ONLINE PILOT MANUAL - AIR-CHILD Virtual Airline
ONLINE PILOT MANUAL - AIR-CHILD Virtual Airline
ONLINE PILOT MANUAL - AIR-CHILD Virtual Airline
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VIRTUAL <strong>AIR</strong>LINE<br />
<strong>ONLINE</strong><br />
<strong>PILOT</strong> <strong>MANUAL</strong><br />
version 1.1.0 | 22.02.2009<br />
By Norbert Woeller - Andrew Williams – Peter Schindler<br />
Design by Jeroen Bos<br />
LET’S BEGIN<br />
TOOLS, HARDWARE<br />
AND LINKS<br />
IVAO<br />
VATSIM<br />
WHAT IS <strong>ONLINE</strong><br />
FLYING ?<br />
INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK<br />
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Navigating This Document<br />
There are several ways of navigating this<br />
manual. You can use the standard way of<br />
clicking on the provided links in the left panel<br />
of Acrobat Reader.<br />
Inside the manual you can click on the tabs to<br />
your right to go directly to the relevant chapter.<br />
To go back to the title page you can click<br />
on the Air-Child logo at the right top of every<br />
page.<br />
Any URL’s (links to websites or email addresses)<br />
inside the manual are clickable.<br />
When there is a reference to another chapter<br />
this is clickable as well. All clickable content<br />
inside the manual is underlined.<br />
<strong>ONLINE</strong> <strong>PILOT</strong> <strong>MANUAL</strong><br />
Contents<br />
What is Online Flying?<br />
1.0 Flying online 2<br />
What do I need to fly<br />
online on VATSIM?<br />
2.0 Internet Connection 3<br />
2.1 VATSIM ID 3<br />
2.2 Software 3<br />
What do I need to fly<br />
online on IVAO?<br />
3.0 Internet Connection 4<br />
3.1 IVAO ID 4<br />
3.2 Software 4<br />
Helpful Tools<br />
4.0 ServInfo 5<br />
4.1 QuteScoop 5<br />
4.2 DoloMyNum 5<br />
Hardware<br />
5.0 Headset 5<br />
Helpful links to get online<br />
6.0 Squawkbox Installation Guide 5<br />
6.0 VATSIM Pilot Resource Center 5<br />
Let’s begin<br />
7.0 How to start? 6<br />
Page<br />
LET’S BEGIN<br />
TOOLS, HARDWARE<br />
AND LINKS<br />
IVAO<br />
VATSIM<br />
WHAT IS <strong>ONLINE</strong><br />
FLYING ?<br />
INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK<br />
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What is Online Flying?<br />
1.0 Flying online<br />
Flying online is the greatest adventure for a Flightsimmer.<br />
You connect to a network server, (currently there’s two<br />
major networks – VATSIM and IVAO) to which many people<br />
around the world are connected, all flying FS. You share a<br />
virtual airspace with all the other players, whom you can see<br />
on your screen if they are close enough, at airports and also<br />
in the air.<br />
Not only pilots, but also Air Traffic Controllers are connected,<br />
using special ATC client software, which shows a radar screen<br />
with all aircraft within range, flight plans and more. This is<br />
great, since pilots and controllers rely on each other and<br />
keep one another busy, and it obviously greatly improves<br />
realism and fun.<br />
Pilots and Controllers communicate over voice in real time.<br />
Be aware that before you can fly online, you will need a<br />
decent amount of knowledge of your aircraft, basic flying<br />
and procedures of the airport you plan to fly from and to,<br />
however there is no reason to stay away from online flying.<br />
Air-Child encourages and supports their pilots to fly online.<br />
Flying online can be addictive. Once you’ve tried it, you’ll<br />
never give it up.<br />
One more point: online flying is absolutely free of charge.<br />
As already said, there are two popular network organisations:<br />
VATSIM (<strong>Virtual</strong> Air Traffic Simulation Network) and<br />
IVAO (International <strong>Virtual</strong> Aviation Organisation).<br />
As an Air-Child pilot you can fly on either network. Air-Child<br />
VA will hold our special online events on VATSIM only. The<br />
main reason is that we’d like to keep our pilots together because<br />
it’s great fun to start an online flight and meet other<br />
Air-Child pilots in the virtual skies.<br />
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Page<br />
LET’S BEGIN<br />
TOOLS, HARDWARE<br />
AND LINKS<br />
IVAO<br />
VATSIM<br />
WHAT IS <strong>ONLINE</strong><br />
FLYING ?<br />
INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK<br />
INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK<br />
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What do I need to fly online on<br />
VATSIM?<br />
2.0 Internet Connection<br />
Sure, first you need an<br />
- Internet Connection<br />
2.1 VATSIM ID<br />
Second you have to register at VATSIM, where you will receive<br />
a<br />
- VATSIM ID http://www.vatsim.net/<br />
(‘Member Services’ / ‘Join now’)<br />
