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[Kris Thomson VATUK11]

We look forward to welcoming you to what should be a truly spectacular event, what is set to
be one of VATSIM's biggest event ever!

After the success of last year’s event, one of the world's busiest airspaces will come alive again for
what is set to be one VATSIM's biggest events ever. Openskies 2011 aims to bring you a better,
busier and more enjoyable event than has ever been witnessed on VATSIM before.

Six of our premier airports; Bristol, Gatwick, Glasgow, Heathrow, Manchester and Stansted have
been selected, and will be fully staffed to provide you with a huge range and variety of over
1100 bookable flights in the space of five hours. There are over 40 airports in the UK alone and
Openskies allows you to experience some of these airports fully staffed and full to capacity
resulting in you - the pilot; experiencing what it actually feels like to fly real-world in the United
Kingdom, showcasing our airports at breaking-point capacity, heavily crowded airspaces and
aircraft that are separated by just only 1000ft vertically and 3 miles laterally.

The bookable flights offer an exceptional range of possibilities; from flying some of the biggest
airliners in the world, to the occasional private jets and general aviation. These flights also
include just over 180 transatlantic flights which is the same amount as our real world
counterpart’s experience during the duration of the event. Openskies is truly an event like no
other.

To help with the smooth running of the event, we are grateful to the following VATSIM divisions
for their support. Belux vACC, Dutch vACC, VATSIM France, VATEIR, Eurocenter vACC & VATSIM
Canada.


The sky really is the limit!!

Click here for more information and flight bookings.
You can view our event plan here

Please note our website & bookings opens on the 1st of November 2011 at 1900z,
unfortunately due to forecasted high demand some airports may become fully booked before
the event. It's strongly recommended that you book as soon as possible to avoid
disappointment, we also send out reminders closer to the event of your booking.

Edited by Kris Thomson VATUK11, 06 September 2011 - 09:14 AM.

[Robbie Garrett]

Thanks to Fiaz (Fizz) for his extremely fantastic work on this years branding, whilst many months away you can proudly suppport this years event.

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[color="#708090"][b]Support the Openskies event [/b][/color][url="http://twitter.com/OpenskiesVATSIM"][color="#483D8B"]Twitter Page[/color][/url] [url="https://www.facebook.com/openskiesvatsimuk"][color="#483D8B"]Facebook Page[/color][/url] - [url="http://events.vatsim-uk.co.uk/openskies/"][color="#000080"]Our Event Website[/color][/url]

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Support the Openskies event Twitter Page Facebook Page - Our Event Website

Edited by Robbie Garrett, 12 September 2011 - 08:28 PM.

[Robbie Garrett]

Our website and flight bookings will be opening in 3 weeks time, at 1900z. This includes all Reservations by virtual airlines. This website will include all the information and frequently asked questions you need to know. http://events.vatsim...o.uk/openskies/

For more follow us on Twitter and facebook for updates as the countdown to Openskies 2011 begins.

[Zachary Zalass]

I heard from a friend that Openskies 2010 was a huge success! I just have 1 question. Will there be predetermined flight plans to choose from?

[Robbie Garrett]

Zachary Zalass, on 16 October 2011 - 11:18 PM, said:

I heard from a friend that Openskies 2010 was a huge success! I just have 1 question. Will there be predetermined flight plans to choose from?

Hi Zachary,

That is correct, which from the feedback last year made it a more worthwhile event.. Also in addition 15 of some of the Biggest Virtual Airlines on the VATSIM network are participating, specifically flying across the North Atlantic.

It was a fantastic start to hopefully many events for the UK flagship event.

Kindest Regards,

Robbie

[Robbie Garrett]

A whooping 380 flights have been 'reserved' by Virtual Airlines for this years Openskies 2011 event. Quite a big achievement, because that is the amount of traffic that flew last year. This does not include to forget that we have over 700+ real world flights also bookable this year, so this truly is going to be one NOT to miss!

Thanks all for making VATSIM-UK's Openskies event what it is today!!!

[Robbie Garrett]

One week till our website opens!

[Robbie Garrett]

Make sure you are all following us for the latest updates, We are now promoting VATSIM-UK Openskies 2011 around the VATSIM World.

