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Flight Adventure: The Pilatus PC-6 Porter

This time, our Flight Adventure highlights one of the most popular short take-off and landing utility aircraft of the past 60 years: the Pilatus PC-6 Turbo Porter.

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PC Pilot - Meet the Author

We meet our man from the 'Land Down Under': Peter Stark. Peter has been writing for PC Pilot since Issue 45 and has extensive experience as a pilot, in the real as well as the virtual world and is best known for his popular and long-running ‘Back to Basics’ and ‘Flight Adventure’ series.

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Back to Basics - Series 4, Lesson 3

For this issue, we continue our in-depth look at the humble NDB and discover some useful techniques that breathe life into this often overlooked navigation aid.

Flight Adventure - The Boeing 737 Feature Premium

Flight Adventure - The Boeing 737

This time, we focus our Flight Adventure on what has become one of the most enduring airliner families of all time, the Boeing 737.

Thranda Cessna C208 Caravan DGS series Review Review Premium

Thranda Cessna C208 Caravan DGS series Review

Thranda Design is no stranger to X-Plane pilots and has been involved in many high-quality products under its own brand as well as in cooperation with other publishers. This time we review their Cessna C208 Caravan DGS series for X-Plane 11.

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Back to Basics - Series 4, Lesson 2

Having learnt some tips about finding a suitable IFR trainer, in this issue, we now kick off some real IFR flying by taking a look at one of the oldest radio navigation aids used in aviation, the Non-Directional Beacon.

X-Aviation’s Challenger 650 Review Premium

In-depth look at the Challenger 650 for X-Plane

X-Aviation is a well-known publisher of high-quality X-Plane add-ons and has released what it claims is the most complex, sophisticated simulation of any aircraft made for any flight simulator to date – the Hot Start Take Command! Challenger 650 business jet. Can it really live up to this claim?

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Microsoft Flight Simulator World Update VII: Australia

World Updates for Microsoft Flight Simulator continue to be released on a hectic schedule and the most recent is Update VII: Australia. Join us as we race around this vast continent to explore both iconic and some hidden scenic treasures.

Back to Basics - Series 4, Lesson 1 Feature Premium

Back to Basics - Series 4, Lesson 1

Welcome to the next stage of our Back to Basics series in which we explore basic and intermediate instrument flying and radio navigational techniques.

Flight Adventure - The Boeing 717 family     Feature Premium

Flight Adventure - The Boeing 717 family

In this issue, we take the Boeing 717 airliner on routes used by two of the B717's biggest operators: QANTAS Link and Delta Airlines.