Sim Flight Library

Sim Flight Library is a code-based software program that provides over a hundred pre-designed flight plans from ‘easy’ to “challenging’ to ‘good luck’, They are mostly IFR but it includes some interesting and fun VFR experiences as well. For X-Plane simmers, we provide FMS files for the IFR flights.

This uses MS Excel only as its GUI. It is virus-free, locked, and can’t damage your computer or be broken. If you screw up any text, no worries, just reopen the program.

The software program generates Way Points in the flight plan and calculates the TOD from each. It also approximates the expected distance to altitude.

Performance specs for fourteen planes are provided, but they are fully customizable so you can choose your own favorites.

Visual flight plans from SkyVector and approach plates for each flight are can be displayed at a click.

In addition to the pre-designed flights, which you can modify, you can build six custom flights of your own design.

Here are the FMS files: Sim Flight FMS Files which go into your X-Plane simulator program files.

Approach Plates Menu:  Approach Plates.  Each approach plate is on its own webpage.

Here is the main program file: SimFlightENGINE

NOTE: some AV programs may object to the SimFlightENGINE.xlsm file because of the macro. However, the code-behind of this product has been tested relentlessly, is locked and clean. If your computer complains, see the Installation Advice below the screenshot.

Installation Advice: To unlock the Sim Flight ENGINE if blocked by Windows:

• Extract the zip file into a new folder (maybe name it ‘Sim Flight Library’).
• Right-click on the SimFlightENGINE file and choose ‘Properties’.
• At the bottom of the ‘General’ tab, in the Security section, click on the ‘UnBlock the file’ checkbox.
• In the ‘Developer’ tab, click on ‘Macro Security’ and make sure the ‘Enable VBA macros’ radio button and the ‘Enable Excel 4.0 macros…’ are clicked.
• Reopen the file.

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