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    Get Acrobat Reader File Size: 5.6 MB     All Newsletters that apply to the current DUATS system are available beginning with Issue No. 11. Newsletters prior to No. 11 applied to the first FAA DUATS contract. Features and functions described in these first 10 newsletters do not apply to the current DUATS. Important articles have been rewritten and distributed in Issues starting with No. 11.

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    DUATS Flyers
    DUATS Flyer Issue # Date of Flyer Articles in DUATS Flyer
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    75August
    2008
    • When to use the CSC Domestic ICAO Flight Plan Form
    • How to enter Equipment in the CSC DOMESTIC ICAO FORM
    • Visit CSC DUATS at AirVenture OshKosh - Attend CSC Forum Sessions
    • Upgrade Your Planner & Fly with FlightPrep
    		DOWNLOAD939823
    74June
    2008
    • Online flight planner advanced features
    • Helpful Hints on Filing SDs/STARS
    		DOWNLOAD2202428
    73April
    2008
    • ICAO Flight Plan filing will soon be required for Area Navigation (RNAV) routes
    • Sun ‘n Fun—Free Software and Flight Planning Forum
    		DOWNLOAD1050028
    72March
    2008
    • NOTAMS Have Changed
    • Other Notes on NOTAMS
    • Problems updating GoldenEagle Software?
    		DOWNLOAD955828
    71December
    2007
    • Missing Flight Plans?
    		DOWNLOAD1420433
    70October
    2007
    • Golden Eagle FlightPrep 2007 Wins Award at AirVenture
    • DUATS in iPhone
    • Notice on Filing Flight Plans in the Gulf of Mexico
    • Golden Eagle and Windows Vista Compatibility
    • New Washington, DC ADIZ Effective 30 August 2007
    		DOWNLOAD194791
    69August
    2007
    • Tips on getting started with Golden Eagle FlightPrep
    • Video Help for Golden Eagle FlightPrep
    • Filing a Flight Plan after using the DUATS Flight Planner
    		DOWNLOAD138532
    68June
    2007
    • GPS RAIM Prediction
    • Questions and Answers from Sun'n Fun...
    		DOWNLOAD1871888
    67April
    2007
    • What's My Code?
    • Golden Eagle FlightPrep Installation Tip for MS Windows Vista
    		DOWNLOAD902531
    66February
    2007
    • Entering the CG Envelope into Golden Eagle FlightPrep from POH Charts
    • Using Microsoft Telnet, HyperTerminal and IE7
    		DOWNLOAD1012980
    65November
    2006
    • Using the Weight and Balance Function in Golden Eagle
    • Golden Eagle Video Tutorial
    		DOWNLOAD906748
    64October
    2006
    • Getting Started with Golden Eagle FlightPrep
    • Web DUATS Flight Planner
    		DOWNLOAD846443
    63August
    2006
    • SD/STAR Filing Using DUATS
    • Cancel/Amend/Close Flight Plans
    • The Golden Eagle FlightPrep Planning Chart
    		DOWNLOAD836819
    62June
    2006
    • Golden Eagle FlightPrep Updates
    • Important - Change Your Generic/Rental Tail Numbers
    • Entering Manual or "User Defined" Routes in Golden Eagle FlightPrep
    		DOWNLOAD856905
    61April
    2006
    • Golden Eagle FlightPrep
    • Sun 'n Fun - Free Software and Flight Planning Forum
    		DOWNLOAD1195449
    60March
    2006
    • Filing DC ADIZ VFR Flight Plans
    		DOWNLOAD1011088
    59November
    2005
    • New Features for GEFP and Still Free!
    		DOWNLOAD951669
    58October
    2005
    • Preferred Routes
    		DOWNLOAD187033
    57August
    2005
    • Filing IFR Flight Plans with DUATS
    		DOWNLOAD288827
    56June
    2005
    • What is DUATS?
    • What is Golden Eagle FlightPrep?
    • What is CSC WebDUATS?
