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  • The Virtues Of Flying From Place To Place

    One of the readers and forum contributors here is a nice gent named Ken. Ken and I have flown together on PilotEdge, and one of the things I’ve learned is that he literally flies from place to place in Prepar3D using his slippery-fast Mooney. He does not relocate his aircraft at specific airports – if…

  • The New Default Clouds In X-Plane 11 Beta 14

    Quite an improvement. My frames were good, although they did drop when I got close to a thick overcast layer. Turning down my antialiasing settings in the sim immediately resolved that problem.

  • Updated Basement Sim Video Tour

    A week or so ago I shot an updated video tour of the Basement Sim as the original was getting dated. This should be a nice compliment to the forthcoming guide, and I hope it’s of use. (And I’ve cross-posted this in the forums as well).

  • X-Plane 11 Beta 14 Is Out (Plus, An Observation)

    So there you go. Automatic download on your next boot should you choose to accept it. I’ve been tracking the comments about it at AVSIM and X-Plane.org and it seems to be, as each release is, a mixed bag. New clouds, which should make just about everyone happy. Reports of better and or worse frame…

  • So …

    Can you find the evasive maneuver in today’s pattern work?

  • Fly With Me Forum

    I created a new sub-forum where folks can connect re: flying together online. I’ll be doing so this morning at 11:30 AM EST, flying the “S to T” leg of the PilotEdge Alphabet Challenge. If you’d like to join me there are details here.

  • Visual Testing (X-Plane)

    Two tests of yesterday’s visuals tweaking. The first is alignment across the screens from the GoPro eye point, the other is color calibration with the goal of having the front and side screens match in color, contrast, and brightness.

  • Approaching Philadelphia 

    Caught this as a passenger the other day. 

  • Back In The Air

    Real-world training time has been rare the past two months due to weather, with my only getting in one hop since early December. A few days back I finally got in a flight and my CFI took the opportunity to put me through my paces with about every maneuver and procedure we’ve learned to date.…

  • Building Your Own GA Flight Simulator Guide: Update

    Several readers have been waiting patiently for me to publish the guide I’m writing on building a GA flight simulator like mine. As an update, it’s in the final stages. I’ve sent preliminary and very rough copies to a few “beta readers,” who have had constructive feedback, and I’m going through every line now cleaning…