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        jf 91.3 RESPONSIBILITY AND AUTHORITY OF THE PILOT IN COMMAND

        (a) The pilot in command of an aircraft is directly responsible for,
        and is the final authority as to, the operation of that aircraft.

        jf 91.5 PREFLIGHT ACTION

        Each pilot in command shall, before beginning a flight, familiarize
        himself with all available information concerning that flight.
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       This flight  planning  program  is  an  ADJUNCT  to,  not  a
       REPLACEMENT   for   approve   flight   planning  charts  and
       procedures.  This data used by the Aerotech  Flight  Planner
       is  taken  directly from government data bases and is highly
       accurate but it is NOT guaranteed to be 100%  accurate.   It
       is  YOUR  responsibility  as  pilot in command to verify the
       output flight plan for both reasonableness and accuracy.











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                         AAAAeeeerrrrooootttteeeecccchhhh FFFFlllliiiigggghhhhtttt PPPPllllaaaannnnnnnneeeerrrr
                           AAAAddddaaaammmmssss AAAAeeeerrrrooooddddaaaattttaaaa,,,, IIIInnnncccc....
                           5555 SSSS.... 777777775555 MMMMaaaalllliiiibbbbuuuu LLLLaaaannnneeee
                          NNNNaaaappppeeeerrrrvvvviiiilllllllleeee,,,, IIIIllllllll.... 66660000555544440000


       1.  _I_N_T_R_O_D_U_C_T_I_O_N

       Thank you for purchasing the  Aerotech  Flight  Planner.  It
       contains  everything  that you, as a General Aviation pilot,
       needs to calculate and print  flight  plans  to  almost  any
       destination in the Continental United States.

       There are several flight planning programs  already  on  the
       market  which  will  do  every  thing for you except fly the
       plane.  They  do  weight  and  balance,  fuel  burn,  flight
       costing,  dial  up  duat and plug in weather variables, etc.
       They are very good and but they are also very expensive.

       That's why I've built this flight  planner.   What  I  think
       pilots  want  most  is  something  to  do  the dirty work of
       transfering those numbers from the low altitude  charts  and
       your  E6B  computer  on  to paper to tell you how long it is
       from "Point A" to "Point B", what headings to use, and  what
       frequencies  to  tune  in.   I  doubt  if  you need a flight
       planner that doubles as an accounting package.  You probably
       just  want the facts: How Long, How Far, Which Direction?  A
       good flight planner should give you all the information  you
       need to make a safe and expeditious flight.

       As far as the data is concerned, this is a  complete  flight
       planner.   It contains data on over 12,000 airports, all VOR
       data, all intersections  and  waypoints,  and  all  Jet  and
       Victor airways.  You get all the essentials, at a reasonable
       price.


       2.  _D_I_S_T_R_I_B_U_T_I_O_N__D_I_S_K_S

       2.1  _D_a_t_a__F_i_l_e_s

       The following is a complete list of data files used  by  the
       Adams Aerotech Flight Planner.

       APT.DAT       Airport Data File
       APT.IDX       Index to airport data file
       APT.LOC       File containing the geographic locations of all airports
                     sorted by lattitude and longitude.  Used by vafd for
                     faster display of data.
       APT.LDX       Index to apt.loc
       DUAT.CFG      DUAT configuration file







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       FREQ.DAT      Frequency data for tower and instrument approach
                     airports
       FREQ.IDX      Index to freq.dat
       INFO.DFT      Flight Planner defaults (Explained Later)
       INTX.DAT      Intersection Data File
       INTX.IDX      Index to Intersection Data File
       LOW.DAT       Victor Airway Data File
       LOW.IDX       Index to Victor Airway Data File
       JET.DAT       JET Airway Data File
       JET.IDX       Index to JET Airway Data File
       NAV.DAT       Navaid Data File
       NAV.IDX       Index to Navaid Data File
       NAV.LOC       Same use as apt.loc
       NAV.LDX       Index to nav.loc
       NAV2LOW.XRF   Victor airway to VOR cross reference
       NAV2JET.XRF   Jet airway to VOR cross reference
       PRINT.SET     Contains printer control codes

       Some of these files are straight  ASCII  files  and  can  be
       listed   with  the  DOS  "TYPE"  command  while  others  are
       structered with a combination  of  ASCII  and  binary  data.
       With  the  exception of the defaults file, NONE of the files
       should be edited. Indexing algorithms  depend  on  the  data
       being  in a specific byte location within the file.  Editing
       may possibly destroy this.  Look all  you  want  but  change
       data at your own risk.

