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VIRTUAL AIRLINE

ONLINEPILOT MANUAL version 1.1.0 | 22.02.2009

By Norbert Woeller - Andrew Williams – Peter SchindlerDesign by Jeroen Bos

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Navigating This Document

There are several ways of navigating this manual. You can use the standard way of clicking on the provided links in the left panel of Acrobat Reader. Inside the manual you can click on the tabs to your right to go directly to the relevant chap-ter. To go back to the title page you can click on the Air-Child logo at the right top of every page.Any URL’s (links to websites or email address-es) inside the manual are clickable.When there is a reference to another chapter this is clickable as well. All clickable content inside the manual is underlined.

Contents

What is Online Flying? 1.0 Flying online 2

What do I need to fly online on VATSIM? 2.0 Internet Connection 32.1 VATSIM ID 32.2 Software 3

What do I need to fly online on IVAO? 3.0 Internet Connection 43.1 IVAO ID 43.2 Software 4

Helpful Tools 4.0 ServInfo 54.1 QuteScoop 54.2 DoloMyNum 5

Hardware 5.0 Headset 5

Helpful links to get online 6.0 Squawkbox Installation Guide 56.0 VATSIM Pilot Resource Center 5

Let’s begin 7.0 How to start? 6

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What is Online Flying?

1.0 Flying onlineFlying online is the greatest adventure for a Flightsimmer. You connect to a network server, (currently there’s two major networks – VATSIM and IVAO) to which many people around the world are connected, all flying FS. You share a virtual airspace with all the other players, whom you can see on your screen if they are close enough, at airports and also in the air.Not only pilots, but also Air Traffic Controllers are connected, using special ATC client software, which shows a radar screen with all aircraft within range, flight plans and more. This is great, since pilots and controllers rely on each other and keep one another busy, and it obviously greatly improves realism and fun.Pilots and Controllers communicate over voice in real time.

Be aware that before you can fly online, you will need a decent amount of knowledge of your aircraft, basic flying and procedures of the airport you plan to fly from and to, however there is no reason to stay away from online flying. Air-Child encourages and supports their pilots to fly online.

Flying online can be addictive. Once you’ve tried it, you’ll never give it up.One more point: online flying is absolutely free of charge.

As already said, there are two popular network organisa-tions:VATSIM (Virtual Air Traffic Simulation Network) andIVAO (International Virtual Aviation Organisation).

As an Air-Child pilot you can fly on either network. Air-Child VA will hold our special online events on VATSIM only. The main reason is that we’d like to keep our pilots together be-cause it’s great fun to start an online flight and meet other Air-Child pilots in the virtual skies.

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What do I need to fly online on VATSIM?

2.0 Internet ConnectionSure, first you need an- Internet Connection

2.1 VATSIM IDSecond you have to register at VATSIM, where you will re-ceive a- VATSIM ID http://www.vatsim.net/ (‘Member Services’ / ‘Join now’)

2.2 SoftwareThird you have to download the software, which connects you to the network. Two programs are available. - SquawkBox 3 http://squawkbox.ca/downloads/Or - FSInn http://www.mcdu.com/en/index.php

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What do I need to fly online on IVAO?

3.0 Internet ConnectionSure, first you need an- Internet Connection

3.1 IVAO IDSecond you have to register at IVAO, where you will receive a- IVAO ID http://www.ivao.aero/ (‘Join IVAO’)

3.2 SoftwareThird you have to download the software, which connects you to the network. - IVAP http://www.ivao.aero/softdev/

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Helpful Tools

The software that shows you who is online is very useful. Active pilots and controllers are displayed on a map. This can help to plan your flight in regions where controllers are online. Apart from that the software offers many other useful features for online flying.

4.0 ServInfoWith ServInfo you can view Active pilots and controllers flying at the VATSIM Network.http://avsim.com/hangar/utils/servinfo/home.htm

4.1 QuteScoopWith QuteScoop you can view Active pilots and controllers flying at the VATSIM and IVAO Networkhttp://sourceforge.net/projects/qutescoop/

4.2 DoloMyNumWith DoloMyNum you can view Active pilots and controllers flying at the VATSIM and IVAO Networkhttp://ivao.hu/dlmn/

Hardware

5.0 HeadsetIf you are flying online, you can communicate via text with the controllers, but that can be-come confusing when things get busy in the cockpit.

The best method of communication is over voice. You should have a microphone or bet-ter still a headset (if you are unsure what kind of headset to buy, please feel free to ask in the Forum)

Helpful links to get online

6.0 Squawkbox Installation GuideHere you will find the SquawkBox Installation Guide translated into 19 languages:http://vatsim.net/comms/sb3/sb3_install_flags.htm

6.0 VATSIM Pilot Resource CenterThe VATSIM Pilot Resource Center contains a large volume of questions and answers re-garding online flying on VATSIM:http://www.vatsim.net/prc/

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Let’s begin

7.0 How to start?After you have installed SB3, the best way to start flying is NOT to fly. First listen. Place your aircraft on the apron or at a gate and connect to a controller in your range. You can see controllers within range on the right side of the SB3 screen. Turn your COM1 radio to the controller’s frequency. Now you can listen to both the controller, and the pilots who are tuned to the controller’s frequency. You can also pick one pilot and follow his frequency changes, so you get a feeling of how online flying works.

After you are familiar with the ATC Phraseology, you can plan your first flight. If you want, ask in the forum for an experi-enced online pilot and fly together. Both will file the same flightplan, and then they will start one after the other. The experienced pilot will fly in front of you, so you will hear all ATC advisories that you will get a few moments later.