Flight planing.

[flying dog]

I don't know where it is now, but......

 

I was getting a few messages of topics being mentioned here a while back and there was talk of a flight planer spreadsheet.

 

I did a quick search but couldn't find it. (But I have been away for a long time etc etc)

 

I wrote one up a LONG time ago. I think I showed it to a guy called Noah, but he was more interested in water navigation.

 

It has most Aus VFR/IFR waypoints known. Most airports. But you can add custom waypoints too.

 

You set the aircraft type, fuel tank size, burn rate, etc.

You enter the winds, and it does the rest.

It does fuel calculations and times.

 

 

It gives warning if you use your reserve fuel, and a big warning if you won't make the leg with fuel remaining.

 

It's locked because I put WEEKS of work into it.

But it is usable for basic flight planning.

 

I can try to dig it up if someone is interested.

 

It also gives you a printout of destination airport details, but you have to enter the values.

 

Since ........ (What's it called?) Has come out and "every man and their dog" has it, everyone went away form the mechanics of doing flight plans "the old way" and use it instead.

 

As much as it is nice to have things which are "online" and all that stuff, I think it takes a lot away from people actually understanding what is going on and how important it is to make a flight plan.

 

Though I can't say from personal experience: when ever is the weather correct? (Slight sarcasm there.)

 

Oh, and it is BIG!

 

I've had a couple of people test it and found a couple of bugs which I fixed.

 

But it is kind of gathering dust these days.

[Deceiver]

I'd be interested in taking a look if you wouldn't mind. I can also host it for others if you were so inclined.

[flying dog]

Errr,

 

> I can also host it for others if you were so inclined.

 

Why? It is a spreadsheet which is loaded onto your computer.

If I post it, it is mine.

 

And I shall have to find it too. It was about 5 years ago when I wrote it.

[old man emu]

I did a quick search but couldn't find it.

 

Where did you file it? If it's on your hard drive

1. Open File Explorer, which is the icon on your Task Bar that looks like a yellow manila folder in a blue holder.
   
2. Find the "This PC" icon on the left side Nav bar and click on it.
   
3. Find the "Search This PC" dialog box at the upper right side of the screen.
   
4. Enter this: *.xls and click the magnifying glass.
   

The computer will search for all the Excel files on its hard drive, and list them so you should be able to find the flight planning one.

[Deceiver]

Errr,

 

> I can also host it for others if you were so inclined.

 

Why? It is a spreadsheet which is loaded onto your computer.

If I post it, it is mine.

 

And I shall have to find it too. It was about 5 years ago when I wrote it.

Settle down.

You said:

Oh, and it is BIG!

Which I take to mean as it may not be able to be uploaded as an attachment to the forum.

If you want to share it as your post came across, it'll need to be hosted somewhere for people to access it.

If this thread is simply a statement of something you've achieved, forget I said anything.

[flying dog]

OME,

 

It is on a hard drive.

 

I don't use windows.

 

The hard drive it is/was on died about 3 years ago and though I did get it restored, .5TB of files is not fun searching.

 

These days I am up to my neck in other things and time is not as plentiful as I would like.

 

Today it is raining and if I run out of things to do, I may look for it.

 

 

 

 

Deceiver,

Things aren't as nice as I would like them to be and I am "on edge" just now. Sorry.

 

From memory it is about 5 Meg in size.

But I can't really trust memory these days.

[old man emu]

I don't use windows.

 

I imagine that any operating system would have a search function.