I’m no stranger to the Spitfire. My bookshelf is overflowing with books about the legendary British fighter. That, together with what is surely thousands of hours of flight sim time over the years on various versions of the Spitfire from the days of Aces Over Europe in the early 1990’s to the most modern renditions…
Tag: First flight
Flight Journal: LAX to SFO in the A320neo
One of the goals I set out to accomplish this year was to spend more time with Microsoft Flight Simulator’s airliners. I want to eventually do a few long-haul routes as a kind of ultimate test in both the sim and my skills flying airliners. I decided to get that process started with a much…
Flying the Mi-8 for the first time
I feel like a newbie all over again as I’ve now taken my first steps into piloting a virtual helicopter. The DCS: Mi-8 MTV2 Magnificent Eight is a beast of a Russian transport helicopter that can sling some impressive loads and back up any situation with a ton of firepower. This is my first experience…
Getting to know X-Plane 11 from the cockpit of the SF50
During the recent Steam sale I picked up Laminar Research’s X-Plane 11 as I expand into the realm of the civil aviation flight simulation. X-Plane has had a good reputation over the year’s and the latest updates seem to have caught the wider attention of the flight sim community so I wanted to really see…
First flights in the DCS: MiG-21bis!
Leatherneck Simulation’s DCS: MiG-21bis is not a new aircraft to DCS World but it is a new aircraft to my hangar and this summer sale I decided to buy this 1960s era interceptor and see what all of the fuss is about. So, what is the MiG-21bis like and what really is all of the…
Stormbirds 