATWC 5 send us an email to atwc@mutleyshangar.com with your Screen name, real name and home country.

 

Hope to see you all take part in this great adventure

Micke,
On behalf of the challenge committee