Tom,

I have never used the FSX planner so I'm of no help there, however you can go online and download both low and high charts from various places including the FAA. There is a small fee, but you will only have to pay once since you won't have to keep them current. Maybe you can find a pilot that lives in your area and ask to obtain the charts he discards each month when he does his revisions.

What is really fun in the newer planes like the 767/757/747-400 you can fully program the FMC computer. Wait until you see how complex that item is. The book I had in the real plane was huge.

The journey of a 1,000 miles starts with the first step...  :-?  Start waking!

Lou