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The Complete Visual Tutorial to Flying the Boeing 737 Microsoft® Flight Simulator 2004/FS9/FSX

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Unfortunately this book does not keep what its title promises. It consists of lots of screenshots and "explanations" you can get for free from both the FS9 tutorial (delivered together with the program)and the internet. The author does only express 1:1 what you can read there. Lots of very important things are missing (Usage of flaps during landing/starting procedure. Making a nice glide slope approach,...) and many other things more. I could not find anything in that book, I had not already came across for free somewhere else before (e.g. internet). It is not a "complete" tutorial at all! Sorry!

I am not sure what Mr. Strammer was looking for. I thought this book was done very well and was easy to follow. The Author never states either in the book or on the Author website that the procedures that he outlines are exactly the procedures a real pilot goes through when flying this plane. The author also states that even if he knew the exact procedures he would not have published them because of national security and to not contribute to another 911 incident. The author states that this was only created to help the simmer to easily fly the big planes and never stated the procedures were true to fact. I agree that most of the material in the book could be located on the internet but the author took the time to bring it all together so the simmer would not have to spend hours searching the net. If you want to fly this plane exactly the way the real pilots do then it is best you take flying lessons. I would recommend this book for any simmers that are ready to take on the big planes and to easily enjoy flying around the world. The first time I used this book I was able to take off and land without incident. Considering I use to crash all the time the book made it worth while and makes Flight Simulator a lot more enjoyable. Nice screen shots, easy to follow for the beginner and experienced simmer a lot of interesting information. I would recommend it.