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stankar

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  1. Hi Opa. Re Boundary Bay, my email is stanshear@gmail.com

    Many thanks. BTW I see you've got 4 years on me. Us oldies are from from being over the hill yet!

    Best wishes

    Stan

  2. Hi Alastair One questions. If I'm flying VFR, as through the hills and valleys and rivers of BC, the Garmin is not really much help, except just to track your current location. I find that FSNAV is really much more practical, because you can see the whole route in one shot and zoom in to any selected part, whereas the Garmin only allows you to see where you happen to be at that moment. Any comment on this? Stan
  3. Thanks guys. We're getting there... we're getting there....we're getting there. Gotta fight to the top! Oh was I spoilt by FSNav! Stan
  4. Hi Well I've taken the plunge and started getting into the beast. Have downloaded all the manuals and started fiddling around with the knobs. My problem is actually getting started. Going through the manual, or even the help files, I just end up fiddling with knobs and getting nowhere. Lets take an example. Say I want to position myself at Vancouver International, CYVR on the runway and fly a simple hop to Seattle SEA. I set CYVR as my starting location from the File menu, and then, looking at Map view I try and zoom in to see the airport, but it just zooms in to emptiness. Surely I should see the airport layout, as a start? I then find screens which flash Runway dat fields, obviously waiting for me to enter something, but don't know how to enter them. I then enter Seattle as a Direct-to waypoint, but don't seem to be able to actually see the flight plan. I have tried selecting Approach and Arrival under procedures, but don't seem to get anywhere. Then I get the message "FPL waypoint is locked". How do I actually start the flight in the trainer? There's no button that says "fly" or anything like that. I've looked at the tutorial references but, at the moment they seem to be a little beyond my reach. I think that all I'm lacking is a pointer to just get me started on a simple flight like this and I'll be on my way. I've never used GPS before, and have always use FSNav, but, well one has to move on, no? Stan
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