COMPUTER PILOT PDF - VOL 14 ISS 3 - APRIL/MAY 10

APRIL/MAY 2010 VOLUME 14 - ISSUE 3 - This is the full magazine in digital form!

Around the World in 23 Days

“Wind whistled around the wing struts, forming small swirls of fog. I could see no farther than the check pilot. Beyond the window, the world ended in nothing but a deep dark grey fog. According to the instruments, I was descending toward Georgetown airport (KGTU).” This was just part of our adventure around the world in 23 days.

Aircraft Spotlight: The F-16 Falcon

“I reviewed the Aerosoft F-16 for AVSIM and gave it a gold star; if I were doing it today, I will still give it the same rating. But now there is a competing product, published by Iris Simulations, which costs about $15 more and comes with an overlapping but not identical set of features.” Find out which one rules in this issue’s Aircraft Spotlight!

I Learned to Fly From That” – Parts II and III

“Bartow Air Base (Florida, USA) became the main operating base after surviving the Bamboo Bomber (Piper, PA-18 Super Cub). The North American, T-6G Texan at Bartow was to be our “home” for the next five or so months.”

Operating the BAe Jetstream 4100

One of the best add-on aircraft to be released for FSX in recent times is the fabulous BAe Jetstream 4100 from PMDG. Here we present an overview and tutorial flight on operating the JS4100 model.

Real Flight – Fall Colors

The goal for this trip was for my wife and I to fly to New England to see the fall colors. This article describes the seven legs of the trip, all of which were “filed IFR” and flown with Air Traffic Control, and some of which included flying in actual instrument meteorological conditions (IMC). Enough detail is provided for flying the seven legs in Flight Simulator.