       Editing of  the  defaults  file  can  be  done  but  is  not
       necessary.   It  can  be changed by changing the defaults on
       the input screen and then saving them.

       2.2  _P_r_o_g_r_a_m__F_i_l_e_s

       The following programs perform the the described  functions.
       The  main  input  program  is  AFP.EXE.   Some  of the other
       programs are called from "AFP" and usually will not  perform
       any function when called directly from DOS prompt.

       AAAAFFFFDDDD....EEEEXXXXEEEE        Airport Facilities Directory
       AAAASSSSRRRRCCCCHHHH....EEEEXXXXEEEE      Airport Search Utility
       AAAAFFFFPPPP....EEEEXXXXEEEE        Flight Planner - Main Program
       DDDDUUUUAAAATTTT....EEEEXXXXEEEE       DUAT Communications Program
       GGGGEEEETTTTWWWWPPPPSSSS....EEEEXXXXEEEE     Program to verify all waypoints and expand
                      Victor or Jet airway data to waypoints.
       NNNNAAAAFFFFPPPP....EEEEXXXXEEEE       Main Program for non-mouse systems.
       NNNNAAAAVVVVEEEEDDDDIIIITTTT....EEEEXXXXEEEE    View all waypoints, delete waypoints, and
                      add winds aloft.
       NNNNAAAAVVVVCCCCOOOOMMMMPPPP....EEEEXXXXEEEE    Computes flight plan
       NNNNAAAAVVVVVVVVIIIIEEEEWWWW....EEEEXXXXEEEE    View flight plan
       NNNNAAAAVVVVPPPPRRRRIIIINNNNTTTT....EEEEXXXXEEEE   Prints flight plan (Compressed Print)
       PPPPRRRRIIIINNNNTTTTSSSSUUUUPPPP....EEEEXXXXEEEE   Prints supplemental data after flight plan





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       VVVVAAAAFFFFDDDD....EEEEXXXXEEEE       Visual Airport Facilities Directory (Graphics)


       3.  _I_N_S_T_A_L_L

       Installation of the Adams Aerotech Flight  Planner  is  very
       straightforward.  Simply follow these steps:

         1.  Make a new directory on your hard disk using  the  DOS
             "MKDIR"  command,  i.e.  MKDIR  AFP  or  MKDIR  FPLAN.
             Choose any name that suits you.

         2.  "Change Dir" to that directory, i.e. CD FPLAN.

         3.  Put each of your distribution disks  into  the  proper
             floppy  drive,  and copy each disk to your hard drive.
             The proper command would be:

                     COPY A:*.*
                        or
                     COPY B:*.*

             depending on which  type  of  disks  you've  requested
             and/or which drive they go in.

         4.  You will find one file on each  disk  if  you  ordered
             360K  disks,  or two or more on larger capacity disks.
             This file is part of a self extracting archive  called
             AFPPART.x,  where x is a number from 1 to 6.  The last
             disk will also have a file called UNPACK.BAT  and  one
             called  REJOIN.EXE.   To  start the extraction process
             once all the files are loaded onto your hard disk just
             type  "UNPACK".   This  will join all the parts into a
             self unpacking archive, start the extraction  process,
             and then delete the intermediate files.

            NOTE: Even though the flight planner  occupies  only  5
            1/2  MEG  of  space,  you will need as much as 8 MEG of
            free hard  disk  space  to  successfully  complete  the
            installation.

         5.  Your flight planner is now  ready  for  use.   If  you
             later  decide  to move the data or the programs around
             on your hard disk, please note  that  all  data  files
             have  to  be  in the same directory as the programs in
             order for the programs to find them.

             This flight planner is not copy protected in  any  way
             so  as  allow you to load and unload the various files
             without resorting  to  anything  but  the  normal  DOS
             commands.







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       4.  _P_R_O_G_R_A_M__U_S_A_G_E

       4.1  _G_e_n_e_r_a_l

       There four  programs  which  may  be  used  as  stand  alone
       programs. They are

         a.  AFD.EXE

         b.  AFP.EXE

         c.  ASRCH.EXE

         d.  DUAT.EXE

         e.  VAFD.EXE

       The rest of the programs are subprograms  that  process  and
       print  data  for  the  main  flight  planner  input  program
       AFP.EXE.

