Tutorials - X-Plane https://www.x-plane.com/tutorials/ The world’s most advanced flight simulator. Fri, 28 Oct 2016 13:01:42 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://www.x-plane.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/cropped-SocialXP3-1-32x32.png Tutorials - X-Plane https://www.x-plane.com/tutorials/ 32 32 VOR Navigation https://www.x-plane.com/tutorials/vor-nav/ Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:21:41 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/?post_type=tutorial&p=13645 In this tutorial you’ll be learning how to fly cross-country without a GPS. Real pilots get from Point A to Point B using VOR navigation. Details Aircraft: Cessna 172SP Location: Juneau, Alaska Category: Navigation Objective: Learn the basics of VOR navigation to fly between two locations

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]]> In this tutorial you’ll be learning how to fly cross-country without a GPS. Real pilots get from Point A to Point B using VOR navigation.

Details

  • Aircraft: Cessna 172SP
  • Location: Juneau, Alaska
  • Category: Navigation
  • Objective: Learn the basics of VOR navigation to fly between two locations

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]]> Flying an ILS Approach https://www.x-plane.com/tutorials/ils-approach/ Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:21:41 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/?post_type=tutorial&p=13644 In this tutorial you’ll be learning to use an airport’s Instrument Landing System, or ILS, just like a real-world pilot. An ILS provides guidance for both course and descent during a landing. Details Aircraft: Cessna 172SP Location: Seatac, Washington Category: Navigation Objective: Learn the basics of ILS navigation for landings

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]]> In this tutorial you’ll be learning to use an airport’s Instrument Landing System, or ILS, just like a real-world pilot. An ILS provides guidance for both course and descent during a landing.

Details

  • Aircraft: Cessna 172SP
  • Location: Seatac, Washington
  • Category: Navigation
  • Objective: Learn the basics of ILS navigation for landings

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]]> X-Plane 11 Basics https://www.x-plane.com/tutorials/x-plane-11-basics/ Fri, 28 Oct 2016 13:01:42 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/?post_type=tutorial&p=13637 Welcome to X-Plane 11! You’ll start with this tutorial to learn the basics of flying in X-Plane: using the views, controlling the plane with a mouse or joystick, and more. Take your first trip as a pilot in a trusty Cessna 172 with a digital instructor helping you the whole way. Details Aircraft: Cessna 172SP Location: Honolulu, Hawaii Category: Flight […]

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]]> Welcome to X-Plane 11! You’ll start with this tutorial to learn the basics of flying in X-Plane: using the views, controlling the plane with a mouse or joystick, and more. Take your first trip as a pilot in a trusty Cessna 172 with a digital instructor helping you the whole way.

Details

  • Aircraft: Cessna 172SP
  • Location: Honolulu, Hawaii
  • Category: Flight Basics
  • Objective: Learn the basics of flying in X-Plane 11

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]]> Flying an ILS Approach https://www.x-plane.com/tutorials/ils-navigation/ Mon, 06 Apr 2015 15:08:44 +0000 http://xplanedotcom.wpengine.com/?page_id=10035 In this tutorial you’ll be learning to use an airport’s Instrument Landing System, or ILS, just like a real-world pilot. An ILS provides guidance for both course and descent during a landing. Details Aircraft: Cessna 172SP Location: Seatac, Washington Category: Navigation Objective: Learn the basics of ILS navigation for landings Screenshots

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]]> In this tutorial you’ll be learning to use an airport’s Instrument Landing System, or ILS, just like a real-world pilot. An ILS provides guidance for both course and descent during a landing.

Details

  • Aircraft: Cessna 172SP
  • Location: Seatac, Washington
  • Category: Navigation
  • Objective: Learn the basics of ILS navigation for landings

Screenshots

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]]> VOR Navigation https://www.x-plane.com/tutorials/vor-navigation/ Mon, 06 Apr 2015 15:11:11 +0000 http://xplanedotcom.wpengine.com/?page_id=10037 In this tutorial you’ll be learning how to fly cross-country without a GPS. Real pilots get from Point A to Point B using VOR navigation. Details Aircraft: Cessna 172SP Location: Juneau, Alaska Category: Navigation Objective: Learn the basics of VOR navigation to fly between two locations Screenshots

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]]> In this tutorial you’ll be learning how to fly cross-country without a GPS. Real pilots get from Point A to Point B using VOR navigation.

