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Quick Start Guides and Tutorials

Many writers have volunteered their time to produce these guides which will have you flying online in no time. Multiple guides have been written, and they all have their own unique tips and tricks. We include them all here and suggest you review each one to give you the best and most complete assistance in setting up your computer to fly online!

Click here for VATSIM Documents including Code of Regulations, User Agreement, and Privacy Policy

SquawkBox 3.x Installation Guides

SB3 Installation Guide translated into 19 languages for your convenience.

SquawkBox 3.x User Manual

Complete user manual for SquawkBox 3.0

FS newbies

This is the new FS Newbies site (www.fsnewbies.org no longer exists) FS Newbies is designed to remove the 'What the hell am I doing wrong?' of virtual flight simulation online, using MS Flight Simulator (FS). Well worth a look.

FSInn Manuals and Tutorials

How to Fly a DP (also called a SID)

VATSIM guest writer Daniel Hill brilliantly explains the procedures regarding standard instrument departures, also called departure procedures.

How to Fly a STAR (Standard Terminal Arrival)

VATSIM guest writer Daniel Hill explains STARs (Standard Terminal Arrivals), an excellent resource for all pilots.

Instructions on How to Use SquawkBox (SB) and FS2002 To Fly with Real-Time, Live sim-ATC

by Daniel Hill, this comprehensive guide includes step by step direction and is perfect for beginners.

Instructions on How to Use SquawkBox and FS2000 To Fly with Real-Time, Live sim-ATC

by Daniel Hill, this comprehensive guide includes step by step direction and is perfect for beginners. For FS2000 only.

SimHow.com

Simhow.com comes up, as a site of support to all the Flight Simulator fanatics. We look forward to provide supportive tools to everyone who is starting in this amassing adventure as well as for those who have been in this business for years.

The unofficial VATSIM FAQ page

Answers many questions related to VATSIM!

Virtual Canadian Air Force

The virtual Canadian Air Force is a new Military operations group created to simulate the real life procedures of the Canadian Forces.

Virtual Radar Client Documentation

Documents, manuals, guides for Virtual Radar Client

vroute.info

Free add-on software for pilots and ATC. Delivers information about online traffic on VATSIM, event articles, huge route database and direct booking capability for both flights and ATC sessions.

ASRC Manual

Conflict In the Air (Or How to Avoid a Long Term Suspension)

written by By Neal F. Truitt Sr., VP, Supervisors, this is a must read for all VATSIMers!