Core Capabilities
Things Shirley Can Do
| Capability | Example |
|---|---|
| Current Location | "Shirley, what town am I flying over?" |
| Airport Database & Location Information | "What's the nearest large airport within 50 miles?" "What's pattern altitude at KPBG?" "Shirley, I'm looking for a scenic airport with a restaurant near Burlington." Search 35,000+ airports by location, amenities, and type (large/medium/small airports, seaplane bases, heliports) or lookup by FAA/ICAO code. Get detailed information including precise coordinates, elevations, runway details (length, width, surface, lighting, displaced thresholds), and scheduled service status. |
| Navigation | "What's the heading to JFK?" "Let's fly by the Hollywood sign!" Navigate to places and airports worldwide with enhanced navigational awareness throughout your flight. |
| Aircraft Information | "Where's the carb heat in this thing?" |
| Telemetry Information | "How close am I to red line on turbine temperature?" "How's this approach looking?" |
| Flaps | "Shirley, give me a notch of flaps?" |
| Landing Gear | "Configure us for landing Shirley." |
| Lights | "Turn on the taxi lights." |
| Speed Brakes & Thrust Reverser | "Shirley, deploy speed brakes and engage reverse thrust." |
| Radios & Transponder | "Tune 121.5 active in the number two radio." "Shirley, standby 110.9 for the JFK 22L ILS." "Squawk 7600 until we regain contact." |
| Practice Failures Improved | "Have my left engine fail at 1500 feet AGL." "At 100 knots or 2000, fail number two." "Shirley fix my propeller." Supports: Engine failures, pitot/static blockages, GPS failures, electrical bus, battery, generator, navigation system blackouts. |
| Set Airspeed & Altitude | "Hey Shirley - teleport us up to 1000 feet and 100 knots." |
| Set Position in Traffic Pattern New | "Shirley put us on a 3 mile final for runway 31L." |
| Change Simulator Time & Date | "Shirley, make it a summer afternoon." |
| Change Simulator Weather | "Set up some cumulonimbus clouds and make that runway puddly!" Configure runway condition, precipitation, sea level temperature and pressure, visibility, thermals, bases and tops, cloud types or coverage percentage. Set real world, static, improving or deteriorating weather, regenerate weather, and configure wind layer speed, gusts, turbulence or direction at particular heights. |
| Bugs & Altimeter | "Shirley configure the bugs for our climb - heading 270 to 6000 feet, altimeter 29.93." |
| Enable Heading and Vertical Speed Autopilot Functions Improved | "Get us descending at 500 feet per minute." "Level the wings on heading 270!" Toggle the autopilot, activate the wings leveler, set heading mode (using heading bug), vertical speed mode (using altitude bug & selected vertical speed) or altitude hold mode. |
| Control the Simulation | "Freeze our position Shirley!" Activate position freeze, pause the sim, repair aircraft systems, or toggle through sim speed ratios. |
| General Q/A | "What's the speed limit under the Class B shelf?" |
| Traffic Pattern Operations New | "Let's enter downwind for runway 33 at Burlington!" Superior guidance through entries and traffic pattern operations. Tracks vertical and horizontal deviations from extended runway centerlines, identifies runways and taxiways, and monitors runway distance remaining. Available at 10,000+ training-ready airports worldwide. |
Other Tools Shirley Has
| Tool | Example |
|---|---|
| Real Weather Lookup (USA METAR) | "What's the current weather at JFK?" |
| Timers | "Shirley, start a timer." |
| Waypoints & Destination Runways | "Plot a course to Albany airport." "Set our starting point so we can measure landing distance?" "Give me pattern headings for runway 33 at KBTV!" |
| Requests for Shirley | "For time critical actions, do the thing before talking about it!" |
| Pilot Notes | "Remind me to keep an eye on altimeter during steep turns." |
| Assistant Mode "Shirley Mode" | "Don't respond unless you hear Shirley!" |
| Maneuver Analysis (Select Lessons) | "Analyze that landing." |
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Last updated: July 14, 2025