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Need help. Where do you start flying?


Tyler Higson 1015249
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Tyler Higson 1015249
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I have signed up, installed everything and done everything needed, even submitted a flight plan but I just cant find where to start flying!

 

Myself and my friend have been going around the site for hours and we just cant find where to start flying! It my seem stupid but...yeah

 

Can you please explain to us just where to go. We have also read the PRC stuff and everything. We have installed everything and we just dont know what to do!

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Lennart Vedin
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ok i see you have read the PRC, thats good.

 

Best you tell what VATSIM client software you are use, there are basically two chose, Squawkbox 3 (not compatible FSX), or FSInn. And what version of FS (Flightsim) do you use.

 

Also add and explain what you do (if anything) when you try start flying online at VATSIM.

 

 

An EXAMPLE of equipment, FS2004 and Squawkbox 3:

When you fly online at VATSIM you do NOT use the VATSIM site ( http://www.vatsim.net ) . You only use FS2004 and Squawkbox 3.

 

So you start FS2004, select an aircraft and park at an airport. Then you start Squawkbox 3 and connect to VATSIM following the instruction for Squawkbox 3.

 

If there are no aircraft and no ATC at the location you park, nothing happen different from fly offline.

 

You should use e.g. "ServInfo" http://www.avsim.com/hangar/utils/servinfo to first see where ATC and/or other aircrafts are available. ServInfo is not required to fly at VATSIM, but it is just a way to view available ATC and other aircrafts that currently are flying online at VATSIM.

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