       4.2  _A_F_D_._E_X_E

       AFD is a mini online  "Airport  Facilities  Directory".   It
       will  give  you  all  the  useful information in the airport
       database about a given airport.  You need to know the  three
       or four character identifier for the airport in order to use
       this program.  Usage is:

                       afd ord

       This will  print  a  data  block  for  O'Hare  International
       Airport  in Chicago in an easily readable format.  Input can
       be in either upper or lowercase, as the input  is  converted
       to uppercase before matching.

       4.3  _A_S_R_C_H_._E_X_E

       This program is a "search" utility that allows you to search
       for  an  airport  based upon any part of the airport or city
       name.  For example, if you are interested in an airport with
       "york" in its name or city, enter:

               asrch york

       You will list all airports using YORK in its city  or  name,
       i.e.,  "Yorkville"  and  "New  York"  will both match.  This
       program is useful if you need information on an airport  but
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       4.4  _V_A_F_D_._E_X_E

       Vafd can be called from the command  line  with  an  airport
       identifier as the argument as in


                                 VAFD LAX


       and will result  in  a  high  resolution  (640x480)  graphic
       display of the airport's relative location to other airports
       and navaids in the area.  The display will cover 2+  degrees
       of  latitude  and  longitude  or  about 40-60 nautical miles
       around an airport.  Airports are displayed in  white,  tower
       controlled  airports  are  displayed  in  blue, and VORs are
       displayed in yellow.

       This program will not work if you don't have a 640x480 (VGA)
       display.   An  EGA display (640x400) may work reasonably but
       about 80 pixels  of  information  will  be  missing  at  the
       bottom.  The program will not run at all with a CGA display.

       The airport that you selected as  the  input  to  VAFD  will
       appear relatively close to the center of the screen.  If you
       have a mouse, the mouse cursor will point to the airport  in
       case  the screen its cluttered and the airport's location is
       not readily identifiable.

       While in VAFD, you will be able to do several things. If you
       have a mouse, you can click the left mouse button on the dot
       representing the airport and get a display of basic  airport
       information.   The  right  mouse  button will zoom in on the
       current display area using the mouse cursor position as  the
       new center of the screen.  This is useful when the screen is
       cluttered with airports located close to one another.  While
       in the zoom mode, any key presses except mouse button 1 will
       return you to the normal mode display.

       You may also move the display in any one of eight directions
       by using the keys on the numeric keypad.  Each keypress will
       move the display one degree of  lattitude  and/or  longitude
       unless  the  shift is also depressed or the NumLock is on in
       which case it will move 2 degrees.  The keys move  according
       to the following table.

                              1   Southwest
                              2   South
                              3   Southeast
                              4   West
                              6   East
                              7   Northwest






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                              8   North
                              9   Northeast

       You can also move the  display  to  a  completely  different
       location  by  using the INSERT key.  If you press insert you
       will be prompted for a location  indentifier.   The  display
       will  then move with the location identifier specified close
       to the center of the screen.

       VAFD normally displays publically own and used airports.  By
       using  the  ALT-P key as a toggle switch you can go back and
       forth between the public  and  the  private  airports.   The
       reason  they  are  not  both  displayed  at the same time is
       because the screen would be extremely cluttered,  especially
       close to the large metropolitan areas.

       Also, to reduce clutter, may use the ALT-R key to  invoke  a
       minimum  runway  length limitation.  The display starts with
       airports that have runways 2000 ft. or greater.  Each  ALT-R
       keypress  increases  this  by 1000 feet until you reach 5000
       feet.  The next press will revert  back  to  the  2000  foot
       length.

       By positioning the mouse cursor over a VOR, you can  display
       all  Victor  airways  using this VOR by pressing ALT-V.  The
       airway will be labeled as close to the center of the  airway
       segment  as  possible. Jet airways may be displayed with the
       ALT-J key in the same manner.  If the mouse arrow  does  not
       disappear  right away try moving the mouse slightly.  If the
       VOR you are attempting to display the airways for  is  close
       to  the  edge  of the screen, the labels may be bunched near
       the VOR and appear not to correspond to any airway.  If  you
       find this unacceptable, move the VOR closer to the center of
       the screen with the arrows and the display will become  more
       readable.

