Help frm A to B

[CWL]

Ok so im relatively new to FSX seeing as 98 was the last one i played.

Getting from a to b is a problemo. lol quite a big one.

I can do my flight plan and log and i can keep to it but when im getting into the area of the airport i planned to land at.

I tune into the tower i ask for directions and they say 11o clock etc

My flight plan doesnt give me directions straight onto the runway. And the atc dont either.

Feel a bit lost!

Whats easiest sort of lfight plan to use?

[Brett_Henderson]

Climb into the 172.. take off and stay in the pattern. Do some touch and goes.. get used to finding the runway and orienting yourself (easiest flight plan I can think of).. fine tune your landings and then plan a flight to the nearest airport. Try to pick one where you can use a VOR if need be, to find it (save the GPS til you master VORs). practice entering and exiting the pattern there and get a few more landings in. Then see if you can find your way back to the original airport without any radio nav-aids.

Once you've mastered that... plan some longer, multi-leg flights to get comfortable getting around by VOR and NDB. THen when you're  to up the challenge.. set the visibility to 2 miles and start navigating by instrument only (no GPS yet)... work on ILS and non-precision approaches. You'll love it when you wrestled that 172 100 miles to a strange airport and find your way to the runway in 2 mile visibility... It's quite an accomplishment.

[Nexus]

[quote]Climb into the 172.. take off and stay in the pattern. Do some touch and goes.. get used to finding the runway and orienting yourself (easiest flight plan I can think of).. fine tune your landings and then plan a flight to the nearest airport. Try to pick one where you can use a VOR if need be, to find it (save the GPS til you master VORs). practice entering and exiting the pattern there and get a few more landings in. Then see if you can find your way back to the original airport without any radio nav-aids.

Once you've mastered that... plan some longer, multi-leg flights to get comfortable getting around by VOR and NDB. THen when you're

[jnigeld11]

"TSC" sent this to me in another tread...has some very good navigation information.

http://www.navfltsm.addr.com/index.htm


Nigel