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# If you have planned your flight, '''consider using [http://flightgear-atc.alwaysdata.net/ Lenny's website] to file your flightplan'''. | # If you have planned your flight, '''consider using [http://flightgear-atc.alwaysdata.net/ Lenny's website] to file your flightplan'''. | ||
# If you are using a recent version of FlightGear (2.12 or later), '''use the transponder''' if the controller requests it. | # If you are using a recent version of FlightGear (2.12 or later), '''use the transponder''' if the controller requests it. | ||
# If you're flying into an uncontrolled area, use the multiplayer chat to advise nearby traffic of your intentions. | |||
== Best practices for controllers == | |||
# '''Offer voice communication if able'''; use text chat for initial contact and as a backup. | |||
# '''Make sure you know phraseology very well'''. | |||
# '''Plan your sessions''' on [http://flightgear-atc.alwaysdata.net/ Lenny's website]. | |||
# '''Be patient and polite''' - not all pilots know real life procedures. On initial contact, ask them if they do; if not, just give them vectors. | |||
# '''Get charts''' for the airspace you're controlling and familiarize with the standard procedures. | |||
# Before asking a pilot if he's "inbound" (flying to your airport), check the heading he's flying to and his current altitude and read his flightstrip to see his destination. Contact him only if: | |||
## his flightstrip mentions he's inbound; | |||
## if no destination is indicated, he must be flying towards the space you're controlling and must be definitely not just overflying. | |||
# '''Use the flightplan exchange feature''' as a courtesy to other controllers. At a minimum, fill in the pilot's destination and cruise altitude; if the pilot did not flie a flightplan, ask him those data. | |||
# '''Make sure you know how to handoff aircraft''' to other ATCs. | |||
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