This weekend sees the New Zealand leg of the WRC World Rally Championship, held on the roads outside of Hamilton. As well as the teams competing, the event attracts large contingents of motorsport fans from around the country and the world. Sunday afternoon the winner will be crowned; Sunday night we have to get teams and supporters out of town.

The goal is to fly as many sectors in and out of Hamilton to as many different Northern North Island airports as possible. These include Gisborne, Rotorua, Tauranga, New Plymouth, Napier, Palmerston North or even Auckland or Wellington.

These routes suit a variety of aircraft: real-world they would typically be the B1900, ATR72, Dash 8, or similar, but feel free to come along in whatever you think you'll be able to land in one piece.

Please indicate your intentions by booking ATC positions or Flights on vRoute: more bookings help attract more traffic, and showcase VATNZ to the rest of the VATSIM world!

Brian Gefrich and Joel DeYoung are pleased to announced that after a long wait, a public beta of SquawkBox 4 is now available to try on the VATSIM network. This version of SquawkBox works with Flight Simulator 2002, 2004 and FSX. It has been tested on Windows XP and Vista. Download this latest beta version and help find and resolve the last outstanding bugs.

The main Squawkbox site can be found here: http://www.squawkbox.ca/