• Fly With That One Pilot Chick #4

    Author Ron Blehm knows a young woman pilot in Washington State who shares her flight training and flying adventures online and through videos. His idea was that it would be fun for flight simmers to join in on her adventures, flying the same routes and sharing their experiences. A number of people have submitted video responses from flight 3 and we now offer a new flight to try. This time, the challenge is night flying.

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    Neil's Great Scottish Tour For X-Plane 11 Vol. 1

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    Review: Carenado - SR22 GTSx Turbo

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    Aerosoft - FSDG - Nairobi for X-Plane 11

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    FS2Crew - QualityWings 787 - Voice and Button Control

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    Microsoft Flight Simulator June 11th, 2020 Development Update

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