       Any airways that are identified at the VOR used to  initiate
       the  display  will  remain  displayed  as long as the screen
       display area contains any part of the airway.  For  example,
       if  you  turn  on  airways at the Oakland (OAK) VOR and then
       move the display to the Chicago area, you will find that  V6
       is still displayed.

       ALT-X may be used to turn off airway displays.

       You may identify VORs by placing the mouse  arrow  over  the
       VOR and depressing ALT-N.

       Other keys that can be used in VAFD  are  F2  to  enter  the
       search function, the ESCape key to exit the program, and the
       F1 key displays a help screen.







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       VAFD will also display route information from the  last  set
       of  data  that  was verified using "AFP".  If you have never
       verified a route, nothing will  appear  on  the  screen  but
       after  the  first  flight plan route is verified from "AFP",
       two files will be created.   One  is  ORIGDEST.$$$  and  the
       other  is  ROUTE$$$.$$$.   These files are used to display a
       line  representing  the  straight  line   route   from   the
       origination  to the destination and it will also display the
       VOR/Airway routing complete with intersections if  you  have
       specified a route description in AFP.

       VAFD will continue to display that route whether the program
       is  called  by  itself or from within AFP until a new set of
       data is verified.

       To summarize VAFD options other than the  directional  keys,
       They are:

            Key      Meaning
            ____________________________________________________________________________________________________
            ESC      Exit Program
            F1       Help
            F2       Search Function
            INSERT   Move display to input ID
            ALT-P    Public/Private Toggle
            ALT-R    Runway Length Toggle
            ALT-V    Display Victor airways at VOR under mouse
            ALT-J    Display Jet airways at VOR under mouse
            ALT-N    Display VOR info at VOR under mouse

       4.5  _A_F_P_._E_X_E

       This is the main  input  program  for  the  Aerotech  Flight
       Planner.   To  run  it type AFP at the DOS prompt.  You will
       see a title page for one second and then you  will  see  the
       main input screen.  The input screen for AFP appears on this
       page.  The three major input  areas  are  highlighted.  They
       are:

         1.  The Originating Airport Ident.  Cannot be blank.

         2.  The Destination Airport Ident.  Cannot be blank

         3.  The route of flight. A blank route  implies  a  direct
             flight with no intervening waypoints.

       In  addition  to  the  major  input  areas,  there  are   an
       additional  twelve  input  windows for flight plan defaults.
       These fifteen input windows are the  only  spots  where  the
       cursor can be placed and data typed onto the input form.







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       4.5.1  _A_F_P_._E_X_E__I_n_p_u_t__W_i_n_d_o_w_s

         1.  The first window is for the airport  of  origin.   You
             must  enter a valid three or four character airport ID
             here, i.e. (ORD 12C 7D8, etc.).

         2.  The second window is  the  destination  airport.   The
             same  rules  apply  to  it as apply to the origination
             airport.

         3.  The third window is the route window.  In this  window
             you may enter any valid navaid, any valid intersection
             or waypoint name (these are all 5 characters long), or
             any valid Victor or Jet airway.

             If you use Victor or Jet airways, you  must  supply  a
             valid  entry  and  exit  point from that airway.   For
             example:

                                 "V6" or "V6 DSM"

             are both invalid.  The first example supplies  neither
             entry or exit and the second does not supply the entry
             point.  Another invalid example would be

                                   "JOT V6 DSM"

             This is invalid because JOT is not part of  Victor  6.
             Examples of valid entries are

                          "DPA V6 DSM" or "HINCK V6 DSM"

             Entries can be strung together such as

                         "JOT V171 TTH V243 LGC V321 CSG"

             Each point preceding and following the  Victor  airway
             designations  is  a  valid  navaid  and is part of the
             Victor airway specified.


         The remaining windows are filled from the defaults file


         4.  (TYPE/EQ:) is a free  form  window  for  the  aircraft
             type,  i.e.  C-172, PA28-181/A, etc.  It is printed on
             the flight plan form but no validity checks are run on
             it.

         5.  (N-NUMBER) is for the Aircraft ID, is printed  on  the
             flight plan form but is not validated.




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         6.  (ALT:) is your cruising altitude. It must  be  greater
             than  1500 feet and is used to calculate time to climb
             in your flight plan.

