FSXHD wrote on Jun 9^th, 2009 at 2:38pm:

I appreciate all of your guys help.  I am sure I will have more questions as I learn.  So here is one:  Is there a way to find the route of a flight that flies outside of the United States? ie: Heathrow-Madrid

Sure.  You can always let FS create your flight plan and go from there.  Or you can try http://www.simroutes.com, although good luck getting a loadable FSX plan.  Still, you can get the route written with airways, and copy it down so you could program it directly onto your RTE page.  I get mine from my virtual airline, or the trip package I've mentioned before.  It has lots of foreign routes, and since there are 100 of 'em it will keep you busy for awhile!

You can find real world flights all over the place e.g.  www.amadeus.net but then you still have to make or obtain your actual flight plan.  I like to fly real flights, though.