Strange Flight Plan....

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CoasterXtreme Trainee
Joined: May 13, 2005 Posts: 61
Asked
Fri Jun 03, 2005 9:27 pm

I was trying to set up a flight from newark to france and FS gave me this extremely weird path to follow. They expected me to travel across the US all the way up north then cut back over. It seems like this path would take too long and I am sure I would run out of fuel. Is this path correct or did I do something wrong while setting it up?
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Pro Member Chief Captain
Jonathan (99jolegg) Chief Captain
Joined: Jun 26, 2004 Posts: 4112 Location: UK
Answered
Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:37 pm

No you havn't done anything wrong, it does this for some reason, but you can click on the wayward points and delete them to make a smooth path from US to Europe. 😉

spuddi Guest
Answered
Fri Jun 03, 2005 10:46 pm

don't forget the principle of a "great circle" though.

check out http://gc.kls2.com/

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Jared Captain
Joined: Jun 06, 2004 Posts: 791 Location: Grand Forks, ND
Answered
Sat Jun 04, 2005 5:41 am

i have the problem too. if you do a transatlantic flight. pretty sure if you chose a high alt. route you fly west to north canada then east over the ocean

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Alex (Fire_Emblem_Master) Chief Captain
Joined: Oct 19, 2003 Posts: 2325 Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Answered
Sat Jun 04, 2005 6:38 am

This is OFFICIALLY the 22nd time I've seen this post. Here's what you do.

1. When you make your flight path, INSTEAD of clicking on High Altitude Airways, just press DIRECT-GPS. You'll get a "Normal" and true to life flight path, instead of the queer-ass "grand tour" that you'd get otherwise.

Whoa, a one step guide, i'm on a roll!

BTW, I'm in NO way frustrated 😛, It's 1:30 AM here, and I can't sleep.

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SoCalRick First Officer
Joined: May 20, 2005 Posts: 307
Answered
Sat Jun 04, 2005 8:57 am

Fire_Emblem_Master wrote:

BTW, I'm in NO way frustrated 😛, It's 1:30 AM here, and I can't sleep.

At least I'm in good company then, lol. I should have made my nickname InsomniacRick!

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michlin First Officer
Joined: Oct 06, 2003 Posts: 457 Location: near Boston, MA
Answered
Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:06 am

And me InsomniacMich 😳 I've been up for the last 4 hours. Not good.

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SoCalRick First Officer
Joined: May 20, 2005 Posts: 307
Answered
Sat Jun 04, 2005 11:32 am

michlin wrote:

And me InsomniacMich 😳 I've been up for the last 4 hours. Not good.

We'll have to start a Fly Away Insomiac's Club.

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michlin First Officer
Joined: Oct 06, 2003 Posts: 457 Location: near Boston, MA
Answered
Sat Jun 04, 2005 2:18 pm

LOL

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Alex (Fire_Emblem_Master) Chief Captain
Joined: Oct 19, 2003 Posts: 2325 Location: Grand Rapids, MI
Answered
Sun Jun 05, 2005 3:03 am

sounds like a plan guys!

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Matthew Shope (mypilot) Chief Captain
Joined: Nov 26, 2004 Posts: 1695 Location: Long Beach, California KLGB/KTOA
Answered
Sun Jun 05, 2005 3:37 am

That would be fun! 😂

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