My father-in-law has thousands of hours on this game and has flown everything (on the game) from the little Cessnas to the 747s and he has the whole setup in his office including the yoke and as many controls as he was able to get. He has also taken every instruction class and course out there. I am confident that with a little bit of guidance, he could fly a real plane. But 6 or 7 days? No.
@@windshearahead7012 don't be so sure. plenty of flight students are given the opportunity to land in the first few lessons. Having knowledge of the controls, speeds, and what the attitude looks like during a landing will help a lot. They will just need to get used to the weight of the controls and how the aircraft reacts differently.
@@emilyanne3910 You are correct. It's not like they're putting you behind the controls of a Learjet. I landed the Cessna 150 I was flying during my first lesson twice. I soloed in 6 hours. My instructor wanted me to solo in 4 hours, but I didn't have my medical done yet. This was about 18 years ago. The only experience I had was flight sims. You can imagine, they weren't as good back then. RC pilots usually pick it up really quickly too. As good as the sims are today, and with multiplayer, you can can get about 85%-90% there. If you treat it like practice, really learn your speeds, learn how to talk to ATC, etc..., it can be a small step to the real thing for some people.
@@windshearahead7012 There are plenty of examples where sim-pilots have operated a Level D sim without issues (like not perhaps passing the qualification if there was one - but landing without breaking the plane or otherwise flying the plane correctly). Level Ds are the sims 90% of pilots who fly on their first commercial flight have flown before touching down for the first time in a big jet. Of course they have single and multi-engine experience before that but you could in theory even do your multi-engine certification in the biggest jet you can afford. Everybody is going to have single engine plane time before they can fly multi-engine jets. There are of course a few jets that are single engine - so in theory you could also do your PPL with a jet.
@@spinosaurus9518 LOL probably. It's just about the only thing he does besides go to work. He should do more around the house to help my MIL and his adult disabled son but I digress..
In fact real flying is easier than FS. You feel every movement which makes it a lot easier to correct if needed. After some years of serious simming I took an introductory lesson in a Cessna 172 and flew the thing from engine startup to shut off all by myself. The only time the instructor corrected a bit was on final, with a bit of rudder. It was a very quiet day with almost no wind, that really helped.
Lmao I put in almost 400 hours and started school and still felt like an idiot so idk mate 🤣 was definitely confident but nothing beats quality instruction from a CFI.
All those people that think flying a xp11 or MS simulator ist the same thing than flying a real aircraft, are wrong. In a simulator one can get a idea of the real thing. The workload in a real aircraft is something completely different, believe me!
It's at least a little cheesy on the part of AOA (Academy of Aviation) to put her on the passenger side instead of the left side where students normally sit. The perspective in the simulator is from the left seat, so now after getting used to that, she is given the disadvantage of an unfamiliar perspective. Real pilots often need extra training and practice in order to become proficient in right seat flying.
One of the most surprising things to me when I was learning to be a pilot was how hard it was to spot airports. You'd think a mile-long strip of asphalt with a bunch of taxiways and hangers around it would be hard to miss, but man it's surprisingly hard to spot an airport if you're not familiar with the local area.
You get used to it after a certain time. You know what to look at, as airports (grass ou asphalt) tend to look pretty much the same, with its typical buildings :)
@@SoloRenegade When you play Neofly in Msfs, they have you going to random grass strips, some of them I had to study in Google maps, fly over 5 times, and still I was in doubt when I touched down. I use VR so all the freedom to look anywhere I need.
@@QBziZ I just do it for real. The trick is to use References, not look solely for the airstrip. Note nearby roads, rivers, lakes, towns, industrial buildings, railroads, etc. Any prominent landmark you can know it is in relation to. Next, with good/proper navigation skills, you should be able to fly a course Directly over it. I could fly 40nm legs without GPS, using only a paper map, a compass, and a timer, and I could hit my waypoints and destinations within less than a mile accuracy during private pilot training. I now hold 14 FAA certificates and can still out fly and out navigate most pilots today because they lack these basic navigation skills. Using these methods, just the paper sectional chart, good navigation, using landmark references as you start to approach your destination to get oriented, and knowing the general layout of the airport using the AFD (runways, orientation, where buildings might be located in relation to teh runway as buildings are easier to spot as you approach), I have been able to navigate to unfamiliar airports with ease, even without using google maps to look ahead. Sometimes you have to get almost directly overhead to spot them, but that's where good navigation comes in, and staying on course until you have the airport in site.
I can say from personal experience that the sim is an amazing tool for a student pilot. When I took my private pilot lessons, after spending hundreds of hours flying in the sim, I did everything almost within the minim amount of time required in the air. In between my practical lessons I practiced in the sim as well, and kept demonstrating high level of performance. When I fly the Cessna 152 in the sim I always treat the airplane like I treat the real one, including comlete preflight check, engine runups, the works. I don't treat Flight Simulator like a game. It is a learning and practicing tool for pilots. You can play with it if you want, but its not a game to me. And by the way, Microsoft isn't the only sim on the market. I tried X-plane as well and its also an amazing piloting tool. Apology for being sarcastic, but I really don't think spnending a couple of hours in the sim without any form of training and guidance can be any indication to whether you can use MSFS to learn how to fly a real plane. I know its possible, I did it myself. It just takes a lot of learning and practicing, just like in real life.
Absolutely you can. I learned an incredible amount back in the late 80's, even with the primitive versions we had then, especially about navigation . Got my private ticket in 44 hours.
Pilot and flight instructor here with 1800 flight hours. I agree that flight sim is a great tool for learning, especially the basics but it is in no way a substitute for real life. Yes it can simulate the physics but of course you can’t feel the aircraft like you can in real life, and there’s so much more to it than just getting in and taking off, you’ve got to think about a flight plan, knowing your departure and arrival airport frequencies and taxiways, navigation, what altitudes you need to be at, what the winds are and how that will effect your flight, weather, air traffic control, different airspaces and where you can or cannot fly. So yeah, flight sim for the basics but it can’t teach you to fly.
That's not completely true as a blanket statement. An airplane can't teach you to fly either! All the things you've mentioned can be taught by an instructor using a simulator. Of course, in terms of sensory perception, there certainly is a difference, but that can be overcome relatively quickly and easily once an individual has learned the basic skills and principles of controlling an airplane. Of all the things that it takes to learn to fly, flying the plane is the easiest.