Our website is now ready, our bookings are ready, our codes have been sent to our Virtual Airlines and tomorrow at 1900z (7pm UK TIME) the website is finally set to open. http://events.vatsim...o.uk/openskies/

Edited by Kris Thomson VATUK11, 24 November 2011 - 10:23 PM.

[Robbie Garrett]

24hrs to go!

[Robbie Garrett]

Just over 2hrs to go, Harry is just making some changes as we speak before we go live. Gosh do we love Harry

If you are really that desperate to watch the clock countdown & watch our fantastic webtrailer, clicky...

P.s - spread the word, get many involved as we owe Harry/Kris bigtime for their hardwork!

Edited by Harry Williams VATUK9, 01 November 2011 - 05:02 PM.

[Robbie Garrett]

Bookings now open! I believe Harry has something to say shortly!

http://events.vatsim...o.uk/openskies/

[Harry Williams VATUK9]

Robbie Garrett, on 01 November 2011 - 07:01 PM, said:

Bookings now open! I believe Harry has something to say shortly!

http://events.vatsim...o.uk/openskies/

All,

As has been announced through more than one medium now the site is live. This means you are able to book flights and view content. Booking a flight will see you receive a confirmation email outlining the details of said flight, this is only if you have provided an address to send one to. Otherwise all flight details are viewable in the 'Pilot Area'.

Oceanic flights will not be confirmed by email but will be sent out up to a few hours before the event in line with the current NAT tracks.

If there are any problems or bugs you find, although I have tried my best to get rid of them do get in touch.

Enjoy.

[Ben Sinclair]

Hello Robbie. Are there any oceanic flights that ARN'T taken up by VA's? The reason why i'm asking this is because all of the destinations to the US that I can see are taken up by them.

Cheers,
Ben

Edited by Ben Sinclair, 01 November 2011 - 07:15 PM.

[Michael Male]

Ben Sinclair, on 01 November 2011 - 07:08 PM, said:

Hello Robbie. Are there any oceanic flights that ARN'T taken up by VA's? The reason why i'm asking this is because all of the destinations to the US are all taken up by them.

Cheers,
Ben

I just booked a BA flight from JFK to EGLL and it isn't locked to any VA

[Celestyn Chmielewski]

Nice work but for some reason I can't see my booked flights in pilots area or have I missed something?

EDITED: And it said I did not book any flight?

Edited by Celestyn Chmielewski, 01 November 2011 - 07:22 PM.

[Ben Sinclair]

Michael Male, on 01 November 2011 - 07:15 PM, said:

Ben Sinclair, on 01 November 2011 - 07:08 PM, said:

Hello Robbie. Are there any oceanic flights that ARN'T taken up by VA's? The reason why i'm asking this is because all of the destinations to the US are all taken up by them.

Cheers,
Ben

I just booked a BA flight from JFK to EGLL and it isn't locked to any VA

OK, I can see them now. It's just that a lot of the earlier flights are already taken.

Cheers :-)

Ben

[Harry Williams VATUK9]

Celestyn Chmielewski, on 01 November 2011 - 07:15 PM, said:

Nice work but for some reason I can't see my booked flights in pilots area or have I missed something?

EDITED: And it said I did not book any flight?

Celestyn,

I have just tried booking a flight and it displays fine. I can see you have booked at least one, they should display just under the text beneath the image on the top right hand side...?

[Ben Sinclair]

Harry Williams VATUK9, on 01 November 2011 - 07:29 PM, said:

Celestyn Chmielewski, on 01 November 2011 - 07:15 PM, said:

Nice work but for some reason I can't see my booked flights in pilots area or have I missed something?

EDITED: And it said I did not book any flight?

Celestyn,

I have just tried booking a flight and it displays fine. I can see you have booked at least one, they should display just under the text beneath the image on the top right hand side...?

Hello Harry,

I have tried booking two flights now, both appear booked on the system. However, I think I have the same problem as Celestyn because I cannot see the flights I booked, and cancel one of them. It seems however that a lot of flights have been booked already, and it will be a popular event!

Cheers,
Ben

[Harry Williams VATUK9]

Small problem sorted guys.

Refresh!

[Ben Sinclair]

Hooray!!!


Harry!