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> Hi Dave;
> There are several ways to do this. Here's the way I do it.
> Since you might not know exactly from the selection box where each ramp is
> in relation to where you want to park the airplane, just create a flight
> at the airport you want to use with the airplane you want to use.
> Considering you want to save a flight with everything shut down and quiet
> on a certain place on that airport, bring up the flight on the active
> runway.
> When the flight comes up, you will be running and ready to go on the
> runway you chose. Once the airplane is on the screen, switch views to top
> down and take a good look at the airport. Pick out the exact place you
> want to park the airplane, then go into slew mode. Slew the airplane to
> the ramp you want and return to cockpit mode. Taxi the aircraft to the
> exact spot you want, then go through the shutdown checklist for the
> airplane in exact order and shut it down. Then go into the fuel and
> loading dialog dropdown and set up the aircraft loading and fuel exactly
> as you want it to be for the save. Now go into the weather settings and
> put in the exact weather you want for the flight.
> After you have the aircraft all set up exactly the way you want it, save
> the flight with a name; for example, (Cessna172LAX VFR) Now hit the escape
> button and bring up the "select a flight" window. Close the sim using that
> window.
> Now, the next time the sim opens, it will open to the select window. Just
> pick any flight you have saved in the manner I've just described, and
> you're up and ready to go with that flight; exactly as you left it the
> last time on the ramp, or wherever you left it, and in whatever condition
> you left it in.
> I use the save flight rather than the save as default, because I like to
> set up different aircraft at different places, with different weather
> conditions and bring up whatever I'm in the mood for as it hits me. :-)
> Hope this helps.