You can see where I had the sim in active pause…the autopilot tried to violently fly me into the ground when I came out of it, so I just flew the rest of the approach visually.
I’m doing so here because today I used Foreflight with MSFS for the first time. The LAST time I used a sim/PED combo was 10 years ago when I was toying with X-Plane and VATSIM with virtual human ATC.
Today it was just to explore NJ VFR just as I do for real. I know the area like the back of my hand which makes appreciating the utter perfection of the sim’s interpretation of the scenery all the more joy-inspiring. What I can’t, or rather am unwilling, to do is get down and dirty with some of the more intriguing spots—either because I fear complaints or it’s just not safe. Last year I flew an R44 with my daughter and instructor to drop pink “smoke” at a gender reveal party (yes, humanity at its lowest ebb). On the way back we flew over a farm with a lovely concrete H pad, windsock and hangar. My instructor had been there in the Augusta but refused to tell me who it belonged to (per his boss). Of course that just made me even more curious about the place. Labeled “The Farm” on Foreflight. With the sim and the map I could find it easily and buzz and land with impunity. Yet another example of how we live in the best of (sim) times!