[jhb] Re: FSX Scenery Download
- From: "bones" <bones@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 16:23:10 +0100
Three letter codes used in the US and Canada are not recognised by ICAO but
are purely for their own benefit. As only about a third of the total number
of airfields have ICAO codes it makes sense to try and categorise the rest -
something the UK should do.
I guess the only option is to file as we do in real life and put ZZZZ for
any non coded airport. The airfield name should be included in the Remarks
box under DEP/ or DEST/ as appropriate.
bones
-----Original Message-----
From: jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:jhb-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Gerry Winskill
Sent: 20 September 2007 11:02
To: jhb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [jhb] FSX Scenery Download
I downloaded a new FSX scenery yesterday, from Avsim, I think. It's
"Utah Complete".
Not photographic but a first flight, at crack of dawn, suggests it's a
decent entry to USA scenery. It also covers some very high territory,
which can make life interesting.
Using if for an IVAO flight revealed a hiccup that's not the fault of
the scenery and probably relevant to much of the USA. My first intention
was to fly from Salt Lake City International to Morgan County, which has
the code 42U. Once in the air I received an automated blast, telling me
that I must file a flight plan that contains both a departure field and
an arrival. Clearly IVAO's software didn't recognise 42U. Since there
are hundreds of USA fileds without a K prefix this probably appies all
across the country.
To keep it happy I filed a plan to Ogden Hinkley (KOGD), routing via
Morgan County. That was accepted.
Having finished the flight I filed a Pirep, where the same problem
cropped up. I had to file the destination as KOGD again. The problem
here was that it won't accept a Pirep destination with only three digits.
Gerry Winskill
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