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- FSPLAN 1.01 (Copyright 1994 John M. Trindle)
- For Microsoft Flight Simulator 5.
-
- What is it?
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-
- FSPLAN is a simple flight planner, just capable enough to get
- you navigating in the vast world of FS5, ISS, and add-on
- scenery.
-
- FSPLAN reads airports and navaids directly from FS5 BGL scenery
- files. Any airport which has a placement record (is visible from
- World->Airports menu) should be usable by FSPLAN.
-
- UNZIP this file into the \FLTSIM5 directory. FSPLAN will find
- the BGL files in your SCENERY directory.
-
-
- How to use:
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-
- FSPLAN [Print Destination] [Aircraft]
-
- Print Destination is the optional parameter which designates the text
- output destination, i.e., where your plan is printed. By default,
- the flight plan will be printed to FSPLAN.TXT. You may use
- PRN or LPT1 as the destination name if you wish to print the
- plan directly.
-
- Aircraft specifies the ACF file to use. ACF files describe the
- aircraft performance characteristics such as Best Rate of Climb
- and Cruise Speed. If this parameter is not specified, the
- program will default to a Cessna 182.
-
- The [] symbols designate optional parameters and should not be
- typed. If you wish to use the Aircraft parameter, though, you must
- provide a Print Destination parameter.
-
- When you invoke FSPLAN, you will be presented with an essentially
- blank screen. This is where you type in your waypoints. Use
- any string subset which designates the airport or VOR in your
- scenery. 3 letter identifiers are good for VORs and ISS airports,
- whereas city names are better for default and add-on airports. When
- you have entered all your waypoints, press the PgDn key.
-
- If you type Kennedy on the first line, and Hare on the second line,
- you will be prompted to confirm or discard each match for Kennedy
- and Hare in your installed scenery. In most cases, the first
- option suggested will be NEW YORK KENNEDY and CHICAGO O'HARE, which
- are both present in the default scenery.
-
- FSPLAN will automatically compute the shortest route via VORs between
- each pair of waypoints. Great Circle Distance computation is used.
- If no VORs are available, an "INS" (Inertial Navigation System)
- waypoint will be included. This last feature allows planning
- trans-oceanic voyages. Routing takes a minute or two, depending on
- the length of the plan.
-
- Your destination file will be created (or the plan will be printed).
- In addition, a file called FSPLAN.BIN is created. This contains
- the plan in a binary format, for future use by add-in software.
-
- If you use this flight planner, please send a check for $15 to:
-
- John Trindle
- T-Square Company
- 4056 Midlands Road
- Williamsburg, VA 23188
-
- Include your name, address, telephone number, and the product
- (FSPLAN v1.01) which you are registering. FSPLAN is FREE to
- registered owners of 2 or more ISS scenery regions.
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