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) provides exceptionally realistic live weather and an advanced wind/shear model, creating genuinely challenging flight conditions for virtual pilots.
The Mountain Air (2NC0) airport in MSFS is highlighted as an intensely difficult and realistic destination, featuring severe wind shear, turbulence, and powerful downdrafts, even on seemingly calm days.
The author recounts a demanding simulated flight at Mountain Air, battling extreme winds and downdrafts during takeoff and a near-disastrous landing attempt, highly recommending the challenging experience to other MSFS users.
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.
