Microsoft Flight Simulator X for Pilots: Chapter 23 -- Flying with One Feathered By Jeff Van West and Kevin Lane-Cummings Multi-engine training is all about shutting down one engine and trying to get yourself safely on the ground ... easier said than done. But some situations are too dangerous to practice in a real twin -- unless it's a twin in Microsoft Flight Simulator X.
Microsoft Flight Simulator X for Pilots: Chapter 18 -- GPS Approaches -- Part 2 By Jeff Van West and Kevin Lane-Cummings Microsoft Flight Simulator X is one of the most powerful PC simulators available, and practicing GPS approaches with FSX is a great way to prepare for (and decrease expense in) flight in a real plane.
Microsoft Flight Simulator X for Pilots: Chapter 18 -- GPS Approaches -- Part 1 By Jeff Van West and Kevin Lane-Cummings Microsoft Flight Simulator X is one of the most powerful PC simulators available, and practicing GPS approaches with FSX is a great way to prepare for (and decrease expense in) flight in a real plane.
Microsoft Flight Simulator X for Pilots: Chapter 13 -- Weather By Jeff Van West and Kevin Lane-Cummings Recently two flight instructors wrote a book on how to use Microsoft Flight Simulator X to enhance pilot training and to provide sim-only pilots a guide to making their flying more realistic. AVweb will publish several chapters from this book, beginning with this chapter on weather.
The Cessna, The Sky ... and the Cartoonist: Chapters Sixteen, Seventeen, and Epilogue By John Ewing Can he do it? Can the old dog be taught a new trick -- to land a plane all by himself? Find out in the final episode of the series by John Ewing, story-teller, former Disney animator, artist, and American now living (and flying) in New Zealand.
The Cessna, The Sky ... and the Cartoonist: Chapters Thirteen, Fourteen and Fifteen By John Ewing Crosswind takeoffs and landings -- new students learn to dread them, while old-timers seem to seek them out. But they weren't the most challenging aspect of the day for our cartoonist/pilot: What do you think you get when you mix a stiff breeze with a light plane and a fence?
The Cessna, The Sky ... and the Cartoonist: Chapters Ten, Eleven & Twelve By John Ewing 'Round and 'round we go -- doing "circuits" (as they say Down Under) -- and where it stops is hopefully on the runway. Sometimes. Unless you go-around. How's a new (old) pilot supposed to know what to do? Our student pilot and cartoonist from New Zealand continues his tale of learning to fly.
The Cessna, The Sky ... and the Cartoonist: Chapters Eight and Nine By John Ewing Some people say it's hard to spin a Cessna. Harder than some other planes, maybe, but our student pilot and illustrator John Ewing figures out a way to do it in his little C152. AVweb presents two more chapters from John's book in our series about learning to fly "down under."
The Cessna, The Sky ... and the Cartoonist: Chapters Six and Seven By John Ewing Stalls -- a word (and sound) that strikes fear in the hearts of student pilots. And professionals, for that matter. But our bold aviator and cartoonist knows it is a required part of pilot training, and he's ready to take his partner, C152 Charlie, into the air again.
The Cessna, The Sky ... and the Cartoonist: Chapters Four and Five By John Ewing John Ewing continues flight training with chapters on climbs, descents, and turns. But things are never easy when going "back to school" in the retired years of life, and our writer/cartoonist is flummoxed by more technical vocabulary and high-g-force turns. But he's looking forward to the time he can move into the right seat of the plane where the "real" pilots sit.
