Where are the OLD Flight Plans within VATSIM and can I delete them?

[Don Smith]

Dear Sirs

Where are the OLD Flight Plans within VATSIM and can I delete them, Sir?

I know how to file a Flight Plan within VATSIM. 

I have over 10,000 hrs with VATSIM and I have my R/W PPL, but I do not know everthing!

Please, I would appreciate any help.  If this does not work, then I will try something else!

Thank You for your time, Sirs!

Don Smith

ASO455

 

[Kirk Christie]

You cannot.

Flight plans are automatically deleted,

2 hours after being prefiled if no connection made.

After you arrive at your destination and then disconnect.

A period of time after disconnecting with out a reconnection, if you were in the air.

Stats.vatsim.net will show all your connections and previous flights.

There isnt anything else you can try.

7 hours ago, Don Smith said:

I have over 10,000 hrs with VATSIM and I have my R/W PPL

I'm not sure of the relevance of this, you can ask questions with out adding this info just seems like an unnecessary flex.

Edited December 6, 2021 at 11:48 PM by Kirk Christie

[Don Smith]

Dear Kirk

Thank you for your response, Sir.

"I'm not sure of the relevance of this,..., but I am still not online with VATSIM.  Is someone keeping me from getting online with VATSIM?

You say that each flight is deleted automatically after 2 hours.  Well, I still have not been able to get online with VATSIM.  It has been over 24 hours since this has happened.

I have never "(Pre-filed  by CID....) a Flight Plan with VATSIM accept back in 2007 with Kyle Ramsey's help.

Looking at VAT-Spy, under "Flights" Tab, looking at my "Callsign", the "Font Color" is still gray.  My friends online cannot see me but I can see them at the same location.  I have (with my Friends help) double checked my "Settings" within vPilot and cannot figure this out, Sir.

Don Smith

[Lauri Uusitalo]

22 hours ago, Don Smith said:

I know how to file a Flight Plan within VATSIM. 

So if this part is done, as you say, then one part is done.

Which client are you using and what is the response when you try to login?

[Andreas Fuchs]

Have you logged in "as observer", by accident?

[Kirk Christie]

6 hours ago, Don Smith said:

Looking at VAT-Spy, under "Flights" Tab, looking at my "Callsign", the "Font Color" is still gray.

If the font colour is still grey. that means you havent connected correctly.

Two things must match, your Callsign and CID. If any one of them is different to the filed plan, it wont match to you.
 

6 hours ago, Don Smith said:

Is someone keeping me from getting online with VATSIM?

No one is keeping you from VATSIM, and you should be able to connect, flight plan filed or not. 

Is the issue an inibility to connect to the network, in which case vPILOT should be showing you an error. Or an inibility to have your flight plan match your connection.

Edited December 7, 2021 at 09:29 PM by Kirk Christie

[Kirk Christie]

15 hours ago, Andreas Fuchs said:

Have you logged in "as observer", by accident?

Think you might be on the money there.

[Andreas Fuchs]

Ha, I did not lookup Don's connection history, well done! In this case we know that he connected as observer.

@Don Smith On vpilot's connect dialogue, make sure there's no checkmark set for observer-mode!

https://vpilot.rosscarlson.dev/Documentation#connecting

[Don Smith]

Thank You - Thank You for your help!

Andreas, Kirk, Matt and Everyone - I appreciate your help!

OBSERVER is my down fall!  I do not know how it happened but Thanks!  Problem Solved!

Don