The Best Flight Simulation Software

There are two types of people who tend to use flight simulation software programs: Pilots and wanna be pilots. If you are a pilot who wants to keep his or her skills fresh than you need a program that is as realistic as possible. Now if you are a wanna be pilot basically you are looking for the same thing to be able to log some hours so when it is time for the real thing you are more than ready to jump in the cockpit.

A game like Flight Pro Sim offers everything from weather variables to sloped runways to time of day to a number of different factors that can affect the flying experience. Along with the environmental factors each of the aircrafts that are available in the Flight Pro Sim software handle differently from the RC helicopters to all sorts of airplanes to gliders and even a Zepplin so to get the feel of each is going to take some dedication on your part but the good thing is you will have a blast doing it.

If you are like me and want the full experience than the Flight Pro Sim has the technology which automatically detects any joystick, yoke, or pedals attached. Along with a cockpit that is a picture perfect match for the real type of aircraft that you are using there is a good reason why flight instructors just love this program.

For a flight simulation software to stand out from the rest it needs to have a wide variety of aircraft to keep the experience fresh and interesting. Here is a sample of the aircraft available with the Flight Pro Sim program:

Aircraft

1903 Wright Flyer
Aerostar Super 700
Douglas A4F Skyhawk
Northrop Grumman A-6E Intruder*
Fairchild A-10 Thunderbolt II
Antonov An-2
Antonov An-225
Arsenal VG-33
Beechcraft 99
Beechcraft B1900D*
Beechcraft Starship I
Rockwell B-1B Lancer
Northrop B-2 Spirit
B-29 Superfortress
B-52F Stratofortress
BAC TSR2
Bailey Dragonfly (Moyes/LiteFlite) (Ultralight)*
Blackburn Buccaneer
Bleriot XI
Blohm & Voss BV 141
Bristol Beaufighter
Bugatti 100P
Cessna 150L
Cessna 172P Skyhawk (1981 model)*
Cessna 172LE Skyhawk
Cessna 172R Skyhawk
Cessna 182
Cessna 182RG (c. 1978)
Cessna 310R (1979 model)
Cessna U-3A
Cessna 550 Citation II
Cessna Citation Bravo
Cessna Citation X*
Comper Swift
Concorde (v2.4)
Cri-Cri(Colomban MC-15 Cri-Cri)

Helicopters

Boeing CH-47 Chinook
Bell 206 JetRanger
Bell/Boeing V-22 Osprey
Piasecki HUP Retriever (H-25)
Piasecki H-21C Shawnee
Robinson R22
Sikorsky S-51(R-5)
Sikorsky S-58(H-34)
Sikorsky S76C++
Sikorsky S-70 (UH-60)
Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion (S-80)

Gliders & Miscellaneous

Schweizer 2-33 (TG-4) (Glider)
Schleicher ASW 20 (Single Glider)
Schleicher ASK 21 (Glider)
Bielsko SZD-9 Bocian (Glider)
Colditz Escape Glider
Airwave Xtreme 150 hang glider
Paraglider
Hornet Autogyro
Ornithopter
Rascal 110 (R/C)
Malolo1 (R/C)

A very important factor when it comes to any flight simulation software program is the different areas that you can fly over. With Flight Pro Sim you get 20,000 different airports all broken down to the smallest of degrees from the way they are sloped to the way the runways are lighted up at night. Of course along with the airports there is the entire globe to explore. Flight Pro Sim is not going to get boring after the second week just based on location alone