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writes: All the flight simulator game sellers are quite explicit in saying what they are selling is a game. No, they are not. Visit the Web site for X-Plane, which tries hard to give the impression that their simulator is certified by the FAA. (In fact, X-Plane can be _part of_ a certified simulator, but you cannot just download it and log the hours.) Wrong, X-Plane is not part of any flight simulator certified by the FAA. It is part of a Personal Computer-based Aviation Training Device, which is something else entirely. What they actually claim it is is "an engineering tool that can be used to predict the flying qualities of fixed and rotary wing aircraft". -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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Mxsmanic wrote:
writes: Wrong, X-Plane is not part of any flight simulator certified by the FAA. It is part of a Personal Computer-based Aviation Training Device, which is something else entirely. No, it's not something else at all. It's a simulator. All training devices are simulators. If you are going to post to a real aviation group instead of a sim group, at least learn the language. A PCATD is not a flight simulator. -- Jim Pennino Remove .spam.sux to reply. |
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![]() "Mxsmanic" wrote in message ... writes: Wrong, X-Plane is not part of any flight simulator certified by the FAA. It is part of a Personal Computer-based Aviation Training Device, which is something else entirely. No, it's not something else at all. It's a simulator. All training devices are simulators. What they actually claim it is is "an engineering tool that can be used to predict the flying qualities of fixed and rotary wing aircraft". They claim a lot of things, including "... since X-Plane has been approved for flight-training in many countries to many levels, you should be able to use it to build your own flight simulator ..." which tacitly acknowledges the equivalence between the two. Doesn't matter what they claim anyway wanna be, it a game and you're a wanna be. |
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