Operation EastWind II - Event Closed
Thank You to all who participated
Join us as WestWind Airlines once again delivers aid to Africa through our acclaimed "Operation EastWind" Event
Operation Eastwind is a multi-hub colaborative event to deliver aid to a thrid-world nation or city. This years event like last year
is focused on Africa, specifically Khartoum, Sudan. The event is broken up into five parts or stages.
Stage 1: Feeder flights deliever supplies to a primary North American Hub (New York, KJFK)
Stage 2: Trans-Atlantic flights transport the supplies collected at KJFK to the primary European Hub or Staging Hub(Madrid, LEMD)
Stage 3: Feeder flights deliever supplies from European cities to the Staging Hub (Madrid, LEMD)
Stage 4: Inter-Continental flights transport all the collected supplies from Madrid, LEMD to Khartoum, Sudan (HSSS)
Stage 5: Feeder flights from Khartoum, Sudan(HSSS) deliever the supplies throughout the area
All these stages are completed during specified periods of time found below in the time-tables. All EastWind flights can
be flown either online or offline, however it is much more fun to fly with others! We do ask that if you fly any leg of
an Operation Eastwind event you do it in the specified time period and when you log your flight make sure you select
"Operation EastWind II" for the Purpose of Flight and not "Cargo" or "Cargo-Charter."
ScreenShots Needed!
Hey EastWind Flyers, I'm going to put up a photo section on the EastWind page for event screen shots. Please submit screen shots to me you'd like posted there... EastWind screenshots only please!
Email them to me at blue_747@yahoo.com
Please put EastWind ScreenShot in the Subject line
and include the following information in your email:
1. Your Name and pilot number
2. EastWind route you were flying (ex. KJFK-LEMD)
3. Approx aircraft location (if not at one of the airports) (if possible)
4. Any other information you would like to mention about the screen shot
Feel free to submit multiple screenshots (Don't worry about size I'll conform them to a standard in photoshop)
Event Background
Last Year we had an awesome time helping out the people of Zimbabwe with the Cholera Epidemic. Well after the success of so many people coming out to help a 3rd world country, it was decided that it’s going to happen again! This year part of the EDDF Management Team is organizing this awesome event. After searching for worthy Hosts, it has been decided that Madrid and New York were going to be the Hosts of this years event. With food and water shortages currently in Sudan, we knew it was time to help out. The goal this year is to get pilots to help collect supplies from all over the Northeast U.S.A. and parts of Europe. From there we're all going to head to Sudan to distribute the supplies. The Event is planned to go from 11/30/09 to 12/18/09. So pack your bags, get your favorite cargo plane loaded up, and get ready to help out the people of Sudan.
Current Flights
No active flights
Who Do We Want Involved?
Everybody
Whatever your rank, whatever your hub, we want you!!!
These are some flights we recommend for each category, however you are free to fly whatever route you want as long as you don’t break any rules!!!
How do we want it done?
You can fly it either online or offline, we don’t mind. Just remember to be there by the deadline and make sure you put “Operation Eastwind II” as your purpose of flight when filing with the flight dispatch system and if you are flying on VATSIM, put it in your VATSIM comments too. We will be contacting VATSIM control authorities in Canada, Germany, Ireland, and the UK as well as VAT-Europe, asking for “special treatment”!!
Contacts
Need any help or have any problems or questions? Direct them to:
Event Coordinator: David Givens (dag0620@snet.net)
New York (KJFK) HM: John Oddo
Madrid (LEMD) HM: Scott Cote
Watch the General Discussion forum for more information and to talk about the event
Red Routes Feeders to New York (KJFK)
Start Monday November 30th, 2009 at 00:00 GMT.
Ends Friday December 4th, 2009 at 23:59GMT.
Blue Route Trans-Atlantic New York (KJFK) - Madrid (LEMD)
Starts Friday, December 4th 2009 at 00:00GMT.
Ends Sunday December 6th, 2009 at 23:59GMT.
Purple Routes Feeders to Madrid (LEMD)
Starts Monday December 7th, 2009 at 00:00GMT.
Ends Friday December 11th, 2009 at 23:59GMT.
Green Route Madrid to Khartoum (HSSS)
Starts Friday December 11th, 2009 at 00:00GMT.
Ends Sunday December 13th, 2009 at 23:59GMT.
Orange Route Khartoum Feeders (HSSS)
Starts Monday December 14th, 2009 at 00:00GMT.
Ends Friday December 18th, 2009 at 23:59GMT.
Credits:
Thanks to:
New York and Madrid Hubs for hosting this event!
John Oddo, Scott Cote, and Andy Ketletty for working on the NY and Madrid routes!
Mike Bergman for the event graphics and web site support!
Eoin Coates for advising and aiding in the planning of the event!
All pilots who participate - you are who make these events what they are!
David Givens for organizing this event for us!
