California Screamin' 13 - August 22, 2010

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WHAT'S SO SPECIAL ABOUT CALIFORNIA SCREAMIN'?

Besides being online simulation's largest fly-in event, CalScream is unique because during the event, pilots and controllers re-enact the most accurate duplication of real-world flying seen. Rather than the unrealistic sight of having 300 planes in a single-file line going to one airport, where you follow one guy in front of you for 250 miles (whom you may never see), we encourage a greater mix and spread of traffic. At CalScream, pilots fly from many medium to large airports in a smaller area, to other airports in the same area. When you fly, not only are there planes in front of you, but planes crossing right to left, above and below you - and traffic coming opposite direction. ATC will have to move you several times during your flight to miss other traffic, creating a far more realistic experience.

The best part of CalScream is that for the five hours of the fly-in, we replicate virtually every flight that originates and ends in our airspace, with realistic callsigns, routes, equipment, and departure times. We've taken all of YOUR hard work out of it - all you need to do as a pilot is decide which of the 800+ flights available at www.CalScream.com that you'd like to fly and sign up for them. The data we supply contains all of the information you need to complete your flight: A route, weather, links to charts, airspace maps, callsigns, aircraft type, and most important – your departure time. On the day of the event, with charts in hand, you'll be calling clearance delivery for pushback at the same exact time as a real-world pilot calling for his... You'll be departing at the same time as your real-world counterpart, and seeing the same traffic out the window as a real airline pilot would see. This is truly AS REAL AS IT GETS!

WHO'S COMING?

At California Screamin’, we dependably get 300+ pilots who pre-book their flights, and many hundreds more who just show up on the spur of the moment. While we have many VA's sign up for our events, don't feel like you have to belong to a particular VA to fly the routes of that airline - all flights are open to all pilots.

HOW DO I CHOOSE A FLIGHT?

Go to the California Screamin' Website at http://www.CalScream.com. The site will show all possible flights for the event including those that are still available to be booked. Clicking on a flight will open to a set of detail pages where you can review everything you need to know. To reserve the flight for you personally – click on the booking tab and follow the instructions. You can see a list of the flights available, including those which have not yet been booked and thus need pilots to fly them. We'd prefer that you take these flights first as we will be providing ATC for all of those airports and routes at the flyin.

HOW DO I SIGN UP FOR A FLIGHT "LAST-MINUTE"

If you decide not to sign up for a flight now, you can sign up for a flight at any time, even just 'minutes' from your flight's scheduled departure time. For example, if you finish your flight from San Francisco to LAX, and want to come back for more, go back to the CalScream.com website, which is continually updated. Find the next available flight, and start preparing for it.

WHAT IF I DON'T WANT TO FLY ONE OF YOUR ROUTES, BUT INSTEAD WANT TO FLY TO CALIFORNIA FROM XXX?

Well, sure, you can, but you probably won't have as much fun on the first part of your flight, as we can't promise staffing for that. Additionally, most of our work and attention will be spent on the fly-in flights going to and from the participating fields, so there may be a small delay if you want to do something out of the ordinary. We'll do our best to handle you though as we would in the real world, of course, but you'll have a more enjoyable experience if you don't. We're trying to create a great experience for you, where there will be lots of planes off to your right, off to your left, above and below you... If you would rather spend 8 hours flying over an empty ocean, well, that's ok too.

Now, the only other thing for you to do is show up!!!!

See you there!!!