User Guide

Simulation
Simulation
• Airport Detail
This chart displays the currently selected airport and many
of its details.
Name: Name of the airport.
FAA or ICAO ID: Airport identification code.
Usage: Whether the airport is public or private.
Elev.: Elevation of the airport above or below sea level.
Country: Country in which the airport is located.
State: State in which the airport is located.
• Runway
This box lists the available runways at the selected airport.
The line drawing to the right represents the runways and their
configuration.
ID
Lists the identification number for each of the selected airport’s run-
ways. As you highlight a runway in this box, the line drawing to the
right illuminates to indicate the runway you have chosen.
Size
Indicates the size of each runway in feet.
Details Button
Calls up information on a selected airport including com frequency,
name, location, elevation.
Departure Time
Specify your desired departure time here in Departing From dialog
box. This time should be entered in Coordinated Universal Time
(UTC), or Zulu time.
• Pointers
These tools located in a vertical stack along the left side of
the screen allow you make changes to your flight plan within the
map window.
Arrow A pointer for use within the map box. Used to
select or view details of items on the map.
Arrow + This tool enables you to add elements to your
route. Click on the navigational aids you would like to add to
incorporate into your plan.
Arrow – This tool removes elements from flight plan. To
use, click on the element you wish to remove.
Flight Planner
The Flight Planner is the
interface for more advanced
pilots who want to define many
of the aspects of their flying
experience: route, plane, load,
weather, etc. Beginning a flight
this way requires substantial
experience and knowledge
(consult this manual liberally if
you have any doubts), but
many options can simply be left in their default position.
• Departing From/Arriving At
Click on these buttons to define your departure airport and
time and arrival airport. Note that these dialog boxes are essential-
ly the same with differences noted below.
Search For
Choose the type of facility you wish to search for. When accessing
this dialog from the Flight Planner, only Airports can be searched.
Country
Select which country you would like to depart from. Making this
choice will bring up a list of available airports in the Airport Detail
chart below. Most of the world’s countries are included on this list.
State
If you chose “United States” from the Country pop-up menu, you will
next be able to choose your state of departure. This pop-up menu will
be unavailable if you have chosen any other country.
Name
If you know the name of your desired airport, you can simply enter it
in this text box. If no keystrokes are entered within a second, the
search will automatically be executed.
FAA or ICAO ID
If you don’t know the name of your chosen airport, but do know its
FAA or ICAO identification code, you may enter that code here. If no
keystrokes are entered within a second, the search will automatically
be executed.
Favorites
This section allows you to save any search result for quick selection
or airport lookup in the future.
Search Sets: Click on this pop-up menu to chose from all favorite
sets you have already defined. When you chose an airport on the
list, it will appear in the Airport Detail Chart below.
Add Set: This button adds an airport displayed in the Airport Detail
Chart to your Favorites list.
Remove Set: This button removes the last selected set (shown in
the popup-menu) from your Favorites list.
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