At-Home Flight Simulator Will Make You Feel Like A Real Pilot

The latest release of Microsoft’s Flight Simulator features 10 Cessna and Beechcraft airplanes that Textron Aviation said are realistic and comparable to the real things. A team of the Wichita, Kansas, airframer’s designers, flight test engineers, and pilots were involved in developing the software.

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That realism includes worldwide VFR, real-world weather information, accurate navigational data, real-time air traffic information, and virtual sightseeing. Users can pilot a Cessna 172 Skyhawk or Beechcraft Baron G58 through the Grand Canyon or fly a super-midsize Citation Longitude twinjet to and from 37,000 airports, including New Jersey's Teterboro and London Biggin Hill.

Other Textron Aviation aircraft included in the flight-simulation software are the Citation CJ4, Beechcraft King Air 350i, Cessna 208B, Grand Caravan EX, Bonanza G36, Skyhawk 172 (steam gauges or G1000), 152, and 152 Aerobat.