by wkitty42 » Fri Aug 25, 2017 4:47 pm
FWIW: one can also use flightgear's built-in routing capabilities... open the route manager, put in your starting and destination airports airports... in the waypoint list at the bottom, hilight the destination airport and then click the route button... you can also select your runways, SIDs and STARs if you like... i do, most always, look over the route in the CTRL-M map, though, because sometimes FG will select a waypoint that's way way way out of the way... i just remove it and maybe a few others while possibly adding in some of my own choosing... learning how to use the built-in route manager is pretty easy, too... you just have to remember its quirks (eg: hilite the waypoint you want to add a new entry after) and learn how to add altitudes and lon/lat entries in the proper format...
"You get more air close to the ground," said Angalo. "I read that in a book. You get lots of air low down, and not much when you go up."
"Why not?" said Gurder.
"Dunno. It's frightened of heights, I guess."