Examples of the Virtual Cockpit in action :

• Circuit and landing flown in the F-100D Super Sabre at RAF Woodbridge, UK. (this page) from Air Power - The Cold War
  
  
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• CIRCUIT in a Lancaster from The Dam Busters
  
  
• There are many more examples in the Flight Sim Museum - use the search link.

Here is a takeoff - circuit and landing flown in the F-100D Super Sabre at RAF Woodbridge, UK.

Hint

• Zoom the view out to 0.5 zoom for a more realistic field of view and better sensation of speed.
  Use the " - " key
• Zoom back to 1.0 zoom for a better view on final approach.
  use the " + " key.

The default view in virtual cockpit mode.	Just after takeoff and in a climbing left turn - you can look where you're going and still monitor altitude and speed on the HUD display.	TURNING DOWNWIND - There's the runway - I'm almost parallel and ready to roll out level. In the HUD at upper right you can see the aircraft symbol is almost pointed West.	Click for a bigger image DOWNWIND - Looking back, over the left wing, and just passing the runway threshold. Time to get the gear and flaps down, ready to turn to finals.
Click for a bigger image TURNING TO FINALS - You can keep the runway in sight all the way through the turn with a virtual cockpit - just as you would in real life.	The canopy rail gives you plenty of cues to the bank angle and attitude of the plane.	Rolling level, on speed.
			Touchdown!

• Higher frame rate (the sim runs more smoothly)
• Better sense of speed
• More unobstructed view

• Inability to read the gauges in most sims up until about 2002

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