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KerrSpectives - Scottish Highland Memories
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Published on 04-07-2021 11:33 AM Number of Views: 2276
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2021
Author Kenneth Kerr offers up another KerrSpective, looking at the Scottish highlands. Having lived there for some years, flying them in the sims brings back memories. MSFS 2020 offers a fresh look at the area, but even with add-ons from UK2000 still has deficiencies, which he compares with the Prepar3D experience.

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The Bomber Will Always Get Through
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Published on 04-02-2021 06:07 PM Number of Views: 3897
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Here is something a bit different from our usual flightsim fare. Peter Smith, father of FlightSim.Com's Dominic Smith, as a child was an evacuee in the UK during WWII. Here he shares his first person story of those days, moving around the country trying to survive and observing the aircraft overhead, both friend and foe.

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Professional Pilot Interviews an Air Traffic Controller
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Published on 03-27-2021 02:36 PM Number of Views: 2766
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thecorporatepilotdad, a professional pilot and MSFS 2020 livery creator/flight simmer interviews a retired Los Angeles Center air traffic controller. We discuss how to become an air traffic controller, what it is like working in ATC, how to make communications with ATC easier, and we also discuss PilotEdge and VATSIM for use in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

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IFR Training Part 2
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Published on 02-27-2021 08:00 AM Number of Views: 4872
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2021
Ten years ago, author Chris Liddell made the leap from flightsimming to flying real aircraft, and shared his training adventures with us in a series of articles under the banner "Going Solo". He's still an active PPL and has increased his flying skills over the years and now shares his next big adventure: instrument training. Training continues here in Part 2.

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Building the Hawker Hunter Virtual Model
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Published on 02-25-2021 12:45 PM Number of Views: 6458
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2021
The typical flightsim pilot probably has little idea the amount of work that goes into the aircraft that they fly. In this feature, Ray Hill tries to give you some idea of how the various 3D components are assembled to create a complete aircraft. For his example he's chosen the Hawker Hunter, one of the most technically demanding models he has built.

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Fly With That One Pilot Chick #6
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Published on 02-04-2021 01:42 PM Number of Views: 6748
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Author Ron Blehm knows a young woman pilot in Washington State who shares her flight training and 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. Since the series started she has gotten her instrument and commercial ratings, been certified in more advanced plans and is working on her CFI. Here we offer some feedback from her last flight as well as a new flight for you to try.

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IFR Training Part 1
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Published on 01-25-2021 06:12 PM Number of Views: 9136
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Ten years ago, author Chris Liddell made the leap from flightsimming to flying real aircraft, and shared his training adventures with us in a series of articles under the banner "Going Solo". He's still an active PPL and has increased his flying skills over the years and now shares his next big adventure as he begins instrument training.

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Ratty's Ramblings - 'Tis The Season
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Published on 12-18-2020 05:34 PM Number of Views: 6123
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Author Ian Radcliffe has been flightsimming for a long time -- since 1984 and FS2 on a Commodore 64. In an effort to give something back after all these years of enjoyment, Ian has offered a series of articles that will offer hints, insights and suggestions to enrich the flight simulator experience. The topic this time is the season cold weather and how it affects flight performance. He also considers go-arounds and everything finishes up with a nice 175 mile "ramble".

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Ratty's Ramblings - Trim and Trimming
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Published on 10-26-2020 02:06 PM Number of Views: 7758
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Author Ian Radcliffe has been flightsimming for a long time -- since 1984 and FS2 on a Commodore 64. In an effort to give something back after all these years of enjoyment, Ian has offered a series of articles that will offer hints, insights and suggestions to enrich the flight simulator experience. This time the main topic is trim, what it does and how to use it. Briefly mentioned are FS2020, hangers/hangars and everything finishes up with a nice 170 mille "ramble".

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Fly With That One Pilot Chick #5
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Published on 09-24-2020 11:09 AM Number of Views: 7248
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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. Since the series started she has gotten her instrument and commercial ratings and so has moved on to more advanced flights. Join in to see the feedback from #4 and try the new flight here in #5.

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