Real life
You think we are crazy? Check out this site to read all about pilots who did ATW's in real life:
www.earthrounders.com . This great site includes numerous links to personal pages and plenty of resources.
FS ATW's
Please take a few seconds to visit these sites of other flight simmers who have (or are in the process of) doing ATW's .
http://www.angelfire.com/extreme4/wwrtw/
http://snbworld.com/aroundtheworld/ (a completed ATW in a Cessna 182!)
http://www.itsnotpersonal.com/fly/
http://www.gbairports.co.uk/clipperrtw/clipperrtw.htm
http://home.hccnet.nl/ruud.bijlsma/
http://aroundtheworld.mkoehler.de/index.html
http://www.airpacifica.org/atw/index.html
Navigation aid
http://rfinder.asalink.net/free/ (looking for a quick and accurate flight plan?)
http://www.aeroplanner.com/flightplanning/approachplates.cfm (all the nav aid info required for US airports. A must!)
Add-on's
Microsoft Slight Simulator is an amazin program. And with the help of the numerous add-on's available, your simulated flights can go to an even higher level of reality. Members of the Six Pack use some of the following add-on's :
www.flight1.com (Airplanes, Ultimate Traffic, FS Water, USA Roads)
www.fsnavigator.com (a great navigation tool. Excellent for trip planning)
www.reality-xp.com (great gauges and navigational instruments)
www.hifisim.com ( ActiveSky 2004 weather engine)
www.fsgenesis.com (meshes for the entire world, landclass for USA)
www.flytampa.com (add-on airport sceneries)
www.simflyers.net (add-on airport sceneries)
www.realairsimulations.com (airplanes)
www.fsw.simflight.com ( enhanced cloud textures)
www.molitor-home.de/FS/FLKeeper/default.asp (FS Flight Keeper – logbook utility – the one we all use to create the reports in the “logbook” section)
www.fscene.com (replacement ground textures)
The Essentials
Any flight simmers day cannot be complete without a visit at: