IFR Flights of 13MIKE

by Fred J. Calfior and Douglas W. Miller

SETUP

Aircraft:

1) Choose "Cessna Skylane RG"

Weather:

Winds

1) Set Surface winds "DEPTH" to "900"

2) Set Surface winds "DIR" to "300"

3) Set Surface winds "SPEED" to "12"

4) Set Level 1 "TOPS" to "5000"

5) Set Level 1 "BASE" to "920"

6) Set Level 1 "DIR" to "260"

7) Set Level 1 "SPEED" to "19"

8) Set Level 1 "TURBULENCE" to "1"

9) Set Level 2 "TOPS" to "11000"

10) Set Level 2 "BASE" to "5000"

11) Set Level 2 "DIR" to "250"

12) Set Level 2 "SPEED" to "27"

13) Set Level 3 "TOPS" to "15500"

14) Set Level 3 "BASE" to "11000"

15) Set Level 3 "DIR" to "230"

16) Set Level 3 "SPEED" to "36"

Clouds

1) Set Bottom Level - TOPS to "8000"

2) Set Bottom Level - BASE to "20"

3) Set Bottom Level - COVER to "overcast"

4) Set Top Level - TOPS to "15000"

5) Set Top Level - BASE to "9500"

6) Set Top Level - COVER to "overcast"

7) Set Thunderstorms - TOPS to "16000"

8) Set Thunderstorms - BASE to "4000"

9) Set Thunderstorms - COVERAGE to "widely scattered"

Aircraft Position:

1) "NORTH" to "17338.5959" [N037° 36' 47.6534]

2) "EAST" to "5057.0449" [W122° 22' 49.2214]

3) "ALTITUDE" to "9" [0]

4) "HEADING" to "100"

note: At this point you may wish to save this setup for future use.