         7.  (TAS:) is your true airspeed at cruise.  It cannot  be
             less  than  50  knots  and  is  used to calculate time
             between stations in your flight plan.

         8.  (FUEL:) is used to store the total amount of  fuel  on
             board for this trip.

         9.  (FUEL UNIT:) should be G for gallons or P for pounds.

        10.  (CLIMB SPEED:) is the  speed  at  which  you  normally
             climb  you  aircraft.  This speed is used to calculate
             how  long  it  will  take  to  get  to  your  cruising
             altitude.

        11.  (CLIMB  RATE:)  is  feet  per  minute  at  which  your
             aircraft  will climb and is also used to calculate the
             amount of time to climb to your cruising altitude.

        12.  (FUEL FLOW/hr.) is the amount of gallons or pounds per
             hour your aircraft uses. Fuel flow must be in the same
             units that you have supplied the  amount  of  fuel  in
             order to calculate fuel usage correctly.

        13.  (NAME:) is your name and is printed on the flight plan

        14.  (PHONE:) is your phone number and is  printed  on  the
             flight plan

        15.  (DEPARTURE TIME:) can but in any time, local  or  GMT,
             four  digits  only with no punctuation.  It is printed
             on the flight plan form and is used to calculate  time
             of  arrival  at each waypoint if the departure time is
             not blank.

       4.5.2  _A_F_P_._E_X_E__F_u_n_c_t_i_o_n__K_e_y_s

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         Key     Function
        ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
         ALT-X   Exit Program
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         ALT-D   DUAT Access
        __________________________________________________________
         F1      Display Help Screen
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         F2      Verify Route / Edit Waypoint / Enter Winds Aloft
        __________________________________________________________
         F3      Display Airport Data
        __________________________________________________________
         F4      Compute and View Flight Plan
        __________________________________________________________
         F5      Compute and Print Flight Plan
        __________________________________________________________
         F6      Reverse
        __________________________________________________________
         F7      Save New Default Settings
        __________________________________________________________
         F8      Run VAFD with Destination Airport as the key.
        __________________________________________________________
         F9      Save current routing.
        __________________________________________________________
         F10     Recall routing.
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         ALT-S   Enter Search Mode for Airport or City Name
        __________________________________________________________
         ALT-Z   Show Airport Info. and direct distance
        __________________________________________________________


       4.5.3  _A_F_P_._E_X_E__N_o_r_m_a_l__O_p_e_r_a_t_i_o_n_s  To run a flight  plan  you
       need to do the following.

         a.  Enter an origination, destination and route.

         b.  Hit key F2 to verify your route and to enter winds, if
             any. Hit ESC twice to get back to the Main screen.

         c.  Hit key F5 to Compute and print your flight plan.

       That all there is to it.  You enter where to go and  how  to
       get there and the program does the rest.

       Lets go into a little more detail as to what each  key  does
       and what happens or could happen as a result.

       When you hit the F2 key, several things happen. The first is
       that  both  airport  IDs  are  validated.  If the validation
       fails, the bad ID will flash.  If this validation  succeeds,
       the  route  is then verified.  It makes sure that all navaid
       names are valid, that all intersection or waypoint names are
       valid  and  that  if Victor or Jet airways are include, that
       you have supplied a valid  entry  and  exit  point  to  that
       airway.  If  the  route  verification fails, the first error
       will appear at the bottom of the  screen  and  you  will  be
       prompted to correct it.





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       When the route verification succeeds  you  will  be  in  the
       editing  module.   The  main  purpose  of this module is for
       winds aloft entry. There is room by each waypoint  to  enter
       winds  aloft  although  you don't have to.  If you enter any
       winds for the first  waypoint,  these  winds  will  stay  in
       effect  until another set of winds are entered.  This allows
       you to program for average winds aloft by  entering  at  the
       first  waypoint,  or  for specific winds aloft by entering a
       wind direction and velocity at the appropriate waypoint.

