Simviation Forum - Confession and Help!

Sep 11^th, 2003 at 10:36am

Smoke2much Offline
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I have a confession to make, and it pains me greatly. Sad

I cannot make head nor tail of approach plates, they simply don't make any sense to me. I can find a VOR, fly down an ILS glideslope and navigate using my atlas and a ruler but how in (Insert deity of choice)'s name can you understand these darn things.

If someone can explain them to me in words of one syllabul I will be eternally in their debt.

The reason for this is a friend recently gave me a load of out of date plates for the UK, and I just cant seem to understand them. I managed to pass the CPL in fs2002 by trial and error, but the others are just beyond me Sad

Thanks in advance.

Will < Looking embarrased

Who switched the lights off? I can't see a thing....... Hold on, my eyes were closed. Oops, my bad...............&&

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Reply #1 - Sep 11^th, 2003 at 1:43pm

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lots of links

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Reply #2 - Sep 11^th, 2003 at 2:08pm

Smoke2much Offline
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You are a star Ivan. Kiss

Thankyou

Will

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Reply #3 - Sep 11^th, 2003 at 5:25pm

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I have a confession to make, and it pains me greatly. Sad

I cannot make head nor tail of approach plates, they simply don't make any sense to me. I can find a VOR, fly down an ILS glideslope and navigate using my atlas and a ruler but how in (Insert deity of choice)'s name can you understand these darn things.

If someone can explain them to me in words of one syllabul I will be eternally in their debt.

The reason for this is a friend recently gave me a load of out of date plates for the UK, and I just cant seem to understand them. I managed to pass the CPL in fs2002 by trial and error, but the others are just beyond me Sad

Thanks in advance.

Will < Looking embarrased

Man why you embarassed? Just because you don't know everything like somebody else? Don't worry about it.

You have questions, we have answers...

Ya, I know I didn't mean to use the radio shack jingle...

Jared

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Reply #4 - Sep 11^th, 2003 at 5:35pm

Rifleman Offline
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Wow,... when I saw "Confession" , I jumped right in here expecting some juicy stuff.......... Shocked

Disappointed once again............. Roll Eyes

Teaser !

.......... Wink

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Reply #5 - Sep 12^th, 2003 at 2:34am

Polynomial Offline
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s'ok Will, I don't have the foggiest on how do do anything fancy on FS. I just usually bum around in my favourite aircraft disobeying ATC and everything. I simply havent got the time (or brain capacity) to handle anything like that.

PolyN

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Reply #6 - Sep 12^th, 2003 at 1:06pm

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I to have a confession Roll Eyes

I don't know how to navigate with the radios at all, ILS however is not a problem sinse I almost never fly buses 8)

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Reply #7 - Sep 13^th, 2003 at 12:07am

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I'm one of those twisted individuals that take pleasure in the intricacies of approach plates and enroute charts. It comes from flight instructing. That's not a boast, so much as an explanation. I HAD to learn how to teach a topic to students that is generally considered a real "snoozer"!!! Are you using Jeppeson plates Will? If you have any specific questions post them. .....and VOR navigation is also very easy with a little practice Craig. I had to cover the VOR's for my students on cross-country flights, because they
would become TOO reliant upon them, and then not focus on
learning "land nav." skills. Wink

Pat

.....so I loaded up the plane and moved to Middle-EEEE..........OIL..that is......

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Reply #8 - Sep 13^th, 2003 at 9:25pm

Jared Offline
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lol...pretty good at VOR to VOR, but never tried approach charts as of yet, but I do have a set of North eastern Ohio charts coming from my uncle who is done with them. sure they're a couple of months old, but he has hradly used most of them...Yay! Free goodies for the sim!

Jared

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Reply #9 - Sep 16^th, 2003 at 3:57pm

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Wow,... when I saw "Confession" , I jumped right in here expecting some juicy stuff.......... Shocked

Disappointed once again............. Roll Eyes

Teaser !

.......... Wink

Same here Ken. Angry

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