My gosh I had no idea it was all so detailed. One would need a LOT of practice and repetition to remember all that information. Out of the numerous "tutorials" I've searched for on YT this is by far the very best I've found. Clear and concise. Well done sir, now if I can just remember it all.....Thank you very much of sharing your knowledge. Chances are I'll be going over this video more than just once.

you sound like a narrator off of the discovery channel xD keep up the good work enjoyed the vid

Thank you so much, you make it feel so simple. Have to confess thou, that when you talk I imagine Sir David Attenborough.

Great introduction to this subject. Thank you!

Sir, Thank you so much. I had gone thru many videos and study material to understand SID and STAR.I found this as the best one.

Such a simple and amazing explanation. Described slowly and clear and detailed. Thank you so much sir.

Good Lord ! So much useful information, basicly everything I was looking for to stop direct GPS flying. Thank you so much !

Thank you so much for this video. you have no idea how much this has helped me out!

Very clear and detailed explanation, thanks!

Many many thanks for a great, well illustrated and well spoken introduction to flight planning. This video has gone straight to my favourites for future reference.

Gracias MrCobolman por ese trabajo. I like the way you explain the things: very clear and with the right speed.

Amazing video, very helpful

Great Video. Thanks

Exellent espesically for beginners - Thankyou

definitely the best tutorial

Thanks for making a potentially difficult concept exceedingly easy.

Clearly and succinctly put. The clearest explanation that I have seen. Thank you.

Many thanks, it made sense of the sids and stars connecting with the flight plan. Very easy to understand, lets see if I can put it into practice

Thank you that was very useful and clear, cheers

Just what I needed, new to this. Thanks!

Fantastic !! Much needed clear video. Thanks very much for taking the time to help frustrated others ! :-)

excellent video

Enjoyed the video. Nice slow easy to follow, thanks.

My head is going to explode after watching this haha. Damn so much awesome value in this!

Thanks. I learned a lot

These have puzzled me and although I do understand, I still have to carry out the steps. But thanks for the help, at least I'm now on the way!

Dear Mrcobolman, congratulations for your channel! For FS begginers like me, your videos are priceless, because they help us getting along with the standards of aviation. You really earned another subscriber and I'll surelly share your channel among other FS simmers. Could you please tell me if this information is available on pdf? it was helpful to have a pdf guide with this information to quick check while piloting. I searched on Google but unfortunately didn't find any. Hope you can help me. Again, thank you and congratulations for your channel. Kind regards, Edgar

@SHT2906: "a bit of an unfortunate call sign..." -LOL!

Well done and explain tank you Mr Cobolman

Nice description of the general overall process. I only saw one minor error. V278 runs between SQS VOR and IGB VOR not GWO and GTR as you describe at 4:53 - 5:09.

really Excellent

Merci pour ces explications ! Clearly explained, even for complete noobies as I am !

great video, very clear. If you are an plane user could you do a tutorial on an ils landing :-)

Excellent narration. To be honest I couldn't tell where the runways were in the SIDs and STARs maps. That left me pretty lost. I still learnt a lot but I wouldn't be able to do what you just did for another airport nor could I justify many of your decisions. Thanks for the video though :)

Hi, I followed your video and created a flight using skyvector but then am confused how to export this plan into fs2004? I've looked at the flight planner within Fs2004 and not all airways show so I can't manually create the flight plan from skyvector?

Thanks for another excellent and informative video. Could you cover what transitions are and how to use them in a future video please? Keep up the great work :)

This is the only video on KZfaq which explains all the details of creating a flight plan specially SIDS and STARS. Thank you sir for such a video! But I couldn't get few things even after watching it again and again! First, while explaining SIDS 14:46 - 15:00, how is it that LAM 4M 4V are for runway 26? I cannot find it anywhere written on the chart. Secondly, while explaining Approach 16:55 - 17:00, how did you know that DAYNE applies to us? (If it's because it appeared while making flight plan then that's not going to be the case always. There's got to be some real explanation to it)

good.

I only got one question: How do you continue flying from (in this example) DAYNE to Manchester? Because the way isn't shown in the chart... Or will the tower vector you to the runway? And why do you have to fly over the airport at first instead of entering the approach path straight?

Really nicely done sir....I am still trying to grasp transitions though... Chas

I use simbreif for my flights :)

I don't expect an answer as this is such an old video, but at 14:44 how do you know that 4M is for the runway that you have chosen? This has always been my problem when flight planning - knowing the specifics that allows you to make the right choice when presented with such a variety of choices.

Amazing video! Are you a real pilot?

Ok I need to know for beginners how do I know what sid / star to choose

Hi there! I have just started with X-Plane and wanted to learn how to get around the skies, so this is GREAT! I am following what you do step by step, and have subscribed to SkyVector...but mine looks slightly different to yours! At 11:12 in your video, you hit an "Add" button which I don't see on my version. Is that merely because I have an updated version, or are there different choices for SkyVector installation, like "commercial" versus "private, I'm only learning!"...? Thanks!

Interesting....Are you going to show how to program flight computer and fly it? Maybe in Aerosoft airbus?

Great Tutorial! IMO you only mixed up TA with TL. For descents T(ransition) L(evel) is relevant not the T(ransition) A(ltitude). As per the chart in your video TL will be given by ATC and is usually depending on QNH.

When I fly with SIDS and STARS is it better to file a flight plan with VFR flight rules or IFR? I use radar contact version 4. Any good flight planners you recommend that includes SIDS and STARS?

A couple of questions: that NATS aeronautical information service. is it only for UK? is it any other web site with SID/STAR information for different countries?

Very well explained but, there's still some stuff that I don't fully understand how all this works in real life. I mean, you say to choose SIDs and STARs depending on the route we want and runway we're going to use but, suppose that the weather changes at the arrival airport and control tower routes you to a different runway that uses different SIDs. Do pilots reprogram the FMS in-flight and if so, doesn't that betray the whole purpose of highly detailed flight planning?! I'm probably missing out on a lot of stuff here probably because I don't yet fully understand how flight planning and ATC really work in real life and how to properly mimic using FSX. oh, well, time to dig deeper into the subject...

I thought u land into the wind, not with it. So if wind is 270, wouldn't you use 090 for example????

This is my first and I find myself lost.

how did you get the wind direction for gatwick hence the active runway

My airac is out of date!

17:39 Shouldn't we focus on Transition level when we land at that airport?

When ever u r jumping from page to page pls wave your cursor to the subject or words. Otherwise, It becomes difficult to follow wat u r explaining. Thnks for the video.

Another waste of my time!