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At the completion of this flight, the ‘My Way’ badge popped as I entered the correct gate. I had tried a number of times before so below is the list of things I was careful to do during this flight. I left the “TIMECLIMB, TIMECRUISE…etc” waypoints in the flight plan because I didn’t want to change anything about it since it worked for the “My Way” badge, but they’re not important I don’t think.

One odd thing that happened (not sure if it was related to the flight plan or not) is that ATC dropped me in altitude from 3500′ down to 500′ basically calling out the glide slope descending from the North on a straight in approach to 19 (which I wanted). But ATC never gave me landing clearance for 19, so I basically buzzed the airport and continued south until ATC put me on an approach for runway 01 – which I followed.  I never called a missed approach because ATC never gave me landing clearance, I just held at 500 for the length of the runway and then began climbing until ATC finally contacted me again.

I also kept checking my “Assistance” menu to make sure it was still set to True-To-Life.  If you miss an ATC call, or accidentally close the Checklist or ATC windows (you can minimize them just don’t close them), it will reset your Assistance options to “Custom”.  If that happens you might as well just start over and try to figure out what you did that caused it to flip to Custom.  I think in one case I turned off my Landing lights inside of 10NM, but I can’t be sure that was it.

Below is what I did:

*Make sure your Assistance Option is set to ‘True-To-Life’ before loading this flight plan in World Map.  If the ATC and Check List windows don’t open when you spawn in the cockpit, you need to reset your Assistance Options and reload the flight plan.

– Follow the checklists to the letter to start the aircraft and prepare to taxi
– Request IFR flight plan clearance from ATC and set the assigned squawk myself & and put assigned altitude into the autopilot
– Turned on Taxi Lights AND Landing Lights before taxi
– Requested Taxi, (didn’t need fuel or pushback)
– Followed Taxi route EXACTLY (Toronto is nice and easy) I was careful to stay right on the yellow lines for the entire route all the way to hold short.
– Do not overrun the hold short line, request take off clearance from ATC, turn off taxi lights.
– Take off when cleared and climb as directed.
– Turn off Landing Lights at +10NM from the airport
– Fly the route as directed using the autopilot as desired
– DO NOT MAKE ATC ASK YOU TWICE!!! Answer ATC first time every time and follow altitude guidance exactly. Respond to aircraft in sight (and make some attempt to sight them)
– Turn on Landing lights before 10NM from the airport.
– Follow ATC guidance on approach into KDCA (again, I got some weird instructions but I don’t know if it will repeat), so I actually had to climb back to 1500 and fly a second approach from the south after my straight-in approach to 19.
– Land and exit the runway ASAP
– Acknowledge ATC, switch to ground freq, ask for a gate (I didn’t try asking for parking) and turn on Taxi Lights (leave Landing Lights on)
– Follow the Taxi route EXACTLY to the gate, stay on the line (luckily KDCA has well painted taxiways and gates, so you can use Satellite view to help make sure you don’t get lost – it should be pretty easy)
– My badge popped as I was nosing onto the line for my gate, but I went ahead and let the ground marshal park me before I exited.

That’s all I can remember about the specific things I was sure to check/do along the way. Unfortunatley I can’t “unpop” the badge to try it again to see what the magic answer was, but hopefully this helps someone.

CYTZ to KDCA Toronto to Washington DC
Beechcraft King Air 350i Asobo

CYTZ: TORONTO CITY AIRPORT
TCLI: [2.69 NM] TIMECLIMB
TCRU: [137.32 NM] TIMECRUIS
TDSC: [29.27 NM] TIMEDSCNT
TAPR: [142.49 NM] TIMEAPPROACH
KDCA: [3.58 NM] WASHINGTON NATIONAL AIRPORT
Total Distance: 315.37 NM

Flightplan by texstan

The video shows a variety of Cockpit Map features you can try out for yourself in this Flightplan from San Franciso Int’l to Hayward Executive Airport.

Note: In the video the DA40-NGX Improvement Mod has been used which makes the DA40 much easier to fly – you can check it out at https://flightsim.to/file/2738/da40-ngx-project
Thank you to mrtommymxr for the excellent mod.

