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Using EZ-GPS - Flying a Flight Plan
This is a step by step example of how you can make a Flight Simulator flight plan to use with EZ-GPS. This flight will be from Seattle to Portland. The plan is for a VFR flight using low-altitude airways.
For this EZ-GPS example, we'll use a Flight Simulator Flight Plan: from Seattle-Tacoma Int'l (KSEA) to Portland International (KPDX) |
To prepare the KSEA to KPDX flight plan, please see the section Quick Guide to Making an FS Flight Plan |
Choose your aircraft and click RTE to display the available flight plans. Press NXT and PRE until the desired flight plan for KSEA to KPDX appears in the list as in the illustration to the right.
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Make sure that you've selected the correct flight plan (indicated by >) and click SET. You'll see this display. |
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Click WPT to see the first leg of the flight plan. This takes you from KSEA to SEA. Since you are still sitting on the ground, and the distance is 1.0 nm, the ETA is a large number (9999 minutes). Click AP to activate the cockpit autopilot or internal autopilot (if your aicraft does not have an autopilot in the cockpit). |
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Takeoff. When you reach about 1000 feet altitude, click GPS. The light above GPS flashes to indicate that the AP-GPS link is activated. Your aircraft will begin following the flight plan including any turns to stay on course. |
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Enjoy your flight to Portland. |
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While not part of the flight plan, you can click INF to display the information about the current waypoint. The information includes the CT - control tower frequency; EL - elevation; RW - max runway length. |
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