Would it be fair to say that using MSFS under say, your guidance, with real life lessons when the time is right, someone could learn to fly, right? I think people are talking it too literal, it can absolutely get someone familiarised and give them an understanding of whats what especially if someone like you was involved
Yes, sims can be a great way to practice more at little to no cost, but it has it s drawbacks. Sims or real life is also always better with an instructor guiding you. Flying itself is rather easy. I soloed and 6hrs and was ready well before the 40hrs, then tailwheel and spin training in another 6hrs. not everyone is going to learn it that fast, but it can go quick. The regulations, ground knowledge, systems, weather, navigation, radios, aerodynamics, procedures, etc. is the part people struggle with.
I don't know what sim you have been playing, I'm not saying is a substitute of course, but I think you want to give too little credit. All things you mentioned, you can do in the sim.
That’s not true there’s this new technology called VR virtual reality will hide in the experience of flying just like real life I do think the flight simulator can teach you how to fly a plane
I fly on Microsoft's Flight Simulator all of the time and I am confident I can fly an Airbus A320. I can get myself and the passengers safely to their destination. A couple of cold beers to help me relax and off we go!
"i think i can fly a real plane with my skills in Flight Sim...." proceeds to fail so hard I cant even imagine how in the world they talked anyone into letting her fly a real plane hahaha
@@TheZombiecowmeat But you didn't get my point. Legally you don't need any experience to fly a Cessna (or similar) as long as you have a consenting flight instructor with you.
You dont even have a trim wheel for your sim, which a majority of the pitch is controlled through. So no, you wouldnt be able to fly without someone teaching you on the side.
While flying a real airplane is different from a simulator, I must say that I wish I had "todays" flight sim back in 1982 I was taking lessons. The instrumentation in Microsoft flight simulator's Cessna 152 is very close to actual flying as far as functionality. You can actually learn to fly VOR to VOR using the instruments in the sim. As a bonus there are many areas in the sim world with actual landmarks. So yeah, I think flight simulator is a great learning tool, however I think it might cause over confidence for someone who is starting real flight training. In the real world, over confidence can certainly get you killed. Of course you can't make such abrupt movements in the real plane and get away with it as you can in the sim. If I were an instructor I would make that clear to the student before we ever left the ground.
she called that an average landing in flight sim. That was far below average. If you can barely take off/land properly in a flight sim, please, just please, do not think that you can do it in real life. Not only is a risk to your life, and the others around you, it makes the aviation sector look bad.
i had been studying and working to get my private pilots license and by about the time I first started playing flight sim i had around 30 hours of flight time and was landing with no issues. however when trying to land in flight sim with a controller for the first time it took some getting used to 😂 i’m sure with a yoke it’s different
If you approach flight simulation as a training tool, not as a game, then you can certainly learn a lot about flying and give yourself a solid foundation of knowledge to pursue real flight training. As others have said, nothing will be as good as the real thing, you just don't get the physicality, the turbulence, the engine vibration, the sensation of speed as the plane rushes through the air. A common risk with learning to fly on a home simulator is that you develop bad habits which are difficult to undo if you progress to learning for real. I've gone from sim to Private Pilot and I work at a flying school where the instructors say the same thing.
Absolutely. The tricky part is handling ATC. I use FS to save money and it's a pretty accurate representation. Of course not the real thing, but it's close enough for the fundamentals.
Throttles using mixture and prop pressure and the same time (moving black, blue and red levers), that was horrible to watch ! I was even expecting the engine to stop 😵💫
I used the Sublogic Flight simulator (precursor to Microsoft Flight Simulator) in the 1980s prior to going to flight school, and it helped with everything from understanding control inputs to aircraft systems.
Well, the university i work at has just created a huge 747 cockpit. Like the the whole cockpit! 180 projector screen outside the windows, yoke, throttle, seats, knobs and buttons, screens, etc etc. Pilot, Co-pilot, the whole works. Cost ..a lot ;) runs on 4 gaming pcs. SO i hope very much the answer is "yes"
Started in 1995 flying either a 172/182 or a Baron 58 in the sim, I am confident after 26 years of flight simming I could take off, navigate, fly the pattern and land a 172 with an instructor by my side and doing radio calls (I have never gone on VATSim). I've been racing on simulators 26 years as well and I enjoy the country roads in my car and can say a massive amount of simulator skills translates to driving a car and makes you far better at driving.
if you knew how to properly use the g1000 you could find any airport. flight sim is perfect for sharpening your navigation skills. More time in the sim and you would never get lost. Nice job though
The answers is .....NO. Infact, flight sim time is detrimental. I am a flight instructor with 5000 hrs of teaching in aircraft. I have sent 600 students solo. Flight simulators teach you to fixate on the instruments rather that look oout the window to set and maintain the correct aircraft attitude. It's easy to prove this, I always take a towel with me and cover the who instrument panel. Most.......as in 99% of flight simers quickly lose control of the aircraft.
I'll defer to your experience. But the students I've worked with weren't that bad. But I've had far fewer students than you too. But I made sure to watch out because many sim pilots have bad habits and dangerous misconceptions they have to overcome. It does still depend on the student and how open they are to learning and taking instructions. I'll agree on the instrument fixation though. I carry instrument covers and such with me to cover the panel as well. I teach how to fly with as few instruments as possible from the first flight. Sometimes I think we're doing it wrong by not putting students in piper cub-like aircraft with bare minimum instruments.
@@SoloRenegade I agree with most of what you say, it depends on the student to a degree. But, most will chase the needle rather than set an attitude so you get that fugoid altitude hold, up down up down +/- 200 feet of nominated altitude. The other thing is simulators don't teach you how to trim. If you can teach a student to set and ohold an attitude....and trim it, 90% of the problems go away.
@@Ozgrade3 Agreed. Chasing the needle is something I'm actually good at avoiding with students. I've also never had a student do PIT either. I have a method of nipping that in the bud on the first flight before it ever happens. And that method of avoiding PIT, applies to chasing the needles, with some other tips added on. Yes, trim is something I thought of watching this video too. Sims never teach that. And it's hard to teach in planes like a Cessna 150 and sometimes even a C172. The students simply can't feel the subtle differences yet. A C182 or other heavier airplane teaches trim very fast though, as the control forces are heavier and will tire students out quickly. They can really sense the trim in heavier planes, and that translates well back to the lighter planes once they've learned it. Learning pitch and power settings for the aircraft, and then trimming it out really helps. I focus on getting them to fly hands off. It helps them relax their grip, and shows how stable the aircraft can be, and teaches them only to make corrections, not to Control the plane. Set the pitch power and trim, and let it fly itself. Only if turbulence, downdraft, wind shear, etc. disrupts the plane and it doesn't self correct do I have them correct it. They see very quickly they do not need to force it, but be patient, and subtle. Works really well, and translates perfectly to learning helicopters too.
