How I don't take notes anymore for FS Addons

When starting out flightsimming, I used to take notes on almost every aspect of the cold and dark starting up procedure:

1. Bat on 2. Ext power checked, etc...

Until I learnt I'm not improving my understanding at all. Rather than seeing the physical connection, I'm stooped in a manual.

Then I learned about cockpit flows and it changed my life.

I found that cockpit flows and first flight of the day checks are done logically in a top down fashion (usually) using the instruments itself as a checklist.

Then, you can't miss anything, right?

This taught me key transferable skills between aircraft. The procedure in most cases is the same really: connect to power, check systems, start APU, APU Air, then the Engines, Etc.

Of course, for the aircraft that are vastly different, a bit of background reading can help.

I then went on to study Aeronautical Engineering which gave me a solid understanding of Aircraft Systems, Design, Structures, Gas Turbine Design, Low and High Speed Aerodynamics and more - and achieved first class Honors. I applied some of this to my flight sim.

I then started my YouTube channel with my first video being the final flight of a Jet2 757, G-LSAN...

... hence leading to my channel name Joshua757 

I share what I've learned and regularly fly a diverse range of modern and classic aircrafts, including concorde, which most simmers steer far away from!

Well, that's it from me.

Hope you found my experience useful  🙂