[bvipilots] Re: Open up the Buffet, it's time for some Virtual air.

Hi Tony,

Would you mind terribly if I plagerise your work?

It's PERFECT !!!

Robert




On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 4:32 PM, Tony <tonys_groups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Captains****
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> I’ll assume that you’ve signed up for IYP VA, and have read the
> documentation.****
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> 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.****
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> Anyway, I use IYP with JAWS:****
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> **1.       **Launch your flight simulator.****
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> **2.       **Load a flight, or get an aircraft running, any flight or
> aircraft will do.****
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> **3.       **Once it has loaded, launch IYP.****
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> **4.       **Wait for Michelle to do her thing.****
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> **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.****
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> **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.**
> **
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> **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.****
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> **9.       **Click the available link which corresponds to the flight you
> want.****
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> **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.****
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> **13.   **Wait for her to do her thing.****
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> **14.   **When she’s done what she needs to, she’ll let you know, and
> give you some instructions about loading the flight.****
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> **15.   **Say “Close V A Panel”.****
>
> **16.   **Michelle should say that the simulator has been restored, you
> may have to alt tab to it.****
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> **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.
> ****
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> **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.
> ****
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> **o   **Hold down the alt key and press F, you won’t hear anything other
> than that chugging or whining aircraft, don’t worry.****
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> **o   **Press L, the load a saved flight dialogue should pop up.****
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> **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.****
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> **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.****
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> **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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