       Also while in  this  module,  you  may  delete  any  of  the
       waypoints  listed  except  the  origination  or  destination
       airport.  Since each and every waypoint for that section  of
       the  airway  is included, you may find that your flight plan
       is a bit verbose for your needs.  You may only be interested
       in  one  or  two  waypoints  between VORs. Any others may be
       deleted.  Be careful, though,  about  deleting  a  numerical
       waypoint   labeled   "T"   or  "TA".   These  waypoints  are
       designated by the FAA as TURNING POINTS.   If  you  look  at
       where  that waypoint is on an enroute chart, you'll see that
       there's a bend in the airway and if you delete  that  point,
       the flight planner will calculate the straight line distance
       between the preceding and following waypoint.  This may take
       you off the airway for that segment.  You may usually safely
       delete numbered waypoints that are  airway  crossings,  i.e.
       (17235-XA),  without  problems  but  you  should  check your
       charts to be sure that the waypoint does not correspond to a
       bend in the airway.

       Once you have completed whatever you wanted to do with winds
       aloft  and/or  deleting waypoints, you exit this module with
       the Escape (ESC) key. The program will ask  you  to  hit  it
       again  to  make sure that that's what you wanted to do.  You
       are now back at the main screen.

       At this point, if you don't change either  the  airports  or
       the  route  you  may  either  hit F4 to compute and view the
       flight plan or hit F5 to compute and print the flight  plan.
       If  you  choose  the viewing option, you enter the "navview"
       module  where  you  can  look  at   time,   distance,   fuel
       consumption,  and  headings  for  your  flight plan.  If you
       choose the printing option, you printer  will  go  into  the
       compressed  print  mode  (17  char/in.)  to print the flight
       plan.

            NOTE: The printing module assumes that you have  a  dot
            matrix  printer  and  is  capable  of responding to the
            Shift In command to put  it  in  the  compressed  print
            mode.   The flight plan is 128 characters wide and will
            not fit on normal width (8.5in) paper in the normal  10
            char/in.  mode.  (The Shift In command is equivalent to




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            sending control-O to the printer or hex 0F).

            Also, some printers have to be  set  in  the  alternate
            character  set  mode  to  box characters that are drawn
            around the flight plan.   If  yours  is  one  of  these
            printers  you  mave  have to send an Escape Sequence to
            the printer before you  run  the  flight  planner.  See
            details under PRINT.SET file heading.

       After the flight plan is printed, supplemental airport  data
       such as runway lengths and frequencies used  will be printed
       along with a partially completed FAA type Flight Plan  form.
       You  may  use  this  for  filing  purposes, keep it for your
       records, etc.

       At this point your options are to exit the program if you're
       satisfied with the flight plan or change either the airports
       or the route and rerun the new data.  You  can  also  easily
       print  a  flight  plan for the return trip at this time.  By
       hitting key F6 you will reverse the flight plan.   Then  hit
       F2, enter winds as before, Escape to the main screen and hit
       F5 and you have a reverse flight plan for the same trip.

       If you have some airports that you fly to frequently and  do
       not  want  to  input  the same routing each time you use the
       flight planner, you may use the F9 and F10 keys to save  and
       recall routing.

       To use the F9 key to  save  a  route,  the  origination  and
       destination  airports  must  be  filled in and must be valid
       airports.  The route file "myroutes.sav" will be created  if
       necessary.   It  will  also  be  checked  to  see if routing
       already exists for those two airports.  If it does you  will
       be  asked  whether  or  not you wish to replace the existing
       routing with new routing.

       The F10 key recalls a route based  on  the  origination  and
       destination  airports.   You may save different routings for
       the same airport pair if their positions are switched, i.e.,
       ORD  to  LAX is not the same as LAX to ORD.  You will not be
       allowed to save more than one route for a given  origin  and
       destination.

       If you have changed any of the flight planner  defaults  and
       you  try  to  exit,  the program will ask you if you want to
       save these changes before you exit.  You may also update the
       defaults at any time with key F7.  The updated defaults will
       appear on the screen the next  time  you  use  the  Aerotech
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       The one thing to remember is key F1.  If you're stuck at any
       time  as  to  what key does what, F1 (HELP) will provide the
       answers.

       4.5.4  _P_R_I_N_T_._S_E_T__F_I_L_E  A file called print.set  is  included
       which   contains  the  escape  sequence  necessary  for  the
       software to turn on the alternate character set  feature  of
       Epson  type printers.  I have included it as a separate file
       instead of hard coding it into the program because  not  all
       printers  may  use the same sequence. Some may not even need
       anything extra to turn on the printing of the box characters
       for the flight plan printout.

       The file currently contains

                            27      116     1

       This sequence corresponds to the following characters.

