TopSkills - Flight Sim Maneuvers 21st Century MSFS

Fly your simulation aircraft the way real-world pilots fly their real airplanes

By Bill Stack

Enjoy the satisfaction of true-to-life simulations by using authentic procedures for every flight phase.

• Taxi, take off, climb, cruise, descend, approach, and land like a real-world pilot.
• Plan your flights and prepare your aircraft like a professional.
• Use every procedure and method realistically.
• Learn what expert pilots know.
• Do what skilled pilots do.
• Handle your aircraft properly throughout every basic flight maneuver.

Eighteen chapters dedicated to specific topics:

1. Chapter 1: How Aircraft Fly
2. Chapter 2: Knowing Your Aircraft
3. Chapter 3: Knowing Your Airports
4. Chapter 4: Planning Your Flights
5. Chapter 5: Preparing Your Aircraft
6. Chapter 6: Moving Around Airports
7. Chapter 7: Taking Off
8. Chapter 8: Difficult Take-offs
9. Chapter 9: Climbing
10. Chapter 10: Cruising
11. Chapter 11: Descending
12. Chapter 12: Turning
13. Chapter 13: Stalling
14. Chapter 14: Airport Traffic Pattern
15. Chapter 15: Approaching for Landing
16. Chapter 16: Landing
17. Chapter 17: Challenging Landings
18. Chapter 18: Go-Arounds and Touch-and-Goes
19. Appendix: Abbreviations

Easy to Read and Follow

Organized and formatted for quick and easy use.

• Every chapter is dedicated to a specific topic for speedy comprehension and reference.
• Each chapter is identified by number and title in headers with page numbers so you always know where you are in the book.
• All descriptions and explanations are clear and straightforward for home-simulation enthusiasts.

Clearly written:

• Complicated concepts are described in straightforward English.
• Facts are logically presented for thorough understanding.
• The book tells “what it is,” “what it does,” and “how to use it.”
• Aeronautical terms are plainly defined for clear understanding.

Ease of use:

• Bulleted lists and breakouts facilitate comprehension and learning.
• Custom made graphics convey principles easily.
• Structured tables lay out detailed technical data.
• Step-by-step procedures are numbered for easy following.
• Screen grabs from the simulator assist with comprehension.
• Simplified line drawings help with clarity.
• Diagrams were made especially for this manual.
• Precise labels enable quick and easy reference.
• Exercises facilitate skill development.

Reliable facts and methods:

• Real-world source material was used wherever practical.
• Images are taken directly from MSFS 2020.
• Everything is independently verified for accuracy and edited for correctness.

Specifications:

• Common PDF format can be used by all home flight simmers.
• The book is 314 pages from cover to cover.
• The ZIP archive file is 5.7 megabytes.

Extra Goodies

My standard V-Speed card is included as a free bonus. Common V-Speeds are defined by speed on one side and alphabetically on the other.

Focus and Limits

Flight-Sim Maneuvers 21st Century describes and explains the use of light general-aviation aircraft that are suitable for basic and advanced flight lessons. Focus is on visual flight. Microsoft Flight Simulator™ 2020 is used because it is popular. Aviation principles and methods can be applied to other aircraft in other simulators.

Aircraft specifications are provided as appropriate and applicable. Comprehensive and detailed specifications are outside the scope. Cross-country navigation and instrument flights are described in other manuals.

This manual is for home flight simulation only. It is based on real aviation principles and procedures so home flight-simulation enthusiasts can maximize their enjoyment. Because some aspects of home flight-simulation games are not exactly like real-world aviation, some information in this book is not exactly like real-world flight. Use for real-world aviation is not appropriate or authorized.

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Satisfaction Guaranteed

A lot of time and effort has been invested by me and others toward making a quality product that is useful to people. Any book with physical defects will be replaced at no cost. If you can show that the content of Flight-Sim Maneuvers 21st Century is not as described, your money will be refunded. If you find facts that you believe are in error, please let me know so I can evaluate them. – Bill Stack, Author

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