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From: mcdonley@dinl.uucp (alan mcdonley)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: F-16 Combat Pilot
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Date: 13 Mar 90 18:39:43 GMT
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I have been flying MicroSoft or Sublogic not sure which Flight Simulator
II on the amiga 1000 for about 30 hours now.  I really think it is the
best way to learn to fly, land, live.  There is a book Flying Flight
Simulator which is based on the Amiga version which takes about 20 hours
to fly all the lessons.  the author takes you from nothing to a
successful landing the first flight and first hour of flying!  (I
crashed a bunch in hours 2-10.  I can now takeoff, land, navigate,
figure out where I am and what heading to fly to the airport.  At 25
hours I picked up the book Flying Commercial Flight Simulator and am
honing skills on maintaining altitude in high bank turns (standard rate
turns are higher than the first book used), climbing and diving by
throttle, etc.  Flying Commercial has five checkrides to hone / test
your skills before heading off with passengers/cargo.  

I am about to purchase Falcon but more as a novelty than anything else.

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Alan McDonley,        Martin Marietta Information and Communication Systems
(303) 977-3347        mcdonley@inlatlas.den.mmc.com
P.O.Box 1260          ncar!dinl!mcdonley
Denver,CO 80201-1260  Opinions are my own, not my employer's.
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