Maybe but more than half of commercial and military pilots wouldn't have experienced flying a glider... Probably only few percent have at some point held a glider certificate.
it certainly doesn't hurt. you can also learn gliders at a younger age too. One less thing to focus on when flying without an engine, letting you focus on the other controls more, probably understand pitch control and airspeed better, and learn more finesse, better understanding of judging the glide, and stuff like that. But not essential to learn it that way. Lots of places have no glider instruction available in the US, so it gets skipped.
Well, this would be an interesting test to see - but it kinda defeats the purpose if the tested person cant fly in the simulator either. The last clip from the simulator before going to the real plane was not very comforting :D
the flight sims can help you learn to fly, as that is great way to learn and practice the concepts, get techniques and procedures into the muscle memory, but you dont get the sensory / physical feedback you do in an actual plane, but many pilots and pilots in training to use flight sims IN ADDITION to real life training to practice as well as upkeep their skills and techniques, but you need a lot more than a few hours in flight sims to be able to really apply it to real world flying.
The sensory part is literally the easiest thing to transition to the real thing. People do it sim racing all the time. It's harder for real driver or pot to get used to flying a sim because they lose sensory imput.
@@mattalford3932 so but lets say someone has hundreds of hour flight experience in the microsoft simulator and one day he has to take over an airbus because both pilots are gone do you think he could do it without it being a long shot?
FAR 91.15 states “No pilot in command of a civil aircraft may allow any object to be dropped from that aircraft in flight that creates a hazard to persons or property. However, this section does not prohibit the dropping of any object if reasonable precautions are taken to avoid injury or damage to persons or property.” It’s legal if done properly. He said it was illegal😂🤦🏽♂️
Person in the video: says she's good at flying Proceeds to do the worst landing I've ever seen as a gliding instructor I like simulators and they can be a good tool for teaching but they can't be used as the only way to teach people to fly.
and like typical youtubers, she stops flying and looks backwards as soon as she thinks she's landed (and you can clearly see him on the controls fixing her landing enough to be safe).
*EMU aviation students crying* I passed my private and commercial in 53C. Gotta love how they left the green paint. I miss these planes so much. Fun fact 53C once tried to kill me with a flaps malfunction. And it once hit a deer
I am currently in the middle of my ppl and i can say that flight simulators mixed with go-pro footage is a huge help to get through your ppl as fast as you can
I had the game for 2 weeks and went for a discovery flight in a Cessna, was able to taxi, take off and fly. The co pilot (instructor) landed. Was proud of myself and the instructor was impressed with how much I knew and what to do. She should have done the tutorial lessons that come with the game
Its possible but you need a lot of training. I started from a mobile game to mfs2020 trough FSX and X plane 11. First you will need to lern the basics and then go deeper in the simulation. I have maybe 1000 flight hours and i can fly a boeing. *Takes off without flaps and rotates at 5000 fpm*
I play MSFS in VR and I think that's the best experience and comes the closest to the real thing. The thing that you can actually look around freely and have a better depth perception makes it a lot easier to fly anyway. I'm pretty confident I now can fly a plane myself without a lot of help.
Msfs is really not great to learn about the physics of get a good feel because controls are touchy and the physics are off. X plane is a bit better about physics and feel. Although nothing will feel as “controllable” as an actual aircraft.
As Indiana jones said ... "fly.. yes , land... no" Well, maybe. I did a lot of light aircraft flying as a cadet at 13... it was relatively easy to keep the aircraft in the air. beyond that.. never had to land or takeoff. But its fairly easy to fly it.. if the object is to keep it flying and throw it around a bit :)
For everyone wondering - it can help a lot! I have been flight simming since I was 6 (I am 20, curently using P3D v5) and it helped a lot. I was able to do a full flight from taxi to landing and parking with few circuits on my first lesson. I did my first solo with 15h total and passed a checkride with 46h total. Flight simming will make you more or less completely prepared for your first lesson.
I actually just flew my discovery flight and before that I spent a few weeks flying the 172 and learning it. When I got on the plane I already knew everything and it was actually easier irl than in game
Uh... I took off and landed a jet plane on one of the shortest airports on flight simulator without having done the tutorials. It helps that I've flown into that airport (as a passenger) so many times that I know the proper approach path 😂
I did simulation for few days so I can fly a real plane now. 5 seconds later, where tf is that airport. Let’s get dangerously close to that building to check if its an airport
I want to know the other way around: Send a complete pro - someone who has at least half a decade of Flight Sim experience, is an aviation enthusiast, knows everything about the plane and its systems and where all the controls and buttons are. And then have the ultimate challenge: People say, that we enthusiasts won't be able to fly and land a real plane. I want to take this to a test. Not with an amateur, not with someone who only uses helps inside the Simulator and quick actions. Those of us who say we can fly a plane, are those that have also read into aviation for half a decade, want to know everything about planes, how they work, what their systems are and how to use them. These are the flight sim pros and I want to have a person like that given the chance to try that out with a real plane. I am not saying that I am such a person. I would not go into a real plane and say that I can fly it, not at all. I would place myself in the low-amateur category, I still have much, much to learn until I could try something like that. But in the community I know people who know every single detail, just everything, they basically have all support in the game off and are already doing everything manually. These people should be able to apply that extensive knowledge in real life. It's always the same that unqualified persons are seated into a real plane to then show that "If you are a flight sim pilot, you can't fly a real plane". That's manipulation. You always take those people who don't really know what they're doing. I am challenging your courage. Send someone who has never piloted a real plane but has half a decade of flight sim experience and knows everything about it. I want to know how this goes. Noone has had the courage yet.
My biggest problem is adding rudder to keep the plane straight through the air. I compare it to dog tailing like I'm going straight but I'm crooked going through the air.
sorry dude but if you are learning to fly you could afford that equipment. It's less total than your license will cost... I get sucks but if can afford to learn to fly money isn't as hard as you think
@@daradicalcavy5235 as I said I'm only 19 and it's my parents who pay for everything flight school related. I would be a spoiled brat to ask for these on top of my tuition and flying.
