The tutorial starts at Heathrow London and is a real world British Airways flight of number BA0283.
If you havent already done so, I would recommend downloading and printing the PMDG tutorials and running through them as they are an excellent insight to this simulation and 744 operations, and the experience doing those will better equip you for this flight we are about to do.
The tutorial aim is to compliment already existing tutorials on the PMDG (Precision Manuals Development Group) website, and also compliment the manual, there are some elements of this tutorial that go beyond the PMDG manual (the Flight Management Computer, FMC holds is an example). Ive attempted to give an understanding of the interactions with Despatch, Ground and Air Traffic Control (ATC) to make the experience as close to real life as I can, and educate those who are not totally familiar with operations. This tutorial explains how things are done, when they are done, and why they are done. This is in no way a slight on other efforts, there are a number of other very good tutorials out there that are very detailed, but this here is for the average everyday with little knowledge of aviation or the operation of a 744 (Boeing 747-400). 211ġ IntroductionI decided to write this tutorial as I never really found a single flight tutorial which covered all the aspects of planning and flying this aircraft in the detail I wanted. 10 NATS (North Atlantic TrackS) Planning.
PMDG 747-400 Tutorial Heathrow to Los Angeles InternationalĬontents1 2 Introduction.