flight plans

[oldtimer]

is it possible to create circular routes in fs9

[codered]

Kind of....

When you create the flight plan, you can move the red navigation line.  Drag and drop this on your nav aids or airports.  This is the only way I could see getting yourself back to your airport of origination.  ATC wise you might have to create a flight plan going to an airport, then create one going back.

[RollerBall]

Yes you can. You can't land en route because, as in real life, taking off again needs a new flightplan.

Do the following.

Step1
Create a flightplan in the normal way landing at an airfield close to where you want to start from. I chose London Stansted to Andrewsfield. Don't forget to choose how you want to go - IFR low level, high level, VFR etc. I chose IFR low level (type 2 - see later)



Step 2
Create as many intermediate waypoint as you want by dragging the planned track to airports, VORs, NDBs, intersections etc

I chose all airports around the London Zone.



Step 3
Save the plan in the normal way but NOTE WHERE THE SYSTEM IS SAVING YOUR FILE!



Step 4
Open up the saved file with Notepad or Wordpad



Step 5
Paste in a copy of waypoint 1 (starting airport) as the final one. make sure you change the waypoint number so it's in sequence and you can either delete the original last waypoint (Andrewsfield in my case) or make the new last waypoint an additional one.



Make other obvious changes to the file text (destination!) and save with a NEW name.

Voila! you have a new circular flightplan. Enjoy it!

[raysandytimwill]

Hi All, While the flight planner in 2004 is pretty darn good, some sectionals (real maps) of areas you like to fly in can really open the door for some great fun in flight planning. I`ve been checking the net for a place to get some cheap, nothing yet. Also, a great aid in flight planning for me has been the NOAA weather site, you can get a weather breifing in a heart beat there, plus in-route if you like. Its like having a FSS in the back seat with no CG problems,hehe. Just some fun things to do to pass the time on those cross-town flights. I`am I sounding like a airport-bum, now or what? Stay Safe, Ray