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Title: Flight Simulation places
Post by: RAIDER14 on December 15, 2006, 10:17:53 PM

Are there any Flight Simulation places in the DFW area that you can fly sims at I remember reading about one on here a while back......

Title: Flight Simulation places
Post by: Golfer on December 15, 2006, 10:24:23 PM

Sure...FlightSafety and Simuflite.

Better really beg your parents to foot the bill for that, though.

Title: Flight Simulation places
Post by: RAIDER14 on December 15, 2006, 11:00:42 PM

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Originally posted by Golfer
Sure...FlightSafety and Simuflite.

Better really beg your parents to foot the bill for that, though.

If its under 200 I can probaly foot it , I think there is a flight safety down road from founders plaza

Are they only for FAA pilots or anyone?

Title: Flight Simulation places
Post by: eagl on December 15, 2006, 11:08:24 PM

Raider,

I think those are professional airline training centers.  We're talking about thousands of bucks per hour.

Title: Flight Simulation places
Post by: rpm on December 15, 2006, 11:09:53 PM

There's a place in Grapevine near HTC HQ called FSFE (Flight Simulation For Everyone). The price is suppossed to be very reasonable. $25/hr and up.

Here's their link: http://fsfe.us/

Title: Flight Simulation places
Post by: Golfer on December 15, 2006, 11:18:11 PM

http://www.fsfe.us/prices.html

Looks like the lowest hourly rate is $65/hr.  For a full motion device that sounds very good.  Many non-motion FTDs anymore are around $30+/hr in addition to an instructors time.



FSI's C-560 Encore school with a C-500 type was $13,500ish for the 2 week course.  That includes 24 hours in the sim.  C-750 school is around $30,000 for a 3 week type rating.

I doubt mommy and daddy would go for that, Raider.  You can get a 737 type rating for $6000-$7000 at some places.  I bet that's more your speed since you've jumpseated with SWA all those times.

Title: Flight Simulation places
Post by: RAIDER14 on December 15, 2006, 11:18:51 PM

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Originally posted by eagl
Raider,

I think those are professional airline training centers.  We're talking about thousands of bucks per hour.

lol my credit card can't handle that:O

Title: Flight Simulation places
Post by: Golfer on December 15, 2006, 11:21:36 PM

Must be nice to be 15 and have a credit card.

Title: Flight Simulation places
Post by: RAIDER14 on December 15, 2006, 11:22:56 PM

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Originally posted by rpm
There's a place in Grapevine near HTC HQ called FSFE (Flight Simulation For Everyone). The price is suppossed to be very reasonable. $25/hr and up.

Here's their link: http://fsfe.us/

seems reasonable

Title: Flight Simulation places
Post by: RightF00T on December 15, 2006, 11:59:48 PM

SimCade used to host AH in H2H servers in some mall in Texas....They closed down though.

Title: Flight Simulation places
Post by: Hornet33 on December 16, 2006, 08:37:13 AM

I used to play in the C-5 flight simulators at Altus AFB all the time growing up. My father is a flight engineer instructor and works for Flight Safety and they have the contract for the C-5 training there.

Anyway they would do maintnence on Sundays and my Dad and I would go out there and wait for them to finish and then hop in and goof off for a couple of hours while no one was around.

Don't know how many times I crashed one of those things, but after awhile I started getting pretty good unless my dad decided to mess with me from the instructor console.

I remember one time he hit me with turbulance, hydraulic failure, and an engine fire on short final. I got it down but it was ugly!!!!!!

Fun times:aok