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/images/notams/notams21/fsna0609.jpgNavigation and Flight Planning in MSFS 2020 is the new eBook designed tohelp you learn the navigation and planning skills needed to enhance your MSFSexperience. Loaded with more than 150 illustrations, you'll find this to be avaluable resource you'll refer to again and again. We'll demystify VORs andOBIs. RNAV and ILS approaches will become second nature. You'll learn the insand outs of flight planning, including how to configure hybrid flights whereyou'll precisely fly a RNAV or ILS approach under VFR. You'll learn to readand incorporate Departure Procedures, STARs, RNAV and ILS approach platesinto your flights, as well as where to find them online. Plan like a pro andfly precisely. All those acronyms? Explained. Creating realistic flight plans? Explained. Autopilot control modes? Explained. Flying an ILS approach by hand? Explained. Here are the topics we cover in the book: Introduce the basics of air navigation using both ground based and satellite navaids.Provide familiarization with analog navigation instrumentation, much of which is still applicable in modern aircraftProvide familiarization with the modern glass cockpit, using the Garmin G1000 as a starting pointLearn how to use an autopilot for enroute navigation and landing approachesUnderstand the charts, maps and diagrams used for flight planningLearn how to plan a flight from takeoff to landingUnderstand how to fly a precise route using VOR or GPS navigationUnderstand how to fly an approach using VOR or RNAVUnderstand how to do a precision instrument landing using ILSAs we work through each topic, we'll show you how to set up exampleflights to test and practice your new knowledge. Learning to plan the routes you want to fly and understanding how tonavigate are essential skills to take your MSFS experience to the nextlevel. Let us show you how it's done. Purchase FSNAV - Navigation and Flight Planning in MSFS 2020
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/images/notams/notams21/tops0216.jpgFlight Planning Videos UpgradedTopSkills has issued upgrades to its tutorial videos, FlightPlanning in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Both videos in the set,VFR and IFR, contain more information, and each video is 50 percentlonger. Audio narrations for both videos have been recorded anew withsuperior hardware and software for highest quality and clarity. Userexperiences are thereby enhanced significantly in this Version2.0. Aviation authorities require flight plans for instrument flightsand recommend them for visual flights. Air traffic control uses flightplans to vector IFR pilots, and flight plans help VFR pilots reachtheir destinations timely and accurately. In MSFS 2020, VFR and IFRflight plans are displayed in the GPS units, the navigation logs, andthe maps. Use of flight plans therefore enhances the realism of anycross-country simulation. TopSkills has specialized in home flight-simulation training withcomprehensive books since 1997 and self-learning videos since2010. Customers who already purchased the previous versions may downloadVersion 2.0 free of charge. Purchase TopSkills - Flight Planning with MSFS v2.0 See other TopSkills videos for MSFS 2020
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/images/notams/notams20/tops0928.jpgLearn to Plan Flights in Microsoft Flight Simulator® Plan VFR and IFR flights in the new Microsoft Flight Simulator®2020. Version 1.0 is an all-new video based on Microsoft’s newestsimulation program. Flight plans are required for all IFR flights and recommended forall VFR flights. In MSFS 2020, the GPS unit displays VFR and IFRflight plans, and air traffic control uses flight plans to vector IFRflights. Flight plans help VFR pilots reach their destinations timelyand accurately. Plan Your Flights Like a Professional with this informativevideo guide! Learn four ways to choose departure and destination airports. See two ways to choose starting points and parking places at both airports. Get information about runways, elevations, frequencies, and more. Make GPS direct routes. Make VOR-to-VOR routes. Choose visual or instrument flight rules. Select IFR low-altitude or high-altitude routes. Add and delete waypoints. See estimated flight distances and durations. Select proper cruising altitudes. Use the simulator’s NavLog and maps. Save your flight plans. File your plans with air traffic control.Enjoy the Advantages of Flight PlanningYour filed flight plan is shown in the onboard GPS unit and simulator map. The autopilot has a flight plan to follow. Air traffic control vectors IFR flight plans. Flight plans are saved for future use.Use Professionally Produced Instructional VideosAll topics are deliberately chosen for utmost relevance. Every aspect is clearly explained with simultaneous animations. Significant details are highlighted. All narrations are deliberately scripted and edited. Narrations are precisely spoken. Audio is clear throughout. Images are captured directly from MSFS 2020.Two Videos in One PackageOne video is for VFR flight planning. A separate video is for IFR flight planning.Compatible With Popular Software and Operating SystemsVideo plays on common media players. Duration: 12 minutes. File size: 122 MB. Instructions for use included.Focus and LimitsThis video focuses on the electronic flight planner in Microsoft Flight Simulator® 2020. It does not apply to other flight-simulation programs.Special BonusTranscripts of the two videos are included for reference. Includes Free V-Speed CardMost common general aviation V-Speeds Minimums, maximum, and optimums Listed by abbreviation alphabetically on one side Listed by abbreviation by relative speed on other side Clearly described Applies universally, not to any particular aircraft. Free with purchase of this flight-sim videoPurchase TopSkills - Flight Planning With MSFS Video
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Hi Flight Simmers, I'm dealing with a FSX mission to a remote place in a jungle. The landing airstrip doesn't have an ICAO id code. I know its coordinates. How do I refer to it in order to create a flight plan? Thanks in advance. Pablo Caracas, Venezuela
