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.
Microsoft Flight Simulator X For Pilots: Real World Training
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"I keep this book on visual at all times, as it’s destined to become a classic. THE book to read about serious flight-simulation". (fs-dev-support.com/jarn, Monday 17th September)
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It's the next best thing to being up there
Why use Microsoft Flight Simulator for real-world flight training? Because it gives you the best possible head start and enables you to learn at your convenience. Flight Simulator provides scenario-based training that lets you practice handling almost any situation. It offers advantages you don't even get in a real plane—the option to set up any kind of weather or equipment failures, stop midway and redo a procedure, or get the view from outside the airplane. FSX isn't a game. It's a training mission for virtual and real aviators alike.
- Install Flight Simulator and set up a training program from Student Pilot through Airline Transport Pilot
Use the custom flight lessons on the companion Web site to prepare for actual flight training
Practice the fundamentals of flight—starting the engine, taking off and landing, and performing pre-flight checks
Learn to handle different types of aircraft
Experience the effects of wind and weather
Prepare for emergency situations and learn to navigate by both old-fashioned and modern methods
Communicate with air traffic control
Build practice time that can help you prepare for license exams
Use stunning visuals to practice in any conditions
Master expert-level, high-performance maneuvers
Companion Web site
Visit www.wiley.com/go/flightsim to find sample flights for each lesson in the book, demonstrations of flight maneuvers, and two bonus chapters.
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80 of 82 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I'm an instrument-rated private pilot. Although Flight Simulator isn't a perfect substitute for real-world flying, it does have its pros (not least of which is that it doesn't cost $139/hr to rent 'wet.')
I've had this book since October, and I love it. (I would have loved it even more if I'd had it several years ago when I was earning my license and ratings. It's THAT helpful.)
What I'd add to the other reviews is that the two authors -- both flight instructors -- do an excellent job of pointing out where Flight Simulator-flying and real-world flying differ, as, for instance, in ATC communication, available IFR clearances, and the operation of the G1000.
I've had this book since October, and I love it. (I would have loved it even more if I'd had it several years ago when I was earning my license and ratings. It's THAT helpful.)
What I'd add to the other reviews is that the two authors -- both flight instructors -- do an excellent job of pointing out where Flight Simulator-flying and real-world flying differ, as, for instance, in ATC communication, available IFR clearances, and the operation of the G1000.
49 of 49 people found the following review helpful
By Flight Fan
Format:Paperback
FS Real World Training is an invaluable book. Although I had already 'passed' many of the flight lessons in FSX I still didn't feel confident about my flying skills. There were too many things that were left (excuse the expression) hanging in the air. When I bought this book I started at the beginning feeling like a newbie all over again. Many points that I missed before are explained fully and in detail and finally it is all making sense. As a result I am enjoying my flight simulator more than ever. Aside from the wealth of interesting and informative detail I think the most important thing is that the reader gets to make connections. The information connects from one chapter to the next and consequently, step by step, everything fits together. Going through this book is an immensely enjoyable experience. An added bonus are the generous number of free mission files and charts available on the wiley. com web site which are enjoyable and extremely useful.
50 of 52 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
Although the title of this outstanding teaching manual indicates it is for real pilots using Microsoft's Flight Simulator as a teaching tool I can enthusiastically recommend it for simulator pilots as well.
I learned so much from the authors who are real world pilots & instructors I hadn't learned from other available sources. I consider when I finish the manual with the missions included I will have completed real VFR & IFR instruction even though I am not a real world pilot & confine my flying to Flight Sim only.
The book is eminently practical as a good teaching manual should be. It offers a stepwise approach to flight training from the Piper Cub to the twin-engine Beechcraft Baron & beyond. A novice completely unfamiliar with simulator flying could use this book from the beginning to become competent in VFR flight before even thinking about sophisticated avionics & instrument flying. It is crammed full of practical tips & offers context for the theory of flight which can be gleaned from other sources.
There is a bunch of extra resources available at the publisher's website which extend the material even more. One can download approach plates & the like for the included missions.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough for simulator pilots; it is simply wonderful!
I learned so much from the authors who are real world pilots & instructors I hadn't learned from other available sources. I consider when I finish the manual with the missions included I will have completed real VFR & IFR instruction even though I am not a real world pilot & confine my flying to Flight Sim only.
The book is eminently practical as a good teaching manual should be. It offers a stepwise approach to flight training from the Piper Cub to the twin-engine Beechcraft Baron & beyond. A novice completely unfamiliar with simulator flying could use this book from the beginning to become competent in VFR flight before even thinking about sophisticated avionics & instrument flying. It is crammed full of practical tips & offers context for the theory of flight which can be gleaned from other sources.
There is a bunch of extra resources available at the publisher's website which extend the material even more. One can download approach plates & the like for the included missions.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough for simulator pilots; it is simply wonderful!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
3.0 out of 5 stars
nice try but x plane is more useful
I am a pilot with instrument experience and 1500 hours in homebuilts, cessnas,mooneys, Pitts S2, T6 and Piper Aztec and Navajo Chieftan. Read more
Published 3 hours ago by Adam N.
5.0 out of 5 stars
GREAT BOOK
This is a book well worth the money. If you are new to Flight Simulators and Flying its a must have.
Published 24 days ago by Bill
5.0 out of 5 stars
Love it!
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Published 1 month ago by Thomas M Miitchell
1.0 out of 5 stars
Can't play movies included with book.
I bought this book because it said it had movie lessons that were better than the FSX ones. I eventually found the files for the lessons at a different web address than the one... Read more
Published 1 month ago by B. Campbell
5.0 out of 5 stars
The best simulator today
I've been using FSX for some time now and it keeps getting better. As a real pilot it is becoming very expensive to go out and shoot approaches, even in a Cessna 152! Read more
Published 2 months ago by S. Claudio Garcias
4.0 out of 5 stars
Love this resource
Great resource...especially liked the 27 or so lessons. Load them from the CD and it works great as a tutorial!
Published 2 months ago by Tom Smalley
5.0 out of 5 stars
This is a very good, very detailed book
I have never flown before and this book got me up and flying on FS X right away - at the same time learning how an airplane get's its lift and how it is controlled. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Alan M. Donn
5.0 out of 5 stars
good book
I am a high time pilot, and wanted to train, my nephew and a friend how to fly, I purchased this as an addtional traing tool.
Published 3 months ago by michael in malibu
4.0 out of 5 stars
Book is well written
Now that this program (and book) are pretty outdated, my review will be kept pretty short. I never have read the book cover to cover, but used certain sections in it to help me... Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dustyn Fink
3.0 out of 5 stars
There IS much to be learned from this book.
This book was written by two knowlegable men. They offer excellent advice throughout. My problem with it is the style of the authors. It's just fine for some people. Me? Read more
Published 3 months ago by William F. Nappi
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