Having recently come to civilian aviation sims (heretofore I've played mostly DCS: BS2), I found myself overwhelmed by the mass of information regarding SIDs and STARs and IFR plates. After some Google-Fu, I found this series of video tutorials published by KLAviation on YouTube that seem to me to be a concise and informative overview of the various approach and departure charts that you can find online. I thought I would share them here for those new to civil flight simming like me, or even for the veterans who might like a refresher.
If you have your own favorite resources for these kinds of procedures, by all means, please share them! Enjoy!
1. Approach Plate Basics
2. Approach Plate Margin Data
3. Approach Plate Pilot Briefing
4. Approach Plate Plan View
5. Approach Plate Profile View
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