Scot Quintel 1379499 Posted January 18, 2017 at 01:42 AM Posted January 18, 2017 at 01:42 AM I apologize for the questions, and I know there will be more, but I'm making progress! I have vatsim and vpilot set up..... Headset and mic working.... I think I know how to file a proper flight plan... Here is the question: I was asked "what equipment I had on board" What was atc looking for? the type of plane or what specifically? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bradley Grafelman Posted January 18, 2017 at 02:57 AM Posted January 18, 2017 at 02:57 AM They were looking for your navigation equipment in order to add an equipment suffix to your aircraft type since it was missing. VATSIM's flight plan more or less follows the domestic FAA flight plan format, thus there should be a "slant" (forward slash) followed by a single-letter nav suffix following your aircraft type. You can see a list of these suffixes here. Speaking of aircraft types, note that "737" is not a valid value. If you're flying a 737-700, "B737" would be the correct code. You can use this site to search for other valid codes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board of Governors Don Desfosse Posted January 18, 2017 at 01:39 PM Board of Governors Posted January 18, 2017 at 01:39 PM Note: This is covered in the Pilot's Resource Center, a resource we have spent hundreds (if not thousands) of hours creating for our pilots. If you haven't had the chance yet, we highly recommend you review it -- lots of great tidbits in there! Don Desfosse Vice President, Operations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jonathan Fong Posted January 19, 2017 at 09:44 AM Posted January 19, 2017 at 09:44 AM ATC would have been looking for your equipment code, which is part of your flight plan - it basically tells the controllers what type of navigational equipment you have on-board. VATSIM uses the FAA equipment code system - you can find more about said system here. On top of that, I would highly recommend you take a VATSIM P1 rating course. It'll teach you all you need to know about how to fly properly on the VATSIM network, including equipment codes, flight plans, radio procedure and more. You can get the P1 rating from any VATSIM ATO (Authorized Training Organization) - I myself got mine at the VATSIM Pilot Academy, but there are many other excellent ATOs out there - VATSTAR and BAVirtual come to mind (although the latter is a VA which requires you to sign up and fly for them in order to take the course). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Board of Governors Don Desfosse Posted January 19, 2017 at 12:49 PM Board of Governors Posted January 19, 2017 at 12:49 PM Sorry, just realized I forgot to include the link in my reply above! Meant to include that at the same time. https://www.vatsim.net/pilot-resource-centre/general-lessons/choosing-equipment-code Don Desfosse Vice President, Operations Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Shearman Jr Posted January 19, 2017 at 05:42 PM Posted January 19, 2017 at 05:42 PM I would highly recommend you take a VATSIM P1 rating course. {...} but there are many other excellent ATOs out there - VATSTAR and BAVirtual come to mind (although the latter is a VA which requires you to sign up and fly for them in order to take the course). VATSTAR's P1 is a completely self-guided program, but you can book a session with one of our Instructors if you get stuck on something. Thanks as always for the plug, Jonathan! Cheers, -R. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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