Hide and Impersonate Aircraft

Hide any aircraft...impersonate it!

Taxi way is full, no slot for take off, no space to queue up for approach and landing? Just hide, then impersonate any one of the displayed aircraft!

Hide an Aircraft

Hide the Aircraft in Front of You

The simplest way of taking over another aircraft's spot in the queue is to approach any aircraft from behind. Then use the Hide Aircraft Ahead functionlity to hide that aircraft. There is a menu item for that, but you can also tie the function to a joystick button or keyboard shortcut.

If you have an Aircraft Info Window open in AUTO mode you can see which aircraft that is that you are going to hide.

Hide any Aircraft

Alternatively, you can hide any aircraft you like by open an Aircraft Information Window. AUTO mode shows you the one right in front of your camera...but any other is just as well.

At the bottom of the A/c Info Window there is a row of 2-3 checkboxes. To control if an aircraft is visible or hidden you have up to two choices:

• The Visible button directly controls if the aircraft is visible. Just click it and the aircraft is out of the way! Click it again and it reappears.
• The second button Auto Visible is only available if you have limit the display of aircraft in the Settings > Basics > Cooperation by configuring a minimum altitude or checked the option to hide aircraft while taxiing. When Auto Visible is selected then the aircraft will be shown/hidden based on these settings. Otherwise the aircraft visibility status is only and directly controled by theVisible button.

Auto-Hide Nearby Aircraft

You can also configure LiveTraffic to automatically hide nearby aircraft. Go to Settings > Basics > Cooperation and define the radius for ground and airborne aircraft separately.

Impersonate an Aircraft

While an aircraft is hidden it is just not displayed. LiveTraffic still tracks it and calculates its positions. The position information is updated as usual in the Aircraft Information Window.

When impersonating an aircraft, ie. taking over its spots, you should switch off the AUTO mode of the Aircraft Info Window so that the window keeps showing the data of the hidden aircraft no matter where you look at or are positioned.

Use the fact that the aircraft is continuously tracked to impersonate it:

• Try to keep exactly the space of the hidden aircraft.

• Maybe even connect to Live ATC, if available in your region, to follow instructions. Remember the buffering delay: You have 90 seconds (by default) delay between reality and what is rendered by LiveTraffic...ample time to follow ATC instructions. Or you follow these tips to delay Live ATC by the same amount of time to have it play in sync with aircraft movement.
• Watch the Bearing | Distance information in the A/C Info Window. The smaller the distancer the better you do your job!