    • Golden Eagle FlightPrep Software and Database Updates
    		DOWNLOAD199999
    55April
    2005
    • DUATS Golden Eagle Flight Prep
    • Using Lat/Long for Departure and Destination
    • Filing Vector Procedures
    		DOWNLOAD200137
    54February
    2005
    • Winds and Temperature Aloft Forecast
    		DOWNLOAD200277
    53November
    2004
    • Golden Eagle FlightPrep Overview
    		DOWNLOAD1050617
    52October
    2004
    • Golden Eagle FlightPrep Update
    • Golden Eagle FlightPrep Setup
    • Value Added Features to Golden Eagle FlightPrep
    		DOWNLOAD2136898
    51August
    2004
    • Golden Eagle FlightPrep Update
    		DOWNLOAD122022
    50June
    2004
    • Getting Started
    • Innovative Online and Offline Flight Planning
    		DOWNLOAD1217859
    49April
    2004
    • And The Story Goes On
    • Easy Route Planning
    		DOWNLOAD3882283
    48March
    2004
    • A New Era Begins - Golden Eagle FlightPrep Software -
    • When Experience Counts, count on Golden Eagle FlightPrep.
    • FlightPrep - Essential to Every Mission
    		DOWNLOAD2023760
    47December
    2003
    • Pre-Flight Preparation
    • Winter Weather
    		DOWNLOAD40004
    46October
    2003
    • Viruses, Worms amd Internet Access
    • NAVIGATION LOG FORMATS
    • Requesting No_Wind Flight Plans
    • Flight Plan Intersection Output
    		DOWNLOAD396794
    45August
    2003
    • CSC Graphical TFRs - A picture is worth a thousand words
    • Getting too much information in your DUATS weather briefing
    • Airport Diagrams Link - New to DUATS
    		DOWNLOAD137062
    44June
    2003
    • CSC AND DYNCORP COMBINE TO CREATE FEDERAL IT POWERHOUSE
    • DUATS More Than Just a Weather Service
    • Saving DUATS Access Codes and Passwords in Browers
    • Standard And Daylight Saving Time
    • Cirrus Connection Problems
    		DOWNLOAD487686
    43April
    2003
    • FAA Requirements for Filing Flight Plan
    • Temporary Flight Restrictions
    • How Do I Get TFRs From DUATS?
    • FDC NOTAMs Describing General Flight Restrictions
    • Official FAA Weather Route Briefings
    		DOWNLOAD35997
    42Febuary
    2003
    • Tips on Filing Successful IFR Flight Plans
    		DOWNLOAD39003
    41December
    2002
    • Graphical TFRs Coming In November!
    • Filing IFR Flight Plans
    • Winds Aloft
    		DOWNLOAD233010
    40August
    2002
    • Near Realtime NexRad Graphics Provided by DUATS - FREE!
    • Weather Legends on NexRad DUATS
    • Aircraft Identification When Filing a Flight Plan
    • Closing VFR/VDFR Flight Plans
    • FDC NOTAMS Again
    • SID and STAR Reminder
    		DOWNLOAD54670
    39April
    2002
    • New to Web DUATS
    • Cancel, Modify, and Close Flight Plans
    • New Version of CIRRUS
    • FDC NOTAMS
    		DOWNLOAD233754
    38February
    2002
    • Abbreviated Weather Route Briefing
    • Installation of Cirrus from a Download
    		DOWNLOAD466636
    37December
    2001
    • ICAO Flight Plan Filing
    • Stored Routes on Web DUATS
    		DOWNLOAD170961
    36August
    2001
    • ICAO Filing
    • New Features in DUATS
    		DOWNLOAD127162
    35April
    2001
    • Flight Planning
    • Frequently Asked Questions
    		DOWNLOAD34499
    34February
    2001
    • DUATS AND THE STORY GOES ON
    • File Flight Plan with DUATS
    		DOWNLOAD33082
    33December
    2000
    • NexRad Weather Graphics Now Available on DynCorp Web DUATS
    • Copies of DUATS Newsletters are Also Available on Web DUATS
    		DOWNLOAD533142
    32August
    2000
    • Cirrus Now Runs on Windows 2000
    • Cirrus Data Updates
    • Flight Planner
    		DOWNLOAD188062
    31April
    2000
    • DynCorp Completes Purchase of GTE DUATS
    • Weather Graphic Maps on Web DUATS
    • Aircraft Type Designators
    • Equipment Codes
    • Aircraft Performance Profiles
    		DOWNLOAD166338
    30February
    2000
    • The Cirrus Flight Planning Chart
    		DOWNLOAD116196
    29December
    1999
    • Setting Time Zones/Time
    • Departure Time/Undecoded Weather
    • Using Aircraft and Pilot Databases in Cirrus
    • Communications with Cirrus Version 3.03
    		DOWNLOAD169282
    28October
    1999
    • Let's Take Off and Climb Using Jet Routings
    • SID/STAR Filing
    • Problem with Some SID/STAR Combinations
    • How Does the Flight Planner Apply Wind?
