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Flight Sim Coach

We emphasize the benefits of simulators, encouraging instrument pilots to use them in their training. But what if you don’t know how to effectively make use of ‘em?

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Key Takeaways:

  • Flight Sim Coach (FSC) is an online training service providing instruction from professional pilot CFIIs who are also experienced flight simmers, helping pilots master skills like emergency procedures and IFR training using their home simulators.
  • The service utilizes proprietary "FSC Link" software, a plug-in for X-Plane and FS2020, enabling instructors to monitor student flights and dynamically inject system failures for highly interactive, scenario-based training sessions.
  • FSC offers rigorous, personalized flight instruction that supplements real-world flight time, benefiting instrument students, rusty pilots, and proficient pilots by enhancing skills, formalizing simming practices, and ultimately improving pilot competency.
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Flight Sim Coach (FSC) is an online training service started by Mike Catalfamo, a former airline pilot and Boeing engineer. Mike concluded long ago that many of the skills we need to master as pilots don’t necessarily require an actual airplane—emergency procedures, ATC communication, and pretty much most of IFR training can be all (or at least partly) accomplished in a simulator provided a knowledgeable instructor is in the “right seat” to guide you. So much the better if that simulator is at home. But here’s the rub: How many CFIIs are both great instructors and savvy flight simmers?

Enter Flight Sim Coach

That’s where FSC comes in: All the FSC CFIIs are not only professional pilots but avid simmers too; they’ve gone through the same journey you’ve gone through (or you’re about to undertake) and understand the various “simisms” you’ll encounter. They also know how to work around most of those issues.

Alexander Sack

Alexander Sack is a Commercial IFR pilot out of N90. And despite the record-breaking summer heat he has been enjoying, nothing makes him sweat more than a good-old fashioned, text-only ODP.

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