Charts

[jrpilot]

Hello,

   Does anyone no where I can find approach charts/plates for flight simulator for free, and how to read them.

Thank you

[ozzy72]

You could try http://www.fltplan.com for online ones, failing that, you can also try calling your local airport as they have to update regularly, and the old charts end up as bin liners

Ozzy

[WebbPA]

Someone mentioned this one http://www.myairplane.com/ the other day.  Tons of approach plates.

[Jared]

Yup, I'm not sure how I found Myairplane.com, but there it was with all of these free and to date approach charts, and all kinds of other information.  2 days after I found the site my uncle gave me one of his old sets...

And for a free tutorial on how to read them you could pop on over to no nodes for a look around...

Jared

[Morfeas2]

Another excellent resource for European charts is the following: http://vateud.org/default.cfm

[RitterKreuz]

if you need some charts of nearly any kind i have some i will sell to you super cheap.

[Dan]

Lol... What are these? Will they work for CFS1. Sounds like they would for any Sim  ???.
Dan
Wales, Uk

[RitterKreuz]

the charts i am referring to are for navigation and approaches.

here is what i use for kicks

1. IFR charts (Low enroute/victor airways) these work well with FS2000, 2002, and 2004 as all of the VOR, ILS, NDB, ATIS, TOWER, APPROACH frequencies etc are the same in real life as they are in the game.

2. VFR (sectional charts) These show prominent landmarks and airspace and frequencies and are great for VFR navigators who want to realize the challenge of not having GPS. the terrain, landmarks, airspace and frequencies are true to FS2002, 2000, 2004 and real life as well.

3. Approach plates (Contains IFR approaches into various airports organized by state) these booklets also contain departure procedures, arrival procedures, and all the fancy stuff pilots really do during approaches (These are for the hard core simmers who know how to use them) all frequencies are true to real life as well as the simulator.

they wil not work with combat flight simulators of any kind currently on the market because there are none with the ILS approaches etc. and i dont have any charts for europe or the pacific... not that there would be any navaids or approaches in 1940's war torn areas anyhow

[RitterKreuz]

forgot to mention... if you are a student pilot and the instructor assigns you a strange cross country you have never flown before... fly it on flight simulator once or twice. He may be impressed during your next lesson!