    • Abbreviated Route Weather (Cirrus)
    • Abbreviated Route Weather (Web DUATS)
    • New Modem Bank
    		DOWNLOAD38820
    27August
    1999
    • Another Article on Getting Logged into DUATS
    • Accessing DUATS Through the Web
    • Enabling Cookies
    • Web DUATS "New User Registration"
    • Standard Weather Briefings
    		DOWNLOAD144423
    26June
    1999
    • Let Me Count the Ways... To Access GTE DUATS!!
    • Dial-Up, Telnet, Internet Connection, Web
    • Difficulty Getting Logged into DUATS?
    • Web DUATS Flight Planner
    		DOWNLOAD165510
    25April
    1999
    • Welcome to GTE DUATS on the Web
    • Accessing DUATS for New and Current Users on the Web
    		DOWNLOAD135273
    24February
    1999
    • Planning a Flight Using Cirrus
    • Cirrus Version 3.02 is Now Available
    • Creating an Aircraft Performance Profile
    • Pilot and Aircraft Database
    • Navaids and Airports Data
    • New Aircraft Type Designators
    		DOWNLOAD162821
    23December
    1998
    • New Cirrus Software Available
    • Internet Connectivity
    • Cirrus Uses Telephony Applications Programming Interface (TAPI)
    		DOWNLOAD250306
    22October
    1998
    • Ongoing Success of GTE DUATS
    • New Information Distribution Service
    • Amending Flight Plans
    		DOWNLOAD135926
    21August
    1998
    • Modems
    • Hints for Encode/Decode/Extended
    • Updating Profiles
    • Logging on to DUATS Interactively
    • Amending a Flight Plan
    		DOWNLOAD59009
    20June
    1998
    • How to Best Use DUATS to Get Weather
    • No Modem Access? Try the Internet Option How to Configure and Run Telnet
    		DOWNLOAD38188
    19April
    1998
    • File Flight Plan
    • Updated Aircraft Designators
    		DOWNLOAD102553
    18February
    1998
    • Introduction to the GTE Flight Planner
    • Using the Flight Planner
    • How Wind is Applied to the Flight Planner
    • User Way-Points
    • Using the Menu to Create and Edit User Way-Points
    		DOWNLOAD169819
    17December
    1997
    • Welcome to Cirrus
    • Cirrus Flight Planning Chart
    		DOWNLOAD105067
    16October
    1997
    • Flying High with GTE DUATS
    • Continued Series on Weather
    • How Can I Edit GTE DUATS Briefings?
    		DOWNLOAD95852
    15August
    1997
    • Abbreviated Location Weather Briefing Using Cirrus
    • Quick Start Guide for Your Cirrus Software
    • Weather Schedules
    		DOWNLOAD54002
    14June
    1997
    • More Weather Briefings
    • Outlook Weather Briefing
    • Basic Weather Dialog Box Format
    • Building DUATS Weather Corridors
    		DOWNLOAD130129
    13April
    1997
    • Weather Briefings
    • Standard Weather Briefing
    • Retrieving and Displaying Weather
    		DOWNLOAD38715
    12February
    1997
    • GTE Flight Planner in Cirrus
    • Aircraft Performance Profile
    • Los-Altitude Airway Auto Routing
    • VOR-Direct Auto Routing
    • Direct Routing for LORAN/GPS and Direct Routing for RNAV
    • User Selected Routing
    • Aircraft Performance Profile
    • Abbreviated Weather Briefing Coming Back to DUATS
    • Modem Q A
    		DOWNLOAD89876