Tower 2011: Newbie Question for St. Thomas (Stop and Go)

[crbascott]

I am a Tower 2011 and ATC newbie and have run into a situation I am unable to figure out - I assume I'm doing something wrong.

 

I can't get N222RD or the student flights (ST6523, ST2256) to takeoff from St. Thomas. These are "stop and go" and  "touch and go" flights. N222RD, for example, calls in to taxi at 20:00 UTC. I issue the normal taxi to runway commands (runway 10). Once on the runway, the response to cleared for takeoff is "Negative"! I've issued every possible command (I think) and have had no luck getting N222RD to budge. So, I assume I'm doing something wrong.

 

Any help for a newbie (who is really enjoying this simulator) would be greatly appreciated.

 

Craig

 

FYI - Below is the entry from gaandlocaltraffic.txt.

 

TIST, TIST, 20:00, PRP, N222RD, 2, 0, 0, 222RD, TWO TWO TWO ROMEO DELTA

[PD-Freak]

Hello.

If you look in the manual there is a specific command you need to issue for aircraft that wish to do circuits. 

 

CLEARED TO TOUCH

AND GO............................................CTRL O

may be followed by RUNWAY XX (for

airports with a multiple runways the L, R

or C designation must be used)

CLEARED FOR STOP

AND GO............................................CTRL T

may be followed by RUNWAY XX (for

airports with a multiple runways the L, R

or C designation must be used)

CLEARED FOR LOW

APPROACH......................................CTRL S

may be followed by RUNWAY XX (for

airports with a multiple runways the L, R

or C designation must be used)

ATC Suite

LEFT CLOSED TRAFFIC

APPROVED CLEARED

FOR TAKEOFF.................................CTRL 8

RIGHT CLOSED TRAFFIC

APPROVED CLEARED

FOR TAKEOFF.................................CTRL 9

 

This is on page 36 and 37 of the manual. 

The planes you are trying to control want to fly in the circuit so will remain in the aerodrome vicinity. 

Hope this helps.

 

Yves

[crbascott]

The left/right closed traffic approved cleared for takeoff is what I needed. I guess I hadn't tried every possible command after all!

 

Thanks!