Earthquake Disaster Relief and Recovery for Van, Turkey Joining Forces with Vortex Virtual

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1 Earthquake Disaster Relief and Recovery for Van, Turkey Joining Forces with Vortex Virtual

2 A special thank you to our sponsors of Operation EastWind IV. Aaaa aaa Important NOTAMS Please ensure that you fly all flights under WestWind Standard Operating Procedures and within the requirements defined by WestWind Airlines Rules and Regulations. Also, pilots are solely responsible for the safe conduct of every flight, and are hereby authorized to remove passengers and/or cargo as required in order to insure proper weight and balance while complying with the minimum fuel requirements as specified by Federal Aviation Regulations. And finally, please enjoy the event, be it online or offline! Prizes A raffle will be organized at the conclusion of this event. To have your name automatically entered into the raffle, simply fly in Operation EastWind IV. Be sure to choose Operation EastWind IV when logging your flight. Each winner will have the opportunity to pick from a list of prizes. Once your prize has been picked, your name and address will be provided to the respective sponsor. By choosing a prize, you agree to having your name and contact information forwarded to the respective sponsor.

3 Event Information Dates: February 6, 2012 thru February 26, 2012 Destination: Van, Turkey Support Hub: WestWind Airlines: Boston, MA Vortex Airlines: Dublin, IE Welcome pilots! EastWind IV has been delayed due to awaiting information from the Turkish Government. However, we have received our official orders from the top brass here at WestWind. According to Disaster and Emergency Management Presidency of Turkey, the Turkish government is still in desperate need of supplies. WestWind Virtual Airlines has teamed up with Vortex Virtual Airlines to immediately deliver the much needed supplies to help the Van region recover from the devastating earthquakes they sustained in October and November of We are to quickly deliver the following as soon as possible: construction equipment and vehicles including 146 ambulances, 143 generators, 77 projectors, 95 portable toilets, 42,711 tents, 54 collective shelter tent, 69 general purpose tents, 65 prefabricated houses, 2,300 Mevlana houses, 160,360 blankets, 1,179 quilts, 37 mobile kitchens, 3,051 kitchen sets, 6,899 catalytic stoves, 5,792 sleeping bags, and 1 mobile kitchen. Stage 1: Feeder flights deliver supplies to a primary North American Hub (Boston, KBOS) Stage 2: Trans Atlantic flights transport the supplies collected at Boston (KBOS) to the primary European Staging Hub (Dublin, EIDW) Stage 3: Feeder flights deliver supplies from European cities to the Staging Hub (Dublin, EIDW) Stage 4: Inter Continental flights transport all the collected supplies from Dublin (EIDW) to Van, Turkey (LTCI) Stage 5: Feeder flights from Van, Turkey (LTCI) deliver the supplies throughout the area

4 Step 5: And above all have fun! All EastWind IV 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 IV" under Airline Event.

5 Airport Information Please note: Airport diagrams for all airports are available for download from the Operation EastWind IV web page. Stage 1: Feeder flights to be flown into Boston from: Denver (KDEN), Chicago O'Hare (KORD), Columbus, OH (KLCK), Toronto Pearson (CYYZ), Miami (KMIA), Atlanta (KATL), Washington Dulles (KIAD), Bangor, ME (KBGR), Cincinnati (KCVG) and New York Kennedy (KJFK) Stage 2: Trans Atlantic cargo delivery flights from Boston to Dublin (EIDW). This stage may either be flown KBOS EIDW direct or through CFB Goose Bay (KBOS CYYR EIDW) to pick up additional cargo being assembled by the Royal Canadian Airforce for disaster relief. Stage 3: Feeder flights to be flown into Dublin from: London Heathrow (EGLL), Frankfurt (EDDF), Amsterdam (EHAM), Athens (LGAV), Madrid (LEMD), Paris CDG (LFPG), Vienna (LOWW), Stockholm Arlanda (ESSA), Brussels (EBBR) and Moscow Shermetyevo (UUEE) Stage 4: Inter Continental flights transport all the collected supplies from Dublin (EIDW) to Van, Turkey (LTCI) Stage 5: Feeder flights to be flown from Van, Turkey (LTCI) to: Trabzon (LTCG), Kars (LTCF), Erzurum (LTCE), Erzincan (LTCD), Elazig (LTCA), Mus (LTCK), Diyarbakir (LTCC), Batman (LTCJ) and Siirt (LTCL)

6 Contacts Need any help or have any problems or questions? Direct them to: Event Coordinator: Eoin Coates Executive Vice President, Online Ops & Events: Mitch Worthington Director of Online Ops & Events: Rob Wilkinson Director of Online Ops: John Condon Director of Online Events: Scott McGougan Watch the General Discussion forum for more information and to talk about the event. Thanks to: Credits WestWind s Boston Hub and Vortex s Dublin Hub for hosting this event! George Foster for web site support! John Condon for the event graphics! Rob Wilkinson, Eoin Coates CEO, Vortex Virtual, Scott McGougan, John Condon and Mitch Worthington for advising and aiding in the planning of the event! All pilots who participate you are who make these events what they are!