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This is a collection of stories of FlightGear pilots doing it for real. Feel free to add your own experience. | This is a collection of stories of FlightGear pilots doing it for real. Feel free to add your own experience. | ||
== Galf Gerlich - First flight lesson == | |||
following the tradition of reporting on the progress of the respective | |||
pilot's license on flightgear-devel, today it's my turn as today I had | |||
my very first flight lesson for the Sport Pilot's License for very light | |||
aircraft (Ultraleicht, i.e. MTOW 472.5kg). | |||
No, that doesn't mean I'm flying trikes. Essentially these planes are | |||
like your everyday light aircraft (Piper PA28, C172, whatever), just a | |||
lot lighter ;-) | |||
And as we were talking about the value of FlightGear, it has proven to | |||
have its very own value for me, even monetary speaking. Thanks to | |||
"training" on physically accurate FlightGear I was able to skip all that | |||
typical first-lesson stuff (flying curves, climb, descend, holding | |||
course and altitude, etc.) and go directly to traffic circuits and | |||
landing practice. Which essentially means that I'll possibly be able to | |||
actually do something sensible with the "expensive" instructor lessons | |||
and train for the really important stuff ;-) | |||
== Martin Spott - Maiden Flight == | == Martin Spott - Maiden Flight == | ||