Simviation Forum - Anyone use SkyVector for their charts?

Mar 6^th, 2011 at 12:20pm

Grant06 Offline
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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&p...

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

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Reply #1 - Mar 6^th, 2011 at 2:41pm

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

Flying with twins is a lot of fun..

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Reply #2 - Mar 6^th, 2011 at 2:55pm

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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.

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Reply #3 - Mar 6^th, 2011 at 3:52pm

Steve M Offline
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Grant06 wrote 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.

Thanks for the link Grant, much appreciated.

Flying with twins is a lot of fun..

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Reply #4 - Mar 6^th, 2011 at 4:35pm

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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.

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Reply #5 - Mar 6^th, 2011 at 5:16pm

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Grant06 wrote 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.

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.

Flying with twins is a lot of fun..

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Reply #6 - Apr 27^th, 2011 at 10:06pm

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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. Wink

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