July 17, 200520 yr HelloWas wondering if there are anyone who knows on the forum on how to tell the ground controler0, or what needs to be set so you can take off at an airport that is IFR only at the time of startup? Example, you want to take off from Seatac , at a gate but the airport is only avaible for IIFR, however you are IFR equiped? - How do you work around the problem?ThanksZach Bender K7LTF
July 17, 200520 yr The reason why it does that is because the weather is not good enough for VFR flights. Solution: make an IFR flightplan with the sim
July 17, 200520 yr Zach,In the real-world (as far as I remember), When you submit your IFR flightplan, there is a box that you list the equipment onboard the aircraft. This informs the controllers what your navigation capabilities are.See this link: ivao.org/training/tutorials/flightplans/flightplans.htm(type a www. infront)In FS9, I just file an IFR flightplan to an airport in the vicinity where I want to go.HTH,Jim
July 17, 200520 yr Author in real life you can always request a "special vfr" clearance, dont ask me the details as its been years since i learned about that but it would allow you to take off under vfr even when ifr conditions prevail...of course fs2004's atc doesnt include this feature though :-(Dave Dave Kalin Excel Classes Computer Lessons
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