@@user-kx6fw8ub9g Well still, I'd just appreciate that you get to do what many would kill for. You also are being a privileged, spoilt brat by what saying so guess doesn't matter if ask 😜
@@windshearahead7012 we're required to practice on flight simulators +you can actually log in your pilot logbook the hours you practiced using flight sim
This literally sums up BuzzFeed. The game (YES IT's a game. Just as Euro Truck Sim or Farm Sim. It's as close to flying as you can get without killing the planet nor can die but that's about the only improvement from real flying) makes clear this isn't to be used in any way for flying training, nor is it accurate to take away from to learn IRL. Even the most hardcore simmers of us who play hours a day (I mean like >5 hours DAILY) and can actually fly properly in the simulator, if not real pilots, if you put us in a plane and tell us to fly, don't expect to see that plane come back in one piece if even does! Realistically all MSFS is good for is having fun and IF a real pilot, going through procedures or routes etc. in the simulator so in real life more confident but to even pretend could be a learning tool for practical flying is just crazy and even simmers who teach professionally and love MSFS say it's more likely you make bad habits while flying in the simulator.
OK, if you don't spend time learning the basics of navigation, why would anyone assume that one can fly a plane AND get it to its destination. I mean. She's probably never even heard of trimming. Sooo, yes you can learn flying with a Sim. You just have to utilize all of its capabilities.
if i remember correctly some airplane simulator used to have the trade centers and everyone kept using the same similar plane to crash into them, dark. just dark.
what do you mean by learn to fly a plane ? Can you learn how to start and taxi, probably, but no, you can't learn to take off and fly from a to b and land it without crashing. It's much more difficult with real wind. and environmental conditions. You can't prepare yourself for the crops and climbs during flight or pulling out of a spin, or landing with a jolt from sitting in a chair. That is ONLY something you can learn from actually doing it.
I have been intrigued too by the difference and similarities between the sim and real flying - since I have been learning I know the differences are the things that will keep you alive - looking outside, fuel tank switching, non-linear throttle etc ….. btw ‘playing’ flight simulator, all good simmers know it is NOT a game 😁👀👍
Couldn't you pick someone with at least 100 Hrs sim experience? and having certain game achievements that tells you those 100 Hrs were actually useful?
She obviously did not take learning Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 very seriously judging by the comments and jokes that she made throughout the video. Had she truly learned the game, she would be guessing or at least be interested in what each instrument does in the real plane.
I'd like to see the same test repeated using a VR headset, a high performing desktop computer (not a laptop), and a set of rudder pedals. That's gonna be a game-changer for the simulated experience Vs the real aircraft!
Hours upon hours of FS2020 and Vatsim, and proper rudders, yoke, and controls, and a proper head tracking or VR set, yes you could fly GA plane and land it safety with just simulator experience.
flight simulator doesn't really directly teach you. you can learn by experimenting. you could get skilled by reading and watching videos on the controls of a plane. flight simulator is more of a sandbox the in game tutorials are very basic.
I definitely think you can fly a plane from playing this simulator. If you fly a study level aircraft in the simulator like FBW or the new one which might be even better although I forget the name. People say it is easier to play the simulator then go to the plane vs fly the plane than go to the simulator. I do think it is possible as there are many people who play this game like real pilots and do every little detail there is in the cockpit and they have Live ATC.
Why don't you get in a CRJ, on flight simulator, and make a video, showing me how you would do the Quiet Bridges approach at KSFO? Is your "real world" instructor going to show you how to do the Quiet Bridges approach at KSFO? Obviously, that includes landing.. da plane!
"I can confidently say that i can fly a plane" **moves throttle, mixture and prop at the same time**
I know, it hurts..
@gvstradamvs I cracked soooooooo hard the moment i read your comment. LoL like a lolipop
Clearly an advanced move. Full power, full rich, and full fine for takeoff all at once
"This is your captain, we're descending"
_in a 1300fpm climb_
hurts
My father-in-law has thousands of hours on this game and has flown everything (on the game) from the little Cessnas to the 747s and he has the whole setup in his office including the yoke and as many controls as he was able to get. He has also taken every instruction class and course out there. I am confident that with a little bit of guidance, he could fly a real plane. But 6 or 7 days? No.
@@windshearahead7012 don't be so sure. plenty of flight students are given the opportunity to land in the first few lessons. Having knowledge of the controls, speeds, and what the attitude looks like during a landing will help a lot. They will just need to get used to the weight of the controls and how the aircraft reacts differently.
@@emilyanne3910 You are correct. It's not like they're putting you behind the controls of a Learjet. I landed the Cessna 150 I was flying during my first lesson twice. I soloed in 6 hours. My instructor wanted me to solo in 4 hours, but I didn't have my medical done yet. This was about 18 years ago. The only experience I had was flight sims. You can imagine, they weren't as good back then. RC pilots usually pick it up really quickly too.
As good as the sims are today, and with multiplayer, you can can get about 85%-90% there. If you treat it like practice, really learn your speeds, learn how to talk to ATC, etc..., it can be a small step to the real thing for some people.
@@windshearahead7012 There are plenty of examples where sim-pilots have operated a Level D sim without issues (like not perhaps passing the qualification if there was one - but landing without breaking the plane or otherwise flying the plane correctly). Level Ds are the sims 90% of pilots who fly on their first commercial flight have flown before touching down for the first time in a big jet. Of course they have single and multi-engine experience before that but you could in theory even do your multi-engine certification in the biggest jet you can afford. Everybody is going to have single engine plane time before they can fly multi-engine jets. There are of course a few jets that are single engine - so in theory you could also do your PPL with a jet.
damn did he get the world record for the most life wasted?
@@spinosaurus9518 LOL probably. It's just about the only thing he does besides go to work. He should do more around the house to help my MIL and his adult disabled son but I digress..
Can confirm: even with years of experience, 80% of time in flight sims is spent looking for the airport.
In fact real flying is easier than FS. You feel every movement which makes it a lot easier to correct if needed.
After some years of serious simming I took an introductory lesson in a Cessna 172 and flew the thing from engine startup to shut off all by myself. The only time the instructor corrected a bit was on final, with a bit of rudder. It was a very quiet day with almost no wind, that really helped.
hahaha lol, my dad can't fly the sim, I confirm.
She needs to play with the options and set everything to manual and non-assisted
I feel like of you spent 6 months training on flight sim you could do it. Not 6 days
She likely didn't get into the actual nav part or getting a grip on instrumentation, when, how & why to initialize X, Y etc.
Lmao I put in almost 400 hours and started school and still felt like an idiot so idk mate 🤣 was definitely confident but nothing beats quality instruction from a CFI.