This is the Flightplan used in the YouTube Video:How To Use Flightplans Cockpit Map Features https://youtu.be/ArZW5fIn8qA

San Francisco to Hayward
DA40-NG Asobo

KSFO: SAN FRANCISO INT’L
WP1: [12.97 NM] GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
WP2: [2.66 NM] ALCATRAZ
KHWD: [17.43 NM] HAYWARD EXECUTIVE AIRPORT
Total Distance: 33.06 NM

Flightplan by texstan

The video shows the Flightplan starting with all systems off. This Flightplan starts with the aircraft started and glass cockpit ready for the flight. You will spawn in the parking spot requested in the video, but check out our video on Changing the Aircraft Position if you want to start in flight.

Note: In the video the DA40-NGX Improvement Mod has been used which makes the DA40 much easier to fly – you can check it out at https://flightsim.to/file/2738/da40-ngx-project
Thank you to mrtommymxr for the excellent mod.

This is the Flightplan used in the YouTube Video: How to Open and Modify a Flightplan https://youtu.be/on3e1gaibuA

San Francisco to Hayward
DA40-NG Asobo

KSFO: SAN FRANCISO INT’L
WP1: [12.97 NM] GOLDEN GATE BRIDGE
WP2: [2.66 NM] ALCATRAZ
KHWD: [17.43 NM] HAYWARD EXECUTIVE AIRPORT
Total Distance: 33.06 NM

Flightplan by texstan

This is the Flightplan used in the YouTube video How to Change The Start Position of Your Aircraft. You can download this flgihtplan and follow along with the video, or fly it yourself just for fun. This Flightplan is saved already in flight over Madrid Airport at 3000 feet, so if you want to take off from the runway, you’ll have to set the Flightplan back on the ground. Watch the video at https://youtu.be/endOVIsYzmA

Note: In the video the DA40-NGX Improvement Mod has been used which makes the DA40 much easier to fly – you can check it out at https://flightsim.to/file/2738/da40-ngx-project
Thank you to mrtommymxr for the excellent mod.

Companion Flightplan for YouTube Video (LEMD to LEVC)
DA40-NG Asobo

LEMD: MADRID-BARAJAS AIRPORT
LEVC: [152.83 NM] VALENCIA AIRPORT
Total Distance: 152.83 NM

Flightplan by texstan

BEST LAP: 1 – 00:03:16
Notre Dame – La Defense Arena
P51-D Mustang Asobo Reno

READY: GET READY
START: [2.22 NM] NOTRE DAME
T1: [0.73 NM] LOUVRE PYRAMID
T2: [0.67 NM] PALAIS GARNIER
T3: [0.98 NM] BASILIQUE DU SACRE-COEUR
T4: [2.70 NM] PONT DE LEVALLOIS
T5: [1.94 NM] PARIS LA DEFENSE ARENA
T6: [0.34 NM] GRAND ARCH OF DEFENSE
T7: [2.59 NM] ARC DE TRIOMPHE
T8: [0.72 NM] PLACE DU TROCADERO
T9: [0.39 NM] EIFFEL TOWER
T10: [0.94 NM] ESPLANADE JACQUES-CHABAN-DELMAS
T11: [0.52 NM] TOUR MONTPARNASSE
T12: [1.01 NM] THE PANTHEON
DONE: [1.78 NM] DONE RACING
Total Distance: 17.61 NM

Flightplan by texstan

This flight plan includes just the last waypoint before the LFMB (Castillion) landing from the France Bush Trip and the airstrip itself.  The aircraft will spawn in flight over the waypoint previous to LFMB (Luz-Saint-Sauveur) so that you can easily restart as many times as you like if you want to practice the landing.

Note: I use the DA40-NGX Improvement Mod which makes the DA40 much easier to fly – you can check it out at https://flightsim.to/file/2738/da40-ngx-project.  Thank you to mrtommymxr for the excellent mod.

LANDING PRACTICE
DA40-NG Asobo

POI31: LUZ-SAINT-SAUVEUR
LFMB: [4.88 NM] CASTILLION
Total Distance: 4.88 NM

This flight plan starts at Andahuayla Airport at 3,600′ as you gradually climb through the Andes to the peak of Padreyoc Mountain at nearly 20,000′.  From there you can gently descend into the valley that cradles Machu Picchu at it’s center.  This flight plan then takes you southeast to Cusco passing the Inti Punku Sun Gate, Ollantaytambo, Pumamarca and Moray before passing over Saqsaywaman and landing at Cusco Int’l.

