SimCom’s simulators have stunning daylight visuals. Control fidelity is sometimes quirky.

by J. Ross Russo

Like most professional pilots, I’ve been in and around simulator training, both in the military and in the airlines. But not in general aviation, until I became a student again when I upgraded to a Piper Navajo and was once again required to undergo training.

Actually, I didn’t have to undertake the training, but the math was compelling. The difference in the cost of insurance without the training was more than the cost of the training and the airfare and the hotel costs and the meals. Even I can grasp that math. …