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4. You now have a flight plan in the system. If you wish to change your mind, you can return
to the flight plan dialog in the same way and update it.
5. You need an IFR clearance before you can proceed, so tune your COM1 radio to 128.00, the
clearance delivery frequency at KSEA. Now bring up the ATC menu and you’ll see an option
for “Request Clearance.” Click that and you’ll receive your clearance.
6. Bring up the ATC menu and read back your clearance. You must read back all instructions
from ATC. Note that if you hear a beep when you click on any ATC menu items, that means
that another aircraft or controller is busy talking on the radio. As in the real world, you must
wait for them to finish talking before you can talk. You must also respond within a reasonable
amount of time or they will repeat their instructions.
7. Once you’ve received and read back your clearance, tune the COM1 radio to 121.70, the
frequency for the ground controller at KSEA. You must call ground to receive a taxi clearance.
Acknowledge his clearance and then look around you. You’ll see yellow arrows painted on the
ground directing you to where he wants you to go. Where the arrows stop, you must also stop
and wait for further instructions.
8. Taxi to where the arrows are taking you. When you reach the side of the runway, ground
will instruct you to contact the tower. Read back the command and then tune to the tower
frequency of 119.90.
9. Go to the ATC menu and check in with this new controller. This is how you tell the controller
you’re now on his frequency waiting for his command. If there are aircraft using the runway,
you will have to wait until they are done. This may take some time! At that time, Tower will
call you and instruct you to cross 16L/34R and to taxi to 16C/34C. Respond and then start
taxiing.
10. Upon reaching your departure runway, you will again have to wait until the runway is safe to
use. Tower will then call you and give you your takeoff clearance. Respond and then depart.
Unless otherwise instructed, fly the runway heading up to your cleared altitude of 3,000 feet.
11. At some point, you will be handed off to the center controller on 124.20. Check in with him
in the same manner. Continue on your heading and altitude and eventually he will begin
vectoring you to an approach at your destination of KBFI. Follow his commands.
12. Once the approach is set up, you will be handed off to KBFI’s tower for landing and the
process continues until you’ve arrived back at the gate.
6.3 Using ForeFlight for Real-Time Charts and Plates
New to X-Plane 10.10 is the ability to integrate with ForeFlight, a tool for real-world pilots to view
charts and approach plates for their current location (or locations they plan to visit). When you
install ForeFlight on your iPhone or iPad, though, you can connect it to X-Plane. X-Plane, in turn,
will send a simulated GPS signal to the ForeFlight app, causing ForeFlight to behave as though
you were actually flying in your location in X-Plane.
To connect ForeFlight to X-Plane, do the following:
1. Download ForeFlight from the App Store and copy it to your iPhone or iPad. Configure
ForeFlight per their http://www.foreflight.com/support/pilots-guide.