FSX Chicago / Chicago Flight Center – Advanced Aviation Flight School and Flight Training Center
“Realistic, cost-effective simulator training is the best way that I’ve seen to improve general aviation safety and help preserve the freedoms we enjoy as pilots” (Steve Cunningham, an instrument-rated pilot)
The Benefits of Flight Simulators
Numerous hours of flight are required to obtain your private pilot’s licence. Flight training and the accumulation of hours are often completed in a flight simulator because of its numerous benefits.
The primary purpose of flight simulation is to train a pilot to achieve, test, and maintain proficiency in the operation of an airplane without risk to person or property and at a lower cost to training in the air.
There are many benefits to using a flight simulator to enhance your training.
Experience – a flight simulator permits novice pilots to experience simulated flight without risk to him or her or to valuable aircraft.
Safety – simulator training is safer than aircraft training. Abnormal and emergency procedures may be learned and practiced without risk to students, staff or aircraft.
In-Flight Failures – in-flight failures of systems and instruments can be created as the failure would occur in the airplane.
Save wear and tear on your aircraft – risking the simulator while training is much preferred over risking your aircraft.
In-Flight Weather – a flight simulator allows you to create any type o weather you like.
Practice until it is second nature or normal – the basis for all of this training is the simulator. When you practice and rehearse procedures, in FAA approved simulators, in the actual aircraft the outcome becomes very predictable.
Training Value – it enables the student and the instructor to concentrate on the learning task.
Reduce total training time – one hour of simulator time can yield the same results as two or more hours of training in the actual airplane.
Introduction of essential equipment – in a simulator, you will become familiar and comfortable with the layout of the cockpit. You will gain priceless experience in GPS navigation and radio-communication without ever leaving the ground.
Train any time – no ATC or weather delays. No taxi time with hobbs running. No rearranging of schedules to coordinate with an instructor because of the weather.
Train in less time, less expensive – studies have found that every hour in the simulator is worth two or more hours in an airplane.
Accessibility – unlike actual flight, you can learn the particulars without the simulation of take-offs or landings, saving you precious time.
Cost-effectiveness – planes take fuel, and fuel is expensive. You can learn twice as much information in a simulator that you could in a plane in the same amount of time.
Instructional features – recorded flight data, ability to “replay” and review a simulated flight or parts of it, allow matching of performance against criteria.
“The most important feature on our flight simulators is the pause button”.
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