In Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, takeoffs and landings at the highly detailed North Carolina airport are filled with challenges. [Image courtesy of Peter James]
Key Takeaways:
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 (MSFS) offers highly realistic live weather and terrain modeling, accurately depicting challenging conditions like strong winds, wind shear, and downdrafts.
The payware-enhanced Mountain Air (2NC0) airport in MSFS is highlighted as an exceptionally challenging location, exceeding the difficulty of other complex airports like Aspen.
Pilots will experience intense and demanding flights at Mountain Air, battling severe turbulence, unexpected downdrafts, and sluggish takeoffs, providing a realistic test of skill.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 (MSFS) offers an amazing representation of live weather. That was certainly the case the day I had a simulated flight out of the Mountain Air community (2NC0) in Burnsville, North Carolina, at over 4,000 feet.
Winds were howling at full windsock speed out of the northwest, featuring great VFR but a scary wind shear potential and more.
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Peter is an experienced Part 135 business jet pilot with a passion for simulators and how they blend with the real world. Learning to fly at age 12, he supplemented his passion and career goals with the early versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator. With the growing realism of all PC simulators today, he frequently uses them for extra proficiency, and loves to show other pilots how great they are.
