The author successfully completed a challenging instrument flight in a simulator from Boston to Portland, Maine, utilizing live VATSIM air traffic control after receiving instruction from ...

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 ...

This is a sponsored post created in partnership with Dovetail Games. Up, up, and away in my beautiful… um, plane? Hmmm. Let's start again: Flight Sim World is a rigorous aviation sim, focusing on ...

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I've been here before, waiting for takeoff at Edinburgh International. The sky is cloudy, the air buzzing with the sound of jet engines, anticipation building for a quick hop down to London. The cabin ...