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Title: Anyone use SkyVector for their charts?
Post by Grant06 on Mar 6^th, 2011 at 12:20pm

Anyone use SkyVector for their charts?
Uses current charts. You can draw out a flight plan on the chart. Click flightplan, add. And it draws a line with distance and bearing. Then click on Link and a new page will display with the route showing so you can save the plan or pass it to someone else.
Here's an example.
http://skyvector.com/?ll=33.02970082459057,-110.72592252997332&chart=83&zoom=6&plan=A.K2.KHII:V.K2.GBN:V.K2.TFD:V.K2.SSO:V.K2.DMN

You can see the rout in the link. If the route doesn't show up right away, just refresh the page.
Printable too.

Title: Re: Anyone use SkyVector for their charts?
Post by Steve M on Mar 6^th, 2011 at 2:41pm

Very nice. I didn't log in yet, so, is it free?

Title: Re: Anyone use SkyVector for their charts?
Post by Grant06 on Mar 6^th, 2011 at 2:55pm

sorry, don't remember the login. Yes it's free. Worth the register, I don't get spamed or anything.
The green dot's are current weather stations. Cursor over an airfield to get link for approach plates, airport information.

Title: Re: Anyone use SkyVector for their charts?
Post by Steve M on Mar 6^th, 2011 at 3:52pm

Grant06 wrote on Mar 6^th, 2011 at 2:55pm:

Thanks for the link Grant, much appreciated.

Title: Re: Anyone use SkyVector for their charts?
Post by Grant06 on Mar 6^th, 2011 at 4:35pm

It's nice not having to buy charts and plates for simming.
It's too bad that the FSX online community is sparse. Do you fly with anyone online? Flight of two chasing VOR's and glideslopes is fun. No vis. no gps.
Tried FSHost but never got it to work.

Title: Re: Anyone use SkyVector for their charts?
Post by Steve M on Mar 6^th, 2011 at 5:16pm

Grant06 wrote on Mar 6^th, 2011 at 4:35pm:

It sounds like fun. I got online once for a few minutes. Setting up all the ports was an effort. So I did the manly thing.. I gave up on it.

Title: Re: Anyone use SkyVector for their charts?
Post by beaky on Apr 27^th, 2011 at 10:06pm

ALL of the US sectionals, including Alaska and Hawaii, are now available in pdf form here at simviation, for now in the FSX Utilities library... :)

There's also a tutorial, if you want to learn how to use them correctly. ;)