>ATIS in M/P mode does work. It announces weather in the
>Persistent World Flight. ATIS at KSBP is 120.6. Must be something about the P-38's radio then. In several flights I have set the standby frequency on the COM radio to 120.60 and clicked the button to put the frequency in the active side of the COM radio and never heard ATIS while flying to, and parking at KSBP. On one occasion I awitched to another plane and the audio section of the radio stack was already showing the audio for COM active.
Was a way to make the ATIS announcement match the persistant flights weather implimented? A few minutes ago I was reading a thread which indicated the automatic weather wasn't able to make the ATIS announcements change.
>What Vic does can work; pick one of the GPS 29 waypoints
>(preferably an IAF on the final approach course) like
>CADAB or HALDA.
How would that help if someone wants to land on runway 11 (or wind direction demands it)? Of course we could fly past the field and do a procedure turn, but if we're going to do that we could forget about final approach fixes, overfly the field and enter the pattern. Since many runways don't parallel a VOR radial or have a localizer, a lot of landings must involve a significant amount of navigation by eye and compass anyway.
>> The GPS units in FS 2004 have built in approach vectoring capabilities
>> that can be selected in flight as dictated by developing weather
>> conditions.
>
>Just FYI, GPS vectoring requires ATC vectors (e.g. a live
>or computer AI ATC controller).
I thought we were flying VFR in the scheduled flights. The map doesn't seem to be indicating Class B or C airspace. I thought ATC would normaly leave VFR planes to their own navigation (mark one eyball, radio navigation or GPS) towards the Final Approach Fix.
GPS vectors to FAF seems to work in FS 2004 while in the persistant flight on my system. I clicked the procedure button on the GPS and selected the approach to load and later for "vectors to final" in the manner listed in the learning center. The course to the Final Aproach Fix appeared on the left side of the GPS display. Once I crossed the FAF, the GPS showed the course towards the runway.
I beleive FS 2002 users could use the "direct to" function of the GPS, selecting the FAF intersection.
Robert
Near KORF
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