Microsoft Flight Simulator X For Pilots: Real World Training

It's the next best thing to being up there

Why use Microsoft Flight Simulator for real-world flight training? Because it gives you the best possible head start and enables you to learn at your convenience. Flight Simulator provides scenario-based training that lets you practice handling almost any situation. It offers advantages you don't even get in a real plane?the option to set up any kind of weather or equipment failures, stop midway and redo a procedure, or get the view from outside the airplane. FSX isn't a game. It's a training mission for virtual and real aviators alike.

• Install Flight Simulator and set up a training program from Student Pilot through Airline Transport Pilot
• Use the custom flight lessons on the companion Web site to prepare for actual flight training
• Practice the fundamentals of flight?starting the engine, taking off and landing, and performing pre-flight checks
• Learn to handle different types of aircraft
• Experience the effects of wind and weather
• Prepare for emergency situations and learn to navigate by both old-fashioned and modern methods
• Communicate with air traffic control
• Build practice time that can help you prepare for license exams