Simulators

Redbird has invited aviation and K-12 STEM educators to learn more about using Redbird technology to enhance flight training.

I took off in my virtual Cape Air-liveried Beechcraft Baron from Nantucket, Massachusetts, at sunset, climbing to 4,500 feet after requesting VFR flight following from the live air traffic controller handling Boston Center flight sim traffic.

Flight simulators and the real world interact so beautifully, it’s hard to tell the difference.

Visitors to the Museum of Flight in Seattle will soon have an opportunity to experience the earliest days of military aviation thanks to the collaboration of two local technology companies.

The new simulator will be used to train current and future SF50 pilots at the Cirrus Aircraft Vision Center.

Over the last two years, I have been using many different tweaks and tips found online or invented by myself.

Today in Microsoft Flight Simulator, I’m going to be checking out the Fokker Dr.I triplane, made famous in World War I by “The Red Baron.”

Sometimes simulator trips can be just as surprising as real-life and this Microsoft Flight Simulator journey to Norway was no exception.

Travel to Kitty Hawk for a Microsoft Flight Simulator reenactment of the historic first flight of the 1903 Wright Flyer.

I have been practicing autolands in both Microsoft Flight Sim and X-Plane products over the years and it’s especially rewarding in zero-zero.