On Oct 22, 1:05 pm, george wrote:
On Oct 23, 8:58 am, Mxsmanic wrote:



Jay Honeck writes:
While they were waiting, I set him up in our newly upgraded Kiwi
flight simulator (see it hehttp://www.alexisparkinn.com/flight_simulator.htm),
at their home airport. I knew he would want me to program in some
crosswind (to better simulate the landing at home) and while tinkering
I ran across a choice I had never used befo "Download real-time
winds and weather."

I clicked on it, not knowing what to expect. Well, quicker than I can
check ADDS weather, Flight Simulator X had gone on-line and downloaded
the current weather at their home airport. It then incorporated this
weather into the sim, and within moments our guest was getting tossed
around in real-life turbulence, fighting a stiff, 80-degree cross wind
to land -- at his very own airport -- EXACTLY like he was about to do
in "real life". Very cool!

I know there are those here who don't think sims are very useful, but
this new (to me) feature really enhances the overall experience. And
our pilot-guest certainly agreed!

This option exists in FS 2004 as well.

Jays Kiwi is a flight simulator that can be used by real live pilots
to enhance their real flying skills.
What you have is a game!

uh, the 'kiwi' is a metal frame with a computer screen and a joystick
attached.