flight simulators
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A Pilot’s Review of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
I’ve been flying regional jets and in general aviation for 12 years. But your flying job will always restrict you to the type of flying and destinations that your employer needs, and unless you’re Bezos or Zuck, you can’t own every genre of aeroplane and fly everywhere. With Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020, I got a…
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Getting Your Pilot’s Licence Is Probably Cheaper Than This Simulator
With four vertically-mounted 55-inch LCD displays completely filling your field-of-view, it’s immediately obvious that this flight simulator from VRX isn’t going to come cheap. But with a price tag of $US75,000 you might actually be better off just putting all that money towards getting your actual pilot’s licence.
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Of Course Santa Has To Train Like A Top Gun Pilot
By some estimates, Santa has to travel 3,000 times faster than the speed of sound to deliver billions of gifts in one night. So it’s not surprising that even he needs to log some time in a sleigh simulator.
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You Can Fly The Concorde Under London’s Tower Bridge
I wish that someone actually did this in real life, back when the Concorde connected London and New York in just 3.5 hours: Taking off from Heathrow 28L runway and turn to the Thames to get under the Tower Bridge.