For the best experience, check out the Scenery mod at https://flightsim.to/file/14281/machu-picchu
Special thanks to MSFSItalia!

SPHY-SPZO Andahuaylas to Cusco
Pilatus PC-6 G950 Wheels

SPHY: ANDAHUAYLAS
WP1: [40.96 NM] PADREYOC MOUNTAIN
WP2: [17.15 NM] MACHU PICCHU
WP3: [14.44 NM] INTI PUNKU SUN GATE
WP4: [2.79 NM] OLLANTAYTAMBO / TEMPLO DEL SOL
WP5: [5.83 NM] MORAY
WP6: [16.57 NM] SAQSAYWAMAN
WP7: [0.40 NM] CATEDRAL del CUZCO
SPZO: [2.55 NM] CUSCO INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Total Distance: 100.71 NM

This is leg 5 of a multi-leg flight from Crownpoint, NM to Moab, UT across the vast Navajo Volcanic Field.  Take off from Hite Airstrip along the Colorado River and hug the river as you fly north through deep canyons of the Canyonlands Nat’l Park to Arches Nat’l Park to see how many arches you can find.

This is the flight plan used in the YouTube video https://youtu.be/h09U-RjnY1g

Note: In the video the DA40-NGX Improvement Mod has been used which makes the DA40 much easier to fly – you can check it out at https://flightsim.to/file/2738/da40-ngx-project
Thank you to mrtommymxr for the excellent mod.

UT03 to KCNY Hite to Canyonlands
DA40-NG Asobo

UT03: HITE AIRSTRIP
WP1: [9.06 NM] ROCKFALL CANYON
WP2: [8.13 NM] GYPSUM CANYONWP1:
WP3: [7.18 NM] THE NEEDLES CANYON
WP4: [4.61 NM] SPANISH BOTTOM
WP5: [2.64 NM] COLORADO / GREEN RIVER CONFLUENCE
WP6: [4.60 NM] THE LOOP
WP7: [4.56 NM] SHEEP BOTTOM
WP8: [3.40 NM] LATHROP CANYON / AIRPORT TOWER
WP9: [5.25 NM] THELMA & LOUISE POINT / FIEDLER ARCH
WP10: [4.65 NM] SAFARI BEACH / ANTICLINE OVERLOOK
WP11: [4.30 NM] THE BILLBOARD / JUG HANDLE ARCH
WP12: [10.26 NM] ARCHES NAT’L PARK / BALANCED ROCK
WP13: [6.51 NM] DOUBLE O ARCH / LANDSCAPE ARCH
KCNY: [6.83 NM] CANYONLANDS FIELD AIRPORT
Total Distance: 82.06 NM

Note: In the video the DA40-NGX Improvement Mod has been used which makes the DA40 much easier to fly – you can check it out at https://flightsim.to/file/2738/da40-ngx-project
Thank you to mrtommymxr for the excellent mod.

Flightplan is a Google Maps flight planning add-on for use with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020. Flightplan can be used to create and share your own flight plans using an interactive Google Maps drag-and-drop interface complete with terrain elevations, landmarks, streetviews, etc. Click on the interactive map to drop a pin at any location on earth, plus edit your aircraft and flight plan settings before you get in the cockpit.

Download Flightplan for Flight Simulator for free now!  Google Maps API subscription is included free for 2 weeks.

Flightplan is always free to use for editing and modifying flight plans, a Google Maps API subscription is required to continue using the map features.  Software updates and upgrades are free for life.

Note: Each PC can be registered to only 1 user, so please make sure you are using the same PC you run Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 on when you open Flightplan for the first time.

This is actually just the LFMB-LFIP leg of the France/Mont Blanc Bush Trip but with the aircraft changed to the Pilatus PC-6, it’s a lot more fun to fly!

LFMB-LFIP Castillon to Peyresourde
Pilatus PC-6 G950 Wheels

LFMB: CASTILLON
WP1: [1.25 NM] CABANE DETS COUBOUS
WP2: [2.58 NM] LAC d’AUBERT
WP3: [2.56 NM] LAC DE I’OULE
WP4: [2.85 NM] ARAGNOUET
WP5: [4.31 NM] SAINT LARY-SOULAN
POI37: [5.66 NM] ARREAU
POI38: [5.97 NM] LAC DE GENOS
LFIP: [1.39 NM] PEYRESOURDE ALTIPORT
Total Distance: 26.61 NM