Hello,When directed by ATC - what exactly does "RESUME OWN NAVIGATION" mean?If I am flying with an FMS or GPS - does that mean that I can use my course/speed to get to the next WP until new instructions come from ATC?I am begining to fly bigger A/C with ATC and I am confused here.Thanks,Ron SagelNear KCHS

Ron:It means to follow your flight plan which you created in the "flight planner" in the "Create a flight" entry page of FS2004/2002. Let's say you are using one of the FS2004 (or 2002) own Boeing planes, go to the NAV/GPS switch on the panel and place it to "GPS" and then press the Autopilot "Nav" buttom. The plane should now follow the flight plan that you can see in the Garmin (shift-3) window as a yellow line. The ATC will take you close to the line sometime after take-off and just before your plane will cross over it will try to alien you first by giving you a heading follow by saying "Resume Own Navigation". Here is when you switch NAV/GPS to GPS and press NAV (which will replace HDG). Now you are on your way to wherever you were going. It is condensed but it will help I hope.Cheers,MAB

Thanks for the help. I'll try it today!Thanks again,Ron Sagel

I generally find in real life, flying in the Pacific Northwest of US, that controllers will state 'resume own nav' when you have filed and are on a VFR flight plan (or under flight advisories). You will get a '... then as filed' comment for flights under IFR tagged on to the end of an instruction.I asked the TRACON for the Seattle area about this during a day long visit and 'job shadow', I was told that generally this what they try to do in this area, and may be true for the rest of the US.

Yes .. it means to follow your flight plan as filed ...Vernon