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Hi Dmitry, thanks for the really quick reply. It took another few tries but I think I got it worked out with your help. Use "\" to get the COMM radio menu, THEN use the custom F10 menu. (F10 outside COMM gets you a map view) When you taxi to the RWY, sometimes the regular ATC gets in the way and you really need to make sure you stay with the custom path by paying attention to the menu options. Now to try and actually fly it. Will report back. BTW, VR is awesome but the ATC can sometimes be a challenge. Reporting back. All good now. ATC options need careful viewing. Power lines are annoying and higher than you expect! Remembering flight path is tough and navigating knee board in VR mode can be challenging at low altitude leading to many attempts.

Sorry to reopen this stale thread... I'm pretty new to DCS so I may be doing something wrong. Trying to fly this 2nd mission of the campaign and as soon as I take off, I get told that I am unable to clear for takeoff and the mission fails. I've done all the ATC requests on both 141 and 139 with easy communication on and off and also watched some YouTubes of this mission. I get the ATC clearance to start, taxi and then takeoff OK (pretty sure it's the correct ATC especially when on 141) and the requests and responses are all in Russian(?) but the text certainly gives me permission to takeoff, but pretty much as soon as I'm off the ground, an American voice comes on the radio and fails the mission and drops out to the end of mission screen. Any hints?