Effective home flight simulators require realistic hardware that replicates the feel and function of real aircraft controls, reinforcing good habits rather than bad ones. Essential components for a ...

Ever since discovering the Microsoft Flight Simulator on floppy disk, way back in the early 1980s, I was hooked. The gray and white screens before me—accompanied by a “tick tick tick tick” sound of a ...

Some students arrive at their first flight lesson surprisingly comfortable in a cockpit. They understand the purpose of most instruments and generally know what most of the various knobs and switches ...

Adding a Live ATC Service When I've shared my interest in home flight simulation with real-world pilots over the last few years, I'm surprised at how few have heard of live ATC services and how much ...

The pilot had been missing for about a week, last seen taking off from an airport in Covington, Washington, heading home in his Piper Dakota to Puyallup, about 36 miles south of Seattle. Though he had ...