How to fly a plane in your browser: a beginner's guide
Your first flight in a browser flight simulator, step by step: choosing the aircraft and the airport, the takeoff, turning, levelling off and the keys you need, with the Cessna 172.
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Guides to fly better in Open Flight World, and the real aviation behind them.
How to land a Cessna 172: speeds, flaps and the flare
A practical guide to landing the Cessna 172 in a flight simulator: the approach speeds from its handbook, when to put the flaps out, reading the PAPI lights, the flare and the most common mistakes.
The 16 best airports to fly in a flight simulator
From the Manhattan skyline at JFK to Maho Beach, Innsbruck's Alpine valley and Gibraltar's Rock, the sixteen airports most worth flying in a flight simulator, and what makes each one special.
Flight simulator controls: keyboard, mouse and gamepad cheat sheet
Every control of Open Flight World in one place: the keyboard keys for power, flaps, gear and brakes, flying with the mouse, and the Xbox and PlayStation gamepad layout, with tips for each.
Real-time weather and live air traffic in a flight simulator: how they work
How a browser flight simulator shows the real aircraft and ships around you and the weather outside right now: where the data comes from, how it reaches the sim, and what to expect from it.
Free flight simulators you can play online, compared
A fair comparison of the free flight simulators you can play today, in the browser and on the desktop: what each one does best, what it costs, what you need to install and who it suits.
Kai Tak vs Hong Kong International: the story of the world's most famous approach
Why landing at Hong Kong's old Kai Tak airport was legendary, the checkerboard turn over Kowloon's rooftops, how Chek Lap Kok replaced it in 1998, and how to fly both places today in a flight simulator.