mixter

No need for pictures, I understand what it is your describing. I'll give it a go and see how I get on. I've tried the landing training. Not going too bad, I only got wet twice, only tried three times, last attempt was punctured tyres and all sorts of aerobatics on the airfield. Fun init!!

So it does. Thanks for that Sinky, it's been driving me nuts for most of the afternoon. Just had another go and I can navigate extactly down the route for waypoint 4 - easy when you know how!! In my defence, I'm following the instructions to not start mashing buttons and throwing switches. I'm sure I'll start to experiment a little once I've got the basics nailed down. Talking of which, it's time to try my luck at landing.

Got the sim and I'm loving it. One problem though - navigation. In the navigation training, the instructor tells me to set the HSI course to 270 because the flight plan calls for a heading of 270 for the waypoint. The question I have is - where does this figure of 270 come from? It's not on the hud, it's not displayed on the CDU, and the HSI has no reference to this direction. I've watched a youtube video that was made with a different version. Within the video, the instructor tells the pilot to enter the CDU Flight Plan and get the waypoint attributes. In the training for the version I've got (1.1.0.7), he doesn't do this.