Microsoft Flight Simulator X For Pilots Real World Training

by Van West, Jeff; Lane-Cummings, Kevin

• ISBN13: 9780764588228
• ISBN10: 0764588222
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-06-18
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

Get ready to take flight as two certified flight instructors guide you through the pilot ratings as it is done in the real world, starting with Sport Pilot training, then Private Pilot, followed by the Instrument Rating, Commercial Pilot, and Air Transport Pilot. They cover the skills of flight, how to master Flight Simulator, and how to use the software as a learning tool towards your pilot's license. More advanced topics demonstrate how Flight Simulator X can be used as a continuing learning tool and how to simulate real-world emergencies.

Author Biography

Jeff Van West is a certified flight instructor in both single and multi-engine aircraft and editor of the professional pilot magazine IFR. He has written training curricula for both computer simulation and general aviation programs.

Kevin Lane-Cummings is a pilot, flight instructor, educator, and technical communication professional. He has worked for aerospace megacorporations, science museums, flight schools, public TV stations, and Internet publishers.

Table of Contents

About the Authors

Credits

Acknowledgments

Preflight

Intro: Why Use Flight Simulator for Real-World Flying?

Why We Fly

How to Use This Book

Procedure training vs.

Scenario-Based Training

Whata??s on the Website

Flight School Setup

Installing FSX

Looking At Whata??s New In FSX

Getting the Right Hardware

Processor, Memory, Video Cards

Monitors

Flight Controls and Headsets

Adjusting Performance Settings

Organizing Your Cockpit

Key Flight SIM Commands

Use of Slew For Practice

Using the FSX Built-In Flight Lessons

Selecting a Real-World Flight School

Aircraft Types

Environment

Instructor

Costs

Introductory Flight

Working with Your Flight Instructor

FSX as Part of a Lesson

Shared Cockpit

Using the Practical Test Standards

Plugging in the Pilot Communities

Key Points for Real Flying and FSX Built-Ins

First Flight in the Piper J-3 CUB

Flight Fundamentals for the Pilot

We All Have Our Limits

The Four Fundamental Gaits of Flight

Visualize Your Control Surfaces

Trim

First Flight in the CUB

Start the Engine

Taxi

Takeoff

Practice the First Three Gaits and Trim

Make Turns

The Taila??s Balancing Act

Fly Once Around the Lake

Approach the Airport

Land

Rollout

Takeoffs, Landings, and Go-Arounds

Key Points for real Flying and FSX Built-Ins

Part II

Chapter 3

The Effects of Wind

A River of Ai

Heading, Course, and Track

Ground Reference Maneuvers with Wind

Coordinated and Uncoordinated Flight

Ground Reference Maneuvers Flight

Rectangular Course

Turns Around a Point

S-Turns

Steep Turns

Crosswind Takeoffs

Forward Slip

Sideslip and Crosswind Landings

Ridiculous Winds

Maximum Demonstrated Crosswind

Worst Crosswinds-Kona, Hawaii

Key Points for Real Flying and FSX Built-Ins

Chapter 4

Uncontrolled and Controlled Airport Operations

Airport Procedures

Radio Communications

Other Aircraft

Airport Weather and Notices

Post Mills to Lebanon Municipal

StartUp

Taxi and Takeoff

Approach and Landing

Depart for Lebanon

Approaching Lebanon

Land and Taxi

Take the Cub to Beantown

Key Point for Real Flying and FSX Built-Ins

Chapter 5

Planning a Trip

Reading Charts

A Route From A to B

Dead Reckoning

Pilotage

The FSX Flight Planner

How High to Fly

Fly Left, Look Right

Who Owns This Airspace?

Moving Loads, Burning Gas

A Multileg Flight Using Pilotage

Take Off and Turn South

Seriously Dead Reckoning

Key Points for Real Flying and FSX Built-Ins

Emergencies

In-Flight Emergencies

Immediate-Action Emergencies

Urgent Situations

Emergency

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