FSX Skills Become Real

Chance favors the prepared mind.
--Louis Pasteur

Isn't it fun when an unexpected opportunity arises? Doubly so when it involves aviation.

This week, I traveled on business to the humid heavy skies of the East Coast. Because I like to see the places I visit from the air, I frequently contact a local FBO and make arrangements for a flight with a local instructor (FBOs need to give pilot's checkrides before authorizing them to solo in aircraft...just another benefit of an overly litigious society).

Turns out...the plane I flew in was a shiny new Cessna 172SP. So what's the big deal, you ask? It had the Garmin G1000 glass cockpit. Because I "fly" FSX with the G1000, I was able to fly the real 172SP with the real glass cockpit with only minor instruction.

Now that's having fun because of Flight Simulator.

As for the web-site: too little time to work on it.

Keep the Shiny Side Up,
Plane Wryter

Putting the Fun into Flight Simulator
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