Flying patrols

[Hageneezz]

So up until now I always did flights from A to B, usually just using the FS2004 default flight planner. But I would like to do something different. I would like a flightplan to start and end at the same airbase, and add waypoints to fly around the airbase? Is this possible while using default ATC? Do I have to use an external flight planner?

Dankjewel

 

[Sbob]

"Patrol" implies you're doing military flights. Do some digging, in most cases (when you're in civilian airspace) you would be flying under ATC guidelines HOWEVER you also get to fly "Due Regard" (meaning your regs are a LOT tighter than civilian traffic and ATC only monitors your position when possible).

On the practical side, I use VFR guidelines with ATC and back that up with my ACS-GPS installs in FS2002 and FS9. In the older Aircraft Carrier Thread and the Getting Buffed (B-52) thread, I go a little deeper into navegation and ATC.

 

[Hageneezz]

"Patrol" implies you're doing military flights. Do some digging, in most cases (when you're in civilian airspace) you would be flying under ATC guidelines HOWEVER you also get to fly "Due Regard" (meaning your regs are a LOT tighter than civilian traffic and ATC only monitors your position when possible).

On the practical side, I use VFR guidelines with ATC and back that up with my ACS-GPS installs in FS2002 and FS9. In the older Aircraft Carrier Thread and the Getting Buffed (B-52) thread, I go a little deeper into navegation and ATC.

Thanks!

 

[wolfebee89]

So up until now I always did flights from A to B, usually just using the FS2004 default flight planner. But I would like to do something different. I would like a flightplan to start and end at the same airbase, and add waypoints to fly around the airbase? Is this possible while using default ATC? Do I have to use an external flight planner?

Dankjewel

best to first read the sections on waypoints in Using the Flight Planner, and the sections on VFR Flight and ATC in Flight Simulator - in particular the Flight Following Service feature and IFR Flight and ATC in Flight Simulator in Air Traffic Control in the FS2004 Learning Center

the default flight planner permits for the use of the nearest VORs, NDBs, intersections and airports as waypoints, while user defined or custom way points are only feasible by modifying the flight plan .pln files

and if the IFR plan is filed correctly and/or the flight following service is requested for VFR flights, then the ATC ought to direct appropriately

finally, for patrols with identical origin and destination, as opposed to the typical Direct-GPS, choose instead VOR to VOR or Low Altitude Airways as the Autorouting method when setting up your VFR flight plan - and at your last proximal waypoint prior to heading back to your start location/destination, tune into the ATC to 1) cancel VFR flight following and 2) to request a full stop landing; for IFR flights, best to select a nearby or intemediary 'dummy' waypoint within the proximity of your destination, and upon reaching the said dummy waypoint, cancel your IFR flight plan via ATC, and head back to your origin/destination

 

[Hageneezz]

best to first read the sections on waypoints in Using the Flight Planner, and the sections on VFR Flight and ATC in Flight Simulator - in particular the Flight Following Service feature and IFR Flight and ATC in Flight Simulator in Air Traffic Control in the FS2004 Learning Center

the default flight planner permits for the use of the nearest VORs, NDBs, intersections and airports as waypoints, while user defined or custom way points are only feasible by modifying the flight plan .pln files

and if the IFR plan is filed correctly and/or the flight following service is requested for VFR flights, then the ATC ought to direct appropriately

finally, for patrols with identical origin and destination, as opposed to the typical Direct-GPS, choose instead VOR to VOR or Low Altitude Airways as the Autorouting method when setting up your VFR flight plan - and at your last proximal waypoint prior to heading back to your start location/destination, tune into the ATC to 1) cancel VFR flight following and 2) to request a full stop landing; for IFR flights, best to select a nearby or intemediary 'dummy' waypoint within the proximity of your destination, and upon reaching the said dummy waypoint, cancel your IFR flight plan via ATC, and head back to your origin/destination

Thanks for this!