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Starting at a gate.


Giles Hacon 947416
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Giles Hacon 947416
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Hi, all.

I am very new to vatsim so please have patience with me. I cant seem to find out how to start at a "gate". Thanks for your help.

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Joe Flanagan 951388
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Hi Giles, welcome! In the flight planner, when you are chosing your departing airport, down at the bottom left is where you select where to start. It defaults to the active runway, which could be very bad when flying online. (your trip would be over real quick if you popped on just as someone was coming in to land!) Click that little drop down list and you'll see things like "GATE 4 - Small", etc.. Pick something that isn't a runway.

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Aaron Doyer 834365
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An alternate method is to start on the active runway, then slew over to the gate, THEN connect to the network. Remember, connect LAST!

Aaron Doyer - Glacier Aviation Virtual - Olympia, WA

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Ruth McTighe 824054
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and if you have an airport you fly from regularly, set yourself up at the gate as described above and then save your flight. Then next time you don't have to bother fiddling around or slewing.

 

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