I mean, did you see that take off? Straight stall. I recently got my pilots license and all it needs is like 5 degrees above the horizon.
Exactly, 1000+ hours at least
All those people that think flying a xp11 or MS simulator ist the same thing than flying a real aircraft, are wrong. In a simulator one can get a idea of the real thing. The workload in a real aircraft is something completely different, believe me!
It's at least a little cheesy on the part of AOA (Academy of Aviation) to put her on the passenger side instead of the left side where students normally sit. The perspective in the simulator is from the left seat, so now after getting used to that, she is given the disadvantage of an unfamiliar perspective.
Real pilots often need extra training and practice in order to become proficient in right seat flying.
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One of the most surprising things to me when I was learning to be a pilot was how hard it was to spot airports. You'd think a mile-long strip of asphalt with a bunch of taxiways and hangers around it would be hard to miss, but man it's surprisingly hard to spot an airport if you're not familiar with the local area.
Turns out a mile ain't shi when you in the sky lol
You get used to it after a certain time. You know what to look at, as airports (grass ou asphalt) tend to look pretty much the same, with its typical buildings :)
The more you do it and learn what to look for and how to spot them, it gets much easier. but some are still tough (smaller strips).
@@SoloRenegade When you play Neofly in Msfs, they have you going to random grass strips, some of them I had to study in Google maps, fly over 5 times, and still I was in doubt when I touched down. I use VR so all the freedom to look anywhere I need.
@@QBziZ I just do it for real.
The trick is to use References, not look solely for the airstrip. Note nearby roads, rivers, lakes, towns, industrial buildings, railroads, etc. Any prominent landmark you can know it is in relation to.
Next, with good/proper navigation skills, you should be able to fly a course Directly over it. I could fly 40nm legs without GPS, using only a paper map, a compass, and a timer, and I could hit my waypoints and destinations within less than a mile accuracy during private pilot training. I now hold 14 FAA certificates and can still out fly and out navigate most pilots today because they lack these basic navigation skills.
Using these methods, just the paper sectional chart, good navigation, using landmark references as you start to approach your destination to get oriented, and knowing the general layout of the airport using the AFD (runways, orientation, where buildings might be located in relation to teh runway as buildings are easier to spot as you approach), I have been able to navigate to unfamiliar airports with ease, even without using google maps to look ahead. Sometimes you have to get almost directly overhead to spot them, but that's where good navigation comes in, and staying on course until you have the airport in site.
How do you expect to Fly a plane confidently using a external view?
This does not work.
She's not the sharpest tool in the drawer as you can see...
I can say from personal experience that the sim is an amazing tool for a student pilot. When I took my private pilot lessons, after spending hundreds of hours flying in the sim, I did everything almost within the minim amount of time required in the air. In between my practical lessons I practiced in the sim as well, and kept demonstrating high level of performance.
When I fly the Cessna 152 in the sim I always treat the airplane like I treat the real one, including comlete preflight check, engine runups, the works. I don't treat Flight Simulator like a game. It is a learning and practicing tool for pilots. You can play with it if you want, but its not a game to me.
And by the way, Microsoft isn't the only sim on the market. I tried X-plane as well and its also an amazing piloting tool.
Apology for being sarcastic, but I really don't think spnending a couple of hours in the sim without any form of training and guidance can be any indication to whether you can use MSFS to learn how to fly a real plane. I know its possible, I did it myself. It just takes a lot of learning and practicing, just like in real life.
i do the same thing with the 172 but if i wanna fool around i just switch to a 747 for the hell of it lol
I don't see any sarcasm there, just common sense.
I could feel the camera man shaking throughout the flight.
If you're that bad at MS simulator won't you be bad irl too? Because logic?
Pretty sure it's her first time ever doing FS.
yes, if no instructor were helping. But with someone correcting the mistakes, and explaining how to do it properly, it goes much better.
Ah yes the yoke yaw and rudder, the main controls of a plane
It's sad that most people watching this including this girl herself have no clue how hilarious this comment is.
"If I were a runway, where would I be?" I died.. 😂
I actually got a bit anxious when they were supposed to land in real life 😅
Microsoft flight simulator is very accurate, it has helped me navigate the g1000 172 Skyhawk,
This hurts on a whole different level...
Agreed
yes this is suffering
Absolutely you can. I learned an incredible amount back in the late 80's, even with the primitive versions we had then, especially about navigation . Got my private ticket in 44 hours.
Pilot and flight instructor here with 1800 flight hours. I agree that flight sim is a great tool for learning, especially the basics but it is in no way a substitute for real life. Yes it can simulate the physics but of course you can’t feel the aircraft like you can in real life, and there’s so much more to it than just getting in and taking off, you’ve got to think about a flight plan, knowing your departure and arrival airport frequencies and taxiways, navigation, what altitudes you need to be at, what the winds are and how that will effect your flight, weather, air traffic control, different airspaces and where you can or cannot fly. So yeah, flight sim for the basics but it can’t teach you to fly.
That's not completely true as a blanket statement. An airplane can't teach you to fly either!
All the things you've mentioned can be taught by an instructor using a simulator. Of course, in terms of sensory perception, there certainly is a difference, but that can be overcome relatively quickly and easily once an individual has learned the basic skills and principles of controlling an airplane.
Of all the things that it takes to learn to fly, flying the plane is the easiest.
Would it be fair to say that using MSFS under say, your guidance, with real life lessons when the time is right, someone could learn to fly, right? I think people are talking it too literal, it can absolutely get someone familiarised and give them an understanding of whats what especially if someone like you was involved
Yes, sims can be a great way to practice more at little to no cost, but it has it s drawbacks. Sims or real life is also always better with an instructor guiding you. Flying itself is rather easy. I soloed and 6hrs and was ready well before the 40hrs, then tailwheel and spin training in another 6hrs. not everyone is going to learn it that fast, but it can go quick. The regulations, ground knowledge, systems, weather, navigation, radios, aerodynamics, procedures, etc. is the part people struggle with.
I don't know what sim you have been playing, I'm not saying is a substitute of course, but I think you want to give too little credit. All things you mentioned, you can do in the sim.
That’s not true there’s this new technology called VR virtual reality will hide in the experience of flying just like real life I do think the flight simulator can teach you how to fly a plane
They say a good landing is one you can walk away from. A great landing is one after which you can use the plane again. :)
I fly on Microsoft's Flight Simulator all of the time and I am confident I can fly an Airbus A320. I can get myself and the passengers safely to their destination. A couple of cold beers to help me relax and off we go!
