We start out Tuesday with “Steam to Glass” to show the transition from conventional gauges to the “Glass Cockpit” complete with a demonstration afterwards using the G1000 in a Cessna 172 at Toronto Island Airport (CYTZ) Thursday we continue using the G1000 and focus on navigation and auto-pilot (AP). Saturday’s group fly will be ledContinue reading “This Week Streams”
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Handling the Spitfire
There has been a change in the lesson this evening. Due to the huge popularity of this new aircraft for MSFS, we are highlighting how to start, taxi, takeoff and land in this hard-to-handle airplane that changed the world. Tune in as Howard and the Forder Flying Club show us the beauty and the powerContinue reading “Handling the Spitfire”
Group Fly: Richmond, VA to Washington, DC
Come fly in the sim with us or watch the sights as Av8tor101, our Lead Pilot takes us on a tour of his hometown area. Sunday, March 7th, 7pm 12am zulu. at http://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly Flight Conditions: Pick All Players, Live Traffic and preset weather, clouds or not.
Cockpit Chatter: Airliner Controls
Tune in Thursday, March 4th at 5pm Eastern as Howard demonstrates two cockpit additions: an Airbus throttle quadrant and a Boeing Throttle quadrant. These additions to your home cockpit just make flying the heavies more realistic. For those of you who have been following our “Fly the Heavies” series on Tuesdays with vnavpth, this willContinue reading “Cockpit Chatter: Airliner Controls”
Group Fly to The End of The Earth!
Welcome all flyers of Microsoft Flight Simulator, students, pilots, CFIs and casual viewers. Come fly and discover some awesome scenery in the UK north. Add your own comments if you have information about where we fly. And if you are from the area, let’s overfly your house together! We do challenge landings every chance weContinue reading “Group Fly to The End of The Earth!”
Awards Night!
Join us this evening, Thursday, February 13th at 5pm Eastern, 10pm Zulu for our Awards results from our Oshkosh Landing Challenge event from February 13th. http://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly
Tuesday Lesson: Night Flying
Come join me Tuesday evening at 5pm Eastern, 10pm Zulu for an informative lesson on Night Flying. We learn what it takes to get your night flying rating and what is involved to confidently handle a night flight. You can join me after the lecture for a group fly from Buttonville to Barrie Springwater airportContinue reading “Tuesday Lesson: Night Flying”
Learn To Fly with Jayne
Come join us today on the MSFSofficial channel for Flight Simulator as the Flight Simulator Community Manager, Jayne takes on the role as student again and performs the new skills introduced in Lesson 5: The Circuit The main goal in this lesson is pulling all the previous skills together now and performing touch and go’sContinue reading “Learn To Fly with Jayne”
Flying The Heavies: Lesson 3
Join me Tuesdays for this new series and a real-life airline pilot as he takes us through the checklists and the real-world experience managing and flying the airline heavies. Alan (vnavpth) has flown many airplanes in his career and is currently flying the Boeing 757 and 767 series of aircraft. On our Tuesday Lesson evenings,Continue reading “Flying The Heavies: Lesson 3”
Group Fly: Chicago to Oshkosh
Join us Saturday morning, January 6th at 8am Eastern, 1pm GMT (zulu) for a group fly from Chicago Midway through the windy city, around Meigs Field (new scenery) and up the Lake Michigan coast with a final FISK approach to KOSH, the famous FISK approach to Oshkosh. http://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly Once in chat, type !fly and !flightplanContinue reading “Group Fly: Chicago to Oshkosh”
