Microsoft Flight Simulator Handbook
by Jonathan M. Stern
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Table of Contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Legal Stuff
- BradyGames Staff
- About the Author
- Dedication
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I — Visual Flight
- Chapter 1: Your First Flight
- Starting the Simulator
- Using the Numeric Keypad
- Orienting Your Position
- Takeoff
- Climbing
- Turning Left
- Landing
- Taking Off Again
- Crashing
- Chapter 2: The New Flight Simulator Pilots Ground School
- Controlling the Simulator
- The Airplane and its Components
- Fuselage
- Wings
- Empennage
- Primary Flight Controls
- Secondary Flight Controls
- Landing Gear
- Retractable Landing Gear
- Wheel Brakes
- Nose Wheel Steering System
- Aircraft Engines
- Carburetor Ice
- Propellers
- Basic Aerodynamics
- Forces Acting on the Airplane
- Left Turning Tendencies
- Climbing Flight
- Descending Flight
- Instruments
- Pitot-Static Instruments
- Airspeed Indicator
- Altimeter
- Vertical Speed Indicator
- Gyroscopic Instruments
- Attitude Indicator
- Turn Coordinator
- Heading Indicator
- Magnetic Compass
- Errors Inherent in a Magnetic Compass
- Preflight Operations
- Weight and Balance Limitations
- Overall Weight Limitations
- Longitudinal Balance
- Takeoff Test
- Airport and Traffic Pattern Operations
- Chapter 3: Takeoffs and Climbs
- Chapter 4: Flight at Critically Slow Airspeeds
- The Four Fundamentals
- Straight and Level Flight
- Federal Aviation Altitude Regulations
- Turns
- Stall Recognition And Recovery
- Slow Flight
- Departure Stalls
- Approach to Landing Stalls
- Accelerated Stalls
- Chapter 5: Ground Reference Maneuvers
- Chapter 6: Approaches and Landings
- Traffic Pattern
- Normal Landing
- Crosswind Landings
- Common Mistakes Made During Landing
- Go Arounds
- After Landing Procedures
- Chapter 7: Checking Out in the Lear Jet Cessna 182RG Sopwith Camel and Sailplane
- Chapter 8: Aerobatic Flying
- Chapter 9: Limitations of Visual Flight
- Part II — Instrument Flight
- Chapter 10: The Hazards of Flying On Instruments Without Knowing How
- Chapter 11: Avionics
- Communication Radio
- Automatic Terminal Information Service (ATIS)
- Clearance Delivery
- Ground Control
- Local Control (or Tower)
- Departure Control
- ARTCC Control
- Communications on Flight Simulator
- Navigation Radios
- Automatic Direction Finder
- Distance Measuring Equipment
- Marker Beacon Receiver
- Transponder
- Chapter 12: Basic Attitude Instrument Flying
- Chapter 13: Meteorology
- Weather Hazards
- Flight Simulator Weather Control
- Turbulence
- Airframe Icing
- Visibility
- Weather Settings
- Global Weather Settings
- Area Weather Settings
- Chapter 14: Navigation Charts
- Enroute Charts
- Instrument Approach Procedure Charts
- Heading
- Plan View
- Profile View
- Landing Minima
- Airport Sketch
- Obtaining Charts to Use with Flight Simulator
- Chapter 15: IFR Flight Planning
- The Old Fashioned Way
- Route Selection
- Weather Briefing
- Altitude Selection
- Performance Determination
- Takeoff-Runway Required
- Time Fuel and Distance to Climb
- Cruise Performance
- Landing-Runway Required
- Flight Plan
- The Newfangled Way
- Chapter 16: Setting Up Flight Simulator for the IFR Flight
- Chapter 17: Instrument Departures and Basic Enroute Procedures
- Chapter 18: Instrument Approach Procedures
- VOR Approaches
- Non-Terminal VOR Approach
- Terminal VOR Approach
- VOR-DME Approach
- DME ARC Transition
- Circling Approach
- NDB Approaches
- NDB Basics
- NDB Tracking Procedures
- Flying The NDB Approach
- Non-Terminal NDB Approach
- Terminal NDB Approach
- ILS Approaches
- Daylight ILS Approach
- Night ILS Approach
- ILS Approach with Component Failures
- European ILS Approaches
- ILS Approach to Paris France
- ILS Approach to Munich Germany
- Localizer Back Course Approaches
- Chapter 19: Advanced Instrument Procedures
- Chapter 20: Understanding ATC
- Appendixes
- Controlling Microsoft Flight Simulator
- Microsoft Flight Simulator Keyboard Controls and Equivalents
- Appendix A: Chart Legends
- IFR Enroute Low Altitude—U.S. Legend
- Inoperative Components or Visual Aids Table
- Explanation of Terms/Landing Minima Format
- General Information
- IAP Planview/Profile—Legend
- SID and STAR Charts/Profile Descent Procedures—Legend
- Airport Diagram/Airport Sketch/Approach Lighting Systems—Legend
- Rate of Descent Table
- Appendix B: Low Altitude Enroute
- San Diego Area
- Seattle Area
- San Francisco Area
- Los Angeles Area
- Chicago Area
- Washington D.C. Area
- New York City Area
- Appendix C: Selected Instrument Approach Procedure Charts
- Standard Flight Simulator Database
- Washington D.C.
- San Francisco
- New York
- ILS Charts for Version 5.1 Disk Version
- Appendix D: Flight Simulator Cessna 182RG
- Appendix E: Flight Logs
- Appendix F: Resources for Flight Simulator
- Appendix G: Installing and Configuring Flight Simulator
- Index
- Back Cover
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