2.2 Software<br />
Third you have to download the software, which connects<br />
you to the network. Two programs are available.<br />
- SquawkBox 3 http://squawkbox.ca/downloads/<br />
Or<br />
- FSInn http://www.mcdu.com/en/index.php<br />
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Page<br />
LET’S BEGIN<br />
TOOLS, HARDWARE<br />
AND LINKS<br />
IVAO<br />
VATSIM<br />
WHAT IS <strong>ONLINE</strong><br />
FLYING ?<br />
INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK<br />
INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK<br />
INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK
What do I need to fly online on IVAO?<br />
3.0 Internet Connection<br />
Sure, first you need an<br />
- Internet Connection<br />
3.1 IVAO ID<br />
Second you have to register at IVAO, where you will receive<br />
a<br />
- IVAO ID http://www.ivao.aero/ (‘Join IVAO’)<br />
3.2 Software<br />
Third you have to download the software, which connects<br />
you to the network.<br />
- IVAP http://www.ivao.aero/softdev/<br />
<strong>ONLINE</strong> <strong>PILOT</strong> <strong>MANUAL</strong><br />
Page<br />
LET’S BEGIN<br />
TOOLS, HARDWARE<br />
AND LINKS<br />
IVAO<br />
VATSIM<br />
WHAT IS <strong>ONLINE</strong><br />
FLYING ?<br />
INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK<br />
INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK<br />
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Helpful Tools<br />
The software that shows you who is online is very useful.<br />
Active pilots and controllers are displayed on a map. This<br />
can help to plan your flight in regions where controllers are<br />
online. Apart from that the software offers many other useful<br />
features for online flying.<br />
4.0 ServInfo<br />
With ServInfo you can view Active pilots and controllers flying<br />
at the VATSIM Network.<br />
http://avsim.com/hangar/utils/servinfo/home.htm<br />
4.1 QuteScoop<br />
With QuteScoop you can view Active pilots and controllers<br />
flying at the VATSIM and IVAO Network<br />
http://sourceforge.net/projects/qutescoop/<br />
4.2 DoloMyNum<br />
With DoloMyNum you can view Active pilots and controllers<br />
flying at the VATSIM and IVAO Network<br />
http://ivao.hu/dlmn/<br />
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Hardware<br />
5.0 Headset<br />
If you are flying online, you can communicate<br />
via text with the controllers, but that can become<br />
confusing when things get busy in the<br />
cockpit.<br />
The best method of communication is over<br />
voice. You should have a microphone or better<br />
still a headset (if you are unsure what<br />
kind of headset to buy, please feel free to ask<br />
in the Forum)<br />
Helpful links to get online<br />
6.0 Squawkbox Installation Guide<br />
Here you will find the SquawkBox Installation<br />
Guide translated into 19 languages:<br />
http://vatsim.net/comms/sb3/sb3_install_<br />
flags.htm<br />
6.0 VATSIM Pilot Resource Center<br />
The VATSIM Pilot Resource Center contains a<br />
large volume of questions and answers regarding<br />
online flying on VATSIM:<br />
http://www.vatsim.net/prc/<br />
Page<br />
LET’S BEGIN<br />
TOOLS, HARDWARE<br />
AND LINKS<br />
IVAO<br />
VATSIM<br />
WHAT IS <strong>ONLINE</strong><br />
FLYING ?<br />
INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK<br />
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Let’s begin<br />
7.0 How to start?<br />
After you have installed SB3, the best way to start flying is<br />
NOT to fly. First listen. Place your aircraft on the apron or at<br />
a gate and connect to a controller in your range. You can see<br />
controllers within range on the right side of the SB3 screen.<br />
Turn your COM1 radio to the controller’s frequency. Now<br />
you can listen to both the controller, and the pilots who are<br />
tuned to the controller’s frequency. You can also pick one<br />
pilot and follow his frequency changes, so you get a feeling<br />
of how online flying works.<br />
After you are familiar with the ATC Phraseology, you can plan<br />
your first flight. If you want, ask in the forum for an experienced<br />
online pilot and fly together. Both will file the same<br />
flightplan, and then they will start one after the other. The<br />
experienced pilot will fly in front of you, so you will hear all<br />
ATC advisories that you will get a few moments later.<br />
<strong>ONLINE</strong> <strong>PILOT</strong> <strong>MANUAL</strong><br />
Page<br />
LET’S BEGIN<br />
TOOLS, HARDWARE<br />
AND LINKS<br />
IVAO<br />
VATSIM<br />
WHAT IS <strong>ONLINE</strong><br />
FLYING ?<br />
INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK<br />
INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK<br />
INTENTIONALLY LEFT BANK
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