Here is an awesome site for planning VFR and IFR flights in and around the Hawaii Islands.SkyVector is just amazing.If anyone has others, post them here.WildBill813

Edited March 4, 201214 yr by wildbill2020

Thank you Bill for the link. Hope you are enjoying Flight.

I am guessing the only aircraft that has IFR instrumentation is the Maule, so far? Can anyone tell me? If so is it any good? Also, I am sure this has been asked 100's of times but is there a firm answer from MS on if ATC will be released for Flight? I use skyvector also, actually I don't really use anything else. It is good, thanks for the post.

Edited March 4, 201214 yr by Stoli151

And the RV6.MS Doesn't give firm answers on anything, lol.

If you have an iPhone you can go to skyvector.com and it automatically goes to full screen showing just the charts. Very, very cool. Now I have to mount my iPhone to my yoke.

If you have an iPhone you can go to skyvector.com and it automatically goes to full screen showing just the charts. Very, very cool. Now I have to mount my iPhone to my yoke.

That's actually a pretty cool idea.

I am guessing the only aircraft that has IFR instrumentation is the Maule, so far? Can anyone tell me? If so is it any good?

I would start by buying the Hawaii pack - that comes with the RV6.It has IFR instrumentation.The Maule is OK, but not half as nice to fly as the RV6 IMHO.

Edited March 4, 201214 yr by Bert Pieke

The Maule is OK, but not half as nice to fly as the RV6 IMHO.

I agree with you Bert, but the Maule is like a truck, it has a different use.Vans RV-6A is my sports car, the Mule Maule, pays for my toys.Do I make any sense or should I drink more coffee?

Agreed, it depends on what kind of flying you want to do!..more coffee is always good!

I've found another useful tool, and online version of the venerable E6B flight computer.This seems to be the easiest to use.This one just looks cleaner, but isn't as intuitive.If you have an Android or iPhone, there are several free and pay-ware apps for both.WildBill813

I'm very happy to see so many newbies taking an interest in Flight. This post proves that some are already looking beyond the "game" aspect of Flight.Here is another site like SkyVector, this one is called Runway Finder http://runwayfinder.com/

I've just ordered a paper VFR Sectional Hawaiian Islands chart... think I am going to be using it!

I've just ordered a paper VFR Sectional Hawaiian Islands chart... think I am going to be using it!

I thought about it, but I like digital ones from SkyVector so much that I'm not inclined to get paper.

I'm very happy to see so many newbies taking an interest in Flight. This post proves that some are already looking beyond the "game" aspect of Flight.Here is another site like SkyVector, this one is called Runway Finder http://runwayfinder.com/

Nice find. RunwayFinder and SkyVector are very similar. I think SkyVectors' interface is a bit cleaner.FWIW... Not that you were calling me a newbie, but I've been simming since the days of SubLogic's Flight Simulator for the Commodore 64 in the late 80s. I was so into it when FS9 and FSX came out that I had about $1500 worth of hardware from GoFlight that I've been selling since Flight was in beta.(I'm still wondering what happened to my original Avsim account. /shrug)WildBill

Edited March 5, 201214 yr by wildbill2020

I can't call you something you're not WildBill! A newbie is new. If you're not new, than you're not a newbie. <wink>

Sweet, I just dug around in my "junk" boxes and found my old Hawaii sectional from 2002.