The Best of Select: Games 4/CD_1.iso/games/tracon/demo.dmo

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DEMO.SIM
00:00  Text
  This is a TRACON
   Demonstration!

TRACON provides a
simulation of a
Terminal Radar
Approach CONtrol
facility, complete
with realistic
sectors and traffic.
END
00:08  Text
You control aircraft
over Los Angeles, San
Francisco, Chicago,
Miami, or Boston.

To do so, you issue
realistic commands
from either a keypad
or mouse.
END
00:16  Text
This demonstration
will do all that
for you, so just sit
back and enjoy it!

(You may exit this
demonstration at any
time by pressing Esc
or Alt-X.)
END
00:22  Text
Let's first get
acquainted with the
parts of the screen.
END
00:28  Text
The blue area above
this notepad is the
"Pending" flight-
strip area where
you can see inbound
aircraft about 5
minutes before they
become active.
END
00:36  Text
The green "Actives"
area mirrors the blue
area, but it contains
the aircraft that are
actually under your
control.
END
00:44  Text
The purple area to the
left is the Communica-
tions area.  When you
issue commands and
pilots or other
facilities respond,
this is where the
voice-equivalent info
is shown.
END
00:52  Text
Finally, the black
scope area behind the
popped-up startup box
is your radar scope.
We will see that in
more detail later.
END
01:00  Text
The dialog box in the
middle of the scope
area allows you to set
simulation parameters.

We'll use the name
"Demonstration" here.
END
01:08  Demonstration
01:08  Text
Here you choose the
control sector.

Let's keep the default
Los Angeles sector.
END
01:16  Tab
01:16  Text
You can create a new
scenario or rerun a
previous one.  We will
use "DEMO.SIM" here.
END
01:24  Tab
01:24  Text
Here we set the number
of aircraft to handle
during the simulation.

Let's use "7" for our
short demonstration.
END
01:32  7
01:32  Text
You may also set the
time "window" over
which these aircraft
enter your sector.

The shorter it is, the
the more airplanes you
must handle at once.
END
01:40  5
01:40  Text
Weather conditions
are set here.

"IFR" conditions mean
that all pilots are
under your control,
but approaches are
easy and there are
few, if any, misses.
END
01:47  Down
01:47  Text
"Minimum" conditions
mean low clouds in
which some approaches
are missed and pilots
have to "go around."

"Turbulent" and
"Stormy" mean even
more missed approaches
and pilot errors.
END
01:50  Down
01:53  Down
01:56  Down
01:56  Text
We'll use IFR weather
in this demo.
END
02:00  Tab
02:00  Text
You can also set
pilot proficiency.

"Perfect" pilots are
wonderful -- they do
what you tell them
every time.
END
02:07  Down
02:07  Text
"Average" pilots make
some mistakes, but not
very many and not very
often.
END
02:13  Down
02:13  Text
"Lousy" pilots, on the
other hand, make lots
of mistakes over and
over.  They're quite
a handful!
END
02:20  Down
02:20  Text
Let's use Perfect
pilots for this demo.
END
02:25  Tab
02:25  Text
You can set wind
speed and direction
here. For now, let's
use calm conditions.
END
02:32  0
02:32  Text
Everything's set! We
are ready to begin
our shift...
END
02:38  Enter
00:00  Text
Our radar is working,
sweeping a radius
about 20 miles from
a centerpoint North-
east of Los Angeles
International airport.
END
00:09  Text
We can see 6 inbounds
in the Pending stack.
END
00:17  Text
Entering aircraft
announce themselves
over the Comm and
show up blinking on
the scope.
END
00:25  FG Enter
00:25  Text
We accept each one in
turn using the Enter
key.

(Note: you may turn
off "talking" by
pressing Alt-T
twice.)
END
00:28  EQ Enter
00:28  Text
Although each plane's
strip lists its
flightplan, we can
also request that a
flightpath be shown
visually on the scope
using the Alt-F key.
END
00:40  N1EQ FlightPath
00:45  Text
We can also request
more detailed info
about any specific
plane using the Alt-I
key.

N1EQ is a LearJet that
can climb at 3000 feet
per minute!
END
00:53  N1EQ Info
00:58  Text
Let's repeat that
sequence for N16FG.

First, its intended
route of flight to
Long Beach airport...
END
01:08  Text
END
01:08  FG FlightPath
01:12  Text
And now let's see just
what a TB-20 is...
END
01:18  N16FG Info
01:18  Text
And now let's see just
what a TB-20 is...

Ah-Ha!  It's one of
those fancy new French
4-seat retractables.
END
01:28  Text
END
01:33  Text
At any time, you can
popup a help window
showing what all the
keypad control keys
do.
END
01:38  F1
01:58  Text
And you can popup a
similar window for
the Alt-keys.
END
02:05  AltF1
02:10  Text
Oops! Time to get back
to work!
END
02:16  AltF1
02:16  Text
First, we accept the
twin Cessna...
END
02:25  65G Enter
02:28  Text
First, we accept the
twin Cessna...

