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Sit a good distance away from the screen, as far away as the length of the cable allows. • Preferably play the game on a small screen. • Avoid playing if you are tired or have not had much sleep. • Make sure that the room in which you are playing is well lit. • Rest for at least 10 to 15 minutes per hour while playing a video game. 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction _________________________6 Selecting a Destination Airport _25 How to Fly your Stemme S10-VT ___44 Landing _____________________58 Welcome to Seattle ___________________7 Taking Off/Aborting ___________27 Checklist Section _________________44 After Landing _________________58 The Main Menu ______________________8 Flight Recorder __________________27 Starting Engine ______________44 Engine Shutdown _____________58 Main Menu Screen ________________8 Recording ____________________28 Taxiing ______________________45 Mooney TLS Bravo __________________61 Quick Flight ________________________10 Viewing your recording (Playback) 28 Pre-Takeoff Check _____________45 Specifications ____________________61 Quick Flight Screen ______________10 Black Box ____________________28 Takeoff ______________________45 Cockpit _________________________63 Current Location _________________10 Play and Edit _________________28 Cruising _____________________46 Unique Instruments, Maps ________________________10 Quick Keys for the Flight Recorder 30 Transition to Non-Powered flight 46 Equipment & Operation __________64 Quick Flight Map _____________11 Logbook ________________________31 Transition to Powered flight ____46 Flight Controls __________________67 Airport Icons _________________11 What is it? ____________________31 Landing _____________________46 Operating Limitations ____________68 Quick Flight Notepad __________13 Viewing Pilot Information _____31 After Landing _________________47 How to Fly your Mooney TLS Bravo __68 Exiting the Map _______________13 Game Options ___________________33 Engine Shutdown _____________47 Checklist Section _________________69 Choose Your Aircraft __________13 Interface _____________________33 Descriptive Section ___________47 Starting Engine ______________69 Current Weather ______________13 Graphic Settings ______________34 Lake Renegade T-270 Seaplane _______50 Taxiing ______________________69 Weather File Controls _________13 Audio Settings ________________34 Specifications ____________________51 Pre-Takeoff Check _____________69 Weather Selection Controls ____14 Aircraft Settings _______________35 Cockpit _________________________52 Takeoff ______________________70 Weather Map Controls _________14 Weather Settings _________________36 Unique Instruments, Climb _______________________70 Main Controls ________________15 Control Settings ______________36 Equipment & Operation __________52 Cruising _____________________70 Challenges ______________________15 Flight Training ___________________36 Flight Controls __________________55 Landing _____________________70 Airport __________________________16 Credits _________________________37 Operating Limitations ____________56 After Landing _________________70 Welcome To … Online Manual ___________________37 How to Fly your Engine Shutdown _____________70 Lake Renegade Seaplane __________56 (Selecting an Airport) _________16 Stemme S10-VT Motorglider __________38 BeechJet 400A ______________________73 Checklist Section _________________56 Selecting an Aircraft ___________17 Specifications ____________________38 Specifications ____________________73 Starting Engine ______________56 Region ______________________17 Cockpit _________________________39 Cockpit _________________________75 Taxiing ______________________57 Flight Planner ___________________18 Unique Instruments, Unique Instruments, Flight Planner Map ___________18 Equipment & Operation __________40 Pre-Takeoff Check _____________57 Equipment & Operation __________76 Creating a Flight Plan __________20 Flight Controls __________________43 Takeoff ______________________57 Flight Controls __________________94 VOR Information ______________22 Operating Limitations ____________44 Climb _______________________57 Operating Limitations ____________95 Cruising _____________________58 How to Fly your BeechJet 400A ____95 2 3 Checklist Section _________________95 Airports ____________________110 Tower-Controlled Airport ________122 Navaids in brief _________________129 Starting Engine ______________95 Air Traffic Controllers ________111 Contacting ATIS _____________122 VOR/DME Navigation _________129 Taxiing ______________________96 Initiating IFR flights _____________111 Contacting Tower Control and NDB Navigation _____________129 Pre-Takeoff Check _____________96 Ground Controllers __________112 Relaying Your Intentions ______122 Glossary _________________________130 Takeoff ______________________96 Tower Controllers ___________112 Receiving Tower Instructions __123 Credits _________________________142 Climb _______________________96 Radar Approach Controller ____112 Entering the Pattern and Looking Glass Studios ________142 Delivering Your Position Reports _123 Cruising _____________________97 Operating at an Electronic Arts _______________143 Identifying Traffic ___________124 Landing _____________________97 Uncontrolled Airport ____________112 Electronic Arts Europe ________143 Interacting with After Landing _________________97 The Position Report __________113 Clearance Delivery ___________124 Engine Shutdown _____________97 Interacting with UNICOM: The Airport Advisory _____________113 Interacting with Aircraft Histories ___________________102 Ground Control _____________125 Scenario 1: Entering the Piper Arrow PA-28R-200 __________102 Traffic Pattern __________________114 Scenario 1: Obtaining Clearance Muskrat ________________________103 and Taxiing for Takeoff __________126 Contacting UNICOM and Windhawk USA (United States) ___104 Relaying Your Intentions ______114 Contacting Ground Control and Requesting Taxi Clearance 126 North American P-51D Mustang Requesting and Receiving an (United States) _________________105 Airport Advisory _____________115 Receiving Taxi Instructions ____126 Trainer 172 (United States) _______106 Entering the Pattern and Cleared to Contact Fokker DR 1 ____________________107 Delivering Your Position Reports 115 Tower Control _______________126 Creating Flight Unlimited III Pilot Notes __________________117 Scenario 2: Landing and Receiving Taxi Instructions _______127 Challenges ________________________108 Operating at a Controlled Airport _117 Radio Step Summary ________127 Design _____________________108 Automated Terminal Organisation ________________108 Information Service (ATIS) ____117 Uncontrolled Airports ________127 Scripting ____________________109 Interacting with Tower Control ___118 Controlled Airports __________127 Debugging __________________109 Scenario 1: Taking Off and Communication System Hot Keys ____________________127 Packaging ___________________110 Remaining in the Traffic Pattern __118 Navigation ________________________128 Flying with Air Traffic Control _______110 Receiving Tower Instructions __119 VFR vs. IFR Flying ____________128 Operating at Uncontrolled and Entering the Pattern and Controlled Airports _____________110 Delivering Your Position Reports 120 Dead Reckoning: A Pilot’s Perspective __________________128 Controlled vs. Uncontrolled Scenario 2: Entering a 4 5 WELCOME TO SEATTLE What a place to fly! A clean, sparkling city located on a beautiful waterway, surrounded by tall mountains accented by evergreen trees everywhere you look. Sounds like a good place to live? It is. So much so that Seattle and vicinity are now getting crowded as the population takes advantage of a good economy and wonderful physical surroundings. We chose this region to model for many reasons. The first is obvious: we wanted the pilot to be INTRODUCTION able to fly in the most diverse terrain in our lifelike region. Similar to the San Francisco area, This flight simulation was built with the you encounter major international airports, quiet country fields and water to splash down into. Flight Unlimited™ III! Welcome to the world of But the Seattle area offers that in a larger scale. The mountains are taller, the waters more purpose to expose you, the desktop