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Yea, I played around with VATSIM while practicing for my IFR practical test.
Several times I found it helpful for practicing my radio work/phraseology, vectoring/navigating, holds, and approaches. However, more often than not, I found it frustrating and a waste of time. It was interesting and sort of helpful -- several times I got controllers that were on the ball and handled me in a realistic way (I asked them to assign me a hold and for practice approach clearances), yet some were interrupted by phone calls, their children, etc. so often that it was just not worth the time. It's a forum for simulator pilots and controllers in training, so you find all sorts of levels of competency. Also, the controllers in my area don't come on at regular times, so it's really a "hit or miss" proposition for me to find one that will give me what I want. By the time I got myself organized for the flight, often times the controller(s) I wanted to speak with had logged off... It's indeed a cute idea, and it CAN work pretty good. But, "I've been there and done that" just about describes it for me after a week or two of trying it out... "Tune2828" wrote in message ... what's the retail on this? sorry if question's been asked already anyone ever use vatsim? http://www.vatsim.net/ let's you link up with other sim pilots, and some play controller. -so if you fly from DEN-LAX, you have real people vectoring you / sequencing finals, etc the whole trip. i've perused their site but never have time to learn and download whatever i needed - but i like i think the concept's pretty cool |
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