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Ground School |
To the inexperienced aviator, a spinning aircraft is certainly a matter of fear and trepidation. Spinning led so many First World War pilots to their doom as such a maneuver was unheard of, especially when the recovery procedures initiated back in the old days did not work. In the present arena, pilots still come to grief by inadvertently entering into a spin and then failing to recover. In fact, it is the number one cause of uncontrolled flight into terrain. In today’s lesson we are going to follow on from our article on stalling and take it one step further into the world of spinning, and learn how and why an aircraft spins, and then deal with the single most important facet, the recovery.
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The Art of Instrument Flying |
Have you ever wondered how those 747’s emerge from a fog-filled sky in perfect alignment with the runway only seconds from touchdown? Surely they cannot see the runway through that atmospheric soup! Well, most of us probably know how. Of course, they are probably implementing an ILS approach using simple technology employed on the ground, and in their aircraft. Today we revisit the ILS as an intro course for new virtual pilots.
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| THIS ISSUES REVIEWS |
• RealScenery’s Seattle-Tacoma for X-Plane
• PMDG’s Beech 1900D
• NaturalPoint’s TrackIR 3 Head Tracker
• Just Flight’s A340 Professional
• FlightJack’s SIMControl 2.0
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August 2004
VOLUME 8 - ISSUE 8
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Flying the Boeing 777 Simulator |
Martin Arrant had the recent opportunity to spend time in United Airlines’ 777 Simulator at their Denver based Flight Training Center. If you ever wanted to fly in one yourself, you can read all about his experience, and discover how you can get the opportunity to spend time in the 777 sim at the AVSIM conference in September!
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Hardware Corner |
Rod White has plenty of new gadgets this month to get your tech fix with including a look at a Liteon DVD Burner for archiving your flight sim related files, a DVD Recorder for all the plane spotters out there, a mousepad with a difference, and more PC components to liven up your computing and flight simming experience
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Air Traffic Control – A Beginner’s Guide |
If you have struggled understanding and dealing with Flight Simulator’s Air Traffic Control module in the past, never fear, Doug Horton is here to dispel the myths and walk you through the basic theory and practice of ATC controlled flying in this two part series.
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Round Robin Adventures |
We are flying for AMERIFLIGHT, which is an Air Cargo airline operating across the United States. AMERIFLIGHT undertakes 575 departures a day and moves 75,000 lbs of cargo on average in that same time!
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The Virtual Australian Air Force |
Who needs VORs and NDBs when you have missiles and guns! Derek Davis takes a closer look at one such virtual force providing a community meeting place for combat sim pilots to battle with and against each other in a risk-free environment online.
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Discovering Alaska |
Beware all Alaskan residents… Francois ‘Navman’ Dumas has invaded your airspace… Expect 20,000 extra aircraft in your skies within weeks! Navman provides the virtual touring guide for Alaska in this month’s issue.
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Hard Drive Heroes |
It’s time to put on the cape and save the day! Our hard drive hero makes a bold attempt at streamlining your hard disk for maximum efficiency. If you are going to take the time to use technology, you may as well ensure it runs to the best of its ability. We show you how!
From the EDITOR..
It’s good to be back on deck after a refreshing break away from the rigors of magazine work. My thanks to Derek Davis and Robert Ferraro for handling most of last month’s issue during my absence.
The second half of the calendar year is traditionally the time when the big publishers in the flight sim business come out with all guns blazing, releasing tons of titles in the lead up to Christmas and holiday seasons. These are when the money is being spent by consumers, so it makes sense to offload your work in this season. The good news for us is that we get to enjoy all these great titles which will carry us through next year. We will not be seeing a new version of Microsoft’s flight simulator this year, but X-Plane continues on tirelessly with new versions popping up right throughout the year. Add-ons for these sims seem to flow regularly as well.
We can expect companies in the combat game like Novalogic for example to release a title or two this season as well. In the past, many of these releases have been geared more toward arcade-style action, rather than true simulation. It would be good to see another quality helo-sim be released within the next 12-months. We can look forward to the release of Pacific Fighters (IL2) later on this year which should put more than a few smiles on combat sim pilot’s faces.
Things will also be hotting up in the hardware department over the next few months so look out for the next generation of PC components, flight controllers and peripherals to make your flight sim experience that much more ‘real’. Of course, Computer Pilot will have you covered with reviews of all the latest hardware and software to hit the simulator shelves, plus a stack of new content that we are sure you will enjoy reading.
Enjoy the August issue of Computer Pilot Magazine and remember, our lines are always open for your comments and suggestions!
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