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Add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator also compatible with FS2004 & Prepar3D PROFESSIONAL FLIGHT PLANNER Manual PFPX - Professional Flight Planner X Copyright: © 2013/ Aerosoft GmbH Flughafen Paderborn/Lippstadt D-33142 Büren, Germany Tel: +49 (0) 29 55 / 76 03-10 Fax: +49 (0) 29 55 / 76 03-33 Add-on for E-Mail: [email protected] Internet: www.aerosoft.de www.aerosoft.com Microsoft Flight Simulator X All trademarks and brand names are trademarks or registered trade- FS2004 marks of their respective owners. All rights reserved. Prepar3D 2 3 Aerosoft GmbH 2013 PFPX Professional Flight Planner X Manual Add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator X FS2004 Prepar3D 2 3 PFPX - Professional Flight Planner X Content Introduction ...............................................................7 General ................................................................................ 7 System Requirements .......................................................... 8 Support and Updates .......................................................... 8 Installation ........................................................................... 9 Product Activation ............................................................... 9 PFPX Data Sources ............................................................. 10 Navigational Database ............................................... 10 Weather, Winds, NOTAMs and Tracks ........................ 10 PFPX Program Options ...................................................... 11 Customize ................................................................. 11 General ..................................................................... 12 Planning / Units ......................................................... 12 Database ................................................................... 13 Weather .................................................................... 13 Weights .................................................................... 14 Airline Codes ............................................................ 14 Network .................................................................... 14 The PFPX Program - Overview ................................15 Main Interface .................................................................... 15 Main Button (globe icon) ........................................... 15 Quick Access Toolbar ................................................. 16 Style .......................................................................... 16 Help .......................................................................... 16 Main Panels .............................................................. 16 Ribbon Bar ................................................................ 17 Message & Action Bar ............................................... 17 Docking Windows ..................................................... 18 Status Bar ................................................................. 20 Main Menu ......................................................................... 20 Aircraft Manager ....................................................... 20 Route Manager ......................................................... 31 Airport properties ...................................................... 36 4 5 Aerosoft GmbH 2013 Waypoint & Airway Editor ......................................... 38 Fuel policy editor ....................................................... 39 Weather .................................................................... 41 Organized Track System ............................................ 42 The PFPX Program Interface ...................................44 Schedule Panel ................................................................... 44 Schedule ................................................................... 44 Flight ....................................................................... 47 Flight Plan (OFP) ........................................................ 48 Route ........................................................................ 48 Filter ......................................................................... 48 Flight Panel ........................................................................ 48 Flight ....................................................................... 50 Aircraft ..................................................................... 51 Payload .................................................................... 55 Fuel ......................................................................... 55 Route ....................................................................... 57 Alternates ............................................................... 60 Redispatch ................................................................ 62 ETOPS (Extended Range) Operations ............................... 62 Speed/Altitude .......................................................... 63 Flight Crew/Remarks ................................................. 64 Results Panel ...................................................................... 64 Flight ....................................................................... 65 Flight Plan (OFP) ....................................................... 65 Route ........................................................................ 65 ATC........................................................................... 66 Weather .................................................................... 67 NOTAMs ................................................................... 67 Track Message .......................................................... 67 Traffic Panel ........................................................................ 69 Browser Panel .................................................................... 69 Setup ........................................................................ 70 4 5 PFPX - Professional Flight Planner X Flight Planning .........................................................72 General ............................................................................... 72 The role of the flight dispatcher ................................. 73 Regulations ........................................................................ 73 Which authority should you use for flight planning? .. 74 Fuel policies ........................................................................ 75 EU-OPS ..................................................................... 75 FAR 121 .................................................................... 76 US FLAG operations .................................................. 77 Supplemental operations ........................................... 78 Route Planning .................................................................. 78 Lateral navigation ...................................................... 78 Vertical navigation ..................................................... 79 Alternate Airports ..................................................... 80 Cruise Speed ..................................................................... 81 Constant speed ........................................................ 81 Cost index ................................................................. 81 Redispatch Planning .......................................................... 82 Redispatch fix ............................................................ 82 Contingency fuel ....................................................... 83 ETOPS (Extended Range) Operations .............................. 84 The Evolution of ETOPS ............................................. 85 When is ETOPS required? .......................................... 86 Designating an ETOPS alternate airport ..................... 87 Acknowledgements and Thanks ............................87 Copyright ........................................................................... 87 6 7 Aerosoft GmbH 2013 Introduction General The PFPX program is for use with flight simulation software only. It shall not be used in any connection with real-world flying. PFPX - Professional Flight Planner X - is a valuable and realistic addition to your flight simulation experiences. Given the inputs you provide for a flight, the pro-gram enables flight simulator pilots to create professional quality flight plans similar to those used by real-world airlines. It is designed to supply all of the information that the dispatcher and the pilot in command require to enable successful flight dispatch release. While we don’t expect you to become an expert planner immediately, we hope that you can quickly understand the basics of what is involved. This User Guide is aimed at getting you up and flying with PFPX as soon as possible. We hope that you will obtain many hours of enjoyable learning in grad- ually producing more efficient and safe flight plans. We recommend you to take some time to understand the capabilities of PFPX, in particu- lar reading the chapters II, III and IV so that you gain an initial under- standing of all functionions available. This will be a valuable investment of your time as you dig deeper into the tasks of creating effective flight plans. If you develop a thirst for advancing your knowledge of the flight plan- ning processes, PFPX can initially be used to produce relatively simple flight plans for your flights. As your expertise in flight planning im- proves, you may wish to challenge yourself to produce more complex flight plans like choosing varying departures