                    27   = ESC

                   116   = t

                     1   = Control-A (not the number 1)

       If your printer prints  the  box  characters  normally,  you
       don't  need  this  file.  It could then be deleted.  If your
       printer requires a different sequence, you'll  have  to  put
       your  own  data,  gotten from your printer manual, into this
       file.  You can create this file by doing the following.

       echo 27 116 1 > print.set

       This data can normally be found  in  the  software  commands
       section  of  your  printer  manual. As an example, on the HP
       Laserjet IID,  the  character  set  that  contains  the  box
       characters  is  the  "PC-8"  font,  and it can be invoked by
       setting the print.set to ESC (10U or in decimal 27 40 49  48
       85.

       Further, you can also turn on the compressed printing option
       or any other printer option you desire with this file.  Just
       add the decimal equivalent of the escape sequence or control
       code  to  the PRINT.SET file.  They will all be executed the
       each time you print a flight plan.





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       4.6  _D_U_A_T__A_c_c_e_s_s

       Several files are contained in the Aerotech  Flight  Planner
       to to allow for access to DUAT.  They will allow you to dial
       up DUAT provided you have a HAYES compatible  modem  or  can
       emulate  the  HAYES  mode.   At  this  time,  I am unable to
       support  modems  which  do  not  correspond  to  the   Hayes
       protocol.

       The first file for this feature is DUAT.EXE.   This  can  be
       accessed  from the DOS command line by typing DUAT or can be
       accessed from the AFP menu with the ALT-D Command.  You will
       then  get  a  menu  asking  to  choose an option, Call DUAT,
       Browse DUAT session file,  or  Exit.   The  second  file  is
       DUAT.CFG.   It currently contains two lines.  The first line
       is the phone  number  for  Data  Transformation  DUAT.   The
       second line is the baud rate at which you want your modem to
       operate and the COM port  number  to  which  your  modem  is
       attached.   This  number can be either 1 or 2.  You can edit
       this file,  but  it  must  contain  these  three  pieces  of
       information  and  the  baud  rate and port number MUST match
       your hardware configuration.

       You can add two additional lines to  this  file.   The  very
       next  line after the baud rate can be your DUAT access code.
       The final line can be your DUAT  password.   The  first  two
       lines are required.  The last two are optional.

       A sample DUAT session would proceed as follows.

         a.  After selecting the Call DUAT item from the menu,  the
             program  will automatically dial the DUAT phone number
             from  the  configuration  file,  DUAT.CFG.   After  it
             connects, you may have to hit the return key a time or
             two to get the system to start responding to you.

         b.  Once DUAT acknowledges your connection  and  asks  for
             your access code, you may either enter it manually or,
             if it is stored in the DUAT.CFG file, you can send  it
             by  hitting  the INSERT key on your computer keyboard.
             The same holds true for your password.

         c.  After you are logged in to DUAT, when it asks you  for
             lines  per page, I would enter 0, which means that the
             output will not stop scrolling until DUAT needs to ask
             you  a  question.   This may seem a bit strange to let
             all this data go flying by but all the data  is  being
             logged  into  a  file  called  DUAT.AFP  which  can be
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         d.  Once you have gotten all the data from DUAT  that  you
             want you may end the session by depressing the END key
             on your keyboard. Your computer may hang up if you try
             to disconnect while DUAT was printing and you may have
             to reboot.   For  that  reason,  I  suggest  that  you
             disconnect while the computer is NOT receiving data.

         e.  After you disconnect from DUAT, the menu will reappear
             and  you  can  browse  the file you've just created or
             Exit.

         f.  If you go into the browser, you can scan the  data  by
             using the up and down arrow keys, the Page Up and Page
             Down keys, and Home and End.  You exit the browser  by
             depressing the Escape key.

       Every  time  you  call  DUAT,  the  DUAT.AFP  file  will  be
       overwritten  with  whatever  data  you've  collected  at the
       latest session.  If you start to call and then  change  your
       mind,  the  previous data has been lost. If you wish to save
       the output of a particular session, you  should  rename  the
       file  to something other than DUAT.AFP before you initiate a
       call to DUAT using the this program.

       Also, if the data in DUAT.AFP is not from today's  date  you
       will  get a warning message indicating that this data may be
       out of date.


       5.  _F_U_T_U_R_E__F_E_A_T_U_R_E_S


       Right now no major enhancements are planned for the _A_e_r_o_t_e_c_h
       _F_l_i_g_h_t  _P_l_a_n_n_e_r.  I am always, however, continuing to modify
       the programs, usually in small ways, to make  it  easier  to
       use.

