Flight simulators offer pilots and aviation enthusiasts a realistic way to practice skills and enjoy flying, overcoming real-world constraints like weather, maintenance, or operating costs. Building ...

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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 ...

For those who have been around the airline industry for a while, it is well known that change is a constant, and even minor updates to procedures or systems can have a significant impact on front-line ...

While Microsoft Flight Simulator is a great sim experience even if you're just using a single monitor and the best PC controller, Nvidia's taking it a step further. Its rig shows off the potential of ...

When most people sit down in front of their PC intending to play flight sims, there's usually just a mouse and keyboard at their disposal. Some may have a flight stick, and a few might even have ...

When Microsoft, after a decade-long hiatus, relaunched its now 40-year-old Flight Simulator series in 2020, it reignited interest in a genre that had long been a mainstay of PC gaming. It’s one thing ...

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