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In the 1990s an Aussie country boy, Jon Johanson, dreamed of becoming a pilot & visiting Oshkosh. He obtained his PPL, CPL & ATPL, built a Van's RV-4 & flew it to Oshkosh, & around the world - twice. Along with other flights in his RV-4 he achieved over 30 world records. In this video we follow his journey in MSFS from Australia to Oshkosh. Hope you enjoy. Cheers. https://youtu.be/M3tOfZDkRYg?si=N-eAa8QcB_QMsdqE

Nothing like having a goal and then surpassing it, kudos. Nicely done video Frank, thanks for the look.

DC-3 AIRWAYS is proud to present your invitation as a member of the flight simulation community to take part in our annual World Tour 2024. As DCA President Andy Hatcher points out, this is a tour, nor a rally. It is not a competition. Rather, The Tour is a collection of ten flight plans to be flown in sequence during the month of October, 2024 The only requirement is that all flights be made in a DC3 or its military version, C47. Flight plans are in the Little Nav Map format, but can be easily converted within the LNM software to your platform. Some of the navigation is via NDB and VOR.

Sadley, I have looked at too many of these same situations that ended in the death of pilots and their passengers. They all had those same cascading series of mistakes in thinking. Thanks for the look at avoidable accident that should be a lesson for all.

VMC into IMC continues to be a world-wide stubborn source of too many accidents & deaths. In this video we look at a 2022 Australian case study involving a Cessna 182 Skylane, analyse what went wrong in that case, & then provide some advice on preferably avoiding VFR into IMC, or surviving it if entered inadvertently. Hope you find it interesting. If this helps save even one life, I will be a happy chappie. Cheers.

I had to find the article again because I once had looked into the subject of FAC and CAS when I learned about the British and Australian air force had fought in Palestine. Page four of this Air Power History magazine, https://www.afhistory.org/airpowerhistory/Air_Power_History_2006_winter.pdf Thanks for bringing the visuals on this interesting subject, all our counties continue to improve FAC and CAS to limit innocent casualties. We can only hope that one day cowardly armies will not hide behind innocent civilians and bring that number to zero.

Australia, through the Australian Royal Flying Corps in WW1, but mainly through the Royal Australian Air Force in New Guinea in WW2, spear-headed the initial development of, what is today called, Forward Air Control (FAC) for the precise & safe application of close air support. Come see the history of how this happened, while flying a range of different aircraft in MSFS. Hope you enjoy. Cheers. https://youtu.be/Afi4sGJ31W8?si=aMCnwH-X_4Rpua-b

These 4 free PDF books were highlighted in my Sep-Oct 2024 edition of Flying Australia. They are great & I recommend them to all pilots & simmers. Get them here: http://flybetter.com.au Cheers, Frank. (Franks MS Flight Sim https://youtube.com/@franksmsflightsimulator?si=2jAT9pW8gmIyBvND)

Come learn about perhaps the most popular trainer aircraft of the 1930s & 40s, the American Piper J-3 Cub. Learn about its history, the Piper company now, & see how to fly the Cub IRL. Hope you enjoy. Cheers. https://youtu.be/1flMBF11-fk?si=4bftiRAu9a72uMF1

When I first decided to start flying in England, just to see what was there, A2A came out with their Piper Cub and along with Orbix/Ftx I was in scenery flying heaven. Low and slow with the sun coming up was fantastic. It was the first time I could put on the bush tires and skim the water while heading for a small sand bar for a night of camping. All that to lead in a big thanks for this new video on the start of Piper and their enjoyable little plane.

Trailer giving a little more detail of content coming in new version such as seasons. 2nd MFS 2024 Trailer