🤣 if you were our only hope irl.. someone get the man a beer
"i think i can fly a real plane with my skills in Flight Sim...." proceeds to fail so hard I cant even imagine how in the world they talked anyone into letting her fly a real plane hahaha
You don't need any experience to go on these flights with an instructor. The instructor can decide if their "student" is capable enough.
@@rkan2 yea, and my point being...if they saw what she did prior, no one would have let her near the airport...
@@TheZombiecowmeat But you didn't get my point. Legally you don't need any experience to fly a Cessna (or similar) as long as you have a consenting flight instructor with you.
@@rkan2 your point is already known to me, and unrelated to MY point.
@@TheZombiecowmeat it doesn't matter how trash you are at Microsoft flight simulator, they will still take you in whys that so hard to understand
You dont even have a trim wheel for your sim, which a majority of the pitch is controlled through. So no, you wouldnt be able to fly without someone teaching you on the side.
yeah you do.
Your instructor is holding the yoke and then really feeling good about yourself, that's next level.
While flying a real airplane is different from a simulator, I must say that I wish I had "todays" flight sim back in 1982 I was taking lessons. The instrumentation in Microsoft flight simulator's Cessna 152 is very close to actual flying as far as functionality. You can actually learn to fly VOR to VOR using the instruments in the sim. As a bonus there are many areas in the sim world with actual landmarks. So yeah, I think flight simulator is a great learning tool, however I think it might cause over confidence for someone who is starting real flight training. In the real world, over confidence can certainly get you killed. Of course you can't make such abrupt movements in the real plane and get away with it as you can in the sim. If I were an instructor I would make that clear to the student before we ever left the ground.
Can't believe she landed with an extreme runway excursion, called that "average," and then thought she was fit to get in an actual plane.
she called that an average landing in flight sim. That was far below average. If you can barely take off/land properly in a flight sim, please, just please, do not think that you can do it in real life. Not only is a risk to your life, and the others around you, it makes the aviation sector look bad.
i had been studying and working to get my private pilots license and by about the time I first started playing flight sim i had around 30 hours of flight time and was landing with no issues. however when trying to land in flight sim with a controller for the first time it took some getting used to 😂 i’m sure with a yoke it’s different
probably didn’t help that i skipped the tutorial on flight sim either
If you approach flight simulation as a training tool, not as a game, then you can certainly learn a lot about flying and give yourself a solid foundation of knowledge to pursue real flight training. As others have said, nothing will be as good as the real thing, you just don't get the physicality, the turbulence, the engine vibration, the sensation of speed as the plane rushes through the air. A common risk with learning to fly on a home simulator is that you develop bad habits which are difficult to undo if you progress to learning for real. I've gone from sim to Private Pilot and I work at a flying school where the instructors say the same thing.
Hey doofer! Following you since fsx days!
Absolutely. The tricky part is handling ATC. I use FS to save money and it's a pretty accurate representation. Of course not the real thing, but it's close enough for the fundamentals.
Seconds in...."I'm not rotating the plane in any crazy way." Jesus.
7 days isn't a lot of time to practice. But congrats on your first flight.
I know all the fellow pilots watching this video are just cringing at all the mistakes lmao
Throttles using mixture and prop pressure and the same time (moving black, blue and red levers), that was horrible to watch ! I was even expecting the engine to stop 😵💫
@@glujaz It did after the “landing”
I used the Sublogic Flight simulator (precursor to Microsoft Flight Simulator) in the 1980s prior to going to flight school, and it helped with everything from understanding control inputs to aircraft systems.
R.I.P. Luke
Well, the university i work at has just created a huge 747 cockpit. Like the the whole cockpit!
180 projector screen outside the windows, yoke, throttle, seats, knobs and buttons, screens, etc etc. Pilot, Co-pilot, the whole works.
Cost ..a lot ;) runs on 4 gaming pcs.
SO i hope very much the answer is "yes"
Started in 1995 flying either a 172/182 or a Baron 58 in the sim, I am confident after 26 years of flight simming I could take off, navigate, fly the pattern and land a 172 with an instructor by my side and doing radio calls (I have never gone on VATSim). I've been racing on simulators 26 years as well and I enjoy the country roads in my car and can say a massive amount of simulator skills translates to driving a car and makes you far better at driving.
if you knew how to properly use the g1000 you could find any airport. flight sim is perfect for sharpening your navigation skills. More time in the sim and you would never get lost. Nice job though
The answers is .....NO. Infact, flight sim time is detrimental. I am a flight instructor with 5000 hrs of teaching in aircraft. I have sent 600 students solo. Flight simulators teach you to fixate on the instruments rather that look oout the window to set and maintain the correct aircraft attitude. It's easy to prove this, I always take a towel with me and cover the who instrument panel. Most.......as in 99% of flight simers quickly lose control of the aircraft.
I'll defer to your experience. But the students I've worked with weren't that bad. But I've had far fewer students than you too. But I made sure to watch out because many sim pilots have bad habits and dangerous misconceptions they have to overcome. It does still depend on the student and how open they are to learning and taking instructions. I'll agree on the instrument fixation though. I carry instrument covers and such with me to cover the panel as well. I teach how to fly with as few instruments as possible from the first flight. Sometimes I think we're doing it wrong by not putting students in piper cub-like aircraft with bare minimum instruments.
@@SoloRenegade I agree with most of what you say, it depends on the student to a degree. But, most will chase the needle rather than set an attitude so you get that fugoid altitude hold, up down up down +/- 200 feet of nominated altitude. The other thing is simulators don't teach you how to trim. If you can teach a student to set and ohold an attitude....and trim it, 90% of the problems go away.
@@Ozgrade3 Agreed. Chasing the needle is something I'm actually good at avoiding with students. I've also never had a student do PIT either. I have a method of nipping that in the bud on the first flight before it ever happens. And that method of avoiding PIT, applies to chasing the needles, with some other tips added on.
Yes, trim is something I thought of watching this video too. Sims never teach that. And it's hard to teach in planes like a Cessna 150 and sometimes even a C172. The students simply can't feel the subtle differences yet. A C182 or other heavier airplane teaches trim very fast though, as the control forces are heavier and will tire students out quickly. They can really sense the trim in heavier planes, and that translates well back to the lighter planes once they've learned it. Learning pitch and power settings for the aircraft, and then trimming it out really helps. I focus on getting them to fly hands off. It helps them relax their grip, and shows how stable the aircraft can be, and teaches them only to make corrections, not to Control the plane. Set the pitch power and trim, and let it fly itself. Only if turbulence, downdraft, wind shear, etc. disrupts the plane and it doesn't self correct do I have them correct it. They see very quickly they do not need to force it, but be patient, and subtle. Works really well, and translates perfectly to learning helicopters too.
