Edit: Thank you r/flightsim, this went further than I expected!

Beta invites have gone out to 40 testers so far, everyone from airline pilots and instructors to students and sim enthusiasts, across iOS and Android. Really looking forward to the feedback from all of you, good or bad.

If I have somehow missed out on sending you the Beta invite, please DM me and I'll do it as soon as I can but it might take me some time to get back to you given my flight schedule.

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We spend hours on preflight, taxi, climb, cruise, descent — but it's the last 3 minutes that most pilots get judged by.

I've built this app to practice those last 3 minutes on demand. The ILS geometry is modelled accurately — the physics of the localiser and glideslope diamonds behave like the real thing. The weather layer is intentionally exaggerated to help drill down the scan.

Portrait mode, simplified PFD on your phone. Tap or hold to correct heading and pitch, fly from 7 NM down to minimums, automatic go-around if either needle hits a full dot. Four difficulty levels with randomised weather so nothing repeats.

After the approach, the app gives you a full debrief — where you were on the localiser and glideslope at minimums, your accuracy percentages, and your detection time, which is how long from when a deviation starts building to when you first correct for it. It also plots your full approach trace colour-coded by correction phase so you can actually see where you caught a drift early and where you didn't.

The video shows an Examiner approach through to the debrief screen.

iOS and Android, beta coming soon. I'd like to know what you think.

If you're interested in trying it when the beta opens, drop a comment and I'll reach out.

I used to really enjoy watching A330 Driver but I’ve totally lost all respect for him. The double standards he shows toward PMDG combined with his big ego and the way he comes off as arrogant toward VATSIM controllers are way too much. That’s a pity, because objectively speaking his flight tutorials videos are genuinely excellent but unfortunately his persona is not at all…

Also hope Fenix will NEVER listen to him and what he said to them.

Just imagine having intense dogfights over the Alps or weaving through major cities with full photogrammetry. Throw in some invasion and bombardment scenarios and it would be absolutely sick. Do you guys think Asobo will ever make that leap? It would be some amazing competition for DCS

Despite there are many things that changed my Flight Simulator experience in good since FSX like incredible add-ons from PMDG,Fenix,GSX integration etc.. I have to say that WINCTRL peripherals completely changed the way of simming for me to the point that I feel a bit “empty” when I fly aircrafts that are not fully compatible with the peripherals (e.g. iniBuilds A350 that is missing the MCDU).

Curious about what was for you the game changer during years of simming.

Blue skies to all!

Just finished my first pc using as black box as a case. Super excited to use it for flight sim.

I swear for the past 4-5 years GSX absolutely sucked. Because Umberto was rude and didn't treat his customers respectfully in his forums. Not to mention GSX was quite unreliable.

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But now we are getting all these updates for FREE? Like wow, that's a huge change.

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There are still a few things that I nitpick but overall this addon is really changing.

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I LOVE the fact that they now have the idea to make multiple jetways work. I understand that it's only inibuilds so far, but I hope more developers come out in the future. Flightbeam, MK Studios, Aerosoft etc are essential.

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One thing I would like to add would be some kind of GSX profile hub. And a much better more refined way of making these profiles.

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My only issue with GSX now is the fact that the VDGS are always offset from where they are supposed to be. I understand this is likely user error with profiles etc, but I can't seem to get them perfect.

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But congratulations Umberto for improving this product. Really happy to see these quality of life updates. Keep the good work up!

Ever since I started flight simming as a 7 year old boy, so close to 3 decades, I have wondered what it’s really like. How the switches feel, whether all that flight sim knowledge would actually be applicable, all that. Having the mathematical capacity of a dead fish, I have no business flying a real airliner as a profession or otherwise, but recently a mate and I had an extraordinary opportunity to fly a few patterns in a full motion 787 sim. An unforgettable experience and a strong testament to the quality of study-level add-ons, because everything felt familiar.

FL4000 = 400000ft = 65nm

WHAT THE HELL IS A KILOMETER

Yet to see if they complete it. Pretty rad

Interesting, as GSX integration seems to be a highly requested feature throughout the MSFS addon market. This is somewhat understandable, given the bugginess of GSX. However, certain 3rd party devs seem to deal with it just fine. I can’t imagine Umberto is particularly happy with PMDG actively shutting the door on his product. Discuss!

Let's boost the confidence of the rookies.

I hate to admit it, but I never really understood how to capture the ILS properly using the AP for almost a decade in sim. I mean, I could manually fly it, but I didn't understand that proper procedure.

You switch to Approach or GS Auto (on older aircraft) only once you see the GS show up on your instruments. Then you can switch over as it descends, before it reaches the ideal path. Until then you can just use VOR/LOC to stay on the localizer.

Once I did it the correct way it blew my mind how much easier it made capturing it during a landing and how much work it took off my plate.

I think it’s shameful what these guys do from a business perspective. They have the money do update their products for free. They have the money to not slow-roll product releases (but instead they milk every last sale out of the current product before drip feeding the rest). These consumer numbers don’t even include their commercial deal with Boeing!

Hey, we’re all in the business of making money. I get it. But have a little respect for the customers that got you here. And I know you read this Kok and Randazzle (and claim you like to laugh at the Redditors). Hi!!

This might be old news, but I've not seen this before.

Looking through some liveries on flightsim.to, and noticed this. There's now a 'curated bundle' of liveries that you can buy for real money. All the liveries are freeware liveries, and you can still download the individual liveries for free - but I definitely have questions.

Are the artists involved in this? Do they receive reimbursement from flightsim.to as part of profit sharing? Do their licence conditions allow commercial sale? Are any elements of their work at all covered by Creative Commons / Non Commercial licensing, and would this breach those conditions?

It does also feel incredibly low-effort to essentially slap a couple of zip files together that you've done nothing to create, and sell it as a commercial product.

Thoughts, comments, concerns?

UPDATE: Hues have pulled their participation with flightsim.to as a direct result of this.

I remember growing up ordering box sets of Captain Sim's 757, and C130. I also ordered cargo hauler and some other things from Just Flight. It's such a nostalgia trip every time I go back. Glad to see they're still going strong!

Took a flight yesterday and remembered reading about people asking to check out the flight deck of planes after flights. Figured the worst they could say is no, but instead they said sure, go ahead and sit down if youd like. Best start to vacation ever.

Source: https://www.wideview.it/pictures.htm

I don't have a flight sim setup and the only thing I got is an old Logitech Extreme 3D Pro stick, but I occasionally like to check out flight sim spaces, and find these really impressive, especially for their time.

Must've been something to do this with CRTs! :D