Bridging the Gap : Products for Flight Simulation and Real-World Flying (Sporty’s & FSA Webinar)

Flight simulation incorporates hundreds of hardware pieces and software packages to better allow us to enjoy our digital flights. But what if we went to transition to flying in the real world, rather than the digital one? Join Evan Reiter, the co-founder of Flight Simulation Association and Sporty’s Pilot Shop product manager Chris McGonegle as they discuss which products help to make the leap between simulators and the flight deck with an emphasis on ForeFlight Mobile. Topics include: Microsoft Flight Simulator, X-Plane 11, Prepar3d, Aviation Courses, Honeycomb, Redbird, Kneeboards, ARSim Radio Simulator, VATSIM, Pilot Edge, RealSimGear, Sim Your Plane, and lastly ForeFlight.

Video Index:

0:00 – Introduction

3:08 – Team Flights

4:00 – Webinar Mission

5:01 – Missions / Learning Modules

8:53 – Courses

11:59 – Accurate Hardware (Honeycomb, Redbird, etc.)

17:22 – Introductory Flight Prep

18:18 – ARSim Aviation Radio Simulator

20:15 – VATSIM and Pilot Edge

23:15 – RealSimGear

24:52 – ForeFlight / Weather

26:05 – ForeFlight / Flight Review

27:40 – ForeFlight / Traffic

29:24 – ForeFlight / AHRS

31:40 – ForeFlight / 3D Flight

34:07 – ForeFlight / Documents

34:28 – ForeFlight / Airport Information

36:37 – Infinite Flight

37:57 – Logging Hours in a Flight Simulator

42:19 – Sim Your Plane

45:46 – Conclusion

46:55 – Questions and Answers