Suggested Flight Training Program

1. Novice IFR: To get a feeling for the controls, select IFR and click Novice. You will start out too fast and must pull back to achieve 50 MPH. If you have never flown a plane you are very likely to experience Pilot Induced Oscillation (PIO) and crash. In the event that you survive your first 20 seconds of flight, record your penalty score.

2. Novice VFR: Again you will be going too fast, and must pull back on the mouse. This time focus your attention on the position of the horizon in the windshield, with just occasional glances at the airspeed indicator to try to calibrate the visual image with airspeed.

3. Novice Calibrated: Move the horizon just under the 50 MPH line and you will freeze the penalty counter. Airplanes do not have these lines painted on the windshield. It is up to the pilot to create them in their mind’s eye.

4. Expert Calibrated mode: You will now start out much too fast and need to pull back quickly without overshooting and stalling.

5. Practice makes perfect. You will quickly lose the need for the calibration lines and will be able to fly well in Expert VFR mode.

6. Expert IFR mode is tough. In fact getting an instrument rating takes about as long as getting a pilot’s license in the first place. If you master Expert IFR mode it’s an indication that you have wasted far too much time on this demo. Go back and keep reading the book!