13:00 - [NL] Henk Kruijer memorial
On November 21st 2016 Henk Kruijer -one of the most beloved and distinguished members of the Netherlands Division- passed away after a short but fierce illness at the age of 74.
Henk Kruijer has been an IVAO-member since 2004 and recorded nearly 26000 flying hours on our network. Many members of the Dutch Division have also relied on Henk for his online assistance in solving hardware- and software problems.
Surrounded by numerous computers in his living room -for sometimes more than sixteen hours a day- he flew long haul flights, reconfigured computers of troubled fellow IVAO members using Teamviewer and talked to other pilots on Skype. All simultaneously!
In the past years, Henk’s life has been dominated by an intense social contact with online friends. The IVAO network thereby served as an indispensable element in his life as old age pensioner. Divorsed and with no contact with family members IVAO became Henk's life.
It is because of this that I started to realize that IVAO is not just a “flying game”, but most certainly a structure that enables many elderly amongst us to communicate with the outside world. In fact, many of them are seriously depending on our network!
This dependency should be recognized by all IVAO staff members and motivate them to continue their excellent work and effort to maintain and improve the IVAO community.
In memory of Henk Kruijer –callsign KLM042- the Netherlands Division will host a Memorial Flight on December 11th between 13:00 Zulu and 15:00 Zulu at EHAM.
Participating pilots are invited to arrive at Schiphol Airport during this period. Their aircraft will be parked on a taxiway along the take-off runway. At 15:00 Zulu pilots of the Virtual Netherlands Airforce will perform a low pass over the runway after which the KLM042 will take off for his flight to a destination unknown.
You are kindly invited to participate in this Memorial Flight.
For more information click here.
13:00 - [21IN1112] ID-SO CAT.A Humanitarian Aid 2016
Special Mission for The SO Pilot!
The Commander asks you to send humanitarian aid to Lhokseumawe (WITM/LSW) along with 31st Cargo Squadron Halim Air Base using C-130 Hercules.
Before heading to Lhokseumawe (WITM/LSW) you must take the additional logistics and refuel your aircraft in Soewondo Air Base (WIMK/MES), and then you head into Lhokseumawe (WITM/LSW).
To note, the callsign that you use should only be 1 callsign and keep connecting with IVAO Network at this event, just replace the flightplan properly upon arrival in Soewondo Air Base (WIMK/MES) and re-check before flying to Lhokseumawe.
After that, you should be back to Soewondo Air base (WIMK/MES).
For more information click here.
20:00 - South America Online Day
The IVAO Events Department is proud to invite you to the South America Online Day that will take place every Sunday from 20z to 23z in AN, AR, AW, BR, CL, CO, VE divisions.
For more information click here.