How to connect to our Air Traffic Controllers via TeamSpeak 3
1) Download TeamSpeak 3, if you haven't already, at http://www.teamspeak.com/?page=downloads
2) Once it's downloaded, open it, and in the Top Left Corner it should say, "Bookmarks", then click "Manage Bookmarks".
3) Click Add Bookmark.
You'll be able to enter in custom information on the bottom half of the bookmarks window.
Type in the following information.
Label: msFlights.net
Address: msflights.net
Nickname: [your custom username goes here]
Leave the rest as it is or blank, including server password.
After you have finished this, click apply, and click okay.
4) Switch to Channel "Air Traffic Control" or any of the sub-channels which will be labeled, "Tower - ", "Ground", "Tower2", etc...
Whichever has people! You can switch to a channel by double clicking its name.
5) Connect to our FSX Server with LAN, Your Username, Our "Direct Connect" IP (available in TeamSpeak 3), then join at the airport in which tower is located. Please be sure to spawn in at a gate or ramp - not a runway.
6) Be sure to know what your doing. Listen to the other pilots in the ATC channel if you're not sure how to speak to ATC.
Here's an example of how to get taxiied to the runway. By then you'll learn the basic's of communicating with ATC
Pilot: Buffalo Ground, N883M, with Oscar, requesting taxi for takeoff, departing straight out.
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Controller: N883M, runway two three (23), taxi via Bravo (B), Mike (M), Whiskey (W). Hold short runway two three (23).
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Pilot: Taxi to and hold short of runway 23 via B, M, W."
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How to submit a Flight Plan using FSX Chatbox
First, open the FSX Briefing Room Chatbox by pressing "ENTER". Then, you need to type, "!F". Here's an example:
How to Create a Flight Plan using FSOpen Pilot Assistant
You need to download Pilot Assistant from FSopen (www.fsopen.co.uk) Then open it and click, "Flight Plan and Maps". Here's an Example:
If you need any help, Ask anyone with an ATC badge in TeamSpeak.
1) Download TeamSpeak 3, if you haven't already, at http://www.teamspeak.com/?page=downloads
2) Once it's downloaded, open it, and in the Top Left Corner it should say, "Bookmarks", then click "Manage Bookmarks".
3) Click Add Bookmark.
You'll be able to enter in custom information on the bottom half of the bookmarks window.
Type in the following information.
Label: msFlights.net
Address: msflights.net
Nickname: [your custom username goes here]
Leave the rest as it is or blank, including server password.
After you have finished this, click apply, and click okay.
4) Switch to Channel "Air Traffic Control" or any of the sub-channels which will be labeled, "Tower - ", "Ground", "Tower2", etc...
Whichever has people! You can switch to a channel by double clicking its name.
5) Connect to our FSX Server with LAN, Your Username, Our "Direct Connect" IP (available in TeamSpeak 3), then join at the airport in which tower is located. Please be sure to spawn in at a gate or ramp - not a runway.
6) Be sure to know what your doing. Listen to the other pilots in the ATC channel if you're not sure how to speak to ATC.
Here's an example of how to get taxiied to the runway. By then you'll learn the basic's of communicating with ATC
Pilot: Buffalo Ground, N883M, with Oscar, requesting taxi for takeoff, departing straight out.
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Controller: N883M, runway two three (23), taxi via Bravo (B), Mike (M), Whiskey (W). Hold short runway two three (23).
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Pilot: Taxi to and hold short of runway 23 via B, M, W."
__________________________________________________ _________________________________________________
How to submit a Flight Plan using FSX Chatbox
First, open the FSX Briefing Room Chatbox by pressing "ENTER". Then, you need to type, "!F". Here's an example:
How to Create a Flight Plan using FSOpen Pilot Assistant
You need to download Pilot Assistant from FSopen (www.fsopen.co.uk) Then open it and click, "Flight Plan and Maps". Here's an Example:
If you need any help, Ask anyone with an ATC badge in TeamSpeak.