Can you guys detail what the 10 training and 9 regular missions actually are? What aircraft? What do they teach? What is the mission about?
There 2 planes to fly at the moment - Piper Cup and Piper Cherokee. For LAPL you have these lessons: takeoff and climb, straight and level, climbs and descents, turns to heading, approach and landing and a checkride.
For PPL there are: the traffic pattern, emergency landings, steep turns, poerw-off stalls, slow flight, radio navigation, solo cross-country, night flying and private checkride.
Then there are 9 scripted missions (short and easy like damson said) and a free flight mode all over the world where you can set up time of day, season and weather.
IMHO it does really well what it's supposed to do. A great intro for new players but i'am also enjoying it very much.
I think it's separate. Compared to FSX it lacks some things besides having only 2 aircrafts. There is no dynamic or real-world weather, you can only choose from preset weather themes (I think they were taken from Microsoft Flight). I don't think you can file an IFR flight, but not 100% sure about that. The weather represantation is mixed bag, sometimes it looks fine, sometimes it's not. The haze looks all right IMHO. Nights are at last looking like they should. They are really dark. Other than that it's pretty solid game, the performance and stability is there, they have laid out solid foundation for future releases, they only have to polish few things out, add some more content and we will have true FSX successor.
We're not the intended audience for this game. It's meant to ease newcomers into flight simulation so that one day, they too can enjoy the glorious adventures of [insert favorite flight sim title here].
I bought it for the lessons because I want to refresh my basic flying skills. Learning to do the fundamentals well really add to your skills and enjoyment in something hardcore like DCS.
My experience with this will determine my overall interest in the full Flight Simulator coming out later.
After 10+ years of combat flight simming, I really enjoyed going back to basics. Going through all the lessons, practicing, putting in the hours of solo flight required, and then finally passing my LAPL, PPL and multi-engine check rides was incredibly satisfying!
It is really worthy of the name Flight School. The terrain graphics are sorely dated, but the planes look great. Voice acting is excellent and bring the experience to life.
Bottom line, I enjoyed this far more than expected and probably improved my flying immensely.
I just purchased this one.To be honest my interaction with 'civilian' flight sims has not been great over the years.I did buy FSX Acceleration on DVD many years ago but honestly I only dabbled with it,a few 'fun' flights etc.I never could get into the systems at all.
Anyway,with my new-found resurgence in all things flight-sim this seemed a good place to start to learn the basics and maybe move onto some of the bigger stuff in FSX,or whatever Dovetail are currently working on.Certainly at this price point it seems good value to me.
I'm not a big fan of avionics and advanced flight systems either. However, flying on basic instruments (AI, IAS, VSI, compass, altimeter, etc.) is very rewarding and really hones your precision flying skills.
They have released a statement that it will be delayed... probably bitten off more than they can chew. It certainly won't be coming out this year.
Flight simulator developer unable to accurately predict and stick to professional time table. More news at 11...
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Well as has been said .... For $15 how can you go wrong. I bought it, downloaded it and with a max frame rate of around 7 - 8 fps it is unplayable. However, I am getting a new computer soon so I will re download it and have another go then.
I intend to get Aerofly 2 as well but it is always nice to see who else is doing what.