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Air Traffic Control

In the real world, Air Traffic Control (ATC)

is available (and sometimes mandatory) to pilots

when flying in and around major air traffic areas,

and when outside weather conditions prevent

flying by visual reference (Visual Flight Rules, or ‘VFR’ flight). ATC

assumes many responsibilities, the most important is to maintain

a safe level of separation between a plane and any surrounding

planes or terrain. When flying in Instrument Flight Rule (‘IFR’)

conditions where visibility may be restricted, it is mandatory that

the pilot be in constant communication with ATC.

Fly! offers you the ability to participate with ATC as you

choose. This is considered an advanced feature, and may be

skipped by beginning pilots if desired. Fly! supports the primary

centers of control for ATC: Clearance Delivery, Ground Control,

Tower, Departure Control, Arrival Control, and Center. Each of

these centers is responsible for a specific area of control for air-

craft operations. In addition to establishing and maintaining com-

munications with ATC throughout your flight, you may also hear

other computer controlled planes as they interact with ATC. This

can occur at any time if a computer aircraft is using an ATC serv-

ice on the same radio frequency as you.

ATC services are not available at all airports. In some cases,

you may only have a subset of the ATC services available. In these

cases, it is normal for smaller airports to offer multiple ATC serv-

ices through the same controller. For example, some airports may

have a dedicated frequency and controller for Clearance Delivery,

and one for Ground Control. Another airport may have a single

frequency that covers Clearance, Ground, and Tower. Regardless

of this, Fly! will allow you to choose the “service” you want, even

if these are tied to the same frequency. If an airport only offers

Unicom (which only provides basic airport information), then you

will not see any ATC services listed for the airport, and IFR

approaches and departures will not be possible from the airport.

Recall Hot Key

Activate Defined Camera 1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1

Activate Defined Camera 2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F2

Activate Defined Camera 3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F3

Activate Defined Camera 4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

Activate Defined Camera 5. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

Activate Defined Camera 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F6

Activate Defined Camera 7. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F7

Activate Defined Camera 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F8

Window Controls

This collection of mini-windows is among your most useful

tools. Use them in conjunction with any of the simulation’s cam-

eras to get the complete picture of your plane and the world

around you. Note that these windows can be resized and persist

in both size and position even between sessions.

Basic Operation: Generally, windows operate like any other win-

dow in your operating system. Open with the keystrokes listed

below, move around by grabbing the top or title bar of the window,

and close with either a click to the appropriate corner or a key com-

bination.

Secondary Camera View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . W

Map View . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . M

Vector Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shift + M

Axis Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . X

Mini Cockpit Window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Shift + X

GPS Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . N