Flightplanner in FSX

[cassis]

Hello,

Once you create a flightplan in FSX using the default program, do you always have to accpet moving your aircraft to the departing airport to load the flightplan in your aircrfat or is it possible, if you already have taken off, to insert it while in the air and join the planned track ?

Thank you

[ronzo155]

yes, you can join it in the air. THe easiest way to do this, is to start your flightplan from the nearest Apt/navaid to your AC.
Say you take off from KSAN, rwy27, flying from KSAN to KLAS. After takeoff, and turning nortwest, you go to flightplanner and make a flightplan.
Now you could use KSAN as the starting point, but why not use some small Apt directly in front of your AC? THen when you get the pop-up message; "do you want to move the aircraft to the starting airport?" just click on "No".
Then all you do is set your GPS/NAV switch to GPS, turn on the autopilot, and push the "NAV" button, contact ATC for clearance and your good to go.

[Brushstrokes]

Neat idea!

[max-ua]

I think you can also pick up IFR clearance after you take off. Once airborne open your ATC and tune in to either approach or control. One of the options will be to create or open new IFR plan. This option will take you to the flight plan creator menu, create your plan and then click No when it asks you about moving to the destination airport. Back in the flight you can request IFR clearance for this plan and the ATC will pick up exactly where you are and provide ATC (you can always cancel ATC but keep the plan loaded). I think your GPS will also allow you to fly to the next waypoint.

Using this process MS is providing a way to simulate a real-world procedure of obtaining IFR clearance once airborne.

[cassis]

Thanks guys I'll try that