garylaw

At least I could see the airspace is updated at least for England - The Southend Control Zone and Area were only established last year.

If the new FSc is aimed for the new comers of flight simulations, there should be some recommended readings for them to read about. Just like what they have put on their facebook page - Aviation 101 They are pretty easy to understand and quite interesting to read. Where didn't they put them onto the game? http://holland.pk/7h5w2okq http://holland.pk/bpdg7flu

I thought it would be quite easy to change a bit of ATC phraseology It should be 16 "right" for the runway - not the 16 "R" as read by the ATC.

Actually the circuit base in White Waltham is 800ft AGL, so 1000' on downwind is not real world procedures in EGLM.

I would say most of us here are very constructive and we hope Dovetail to succeed. I don't see putting those key elements and also keep up with real world lesson would scare the new comers off. The first place they will try "Flight School" would be the fact that they can learn to become a pilot with realism, (or they will definitely have gone to those exciting yet unreal simulators on their smartphones.) and they will be immersed into this environment of flying. Everyone will still remember the first time they fly flight simulator, and this memory will keep them for life. IMHO, what scares them off is the difficulty - if you fail them by slightest error and ask them to do it again and again - this will be as frustrating as the previous FSX tutorial lessons. They will only feel being intimidated without receiving proper advice from the virtual instructor. Just teach them the proper way to fly (with vital elements like awareness and checks in subsequent lessons), yet the system should be friendly and give them professional advice on how they can do better next time. The pilot will remember it, just like in the trailer the pilot remembers what his instructor had told him. and "Flight School" will be the door for them to explore the whole new world of flight simulation and aviation. I hope this won't be consider as bashing, would it? - Gary

Dear Martin, I appreciate the fact that DTG is going to make a platform for new comers who may become the next generation of flight simmers. The "Flight School" should be entertaining and fruitful when they learn the basics of flying. However, I also agree with all the honourable gentlemen up there about?"Flight School" that learning experience would be an important element in this platform should provide them with proper "instinct" of flying so that they may get the idea correctly from day one, as when a person has learnt a wrong method it takes more time to un-learn it in the future. Hence teaching them flying the plane safely would be vital when they are having fun in flying, also saving them a bit of trouble when they join the flight sim community afterwords. But this doesn't have to be a scary or strict way, as most of the instructors in real life would just give you a friendly remainder like "It's a bit too low for the base leg, just add a bit of power to reduce the descend rate" without instructor taking control and "fail" you for the lesson - I would suggest not to fail anyone in lesson unless they crashed, instead just kindly ask if they want to have another attempt again. What I would suggest is just to add a bit more of friendly voice guidance to help the new pilots and also give them an after lesson briefing with praising for their effort - this has proved to be quite useful for new flyers. "Professional but friendly" should be throughout the whole learning experience - sim or real life. Also whilst it is correct that the pilot would control the airspeed through elevator input, the power would also be used to control the descend rate - so there is not "set the power and hold it right there" - usually 25-50 RPM adjustment should be needed to maintain the glidepath. I believe this would be very important when wind comes into the equation in the lessons afterwards. Also from documents of the airfield that the circuit height is 800ft on QFE, so I am pretty puzzled that in the video it was at 1000ft with the rose stating for 1210ft? (while the field elevation seems to be 157ft AMSL). But it seems that in the video the route of the circuit was done properly as to comply with all the noise abatement procedures as in the map: Moreover, being a LAPL(A) holder in the UK myself, I would like to stress that LAPL is not quite the easier version for PPL. They share most of the lessons with only reduction of distance Qualifying Cross Country and also cutting the "land-away" practice short. Most part of the checkride for the licence is the same - Getting a LAPL enables you to flying all over EU airspace with 3 passengers, so it is not just for the basics really. Thanks a lot for being here listening to us and I am looking forward to invite more people joining our community through your DTG Flight School as an initial step. - Gary