Air craft Alignment

Read this, I first posted this guide many a month ago, and it has become rather popular

THIS IS FOR IFR FLIGHT!

1. When ATC says something liek "WifeBeater 767, you are 32 Miles away. Turn right heading 105, descend and mantain 2,500 feet, cleared ILS runway 36R Approach". You have to click on your MAP icon in your cockipt. Then, move your mouse over the destination airport. Mind you, the airport MUST have the ILS feathers (thes are the green things that point to the runway). Double click on the airport. A list will show up. Scroll down the list untill you see a chart that shows Runway numbers. FInd 36R, or whatever your runway is. You look to the right and see a radio frequency. We'll use 100.100 because its easy to remember. Don't forget the frequency.

2. Open up your Radio Stack, and enter in 100.100 in the NAV1 Radio, usually the righmost radio number is the one that can be messed with. After you enter it 100.100, using the mouse wheel or clickin it. Press the button that looks like thsi somewhat, its in the middle of the 2 radio displays <-----> That changes the NAV1 Radio frequency from whatever it was, to what it is now (100.100)

3.Turn on the NAV1 Radio by clicking the switch at the bottom of the radio stack, unless its already on, like with the LearJet.

4. If you have Autopilot, and you are using GPS to follow waypoints, switch the NAV/GPS button back to NAV!!!! YOU CANT FORGET TO DO THAT!!! YOU'LL BURN AND DIE IF YOU DONT!!

5. Follow ATC directions to approach. Now, when you approach the Runway, you will see the pink arrows near your attitude indicator move...usually Heading first, then Altitude. Simply fly in the directon and atitude of the pink arrows intull they center themselves, that means you're on the glideslope!

6. If you wanna use the autopilot to fly the approach, simply follow steps 1-4, then click the APPR button on the autopilot panel.

FEM,

I've probably read this narrative half a dozen times ("WifeBeater 767" cracks me up every time) but this time, I actually learned something new.

When you talk about setting the ILS frequency into NAV1, you mention using the mouse wheel-- I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD DO THAT!! I've been going click-click-click-click (repeat about 100X) to put in the frequency!

Mouse wheel. WHY DIDN'T I THINK OF THAT??

Thank you,

Ed

WOW! i just read this post, and i was wondering about the exact same thing. Its much easier to do then i expected.

Glad i could help

http://www.navfltsm.addr.com/gs.htm

Fire_Emblem_Master, when u said "You have to click on your MAP icon in your cockipt. Then, move your mouse over the destination airport. Mind you, the airport MUST have the ILS feathers (thes are the green things that point to the runway). Double click on the airport. A list will show up. Scroll down the list untill you see a chart that shows Runway numbers. FInd 36R, or whatever your runway is....."

whats is a map icon? navigation??

I've replied to your PM...i gotta go to work here in a while, but if you need more help, I'll take screenshots of the stuff, ok?