Based on the landmarks, timing, views, etc, I knew exactly where I was, and I was confident that everything was going right. The next day, it really felt pretty much like making the same flight all over again. The night before I did a student flight from KBFI to KVUO, I flew the entire thing in FSX.
And I've generally found the simulator, with good terrain and textures loaded, can be pretty close to reality.
I can follow this valley all the way to the airport." etc). You can look at a map all you want, but its still not the same as sitting in the simulator, and looking around ( "I see the mountain on my left. Maybe a new answer will be appropriate after using MSFS for some gave a very good answer, and I'll add a few bits to that.Įven after having gotten my license, I still use flight sims (mainly Microsoft FSX and X-Plane 10) for some practice.īefore flying into an unfamiliar airport, or over an unfamiliar area, I'll often load it up in a simulator, and fly it.Įspecially when I was a student, I found this incredibly helpful for my long cross country flights. Parts of the answer probably apply to the new Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020 release), but that isn't what I had in mind when writing this. This was written about Microsoft Flight Simulator X (FSX).
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