A real pilot once told me that you first should learn how to fly a glider, then once you master it, you can fly a plane with an engine.
Maybe but more than half of commercial and military pilots wouldn't have experienced flying a glider... Probably only few percent have at some point held a glider certificate.
it certainly doesn't hurt. you can also learn gliders at a younger age too. One less thing to focus on when flying without an engine, letting you focus on the other controls more, probably understand pitch control and airspeed better, and learn more finesse, better understanding of judging the glide, and stuff like that. But not essential to learn it that way. Lots of places have no glider instruction available in the US, so it gets skipped.
Well, this would be an interesting test to see - but it kinda defeats the purpose if the tested person cant fly in the simulator either. The last clip from the simulator before going to the real plane was not very comforting :D
the flight sims can help you learn to fly, as that is great way to learn and practice the concepts, get techniques and procedures into the muscle memory, but you dont get the sensory / physical feedback you do in an actual plane, but many pilots and pilots in training to use flight sims IN ADDITION to real life training to practice as well as upkeep their skills and techniques, but you need a lot more than a few hours in flight sims to be able to really apply it to real world flying.
The sensory part is literally the easiest thing to transition to the real thing. People do it sim racing all the time. It's harder for real driver or pot to get used to flying a sim because they lose sensory imput.
@@mattalford3932
so but lets say someone has hundreds of hour flight experience in the microsoft simulator
and one day he has to take over an airbus because both pilots are gone
do you think he could do it without it being a long shot?
FAR 91.15 states “No pilot in command of a civil aircraft may allow any object to be dropped from that aircraft in flight that creates a hazard to persons or property. However, this section does not prohibit the dropping of any object if reasonable precautions are taken to avoid injury or damage to persons or property.” It’s legal if done properly. He said it was illegal😂🤦🏽♂️
you are correct
Remember, part 61 gets the license, 91 gets it taken away.
Person in the video: says she's good at flying
Proceeds to do the worst landing I've ever seen as a gliding instructor
I like simulators and they can be a good tool for teaching but they can't be used as the only way to teach people to fly.
and like typical youtubers, she stops flying and looks backwards as soon as she thinks she's landed (and you can clearly see him on the controls fixing her landing enough to be safe).
*EMU aviation students crying* I passed my private and commercial in 53C. Gotta love how they left the green paint. I miss these planes so much. Fun fact 53C once tried to kill me with a flaps malfunction. And it once hit a deer
She's got a future at RyanAir
Nope and nope the main difference of the real plane is the physical aspect and the real thing can kill you.
I am currently in the middle of my ppl and i can say that flight simulators mixed with go-pro footage is a huge help to get through your ppl as fast as you can
were you using microsoft flight simulator?
I had the game for 2 weeks and went for a discovery flight in a Cessna, was able to taxi, take off and fly. The co pilot (instructor) landed. Was proud of myself and the instructor was impressed with how much I knew and what to do. She should have done the tutorial lessons that come with the game
Its possible but you need a lot of training. I started from a mobile game to mfs2020 trough FSX and X plane 11. First you will need to lern the basics and then go deeper in the simulation. I have maybe 1000 flight hours and i can fly a boeing.
*Takes off without flaps and rotates at 5000 fpm*
Now this is cool
I play MSFS in VR and I think that's the best experience and comes the closest to the real thing. The thing that you can actually look around freely and have a better depth perception makes it a lot easier to fly anyway. I'm pretty confident I now can fly a plane myself without a lot of help.
Msfs is really not great to learn about the physics of get a good feel because controls are touchy and the physics are off. X plane is a bit better about physics and feel. Although nothing will feel as “controllable” as an actual aircraft.
SYLVIE IS SO CUTE!
Also Recommend doing it in Vatsim while using the hardest (Realistic) settings for the planes doing IFR
Don't forget IVAO, I suggest it more then Vatsim.
@@Nicosfakianakis true
As Indiana jones said ... "fly.. yes , land... no" Well, maybe. I did a lot of light aircraft flying as a cadet at 13... it was relatively easy to keep the aircraft in the air. beyond that.. never had to land or takeoff. But its fairly easy to fly it.. if the object is to keep it flying and throw it around a bit :)
For everyone wondering - it can help a lot! I have been flight simming since I was 6 (I am 20, curently using P3D v5) and it helped a lot. I was able to do a full flight from taxi to landing and parking with few circuits on my first lesson. I did my first solo with 15h total and passed a checkride with 46h total. Flight simming will make you more or less completely prepared for your first lesson.
I actually just flew my discovery flight and before that I spent a few weeks flying the 172 and learning it. When I got on the plane I already knew everything and it was actually easier irl than in game
real life force feedback is a great help
@@EpicPuma Yep, it allows us to make subconcious corrections based on where the force is coming from, we do the same thing while driving.
Uh... I took off and landed a jet plane on one of the shortest airports on flight simulator without having done the tutorials.
It helps that I've flown into that airport (as a passenger) so many times that I know the proper approach path 😂
I did simulation for few days so I can fly a real plane now.
5 seconds later, where tf is that airport.
Let’s get dangerously close to that building to check if its an airport
Wanna see someone struggle with DCS so we all can see how buzfeed will handle themselfves in a sortie.
I want to know the other way around: Send a complete pro - someone who has at least half a decade of Flight Sim experience, is an aviation enthusiast, knows everything about the plane and its systems and where all the controls and buttons are. And then have the ultimate challenge: People say, that we enthusiasts won't be able to fly and land a real plane. I want to take this to a test.
Not with an amateur, not with someone who only uses helps inside the Simulator and quick actions. Those of us who say we can fly a plane, are those that have also read into aviation for half a decade, want to know everything about planes, how they work, what their systems are and how to use them. These are the flight sim pros and I want to have a person like that given the chance to try that out with a real plane.
I am not saying that I am such a person. I would not go into a real plane and say that I can fly it, not at all. I would place myself in the low-amateur category, I still have much, much to learn until I could try something like that. But in the community I know people who know every single detail, just everything, they basically have all support in the game off and are already doing everything manually. These people should be able to apply that extensive knowledge in real life.
