About This Content Developed by a real commercial pilot, FS Academy: On Instruments combines video tuition, flight briefings, approach charts and FSX missions into a full training package for the sim pilot that wants to take their experience to the next level.Learn how to use approach charts and fly complex instrument procedures including holding patterns, ILS approaches, and DME Arcs.Put your knowledge into practice with eight full FSX: Steam Edition missions which accompany the video series, testing your abilities and getting you to fly like a professional. Beginning with basic instrument flying and progressing to a full flight from A to B, you will be guided the whole way with comprehensive pre-flight briefings, custom made charts and audio commentary. You will learn the techniques that real commercial pilots use to get you home on those dark and misty nights!Don't get grounded on rainy days! Learn how to navigate between Navigation Aids such as NDBs, VORs and DME ground stations to move from the world of visual flying and join the professionals. Instrument flying is the foundation of commercial flying. A requirement for all airline pilots, it's time to learn how to fly on instruments like the pros with FS Academy: On Instruments.Click the 'View Manual' link on the right hand side of this page to view the comprehensive manual (you can print it out for reference during flight). Featuring over 1.5 hours of Ground School video tuition, FS Academy: On Instruments covers:Why fly IFR?Human FactorsAviation Rules of ThumbNavigation AidsRadio NavigationInstrument DeparturesHolding PatternsDME ArcsNDB & VOR ApproachesILS Approaches a09c17d780 Title: FSX: Steam Edition - FS Academy: On InstrumentsGenre: SimulationDeveloper:Test PilotPublisher:Dovetail Games - FlightRelease Date: 17 Nov, 2015 FSX: Steam Edition - FS Academy: On Instruments The concept is good, and I'm learning a little bit, but what a disorganized mess of programming!Sometimes you have to ignore the instruments and follow the green arrow, or the mission fails.Sometimes you have to ignore the green arrow and follow the instruments, or the mission fails.Sometimes the instructor tells you what to do at the next checkpoint, sometimes he's silent and you have to guess if you've reached a checkpoint or not.Sometimes out of the blue, a computerized voice randomly declares that the mission has failed.This needs to be completely reworked. It's a mess.Oh, and you have to go to the forums to find out where they've buried the literature. Don't bother looking at the manual on the purchase page. All the links are broken.If you want to learn about instrument flying and are prepared to take some punishment from the developers, the manuals can be found here:C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\FSX\\DLC\\379554\\FS Academy\\On Instruments. The concept is good, and I'm learning a little bit, but what a disorganized mess of programming!Sometimes you have to ignore the instruments and follow the green arrow, or the mission fails.Sometimes you have to ignore the green arrow and follow the instruments, or the mission fails.Sometimes the instructor tells you what to do at the next checkpoint, sometimes he's silent and you have to guess if you've reached a checkpoint or not.Sometimes out of the blue, a computerized voice randomly declares that the mission has failed.This needs to be completely reworked. It's a mess.Oh, and you have to go to the forums to find out where they've buried the literature. Don't bother looking at the manual on the purchase page. All the links are broken.If you want to learn about instrument flying and are prepared to take some punishment from the developers, the manuals can be found here:C:\\Program Files (x86)\\Steam\\steamapps\\common\\FSX\\DLC\\379554\\FS Academy\\On Instruments
FSX: Steam Edition - FS Academy: On Instruments
Updated: Dec 8, 2020
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