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Flying the Heavies – Operating at Difficult Airports |
If you are sick of flying those boring straight in approaches that lack challenge and edge of your seat suspense, then join Capt Charlie as he takes you to some of the most difficult airports to land at across the globe.
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Ground School – SIDs and STARs Explained |
This month we jump out of the cockpit and take a look at one of the most common things used in modern day flying - the standard procedures for departing and arriving aircraft. Why were they devised? How are they flown? From plain and simple to extremely complex these procedures assist in getting the multitudes of traffic into and out of busy airports both safely and efficiently. |
| THIS ISSUES REVIEWS |
• Aerosoft’s U.S. Airports 1
• Assorted Flight Simulator Books
• PC Aviator’s MegaScenery Pacific Northwest
• Flight 1’s 727
• Laminar Research’s X-Plane 8
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April 2005
VOLUME 9 - ISSUE 4
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Cockpit Building Series – Switches, Encoders & Computers |
Francois Dumas and Ken Peckham continue their series on building your own home flight deck. This issue they discuss the hardware side of things, looking at switches, computers and various other components to enhance your flight deck.
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Free Flying in the Pacific Northwest |
Looking for some intensive (not extensive) VFR flying challenges? We deliver the first of a series of VFR flying articles that challenge you to learn, in detail, all about the area you are flying within, and that doesn’t simply mean the geography or relying on charts to navigate!
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“Middle Earth” – Exploring China |
Peter Dodds tours what will perhaps soon become an unlikely economic superpower of the Earth – the sweeping lands and terrain of China. Join us as we explore “Middle Earth” in a semi-real, semi-fictional story.
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Meigs R.I.P. |
What ever happened to Meigs airport in Chicago? John Cook gives you a quick rundown on the story together with pictures from past and present. Will Meigs ever have the chance to rest in peace?
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Weapons of the Rising Sun – The A6M Zero |
WWII combat fanatic, Derek Davis, takes you aboard a Japanese A6M “Zero” aircraft - a feared fighter of the Pacific theatre, and shows you how to master and take advantage of this aircraft’s maneuverability and firepower.
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“Get Real” PPL Series - Part II |
Doug Horton continues the series on showing you how Flight Simulator can be used to progress through a real PPL course in minimal time.
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Round Robin Adventures – Canadian Forces Regular Service |
We are flying for the Canadian Air Force and we are going back in time. The Service Flight (SF715-716) was a regular Friday night flight, doing the tour of Eastern Canada for our troops, and was referred to, by the Aircrew that flew it, as the “Midnight Skulker”. It was an all “nighter”…
From the EDITOR..
April is here and the weather is probably starting to get warmer in the northern hemisphere, and cooler in the southern hemisphere. Regardless, the temperature in the Computer Pilot office is always red hot!
Let me start by welcoming two new contributors this month whose work is featured in this issue. Dr David Wilson-Okamura (VFR Orientation – Pacific Northwest) is an Assistant Professor in English at East Carolina University, and a keen flight sim fan. In this, and subsequent issues, David will explore VFR flight theory, with an emphasis on navigating through strong understanding of the flight area and environment, including natural geography, weather patterns, and the use of mental ‘mud-maps’. Gene Davis (U.S. Airports 1 review) is a keen flight simulator user who has been contributing articles and reviews to popular flight simulator websites in recent times. In the past he has worked as a reserve police officer, park ranger, pharmacy assistant and even ran his own security company!
We welcome both David and Gene to the pages of Computer Pilot Magazine and trust you will find their articles and reviews to be both interesting and informative.
As usual, we have quite a mixed bag of content this month, but there are plenty of suggestions of flying areas to try out in your sim. Perhaps a tour of China – “Middle Earth” – may interest you? If not, how about navigating your way around the Pacific Northwest, resisting the urge to look at printed maps? If you are the flying type that loves following charts and procedures, Al Pelletier’s Round Robin Adventure will take you aboard a Canadian Forces regular service flight with all the directions you will need to find your way around.
We have new installments in our cockpit building series (which is proving to be very popular) and our “Get Real” PPL certificate series (equally popular) for those following along. There are also plenty of quality reviews this month as well as a lesson on flying SIDs and STARs for the commercial “jet-jockeys” out there - the last thing I can imagine is a pilot sitting on the back of a 747 riding it in!
So grab a coffee or a warm drink, or perhaps a cool drink if the weather is warm, pull up your favorite armchair and enjoy this month’s issue of Computer Pilot Magazine!
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