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In general, many different types of documents exist to help pilots navigate, both on ground at the airport and in air. There is a plenthora of regulations, formalized procedures and documentation, each of which might differ from country to country. | In general, many different types of documents exist to help pilots navigate, both on ground at the airport and in air. There is a plenthora of regulations, formalized procedures and documentation, each of which might differ from country to country. | ||
Since this is a simulation you are not obliged to heed nor read any of those. However, many people strive for a maximum amount of realism and hence challenge when they fly, so while you could just power up the engines, take off straight from the taxiway and land in an equally | Since this is a simulation you are not obliged to heed nor read any of those. However, many people strive for a maximum amount of realism and hence challenge when they fly, so while you could just power up the engines, take off straight from the taxiway and land in an equally ''practically oriented'' manner, you might appreciate the complexity which you would be faced with in a real plane and fly accordingly. | ||
= | == Procedures == | ||
In reality, depending on the airport, you would be instructed either by ATC and/or written airport regulations. You would have to follow precise procedures for lighting, engine control and navigating to the runway. | |||
= IFR = | On the runway, once allowed to, you take off according to your planes specifications and follow a certain path away from the airport. | ||
From that point on, it depends on the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspace_class class of Airspace] what you can and will do. For strongly regulated airspaces, you follow the exact orders of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control ATC], which in turn instructs you according to their own precise regulations and documents. | |||
If you are flying VFR, you normally take over navigation yourself and fly whereever the regulations allow you to. If you are flying IFR, you will follow your flightplan. This very flightplan is it that is subject to many regulations. | |||
== Types of Documents == | |||
For every part of your flight there are certain regulations. In general, any ATC-given instruction by... | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control Ground Control] on ground at the airport | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Approach_and_terminal_control Approach] when taking off | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Local_control_or_air_control Air Control] on a short distance IFR flight | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Local_control_or_air_control Air Control] on a VFR flight in regulated [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Airspace_class airspace] | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Area_Control_Center Center] en route on an IFR long distance flight | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control#Approach_and_terminal_control Approach] when landing on an airport | |||
and again | |||
* [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_traffic_control Ground Control] on ground at the destination airport | |||
automatically take precedence over whatever you have read, heard or want to do. | |||
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! Phase of flight !! Regulation | |||
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| '''On ground''', taxiing an airport w/o || Local airport regulations and your sanity | |||
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| '''On ground''', taxiing an airport w/ Ground Control || Local airport regulations and the ATC's orders | |||
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| '''On the runway''' w/o ATC || Local airport regulations | |||
|- | |||
| '''On a runway''' w/ ATC || ATC Approach facility's instructions | |||
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| '''After take-off''' on a VFR flight || The ATC for the according airspace or yourself | |||
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| '''After take-off''' on an IFR flight || The ATC for the according airspace or your flightplan | |||
|} | |||
=== En route on an IFR flight === | |||
{| | |||
| '''Entering your air route to your destination''' || The ATC | |||
|} | |||