       If however, you have a change or enhancement to this set  of
       programs  that  you think would make the product more useful
       to you, please let me know what you would like to see  done.
       I  can't promise that each and every request will be honored
       but you can bet if several people request the same thing and
       is within my capability to provide, I will make every effort
       to incorporate that change into the next issue.






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       6.  _U_P_D_A_T_E_S

       The Aerotech Flight Planner two methods of update.  One is a
       subscription  service  which  gets you the next seven 56-day
       updates.  The cost of this service is $100.00 per  year  (my
       year  is  392  days  long.   This  eliminates  the hassle of
       whether you get six or seven of the 56-day updates).

       The other method of update is to request an update  whenever
       you  feel  like  you  need  one.  My own personal preference
       would be to get updates once or twice a year.  The  cost  of
       the  "AD-LIB  UPDATE  SERVICE"  is  $25.00  per  issue which
       includes shipping.

       My reason for prefering the "AD-LIB"  service  is  based  on
       expense and need.  While Navaid, airport, and Victor and Jet
       airway data changes with each issue, they very seldom change
       enough   to  affect  "your"  flying.   If  you  fly  in  the
       Northeast,  you  don't  care  about  changes  in  Texas  and
       California.   In  other  words, you be the judge of when you
       need an update.  I usually look at my sectionals or  enroute
       charts  to  see  if  something significant has changed in an
       area that I am interested in.  If it has, I know  it's  time
       for  new  data.  I have found that one or two updates a year
       are more than adequate for  the  type  of  flying  the  most
       private pilots do.

       Each time you get an update  you  get  the  complete  flight
       planning  system, both data and programs.  That insures that
       you will get the latest version of the complete system.   If
       any   bugs   have  been  fixed  or  enhancements  made,  you
       automatically get them without having to ask for them or PAY
       for them.

       As a registered owner of the  _A_e_r_o_t_e_c_h  _F_l_i_g_h_t  _P_l_a_n_n_e_r  you
       will  always  have  the latest version of the programs.  You
       will never be required to pay for an upgrade.  The price  of
       the  planner  may  go up for new subscribers at some time in
       the future but you will never have to pay the extra charges.
       You pay only for updated data which will include the lastest
       program versions.


       7.  _T_e_c_h_n_i_c_a_l__S_u_p_p_o_r_t

       Adams Aerodata is a one man operation for the time being and
       is capable of only limited technical support.  If you have a
       problem you cannot solve, my home phone is 708-420-2940.  As
       I  am otherwise gainfully employed, I can't answer day calls
       to this number.  I am normally home from 6 to 10 PM  central
       time.   I will get back to you as quickly as possible if you




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       leave a message or call me during the above hours.


       8.  _L_i_c_e_n_s_e__A_g_r_e_e_m_e_n_t__&__W_a_r_r_a_n_t_y

       You, the original purchaser, are granted the license to  use
       the  Aerotech  Flight  Planner  on  one computer at the same
       time.  This means, in most cases, that you  will  have  this
       Software loaded on one and only one computer at a time.  You
       may, however, load this Software on more than  one  computer
       if  there  is NO chance that it can be used at more than one
       location at the same time.  For example, you  are  permitted
       to  load  this  Software on a home computer and a laptop and
       use the laptop as you travel so long as no one at your  home
       location  can use the software while you are travelling.  It
       is up to you, as the licensee to see that  these  conditions
       are met.

                                 WARRANTY

       THE SOFTWARE AND ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTATION ARE PROVIDED "AS
       IS"  WITHOUT  WARRANTY OF ANY KIND OR PROMISE OF SUITABILITY
       FOR ANY PURPOSE.  THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO THE RESULTS OF USING
       THIS SOFTWARE IS ASSUMED BY YOU.

       Adams  Aerotech  will  not  be  liable  for   any   special,
       incidental,  consequential,  indirect or similar damages due
       to the loss of data,  loss  of  business  profits,  business
       interruption  or any other reason, even if Adams Aerotech or
       an  agent  of  Adams  Aerotech  has  been  advised  of   the
       possibility   of  such  damages.   In  no  event  shall  the
       liability for damages exceed the price paid for this package
       regardless of the form of the claim.
