| So what can you do with a Cessna simulator? What | | | | sophisticated as it has, it's no wonder that thousands |
| is a Cessna simulator good for? Perhaps the right | | | | of flight schools across the world approve the use of |
| question to ask is: "What can't you do with a Cessna | | | | this software as a training tool to help you learn to fly, |
| simulator that can be done in a real airplane"? | | | | and be used to augment your training. |
| One thing is certain: You are guaranteed to survive if | | | | While there is no substitute for real life experience in |
| you crash your aircraft in a simulator! Another thing is | | | | an actual aircraft, the skills you can acquire when using |
| that with a computer-based flight simulator, you | | | | a Cessna simulator are of tremendous valuable. In fact, |
| obviously won't experience the effects of G-forces, | | | | many advanced flight students, who seek to earn their |
| turbulence, or bumpy landings. Aside from these, | | | | Instrument Rating (a certification that empowers pilots |
| everything else is the same: You can take off, land, | | | | to fly "blind" through the clouds and through areas of |
| climb, descend and turn. You can navigate across the | | | | poor visibility without maintaining visual contact with the |
| simulated "world" using simulated navigation equipment. | | | | ground) are allowed to log a substantial number of |
| Your flight simulator can even "run out of fuel". | | | | hours in a simulator as credit toward the completion of |
| The way in which flight simulator software has | | | | their training. |
| evolved over the decades and become as | | | | |