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"How To" The Complete Works All the "How To" sheets, up to date one place

#1 User is offline   Bill Casey 907213 

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Posted 27 June 2010 - 03:55 PM

This is the complete and up to date list of my "How To" sheets. Within one week of today ALL other links will be disabled. The previous incomplete thread has been deleted. This is the definitive list, up to date and will be kept up to date. The Fully Monty, all 31, and still going. Any new ones will be added to this post. "How To" fly on Vatsim, as Michael Jackson said - this is it. Trouble is, he snuffed it just after he said that.....

CHARTS (they're free, just get them!)
Where to Find Official UK charts
http://www.casey.tgi...nd_chartsv1.pdf
Where to find a guide to the UK chart symbols
http://www.casey.tgi...t_symbolsv2.pdf

Reading VFR charts
http://www.casey.tgi...r_charts1v2.pdf
http://www.casey.tgi...r_charts2v2.pdf

VFR Entry/Exit Lanes near airports
http://www.casey.tgi...ee_chartsv2.pdf

How To Fly a VFR Circuit Join
http://www.casey.tgi...o/vfrjoinv2.pdf

How To Identify Airspace on VFR charts
http://www.casey.tgi.../airspacev3.pdf

How To Handle a Military Air Traffic Zone (for civvy VFR chaps)
http://www.casey.tgi...owto/matzv1.pdf

How To Squawk (MUST read, please?)
http://www.casey.tgi...o/squawk2v2.pdf
http://www.casey.tgi...to/squawkv3.pdf

Understanding the Quadrantal Rule (IFR Outside Controlled Airspace)
http://www.casey.tgi...owto/quadv3.pdf

How To Pick a Flight Level for Direction of Flight (IFR Inside Controlled Airspace)
http://www.casey.tgi...to/fltlevv5.pdf

Understanding Pressure Settings (QNH/QFE)
http://www.casey.tgi...pressure1v1.pdf
http://www.casey.tgi...pressure2v2.pdf

How To Read an Aerodrome chart
http://www.casey.tgi...ad_chartsv3.pdf

How To Read a Parking chart
http://www.casey.tgi...rk_chartsv3.pdf

How To Read and Understand an IFR Route
http://www.casey.tgi...eadroutesv2.pdf

How To Pick the Correct SID (Standard Instrument Departure)
http://www.casey.tgi.../pick_sidv1.pdf

How To Pick the Correct STAR (Standard Arrival)
http://www.casey.tgi...pick_starv1.pdf

How To Read a SID Chart
http://www.casey.tgi...id_chartsv6.pdf

How To Read a STAR Chart
http://www.casey.tgi...ar_chartsv3.pdf

How To Read a Holding Pattern on a Chart
http://www.casey.tgi...ld_chartsv5.pdf

How to Read a Missed Approach Procedure
http://www.casey.tgi...to/missedv2.pdf

How To read a Procedural Approach Chart
http://www.casey.tgi...roc_chartv1.pdf

How to Calculate a Descent (rough & ready rule of thumb only!)
http://www.casey.tgi...o/descentv2.pdf

Oceanic - How To do a Position Report in the LevelD 767
http://www.casey.tgi...767posrepv2.pdf

Oceanic - How To do a Position Report in the PMDG 747
http://www.casey.tgi...747posrepv2.pdf

How To Create Custom Waypoints in Boeing FMCs (very useful but hard to remember!). The example used is a VOR but it works equally well with RNAV waypoints like CLIPY.
http://www.casey.tgi...o/custwayv2.pdf

NEW - How To: The Gauges 1: The ADF How to use the Automatic Direction Finder. Hopefully the first in a series of "The Gauges".
http://www.casey.tgi...m/howto/adf.pdf

The silly ones..

How To Read IB Charts (a bumper cut-out and keep Special Edition)
http://www.casey.tgi...to/ibcharts.pdf

How To Fly Supersonic (a Christmas Special for speedy oiks)
http://www.casey.tgi...to/ssonicv2.pdf

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Posted 02 July 2010 - 08:50 PM

The Custom Waypoints "How To" has been updated to v2 after a pilot oik asked me a quessie last night, yes that sheet works with RNAV waypoints as well!
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Posted 29 July 2010 - 07:19 PM

All the links are broken?
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Posted 29 July 2010 - 07:39 PM

Not for me, maybe you have that Adobe PDF virus which destroys your C drive?
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Posted 29 July 2010 - 07:39 PM

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Posted 29 July 2010 - 08:17 PM

View PostRoss Burke (1002996), on 29 July 2010 - 07:19 PM, said:

All the links are broken?


Not even close to panto season but... Oh No They're Not !
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Posted 29 July 2010 - 08:21 PM

Pantos being widely advertised in the Greenock area, starting mid August. Try telling them that without getting a glass bottle facial!!
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Posted 29 July 2010 - 10:20 PM

OK there back now ... probably a burke moment there :). Atleast I have that excuse
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Posted 03 August 2010 - 07:55 AM

PLEASE NOTE - The links in all the other How To threads have now been disabled, anyone looking for a How To must use this Complete Works thread.
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Posted 08 August 2010 - 05:02 AM

Bill,

The 'Intentionally Blank' chart is the one I can understand very well...Awesome Explanation

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P.S.I have now learnt how to fly a Supersonic toooo

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