Creating a flight plan in SkyVector. Export as a .FPL file

Loading the SkyVector .FPL plan, set some camera values, and export as a Google Earth .KML tour

Opening the .KML file in Google Earth and playing it as a movie. The camera angles always point directly at the next waypoint, to help orient you for what to expect to see during the flight.

Real life view from the Cessna 172 during my first ever solo cross-country. This is the Cape Cod canal on my way back to KOWD from KHYA, similar to the Google Earth screenshot view.

I wrote a tool to convert a #SkyVector flight plan into a #GoogleEarth movie tour, to help prep for VFR cross-country flights.

Free to use at jhchou.github.io/flight_plan_...

Runs fully in the client from GitHub Pages thanks to the magic of #rstats, #webr and #shinylive. #aviation #studentpilot