{"id":3241,"date":"2019-06-25T14:00:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-25T18:00:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chksfm\/?p=3241"},"modified":"2019-06-20T15:40:31","modified_gmt":"2019-06-20T19:40:31","slug":"microsoft-flight-simulator-e3-reveal-incredible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/briwebapp.net\/chksfm\/blogs\/afternoons\/2019\/06\/microsoft-flight-simulator-e3-reveal-incredible\/","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft Flight Simulator E3 Reveal &#8211; Incredible!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Check out the new Microsoft Flight Simulator, revealed at E3.. with realistic weather, cities, moving cars<br \/>\nand other lovely graphics&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ReDDgFfWlS4\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>I&#8217;ve been playing Microsoft Flight Simulator Online (FSX) for years, and it still holds up.<br \/>\nIt&#8217;s my one supergeek pleasure &#8211; flying aircraft online with realistic instrumentation,<br \/>\nfiling flight plans, learning proper FAA terminology, and joining\u00a0 real pilots and ATC controllers<br \/>\nin VATSIM training servers. It took a while, and specifically, an actual invitation to get there.<\/p>\n<p>These are the servers that, as mentioned before, are populated by real airline pilots<br \/>\nand air traffic controllers for educational, practice and training\u00a0 purposes.\u00a0 \u00a0And of course, disciplined hobbyists<br \/>\nlike myself. My own reasons might be tinged with the vanity of maybe someday being the one to raise my hand in<br \/>\nan emergency situation at 30,000 feet to say &#8220;Yes, I can land this plane.&#8221;<br \/>\nLet&#8217;s just put it this way.\u00a0 You don&#8217;t goof off in a VATSIM servber.<br \/>\nIf you decide to invert your airliner or buzz the tower in a VATSIM server, you will get PERMA-BANNED,<br \/>\nand your IP address will get\u00a0black-listed, never to fly in a pro-server again. They don&#8217;t fool around there.<br \/>\nI&#8217;ve &#8220;lawn darted&#8221; my 727-800 enough times (killing all on board) to be handled with extra care and attention<br \/>\nby any given ATC ( They know my aircraft aka AirCanada-420 as a liability now), but when you&#8217;re trying,<br \/>\nthe pros will step in to help you, provided you&#8217;re not a complete muppet, trying to land upside down etc.<\/p>\n<p>So when you step down to the public-servers.. you get this kind of tomfoolery on a consistent basis<br \/>\nAnd if the 2019 Flight Sim is limited only to consoles.. you can expect a whole lot of this from the new version.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-shortcode embed-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" width=\"610\" height=\"355\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/D1YcR9t9yUM\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Hey, at least it&#8217;s not model trains\u00a0 we&#8217;re playing with yet, right?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Check out the new Microsoft Flight Simulator, revealed at E3.. with realistic weather, cities, moving cars and other lovely graphics&#8230; I&#8217;ve been playing Microsoft Flight Simulator Online (FSX) for years, and it still holds up. 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