[bvipilots] Re: Open up the Buffet, it's time for some Virtual air.
- From: "Christian" <christian08@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx, bvipilots@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2012 01:44:12 +0200
Hello Tony,
Thanks alot for this info.
I was trying to load a virtual airline flight, but with no success.
So now, I hope it will work!
Many thanks,
Christian
On 2012-03-30 at 00:32 Tony wrote:
>Hi Captains
>
>
>
>I'll assume that you've signed up for IYP VA, and have read the
>documentation.
>
>
>
>I hope the following helps you load up a flight and endure the sarcasm and
>bad jokes of the Lead Flight executive, my wife is cabin crew in real life,
>it seems that nothing changes in the virtual world either.
>
>
>
>Anyway, I use IYP with JAWS:
>
>
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>1. Launch your flight simulator.
>
>2. Load a flight, or get an aircraft running, any flight or aircraft
>will do.
>
>3. Once it has loaded, launch IYP.
>
>4. Wait for Michelle to do her thing.
>
>5. When she's ready to do your bidding say "Open VA panel", I
>pronounce the letters separately, "Open V A Panel".
>
>6. Michelle should announce that the simulator has been minimised ,
>and the jolly old VA panel should have focus.
>
>7. You could try activating virtual cursor at this point, or browse
>mode in Window eyes, a way that consistently works for me though is to
>ALT+TAB away from the IYP program, then ALT+TAB back to it. What you want
>is
>virtual cursor or browse mode active with the VA Panel in focus.
>
>8. Now navigate tables as you would do normally in order to browse
>the
>flights on offer. If you are able to fly it, you'll see a link in the last
>column labelled as available.
>
>9. Click the available link which corresponds to the flight you want.
>
>10. Up will pop a screen, I'm a bit forgetful at this point, there is a
>link which says something like click to proceed, but it is
>self-explanatory.
>
>11. So click that link.
>
>12. If you're on track, Michelle will say something about installing the
>flight.
>
>13. Wait for her to do her thing.
>
>14. When she's done what she needs to, she'll let you know, and give you
>some instructions about loading the flight.
>
>15. Say "Close V A Panel".
>
>16. Michelle should say that the simulator has been restored, you may
>have
>to alt tab to it.
>
>17. When you get to it, the flight or aircraft you originally loaded will
>be chugging or whining away, depends on what you loaded I guess.
>
>18. You'll load the flight using the FSX menus, don't attempt to load
>using the free flight dialogue, or by double clicking the flight file.
>
>o Hold down the alt key and press F, you won't hear anything other than
>that chugging or whining aircraft, don't worry.
>
>o Press L, the load a saved flight dialogue should pop up.
>
>19. Now select and load the IYP flight as you normally would which will
>have magically appeared in your flight list if all has worked, if it
>hasn't,
>crying might be an option, I prefer to shout and swear in such cases
>though.
>
>20. Michelle will tell you that some kind of synchronisation is taking
>place, then that your flight plan is being filed, be patient whilst she
>once
>again does her thing, eventually she'll wish you a nice flight, at which
>point you're set.
>
>21. Flights appear to start in spot view, something which I only cottoned
>on to second time round, which is why poor Jordan had to suffer my
>questions
>about sound, so if you don't want to fly on the outside of your aircraft,
>say "cockpit view".
>
>22. Michelle will count down to departure, kick off your checklists as
>normal, when she says, and follow Michelle's advice thereafter.
>
>
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>Good luck.
>
>
>
>
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