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   If you're new to Flight Simming, this is for you.

FS Flying School

A revolutionary new add-on for Microsoft Flight Simulator X and 2004.

FSFlyingSchool - you'll never have to fly alone again! 

Recommended by Computer Pilot Magazine (reviewed Feb 2008) and awarded PC Pilot Magazine Classic Product Award.

FSFlyingSchool Features

* A team of Flight Instructors who talk to you, giving you immediate, detailed advice on your flying technique.

* Unique scoring system rates all phases of flight: taxi, take off, cruise, approach, landing and much more. 

* Fly a whole flight or just practice landings - you always receive a detailed score. 

* Your flights and their scores are tracked in full detail in your own FSFlyingSchool logbook (itself in 2 convenient formats).

* Submit your best scores to the FSFlyingSchool web site to show off your flying skills to the rest of the world. 

* Focuses on airmanship and recording your achievements. Track your progress as you improve - take satisfaction from doing difficult things correctly. 

* Works with dozens of the Flight Simulator community's favorite aircraft - add your own in minutes. 

FSFlyingSchool's Career Analyzer provides an in depth analysis of all flights flown with FSFlyingSchool.

This unique graphic display examines over 70 different aspects of the pilot's performance during landings, circuits and flying in general. Each pilot in the FSFlyingSchool pilot roster can be examined separately, with options to examine flights in specific aircraft, or all aircraft together. Use the Career Analyzer to find areas of your performance which need attention and concentrate on getting them just right. Areas such as Landing Vertical Speed and Rough Turns are good places to start.

* Highest scores come from good airmanship, often in challenging weather, with the least automation, but you can fly at whatever level is comfortable. 

* From a Cessna 172 landing in a thunderstorm to an FMC controlled flight in a Boeing 747, FSFlyingSchool can handle them all. 

* Instant tests of your airmanship: ask the instructor to immediately test your skills. 

* File a flight plan - follow it carefully to score more points. 

* Large selection of options allow you to configure FSFlyingSchool your way.

* FSFlyingSchool immerses you in the simulation using immediate voice feedback from your chosen instructor.

* Fly anywhere you like and have your performance verbally evaluated and added to your custom log book.

* Instructor tells you what you are doing wrong, when you do it. 

* Instructor detects subtle things you don't normally know about: G forces; trimming technique; taxiing in wind and lots more. 

* Performance immediately evaluated while you are still out flying: do not need to quit or even switch applications. No need to park or turn engine off to get a score. 

* Fly the pattern (circuits) around your favorite airports and have them evaluated in detail. 

* Always gives you detailed scoring of your performance; not a simple summary. 

* Failures system keeps you on your toes and your instructor can help you spot them. Over a dozen basic systems can fail, and in addition, so can multiple switches, gear, flaps, spoilers. Fuel can leak too... 

* Fly smoothly or you may damage your aircraft. 

* Multiple instructors to choose from with different personalities, genders and nationalities. 

* Advises you of crosswind strength and relative direction at your intended landing site. 

* Instructor will advise you of your height, use of gear, flaps and more as you approach the runway. 

* Improves your flying skills; makes your flying more realistic and attentive to detail. 

* Finds bad flying habits you may have.

Aspects of pilot performance examined by the Career Analyzer

Autopilot used

Ballooning during landing

Braking during takeoff

Circuit Score

Complete flights

Cruising fast and low (secs)

Danger of stall

Danger of tail strike

Descending too fast (secs)

Descent during takeoff

Exceeded flaps speed (secs)

Exceeded gear extension speed (secs)

Excessive bank angle - left

Excessive bank angle - right

Excessive negative Gs

Excessive positive Gs

Flaps not set for landing

Flaps not up during taxi

Flew low over obstacle

Flight Score

Ground strikes

ILS approach glide slope rating (%)

ILS approach localizer rating (%)

Landing bank angle (degrees)

Landing flaps (degrees)

Landing IAS (kts)

Landing NAV1 localizer needle deflection (degrees)

Landing pitch (degrees)

Landing rudder pedals: left / right (%)

Landing Score

Landing stall warning

Landing throttles (%)

Landing turn coordinator ball: left / right (%)

Landing vertical speed (fpm)

Landing while too fast to land (secs)

Late rotation

Nose too high

Nose too low

Poor aileron use during taxi in wind

Poor elevator use during taxi in wind

Poor steering after landing

Poor takeoff steering

Poor use of trimmers (secs)

Poorly coordinated turns

Rough pitch control

Rough turns on ground

Rough turns

Rough use of wheel brakes

Simulation rate not normal

Stalled

Taxiing too fast (secs)

Taxiing with inappropriate throttle and brakes

Wings not level near ground

Pattern work/circuit training aspects evaluated by the Career Analyzer.

Circuit bad altitude Base (secs)

Circuit bad altitude Crosswind (secs)

Circuit bad altitude Downwind (secs)

Circuit bad altitude Final (secs)

Circuit bad altitude Upwind (secs)

Circuit bad heading Base (secs)

Circuit bad heading Crosswind (secs)

Circuit bad heading Downwind (secs)

Circuit bad heading Final (secs)

Circuit bad heading Upwind (secs)

Circuit duration Base (secs)

Circuit duration Crosswind (secs)

Circuit duration Downwind (secs)

Circuit duration Final (secs)

Circuit duration Upwind (secs)

Circuit excessive banking

Circuit late turn onto Base

Circuit late turn onto Crosswind

Circuit late turn onto Downwind

Circuit late turn onto Final

- Imagine your own team of Flight Instructors ready to accompany you on any flight

- Imagine your personal instructor evaluating your flying technique and scoring each phase of flight with information you can use to fly better

- Imagine a comprehensive log book recording the good and bad points of each flight

- Imagine competing with the rest of the Web to prove your flying skills are the best of the best

With FSFlyingSchool - you will not have to dream about flying, you can make it a reality!

Supports all versions of Windows XP, Vista and service packs. Product details for German users here.

For FS2004 and FSX.

Edited by Kelly - 15 Oct 2008 at 4:29pm