Home flight simulation is widely considered an essential flight training aid for student pilots and pilots. Virtual pilots worldwide operate the airplanes pictured here from their home flight simulators. You are all connected in unified airspace using an online aviation network.Ī pilot exits the runway at an airport in Maine. You're at home operating the aircraft from your desk the other pilot is doing the same from her house in upstate New York, and the controller handles the airspace from an apartment in downtown Houston. Instead, it is taking place in a flight simulator. This everyday radio exchange is with a live controller, but it is not in a real Arrow. “Arrow 123G, Executive Ground, give way to a Global Express, Runway 13, taxi via A.” “Executive Ground, Arrow 123G, hangars, VFR, 4,500 to San Antonio, with information Mike.”Ī few seconds later, the air traffic controller responds: After a few back-and-forths, you can finally get a word in:
Another pilot is reading back an IFR clearance. The engine is running, pre-flight checks are complete, and you are tuned to the Ground frequency.
You are sitting just outside of your hangar.
