User:Ac001/Tutorial Overview

Flight College
Overview Navigation Airport Runway Takeoff Cruise Landing SID STAR ILS basics Initial Approach Final Approach Checklists User:Ac001/ATC Tutorial

Pre Intro

• Welcome to some tutorials in sandbox and idea, working towards a "crash course" or "flight college"... this is all WIP (work in progress)
• The "airport" and "area" is London Heathrow and UK
• Feedback, corrections most welcome, etc (just go and edit stuff)
• The format is experimental and intended to make it an "observationsal" style by presenting a scenario..
• Its hoped that the format can be used for other languages eg Paris/french, Milan/Italy
• Not sure how advanced or simple to make this stuff, but its assumed user can fly an aircraft.

Welcome to Flight College

This is a tutorial and training series to assist new pilots get aqquainted with making trips between airports via IFR.

• The series is centred on EGLL - London Heathrow Airport, UK.
  • Charts from NATS
• UK airspace is governed by the UK's Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) who constantly maintain the intricate details, and publish them.
• The charts, data, et all are available from National Air Traffic Services (NATS) an air navigation service provider.
• Euro Control is a sister organisation for coordinating airspace in Europe.

If your are a new pilot, then this series will hopefully take you through the steps. If the text below doesn't make sense now, it will by the end of this series, hopefully. Your feedback in corrections, suggestions etc is important and valuable to help other TP's in the future.

Pre Flight Briefing

This is an example conversation and a briefing by the PNF to the PF. In this instance the First Officer is flying back with the Commander being the monitor.

• PF is commanding the aircraft
• PNF is doing the ATC and radio to ATC
• Within FG, you are both.

So its the usual EGLL to EGCC, its SE wind at EGLL so RWY 09R for HON SID, then UL9 FL15 to STAR to WAL, expected NW arrival.

Reality

To be a real pilot, you would do a lot of class and tests. The tests can be really nasty and pilots are expected to perfrom at around 98% performance+. Indeed a lot of training is done now in the simulator, such is their sophistication. Crashing real aircraft cost money.

Simulator

To be a real pilot, you would do a lot of class and tests, crash and test a few planes.. switch the weather to hurricance for fun.. then ...

Overview

• Airport - explains the airport enviroment
• Runway explains the runway