

It's only when you've gained experience that you'll know what questions you want to ask.īecome familiar with the location of the X-Plane log.txt in the main X-Plane folder - you'll get asked to attach that whenever you have problems. Fly somewhere you never thought you'd fly. The preserve of the best of the best UK Test Pilots.īut before you do anything else: have fun. Never thought I'd fly into Warton, that's for sure. Become familiar with the location of the X-Plane log.txt in the main X-Plane folder - you'll get asked to attach that whenever you have problems. If you have problems with the sim itself, there's always Cubby's Corner (Tech Support). It's only when you've gained experience that you'll know what questions you want to ask. But before you do anything else: have fun. If you'd like to turn this into an investment. I took my first sailplane lesson as a bit of an excuse to spend a cash windfall, and two months later I landed after successfully talking the ears of my FAA examiner, who gladly signed off on my PPL.Īdvice? Just fly! If you want to progress as seriously in the sim as you would in the real thing, then there are tutorials you can follow here on the. Your first flight lesson may not be your last. OK, so your advice please for my first, baby steps. I aim to fly out of Sywell, Northamptonshire as it's not too far from home, with the Bulldog, using the FSFS 'instructor' to learn the basics. In the future the aim is to retrace dad's steps, Canadian Empire Flight School - Tiger Moth - Harvard - Anson - Lancaster, just exactly as he did once I've researched where it happened. I'd like to learn to fly virtually but my daughter has gifted me an hour's trial lesson in a C172. New GPU fitted (RTX3050 8GB RAM) and upped the RAM to 32GB as per your advice. Tomorrow I'll buy the Scottish Av Bulldog and I'm good to go. Thank you all who helped my decision making. I'd already bought GB Central/South on Orbx so these have been added too, as well as the FSFlying School.įor my first flight I just took the Cessna 172 from Walney (where I trained many submarine builders) over Blackpool, (where I grew up) into BAe Warton (where I helped build Hawk and Tornado). ).Īnyway, today I handed over the cash, downloaded the other 10GB on top of the demo version for the Full Monty. (Murphy's Law though means LR will publish XP12 within days though. I had planned to wait for XP12, but I think the rumours from the German show tipped the balance with XP12 Beta seemingly late July, so probably autumn ('fall') before it's reasonably playable. I did all I could in 'Groundschool' - watching much YT, reading blogs, studying the bolt-ons, reading some theory all with many epic crash and burns with the demo. After weeks of research and procrastination waiting for XP12 I've taken the plunge, now an officially paid-up member.
