Hi, this is just a little application I made to help me setup flights.
Requirements This was intended to be used with:
- Navigraph Charts Desktop Application
- Volanta (Paid version for looking up Schedules)
- AddonLinker
- SimBrief
I'm not associated with any of the above applications and the application merely provides links to the above sites and services.
- Extract the Flight Setup folder to wherever you'd like
- Within the Flight Setup folder open the "config.ini" and amend the paths for Volanta, Charts(Navigraph), Addons(Addon Linker) and you Checklists folder.
volanta = "YourPathToVolanta.exe" Charts = "YourPathToNavigraph Charts.exe" Addons = "YourPathToAddonsLinker.exe" Checklists = "YourPathToYourChecklistsFolder"
To Easily get the path:
- Navigate to where the .exe is located (If a shortcut, right click on it and select 'open file location')
- Hold Shift and Right click on the exe
- Select 'Copy as Path'
- Paste into the .ini
- Open and Edit the Aircraft list:
- The included "Database.xlsx" can be edited with your own aircraft and tail numbers.
- The first Tab / Sheet can be edited with you own aircraft.
- The second is used to look up the airlines and shouldnt need editing.
Its optional but for me I created all the aircraft I use in Volanta with my own Tail numbers so i could see how many hours and flights etc I'd done in each aircraft. I gave chatgpt a list of all the aircraft i use and asked it to create random GB themed tail numbers but thats just me :D
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Open the FlightSetup.exe
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Click the "Pick a Flight" button, to open Volanta and find a flight via the Schedules tab (This requires the paid version of Volanta sorry) If you dont own the paid version of Volanta you could also use FlightRadar to find a reference flight number.
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Type in the flight number you found into the "Ref Flight Number Field"
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Enter the departure and destination ICAO's into the corresponding fields. So EGSS for London Stanstead.
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Select which of your Aircraft you'd like to use for the flight from the dropdown list next to aircraft.
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Hit Generate to create a summary of your flight This summary I've found is really handy to copy and paste from into Simbrief, MSFS, etc
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Click the Departure, Destination, Aircraft buttons to open their corresponding searches in flightsim.to. This should help you find liveries for your plane based on the airline / flight number you selected and free addon scenery / gsx profiles.
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Use the SimBrief, Charts, Addons and Checklist buttons to open the relevant apps and tools.
Hope you find this useful :)