...then tell
LAX tower to release
Scandinavian Airlines
Flight 190 for takeoff.
END
02:34  190 Enter
02:40  Down
02:40  Text
Note N9565G's strip:
It is a Cessna 402
doing 209 knots level
at 12,000 feet.  It
came in at HASSA and
is going directly to
TANDY intersection.
END
02:57  Down
02:57  Text N1EQ
Lear 1 Echo Quebec's
strip tells us that
he's already at 5,000
feet and 250 knots.
Destination is LAX via
Victor Airway 23.
END
03:06  Text
We need to start him
down so that he will
be at the final
approach fix altitude
in time.
END
03:13  EQ Down 19
03:15  Text STABO
Let's also clear him
to STABO to set him
up for an approach
into LAX.
END
03:21  EQ Home STABO
03:27  Text N16FG
We also need to start
the French Trinidad
down.  Let's give him
3000 feet for now.
END
03:35  FG Down 30
03:38  Text SK190
The Scandinavian
airliner has lifted
off and we're picking
him up on radar now.
END
03:45  Text N39F
Another Lear inbound
for LAX, this time
from over Covina.
END
03:55  39F Enter
04:00  Text
We can position its
"leader line" on the
scope in any of eight
directions.
END
04:12  N39F Slash End
04:16  N39F Slash Down
04:20  N39F Slash PgDn
04:24  N39F Slash Down
04:27  Text N8W
Here comes a Seneca
inbound for Van Nuys
at 10000 feet.
END
04:33  8W Enter
04:35  Text VNY
You can request info
about airports using
Alt-I as well.

Let's look up the
FAF altitude for VNY.
END
04:45  Text
END
04:45  VNY Info
04:48  Text
It's 4300 feet.

We can now descend
Seneca Eight Whiskey
to that altitude.
END
04:59  8W Down 43
05:05  1EQ Slash Home
05:15  Text SMO
There's a take-off
ready at Santa Monica.

First, Alt-I to get
some info about SMO.
END
05:25  Text
END
05:25  SMO Info
05:31  Text
Tell Santa Monica to
get that Mooney
rolling.
END
05:36  41K Enter
05:45  Text N39F
Notice: Cessna 65G and
Lear 39F are close
together but separated
by 4000 feet
vertically.  No
problem.
END
05:55  Text
END
05:55  65G Slash Left
06:08  Text
Time to get Lear 39F
down to FAF altitude
and start a vector
to intercept the
LAX approach course.
END
06:23  39F Down 19
06:30  39F Left 200
06:45  Text
Now let's turn Lear
Echo Quebec south to
intercept the LAX
centerline.
END
06:56  1EQ Right 170
07:05  Text N841K
Mooney 41K is climbing
out of Santa Monica
and turning on course
direct to HASSA.
END
07:10  41K FlightPath
07:15  39F Slash Left
07:16  65G Slash Right
07:17  Text
END
07:24  FG Slash Home
07:28  Text
Now turn Lear 1EQ from
base onto final...
END
07:31  190 Slash Right
07:38  1EQ Right 250
07:43  Text
Now turn Lear 1EQ from
base onto final...

...and hand him off to
LAX tower.  He must be
at the FAF altitude
heading inbound when
handed off, or he will
inevitably miss the
approach.
END
07:54  1EQ End
08:00  1EQ Slash Up
08:19  Text
The Seneca is still
navigating directly to
Van Nuys field.  Let's
start a vector to set
him up for the VNY ILS
approach.
END
08:29  8W Right 30
08:30  Text
The second Lear into
LAX is coming up on
the centerline of the
runway.  Turn him
back toward the
runway.
END
08:38  39F Right 250
08:38  Text
END
09:10  Text
Lear 1EQ is shooting
the approach into LAX
and has now descended
below our radar.
END
09:10  Text
Now we hand off Lear
39F to LAX -- another
approach successfully
handled!
END
09:22  39F End
09:25  Text
We can watch him go in
using the Zoom (+)
key.
END
09:30  Plus
09:35  Text
You can zoom in twice
as required to sort
out close-together
targets and fine-
tune your commands.
END
09:45  Plus
09:58  Minus
09:59  Minus
10:02  39F Slash Down
10:03  Text
The Scandinavian
747 is nearing our
sector boundary, so
we can hand him off
to the center
controller now.
END
10:13  190 End
10:28  Text
If the radar sweep or
range rings get in
your way, you can
always turn them off
using the star (*)
key.
END
10:38  Asterisk
10:48  Text
But let's leave them
on now by pressing
star again.
END
10:50  Asterisk
10:55  Exit
10:55  Text
That's enough for now.

We've handled
arrivals, departures,
and overflights
without causing any
separation conflicts,
near misses, crashes,
or other errors.
END
11:05  Text
We hope you have
enjoyed this short
sampling of TRACON's
capabilities.

If you need more
information, ask your
dealer or call
1-800-634-9808.
END
11:15  Text
This demonstration
will automatically
repeat unless you
press Enter within
the next ten seconds.

(But remember: you
can always stop it
by pressing Alt-X
at any time.)
END
11:25  Right
11:25  Right
11:26  Enter