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The Art of Instrument Flying |
Position fixing is a relatively easy task in VFR conditions. You simply look outside the window to spot prominent landmarks and then reference them against your map to locate your current position. In IFR conditions however, where visibility may be down to 0, it is not so simple to look out the window and spot these landmarks or features. Pilots must rely on their navigational equipment, charts and various position fixing techniques to accurately determine their current location over the ground. Today we will introduce you to some of these fixing techniques.
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Ground School |
In the simplest of terms, we all know that when we look at the airspeed indicator, the little pointer tells us how fast our aircraft is travelling. But does it? Surely there is more to this instrument than meets the eye. In this article we are going to examine airspeed and how the instrument actually displays the most essential information to the pilot. |
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April 2003
VOLUME 7 - ISSUE 4
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Building A Virtual Flying Club |
Ever wanted to build your own virtual flying club? Francois Dumas has been involved in many of them and recently created the popular Emma Field flying club online. In this article, he explains what skills and attributes you will need to start your very own!
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Aircraft Recognition Challenge |
Test your skills with our aircraft ID challenge. We have taken 10 aircraft from the Internet, created 3-view silhouettes and your job is to guess what aircraft they are! We then explain the prominent features of each to make identifying them a much simpler task in this 5-page feature article..
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A View to a Kill |
If you are constantly being shot out of the skies by your enemy, perhaps they have mastered their combat situational awareness techniques? Derek Davis looks at the various viewing systems found in most combat sims and explains the advantages and disadvantages of each.
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Are you a Multi-Simmer? |
Andrew Jones explores the concept and benefits of using multiple flight simulator programs to achieve greater success in your virtual pilot career.
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Virtual Aviation Photography – Taking Great Screenshots |
In this tutorial, we show you how to take a basic screenshot and then follow on with tips on how to make your screenshots a whole lot better! We also give you the chance to win some great prizes in our first-ever screenshot contest!
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Adolf Galland’s Final Combat Mission |
Here is your chance to join us in the CFS3 skies. Take a leap back into history as we re-live famous combat missions from WWII. We provide the historical background and the custom CFS3 mission files for you to fly Adolf Gallands final combat mission yourself!
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Round Robin |
Atlantic Southeast Airlines Domestic Route
Jump onboard for a 820nm round trip from Atlanta The Hartsfield Atlanta Intl (KATL) >>> Pensacola Regional Airport (KPNS) >>> New Orleans Intl (KMSY) >>> Atlanta’s Hartsfield (KATL)
From the EDITOR..
Greetings from the Computer Pilot Team! We hope you are enjoying the magazine so far in 2003 and look forward to presenting the magazine to you throughout the rest of the year and for years to come.
There has been a ‘changing of the guard’ in terms of writers here at Computer Pilot. Long time magazine lesson writer, Brent McColl, is moving on to other career prospects and will no longer be contributing to the magazine. I would personally like to thank Brent for his contribution of fine quality lessons over the years. They have always been well-written and easy to follow and have certainly taught many, many virtual pilots how to fly and use their sims to their fullest extent. Good luck in your ‘new career’ Brent!
Taking the reigns will be Peter James, a highly-respected flight simulator enthusiast. Peter James has long been active in the flight simulation community as a key developer of FlightSim.Com and as the lead designer in Looking Glass' Flight Unlimited III. Peter now works full-time as a captain at Cape Air, a regional airline based in MA and FL, (USA) flying the 9-seat twin Cessna 402C. Peter also flies a Pilatus PC-12 for a fractional company based in New Hampshire. With over 3500 hours of real flight experience, and almost the same amount of time as a simulator pilot, Peter is happy to help fellow simmers get the most out of their hobby. Peter lives in MA with his wife and two young boys (ages 2 and 4) – flight simmers in the making!
We welcome Peter aboard and we are sure his knowledge in both the real world and simulated aviation will prove invaluable to our readers. You will find Peter’s work starting in next month’s issue of Computer Pilot Magazine – The World’s #1 Flight Simulator Magazine!
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