I f you want to begin a flight in free flight, is it possible to begin in the air and not on the runway or at a parking position? Friday Harbor defaults in the air but i dont know how they did it or how to repeat this anywhere else.Thanks, kyle

I f you want to begin a flight in free flight, is it possible to begin in the air and not on the runway or at a parking position? Friday Harbor defaults in the air but i dont know how they did it or how to repeat this anywhere else.Thanks, kyle

You could use the Map function and position your aircraft in the air at an altitude, speed and heading, and location, of your choice. Then save the flight. When you retrieve it, you will be "in the air". And you could even pause the simulation before saving if you wished. Is this what you are asking about?Bruce.Edit- note that I am referring to the more simplistic FSX stock aircraft. Some of the more complex aircraft don't retrieve aircraft systems as easily when you load the saved file- although a few have a "panel state" save feature.

Just do a standard flight, Kyle, and when you're in the position you would like as a starting position - simply press the semi-colon ( ; ). This will pop into the "save as'" screen, you then enter the name of the flight (any name you wish, like Cessna 172 over Seattle) and then ok it and you're done. You can save this a the default flight, too, if you wish, but I would advise a novice not to do this until you become familiar with what impact the default flight has when using other aircraft.Just load the new flight from Free Flight, and you will find yourself in the air.