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smalldownarrownearthetopofthescreentogo“downtoUStableofcontents”.Then
clickonthedesiredstate.Thenclickonthedesiredsoaringsitelink–suchasAlbertLea,MN.
5. Scrolldownnearthebottomofthepageandleft‐clickonthelinkontheleftsideofthescreen
for“Filesformattedfordownloadingandimportingintoyourprograms”.
6. Youshouldnowbeonapagethatcontainsfilesformattedforawidevarietyofsoaring
instruments.Thepageissortedalphabetically.The.stxwaypointfileislistedinthe“N”section
asan“NKClearNav”file.Theprocessfordownloadingthefilevariesabitdependingonthe
webbrowseryouareusing.ThedirectionsgivenhereapplytoInternetExplorer.Todownload
thefileright‐clickontheleft‐mosticonforthedesiredlink.Apop‐up
menushould
appear.Left‐clickonthe“SaveTargetAs…”option.Awindowwillappearandallowyouto
selectthedesiredfoldertosavethefileinto.Werecommendsavingitintothe“MyDocuments
/Waypoints”directory.Thatwayyouandothersoaringpilotswillknowwheretofind
it.
2.3.3.2 DownloadingAirspaceFilesfromtheWorldwideSoaringTurnpointExchange
TodownloadTimNewport‐peace(.sua)orOpenAir(.txt)airspacefiles(eitherfileformatworksfine
withtheClearNav)foryoursoaringsite,oranupcomingsoaringcontestsite,followthedirections
below.
1. GototheWorldwideSoaringTurnpointExchangeusingoneofthe3linksabove.
http://soaringweb.orgisthemainsite.Notethatthereisno“www”inthelink.
2. Clickonthe“TurnpointExchange”linkfoundunderthe“Worldwide”heading.
3. Clickonthedesiredcontinentlinknearthetopofthepage–suchasNorthAmerica.
4. Scrolldowntothedesiredcountryandstateorregionandclickonthelinktothedesired
soaringsite.
ForsitesintheUSAyoucandigdowntotheparticularsiteinseveralsteps.Firstclickonthe
smalldownarrownearthetopofthescreentogo“downtoUStableof
contents”.Then
clickonthedesiredstate.Thenclickonthedesiredsoaringsitelink–suchasAlbertLea,MN.
5. Scrolldownnearthebottomofthepageandleft‐clickonthelinkontheleftsideofthescreen
for“Filesformattedfordownloadingandimportingintoyourprograms”.
6. Youshouldnowbeonapagethatcontainsfilesformattedforawidevarietyofsoaring
instruments.Thepageissortedalphabetically.Theairspacefilesarefoundinthe“S”section
under“SpecialUseAirspace”.Theprocessfordownloadingthefilevariesabitdependingon
thewebbrowseryouareusing.ThedirectionsgivenhereapplytoInternetExplorer.To
downloadthefileright‐clickontheleft‐mosticonforthedesiredlink.Apop‐upmenu
shouldappear.Left‐clickonthe“SaveTargetAs…”option.Awindowwillappearandallowyou
toselectthedesiredfoldertosavethefileinto.Werecommendsavingitintothe“My