Microsoft X09-519450503 manual Air Traffic Control, Kneeboard, First ‘Jumbo Jet’

GPS

Air Traffic Control

Flight Simulator models

sophisticated GPS receivers.

From the magnetic compass to radio beacons, navigational technology has made many strides. The global positioning system (GPS) is the latest landmark advancement in electronic navigation, using satellite transmissions to plot your aircraft’s position. To help you navigate, Flight Simulator simulates two sophisticated GPS receivers. Both units feature terrain mapping as well as airport and facility information that you can access during flight.

As the skies became busier, Air Traffic Control (ATC) evolved to make flight safer and more efficient. Flight Simulator brings you into the ATC conversation with enhanced interactive Air Traffic Control. Real-time Air Traffic Control clears you to take off and land, issues directional instructions, and lets you hear controllers speaking to other aircraft. ATC can also issue in-flight IFR clearances,

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The First

‘Jumbo Jet’

Since the first Boeing 747 (above) was built, Boeing has delivered more than 1,230

To learn more about GPS features, read the Using the GPS article in the Learning Center.

The Kneeboard

Early pilots sometimes pasted their charts to boards, which they strapped to their legs to keep the charts from blowing out of the open cockpit. Today, pilots use similar kneeboards to stay organized and keep important information close at hand. The Flight Simulator Kneeboard holds your flight briefing and aircraft checklists, a complete list of keyboard shortcuts for operating controls, and both a navigation log and a log of radio communications. You can display or hide the Kneeboard during flights by pressing F10.

To learn more about the Kneeboard, read the Using the Kneeboard article in the Learning Center.

handle altitude changes en route, and direct you to nonprecision and precision approaches to multiple runways at airports around the world, including airports without control towers. You might begin your flying day by talking to ATC from a 747–400 on an instrument flight from Rome, and conclude by getting landing clearance into London.

To learn more about ATC, read the Air Traffic Control articles in the Learning Center.

747s. Today’s 747–400 features digital systems as well as greater power, range, and fuel efficiency than any previous 747 model.

A Boeing 747–400 includes …

…171 miles of wiring.

…6 million parts, including some 3 million fasteners.

…a tail as high as a

six-story building.

…a cockpit with 365 gauges, lights, and switches.

…wings that each weigh 28,000 pounds (12,700 kilograms)—10 times the entire weight of Boeing’s first airplane, the 1916 B&W.

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