9th Annual Boston Tea Party

The 9th Annual Boston Tea Party is just around the corner! This year's annual event will be held July 19, 2008 live from the Daniel Webster Collegecampus in Nashua, NH from 12:00 PM - 8:00PM EDT (1600z - 0000z). As many seasoned VATSIM pilots can attest to, this exclusive event is the most thrilling, interactive of them all. With the opportunity to receive payware prizes from our sponsors and to be a part of the thousands of operations handled by our finest controllers, who wouldn't love to join us in the fun? This year's event will feature over 28 of our controllers together, possibly a VATSIM record, in Nashua and many of our other dedicated controllers and staff members logging on from home.

Please click the logo and check out our Boston Tea Party 2008 page with all of the event information including Airport Poker rules and prizes, preferred routes, photos of previous Tea Party events, an exclusive Traffic Management Unit (TMU) page dedicated to this particular event, and even a site to check the current Airport Poker standings to see where you place live during the event. Check this page often for updates on all aspects of the event, including additional sponsors and prize information.

For more information, click here.

June 20:

Northern Migration IV

Come one come all to Northern Migration IV! Join us as the ZMP ARTCC convenes in one location on July 20th at Duluth to control and attend the Duluth Airshow! We will be staffing up DLH - Duluth, MN and MSP - Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN! Starts at 7pm Central. See you there!

For more information visit http://minniecenter.org.

Pilot in Command Online Flight Race (through July 20)

The Pilot in Command online flight race began on Monday 14th July 2008. The competition is organized by Finnish Virtual Aviators' Association as a part of their summer event in Jämijärvi airport. The race is open for all VATSIM pilots all around the world.

The idea of the competition is simple. Just send your entry form via the website and start flying in the VATSIM network. Each flight will be tracked and awarded with points. The amount of points depend on the destination, weather conditions and ATC coverage. The competition ends on Sunday 20th July at 0600 UTC.

You may enter the competition as well as follow the live statistics at the competition website at http://www.cavok.fi/pic08. In addition to statistics, live videos and feeds will be posted regularly.

To learn more about the Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network (VATSIM) and upcoming events, visit www.vatsim.net.