November 6-7 Weekend Group Fly Photos

I better post them quick before we start our new adventures tomorrow. Check out these photos from last weekend’s group fly: https://myalbum.com/album/xYBwfLJEBQDw Visit the stream and fly with us or watch: https://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly

Air Manager, Knobster & Shared Cockpit

On Thursday, November 12th, 2100 Zulu, Howard steps us through the installation and configuration of a touchscreen to the cockpit. He will install Air Manager and then add the USB “Knobster” control to manage it all. As a second topic on Thursday, Howard will finish the configuration of his firewall and get the shared cockpit

We are Hosting on MSFSOfficial

That’s right, Howard is flying and Elaine is the tour guide as we fly out of Fiumicino airport (LIRF) (Leonardo Da Vinci airport) in Rome, Italy and tour the surrounding hills, then straight into the monuments that tourists flock to see. Along the way there are a couple of landing challenges for those who think

Photo Album November 1st

Here it is. In the rush all week with work and streams, I forgot to publish for everyone. https://myalbum.com/album/ChvpUw2FrJf8 Thanks to all who participated. It was a lot of fun. We group fly every weekend at 7am Eastern Saturdays and 7pm Eastern on Sundays.

Rome Tour on MSFSOfficial

This is the big group fly that could bring from 30 to 100 planes in the air the same time. Once you get there, type !fly to see the flight plan, load it and away we go. I will be using the Icon A5 as we are doing two water landings, plus two other challenge

Shared Cockpit: MSFS

Join me Thursday at 4pm eastern for the installation and testing of shared cockpit. This is not a Microsoft release, but rather a 3rd party utility most of us have been waiting for. Let’s see how good it is…. https://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly

Tuesday Lesson: Landings

The second-most requested lesson is on landing and airplane in Flight Simulator. For real-world pilots, ground school theory and many hours of practice with a CFI (Chief Flying Instructor) conditions us to automatically enter, adjust and land an airplane. Tuesday, November 3rd, 2020 at 4pm Eastern Time, 9pm Zulu https://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly For the rest of you

Photo Album Last Weekend

It’s here! I have published our photo album from last weekend. We started in Toronto, Canada… flew across Lake Ontario to Niagara Falls at night, then jumped over to Rio to fly around Christ the Redeemer statue. https://myalbum.com/album/BFHiV32EiCru We finally took up the challenge at Lukla airport in my new Canadian livery for the TBM

Jet Fighter Addition (or Addiction)

Thursday, October 29th, at 4pm Eastern Time, 8pm Zulu. https://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly Howard installs and introduces us to the only fighter jet fully functional in MSFS, the Aermacchi MB-339. During this twitch livestream, we take off from Toronto City Center airport (Billy Bishop) and get very high, very fast. The harder part will be getting back on

Tuesday Lesson: Steam Gauges

By popular demand, how to fly with steam gauges instead of a glass cockpit. Here, Howard explains each instrument and how to use them practically on the ground and in flight. Join Howard live on Tuesday, October 27th. at 4pm Eastern Time for this in-depth look at instruments you should know about before you fly.