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Part 1: How Flight Simulator Platforms Handle the Boeing 737

Flying Magazine

AUGUST 1, 2025

It lacks any reverse thrust sound. You can not program routes as a real FMS, and entering waypoints, direct-tos, or approaches are annoyingly odd, or nonexistent. Performance V-speeds and PERF INIT don’t exist. READ MORE: Flight Sim Instruction: Putting Lessons to the Test I would grade it a solid B.

Cockpit

Cockpit V Speed Thrust Airplanes

Rotation Gone Wrong: The Critical Error Behind LATAM’s Milan Tail Strike

Fear of Landing

SEPTEMBER 27, 2024

. […] There are many checks and balances which should catch a slip like this, as the wrong weight has serious consequences: not just that the airspeed is too high or low for rotation, but that all of the V-speeds are off, which affects go/no-go decisions. These V-speeds need to be calculated for every flight.

Tail

Tail V Speed Knot Runway

Part 1: How Flight Simulator Platforms Handle the Boeing 737

Rotation Gone Wrong: The Critical Error Behind LATAM’s Milan Tail Strike

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