It's always the same that unqualified persons are seated into a real plane to then show that "If you are a flight sim pilot, you can't fly a real plane". That's manipulation. You always take those people who don't really know what they're doing. I am challenging your courage. Send someone who has never piloted a real plane but has half a decade of flight sim experience and knows everything about it. I want to know how this goes.
Noone has had the courage yet.
In the background that’s JFK ATC
My biggest problem is adding rudder to keep the plane straight through the air. I compare it to dog tailing like I'm going straight but I'm crooked going through the air.
oh boy dunning kruger effect in action…
*dies
Why doesn't she have a parking brake on the hotas but has camera controls and uses mixture rpm and throttle all as throttle
Gosh I'm a 19 year old aviation student and I WOULD KILL to get MS Flight Sim and the equipment she used. That is so expensive hereeee 😭
sorry dude but if you are learning to fly you could afford that equipment. It's less total than your license will cost... I get sucks but if can afford to learn to fly money isn't as hard as you think
@@daradicalcavy5235 as I said I'm only 19 and it's my parents who pay for everything flight school related. I would be a spoiled brat to ask for these on top of my tuition and flying.
@@user-kx6fw8ub9g Well still, I'd just appreciate that you get to do what many would kill for.
You also are being a privileged, spoilt brat by what saying so guess doesn't matter if ask 😜
I ditched all the sim trash and only fly IRL you should do the same. You have a real-world flight sim at your hands.
@@windshearahead7012 we're required to practice on flight simulators +you can actually log in your pilot logbook the hours you practiced using flight sim
This literally sums up BuzzFeed. The game (YES IT's a game. Just as Euro Truck Sim or Farm Sim. It's as close to flying as you can get without killing the planet nor can die but that's about the only improvement from real flying) makes clear this isn't to be used in any way for flying training, nor is it accurate to take away from to learn IRL. Even the most hardcore simmers of us who play hours a day (I mean like >5 hours DAILY) and can actually fly properly in the simulator, if not real pilots, if you put us in a plane and tell us to fly, don't expect to see that plane come back in one piece if even does! Realistically all MSFS is good for is having fun and IF a real pilot, going through procedures or routes etc. in the simulator so in real life more confident but to even pretend could be a learning tool for practical flying is just crazy and even simmers who teach professionally and love MSFS say it's more likely you make bad habits while flying in the simulator.
Yeah, when I take flights, the pilot usually misses the runway completely. That's an average landing, checks out :D
OK, if you don't spend time learning the basics of navigation, why would anyone assume that one can fly a plane AND get it to its destination. I mean. She's probably never even heard of trimming. Sooo, yes you can learn flying with a Sim. You just have to utilize all of its capabilities.
No barrel rolls, Ms Sylvie?
It took me an entire YEAR to learn how to properly fly a boeing 787-9 in a flight sim.
OMG! Always Aviate Navigate And Communicate you got this girl
Was fully expecting a fiery plane crash. Was disappointed.
if i remember correctly some airplane simulator used to have the trade centers and everyone kept using the same similar plane to crash into them, dark. just dark.
what do you mean by learn to fly a plane ? Can you learn how to start and taxi, probably, but no, you can't learn to take off and fly from a to b and land it without crashing. It's much more difficult with real wind. and environmental conditions. You can't prepare yourself for the crops and climbs during flight or pulling out of a spin, or landing with a jolt from sitting in a chair. That is ONLY something you can learn from actually doing it.
Mmm… why does a cfi make you (the “student”) seat on the right seat?
Props to the cameraman for having the courage to get on an airplane with her after seeing her atrocious landing in flight simulator
MORE SYLVIE ON THIS CHANNEL PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!
Up next, can you learn to fly a fighter jet from DCS world
I have been intrigued too by the difference and similarities between the sim and real flying - since I have been learning I know the differences are the things that will keep you alive - looking outside, fuel tank switching, non-linear throttle etc ….. btw ‘playing’ flight simulator, all good simmers know it is NOT a game 😁👀👍
My boyfriend has been a pilot for 4 years now and Loves this
Couldn't you pick someone with at least 100 Hrs sim experience? and having certain game achievements that tells you those 100 Hrs were actually useful?
She obviously did not take learning Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 very seriously judging by the comments and jokes that she made throughout the video. Had she truly learned the game, she would be guessing or at least be interested in what each instrument does in the real plane.
Is anyone else out there triggered by the fact she has both hands on the yoke?
They’re trying to hard to replace Kelsey
too" hard
@@elise3455 really was that necessary
@@elise3455 "too" hard
I'd like to see the same test repeated using a VR headset, a high performing desktop computer (not a laptop), and a set of rudder pedals. That's gonna be a game-changer for the simulated experience Vs the real aircraft!
Use rudders! Wtf is this? This is not the same if you don't use all the controls.
I don't need sleep, I need answers!
Pitching down when landing... That hurt my feelings.
average landing? so on average... when you are flying somewhere in real life... how often does the pilot lands like you do and leave the runway? :D
Hours upon hours of FS2020 and Vatsim, and proper rudders, yoke, and controls, and a proper head tracking or VR set, yes you could fly GA plane and land it safety with just simulator experience.
@тαρ мє αи∂ ѕєχ ωιтн мє Mila I have a trim wheel on my Bravo control system. A trim wheel makes things easier not essential for learning to fly.
she just dont have it... 40 hrs in MSFS you can fly that 172 Cessna.. however still other factors to learn.
the amount of jokes that could be made here, holding them all in
flight simulator doesn't really directly teach you. you can learn by experimenting. you could get skilled by reading and watching videos on the controls of a plane. flight simulator is more of a sandbox the in game tutorials are very basic.
As a general aviation student pilot, this pisses me off.
cfi needed more right rudder lol
I've always wondered what this thing is for 7:39
She could have used the vfr map to locate the airport....
I have well over 1000 hours of Sim time and I wouldn't try to land a real plane unless it was absolutely necessary.
I definitely think you can fly a plane from playing this simulator. If you fly a study level aircraft in the simulator like FBW or the new one which might be even better although I forget the name. People say it is easier to play the simulator then go to the plane vs fly the plane than go to the simulator. I do think it is possible as there are many people who play this game like real pilots and do every little detail there is in the cockpit and they have Live ATC.
FBW isn’t study level.
That's scary if that really is average landing...
Why don't you get in a CRJ, on flight simulator, and make a video, showing me how you would do the Quiet Bridges approach at KSFO? Is your "real world" instructor going to show you how to do the Quiet Bridges approach at KSFO? Obviously, that includes landing.. da plane!