Oil Spill Response

Please use the included Oil Spill Response livery for this mission.

Welcome aboard to the Boeing 727 fleet at Oil Spill Response! We’re thrilled to have you as part of the team. Our fleet plays a critical role in environmental protection, and we rely on experienced and committed professionals like you to keep our operations safe, efficient, and effective.

Familiarization Flight

The day will begin at London Southend Airport (EGMC), where our Boeing 727 is stationed. After setting up the aircraft, we’ll take off and head northeast toward Great Yarmouth, where the spray exercise will be conducted. This test flight will focus on familiarizing you with both the aircraft and the operational procedures for aerial dispersant spraying.

During the test, we will simulate oil spill response procedures by deploying dispersant over water, with the spray runs being performed at low altitudes (approximately 150 feet). You will also get a feel for the aircraft’s handling with the spray booms installed, as our spray speed will be reduced to around 150 knots.

Our aircraft, a Boeing 727-2S2F(RE), has a spray capacity of 15,000 liters of dispersant. The TERSUS spray system, with seven dispersant tanks, will be fully operational for this training, even if it is just filles with water for this flight. The entire sortie should last 1,5 hours, including transit and spray time, after which we will return to Southend for debriefing and further discussion on the procedures.

Operational details

The nature of the operation makes it crucial to stick to the operating procedures.

We will fly low; we will fly slow.

Out callsign today will be BROADSWORD 27A.

The attached TERSUS spray boom limits the maximum cruise speed of our 727 to 270 kts IAS. Please keep that in mind for your fuel planning.

Once we get near today’s training area, we must concentrate on our flight path. We will do two spray exercise circuits, so called racetrack. Dispensing the fluid is normally done at around 150 ft and 150 to 160 kts IAS. Please comply with the following altitude constraints.

Waypoint	Name	Altitude in ft
EGMC Runway 23 or 05	Takeoff London Southend	0 ft
CLN	CLACTON VOR	5000 – 9000 ft
MEGEL	Waypoint MEGEL	2500 ft
523018N0022719E	Racetrack Initial Point	1000 ft (configure for spray)
523306N0022459E	Racetrack Start - Turn 1	150 ft – Spray
523427N0015632E	Racetrack Turn 1 - Turn 2	300 ft – Stop Spray
523721N0015658E	Racetrack Turn 2 - Turn 3	150 ft – Spray
523617N0022048E	Racetrack Turn 3 - Turn 4	300 ft – Stop Spray
523321N0022006E	Racetrack Turn 4 - Turn 1	150 ft – Spray
523427N0015632E	Racetrack Turn 1 - Turn 2	300 ft – Stop Spray
523721N0015658E	Racetrack Turn 2 - Turn 3	150 ft – Spray
523617N0022048E	Racetrack Turn 3	300 ft – Stop Spray
523321N0022006E	Racetrack Turn 4	500 ft – Configure for transit flight
MEGEL	Waypoint MEGEL	2500 ft
CLN	CLACTON VOR	5000 – 9000 ft
EGMC Runway 23 or 05	Landing London Southend	0 ft

After the second spray sortie we will head back to London Southend. Please check the active runway on your return flight. Great flight and two perfect dispense runs – Good Job.

Welcome to the Team!

For your convenience we have already filled the flight plan in Simbrief: Link

Operational figures and limitations