Make sure you maintain at least three miles separation between your aircraft at all times.Īlternatively, you can apply altitude separation That is, at least 1000 feet of separation.Īnd those are the two golden rules of separation You must have either 3 miles or 1000 feet of altitude "A thousand or three.Īircraft cannot be assigned a speed greater than 250 knots, or a speed less than 160 knots.Īircraft cannot be climbed above 6000, shown on the data tag as "60", because that airspace does not belong to you.Īircraft cannot be descended below 2000 feet, because of terrain, obstacles, people's houses, shopping mails, I'm sure you get the idea. Putthemonthe localizer as tightly together as you can. Your job, as I mentioned, is to land planes as quickly and safely as possible. Speed is shown in tens So if you see a speed of "25", that means 250 knots A knot is slightly faster than 1 mile per hour. If you click on an aircraft's target, a control interface will appear at the top of the screen for you, which is easy to use Note the heading control wheel.Įach target has a "data tag", with the aircraft name at the top, altitude at hottom left, and speed at hottom right.Īltitude is shown in hundreds-of-feet So if you see an altitude of "30", that means 3000 feet. The radar and aircraft behavior in this game is highly realistic It takes 10 seconds or so before you observe any response to your commands. Since the radar updates only once every 3 seconds, the trailing dots are meant to give the targets a sense of motion The little square represents the aircraft's current position Behind the aircraft "target" there are 6 trail dots The little white squares with clot tails Those are the airplanes, or "targets" as we refer to them. The dots on the localizer each represent one mile Your job is to put the airplanes on the localizer, spaced 3 miles apart. We are in the business of landing airplanes Lots of thern We must land thern as quickly as possible, before theyjarn up.