Details

  • Aircraft: Cessna 172SP
  • Location: Juneau, Alaska
  • Category: Navigation
  • Objective: Learn the basics of VOR navigation to fly between two locations

Screenshots

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]]> Traffic Pattern https://www.x-plane.com/tutorials/flying-traffic-pattern/ Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:21:41 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/?post_type=tutorial&p=13646 In this tutorial you’ll be learning the basics of flying a specific traffic pattern like a real pilot. It’s a straightforward task when guided by the virtual instructor, but can you master all the details? Details Aircraft: Cessna 172SP Location: Juneau, Alaska Category: Takeoff/Landing Objective: Takeoff in a general aviation aircraft, fly a rectangular circuit, and land back at […]

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]]> In this tutorial you’ll be learning the basics of flying a specific traffic pattern like a real pilot. It’s a straightforward task when guided by the virtual instructor, but can you master all the details?

Details

  • Aircraft: Cessna 172SP
  • Location: Juneau, Alaska
  • Category: Takeoff/Landing
  • Objective: Takeoff in a general aviation aircraft, fly a rectangular circuit, and land back at the airport

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]]> Traffic Pattern https://www.x-plane.com/tutorials/traffic-pattern/ Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:06:07 +0000 http://xplanedotcom.wpengine.com/?page_id=9141 In this tutorial you’ll be learning the basics of flying a specific traffic pattern like a real pilot. It’s a straightforward task when guided by the virtual instructor, but can you master all the details? Details Aircraft: Cessna 172SP Location: Juneau, Alaska Category: Takeoff/Landing Objective: Takeoff in a general aviation aircraft, fly a rectangular circuit, and land back at […]

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]]> In this tutorial you’ll be learning the basics of flying a specific traffic pattern like a real pilot. It’s a straightforward task when guided by the virtual instructor, but can you master all the details?

Details

  • Aircraft: Cessna 172SP
  • Location: Juneau, Alaska
  • Category: Takeoff/Landing
  • Objective: Takeoff in a general aviation aircraft, fly a rectangular circuit, and land back at the airport

Screenshots

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]]> Landing in the Cessna 172 https://www.x-plane.com/tutorials/landing-cessna-172/ Wed, 20 Aug 2014 18:14:28 +0000 http://xplanedotcom.wpengine.com/?page_id=8274 An important part of the tutorial series on the iPad app, this time you’ll be landing a Cessna 172. It can sound incredibly daunting, but if you take it one step at a time, you can learn to pilot the aircraft safely down to the ground in no time. Details Aircraft: Cessna 172SP Location: Seatac, Washington Category: Takeoff/Landing Objective: Practice […]

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]]> An important part of the tutorial series on the iPad app, this time you’ll be landing a Cessna 172. It can sound incredibly daunting, but if you take it one step at a time, you can learn to pilot the aircraft safely down to the ground in no time.

Details

  • Aircraft: Cessna 172SP
  • Location: Seatac, Washington
  • Category: Takeoff/Landing
  • Objective: Practice landing a small general aviation aircraft

Screenshots

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]]> Landing in the Cessna 172 https://www.x-plane.com/tutorials/landing-c172/ Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:21:41 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/?post_type=tutorial&p=13647 An important part of learning to fly in X-Plane, in this tutorial you’ll be landing a Cessna 172. It can sound incredibly daunting, but if you take it one step at a time, you can learn to pilot the aircraft safely down to the ground in no time. Details Aircraft: Cessna 172SP Location: Seatac, Washington Category: Takeoff/Landing Objective: Practice landing a […]

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]]> An important part of learning to fly in X-Plane, in this tutorial you’ll be landing a Cessna 172. It can sound incredibly daunting, but if you take it one step at a time, you can learn to pilot the aircraft safely down to the ground in no time.

Details

  • Aircraft: Cessna 172SP
  • Location: Seatac, Washington
  • Category: Takeoff/Landing
  • Objective: Practice landing a small general aviation aircraft

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]]> Taildragger Takeoff https://www.x-plane.com/tutorials/taildragger-takeoff/ Wed, 26 Oct 2016 14:21:41 +0000 http://www.x-plane.com/?post_type=tutorial&p=13648 Flying a taildragger requires very different techniques than a “tricycle”-gear like the Cessna 172. The most popular taildraggers are used for landing on rugged, unpaved runways, or even in fields. Details Aircraft: Stinson L-5 Sentinel Location: Seatac, Washington Category: Takeoff/Landing Objective: Practice taking off in a taildragger aircraft

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]]> Flying a taildragger requires very different techniques than a “tricycle”-gear like the Cessna 172. The most popular taildraggers are used for landing on rugged, unpaved runways, or even in fields.

Details

  • Aircraft: Stinson L-5 Sentinel
  • Location: Seatac, Washington
  • Category: Takeoff/Landing
  • Objective: Practice taking off in a taildragger aircraft

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