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Private Pilot The Best Light Planes for Microsoft FS2000 - and updated for FS2002

What the flight simmers say about Private Pilot  "Private Pilot is outstanding. The aircraft look great and fly just right. ... a great job.", P.P., via Internet "You guys are the best! I love my Private Pilot aircraft collection", M.S., via Internet "After flying the aircraft for two days I had to write to tell you that these planes are the most beautiful I have seen... The visual models are magnificent and they handle very nicely. The panels are also fabulous. This is a great product and I have recommended it to all my sim friends.... I rate it a big '10'", R.P., via Internet "It is absolutely the best!!!!!!!!!!!! Please keep developing the private aircraft models. The aircraft all fly realistically. I am a pilot. Great job done...", G.G., Harrisburg, PA "... these aircraft are among the best I've seen. ...if you look very close, you will see little details, like recessed lights and near perfect exterior lighting effects. My hat is off to Terry Hill for these very fine aircraft", S.C., Reno, NV "Great job on Private Pilot. I found it all that it was advertised to be and a lot more. ...makes FS2000 all the more fun to fly", S.H. Dallas, TX

"Now this is really flying" Ask a professional airline pilot and he may tell you that he doesn't do much "hand flying" these days. Why not? Well, most airliners have banks of high tech instrumentation that takes most of the flying out of piloting. For "hand-on flying" you'll have to move away from the airliners and get into the left-hand seat of a light plane. Private Pilot lets you fly the best of the light planes. You'll recognize most of the aircraft here since they're among the world's most popular models. And a few of these are planes that many aviators can only dream about flying. Already many flight simmers have taken to the smaller planes with Private Pilot. Now we invite you to fly the light ones.

Fly these dozen 13 beauties Here's the light singles and twins that you'll be piloting: AeroStar 700 Beech V-35 Beech Baron 58 Cessna 150 w/floats Cessna 152 Cessna 172 Cessna 310 Diamond Katana Glassair III Mooney Ovation Pilatus PC-12 Piper Malibu Piper Saratoga II To see all 13 planes, click here.

Cessna 310 Twin

The World's Finest Craftsmanship Noted designer Terry Hill has been creating flight sim aircraft for many years. Finally he has the opportunity to complete something that he's wanted to do for some time now - put together a collection of his favorite light planes. As you can see from these screen shots, Terry's attention to detail insures you that these lucky thirteen singles and twins look like the real thing. He, Jim Rhoads and several other experienced pilots put just as much effort into making sure they fly like the real thing too. ITo find out more about the quality that separates Private Pilot from all of the other add-ons, please read the "Inside Story".

Beech V-35 Single

Piper Saratoga II	Click for enlargement
Beech Baron Twin	Click for enlargement
Diamond Katana	Click for enlargement

We Haven't Forgotten The Inside And the attention to detail doesn't stop on the outside or the aircraft. Here we've recruited panel designers Chris Arrington, Scott Nix, Tim Dickens and Chuck Dome into creating a customized cockpit for each of these plane. As an example, look at the detail in the V-tail cockpit.

Beech V-35 cockpit. Click to see the full screen panel

Hone Your Flying Skills* When you step into a new plane, you should practice a few hours to become acquainted with its flying characteristics. We'll take you to Island Airpark which is located right in the middle of Lake Michigan - not too far from Meigs Field. At Island Airpark, you'll be able to practice to your heart's content whether it's a short field takeoff over 50 foot obstacles or a soft field landings, shooting the ILS in bad weather or holding over the NDB and other challenging maneuvers and approaches. Island Airpark is a Jim Rhoads special! *Island Airpark is not available for FS2002.
Try landing over this 50 foot obstacle. Click to see the full screen panel	The view from the cockpit. Click to see the full screen panel
Can you fly through these? Click to see the full screen panel	Bird's Eye View of Island Airpark Scenery, Airpark and Obstacle Course by Jim Rhoads
Other Essential Tools for the Private Pilot Individual checklist cards for each aircraft Guide to basic aircraft maneuvers, acronyms, more Chicago area sectional map. FAA Pilot Knowledge Test Sampler. Computerized pilot tool to determine weight and balance, density altitdues and pressure patterns - E6B calculator Computerized pilot tool to calculate wind correction angle "Be A Pilot" coupon gets you an introductory flight lesson in a real aircraft for only $35 from a participating flight school. Live the dream! Get one step closer to your pilot's license with practice exams for the computer based FAA Pilot Knowledge tests from the Gleim FAA Test Prep CD Sampler

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