O.K, I was asked to present a scenario in Microsoft flight sim 2004 about being unable to find a runway headed West for takeoff, when starting at a runway pointed due north. O.K, here it is. Go to "create a flight" and choose my blue and white Cessna. Your airport terminal that you will be taking off from is Cleveland Hopkins International airport.Weather should be set for clear and this is a daytime flight..O.K. Let's go to the airfield and talk to ATC.
I push the scroll lock key to bring up the tower, and then I push the #1 key to tune into the tower.
I then choose #7 choice of going WEST for takeoff. The choices come up. I choose #3 which is "Progressive Taxi". I understand that the tower is suppose to put a taxi path in front of my plane so I can taxi to the WEST runway from the runway that I am on and that is runway 6R pointing due north. Guess what? No taxi path is drawn.
So the tower asks for as acknowledgment that I got their last transmission. I press the #1 key. I then pull up a bit on runway 6R and stop and ask ATC for permission to "take off". They then give me the "go ahead", but still no taxi path is drawn for me to taxi to any West runway? So I am forced to take off on runway 6R DUE NORTH and bank west while in mid air. That's what happens everytime.
So please tell me what I'm doing wrong? I just don't get it? Does the ATC mean the air traffic IN THE AIR headed West is clear when I takeoff or what? Please explain. Thank you.
If someone has the handle on finding the west runway then please post a step by step procedure leaving Hopkins. Thank you.
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