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Greer Trumble — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:20:15 -0000

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Greer Trumble — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:16:57 -0000

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Greer Trumble — Tue, 20 Dec 2016 20:11:11 -0000

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Greer Trumble — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 19:50:13 -0000

The Tours form...

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Greer Trumble — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:40:01 -0000

The workhorse of this desktop application is the Pilot Log, which facilitates input and tracking for individual flights.

The largest area is the Flight Record, which contains a grid which tracks flights. Column header labels indicate the exact data tracked. The Flight Record is populated from the smaller Flight Input grid, located just below it. The Flight Input grid has two rows, one for the column header labels, and the other for data input. It is recommended that the pilot start the data input process before the actual flight. Clicking the Start Flight button populates the Date and Departure (Dep) time, and after the flight is complete, clicking the Transfer button transfers the Flight Input data to the Flight Record, which is then automatically updated and saved to file. If the pilot needs to pause the flight sim, he/she can also click on the End Flight button, which stops the timer and populates the Arrival (Arr) time; also, the Duration of the flight is calculated by determining the difference between the Dep and Arr times. The pilot can pause any number of times, and when the Transfer button is clicked, the Flight Input data, including the most recent Duration value is sent to the Flight Record and updated/saved. There is an indicator light just to the left of the Start/End Flight button, which status lit when the timer is on. The date box to the left of the indicator light offers the ability to select the desired date, but it defaults to today's date. There are two editing buttons that allow for editing of the Flight Record, to correct any errors - these are the Delete Row and Save Log buttons. The pilot can click on the row to be deleted, in any cell, and when the cursor is blinking in a cell, click on the Delete Row button - then click on the Save Log button to update the file.

Additional controls in the Controls group offer flight planning capabilities. Clicking the Aircraft Specs button will pop up the default browser, populated with the Wiki page relating to the Aircraft selected in the Flight Input grid. The GPS 530 button pops up a pdf file which has a tutorial for operating the GPS...while this is for the X-Plane flight Sim, it can be referred to as a generic description, as most GPS's are more or less similar. The How To Plan button pops up a SkyVector tutorial for doing flight planning using the SkyVector charts. The virtual pilot should refrain from doing any formal submittals, as those go to real world ATC officials! However, virtual pilots should take advantage of the charts and the excellent route planning capabilities of the SkyVector web site. The final route can be copy-pasted to the comments block of the Flight Input grid, if desired. The SkyVector route planning method is easy, visual, and the final route includes the airways between waypoints.

Finally, the Tours button pops up the Tours tracking form, and the Hide button hides the Pilot Log form.

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Greer Trumble — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 19:02:25 -0000

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Greer Trumble — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 18:43:48 -0000

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Greer Trumble — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 16:44:35 -0000

The workhorse of this desktop application is the Pilot Log, which facilitates input and tracking for individual flights.

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Greer Trumble — Sun, 18 Dec 2016 16:20:01 -0000

Virtual Pilot Dashboard has three main pages...first, I will provide an introduction to the main page that loads up when you start the application. On the image below, notice that there are five grouped areas, and then, at the bottome, one ungrouped area.

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Greer Trumble — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 23:52:10 -0000

Today, I added a Send PIREP button to Form2 - When you click on the Send PIREP key, it will automatically load up the text on the memo and load up your default mail app. oN THE MAIL APP, YOU SIMPLY TYPE "cTRL-V or right-click-Paste, and you PIREP will be transferred from the Clipboard to the mail text area. Just click on the mail app Send button and your PIREP will be emailed to your hub manager.