Come join Howard Forder and a ton of airplanes as we weave in and out of Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Starting at Powell River Airport, BC, through Comox and right through the island to the other side, landing in Victoria. It’s the long way around but a whole lot more fun. Come watch or fly with us: https://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly As a reminder, subscribers get discounts and freebie courses on Howard’s Udemy courses online. Come join in for the love of aviation! While in chat on twitch, type !fly for the server (East USA) and !flightplan for this flight plan. Although not needed, here is the free Grumman Goose you can fly through these water-filled adventures.

Join us in flight or to witness our discoveries. https://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly

The ForderLearnToFly “Eye in the Sky” will be covering the event from way up! Come join the fun today as a couple dozen brave pilots tackle the famous Mach Loop racetrack in the sky in North Wales. This challenging race for pilots keeps you on your toes and your eyes wide open. Famous for military displays of “Top Gun” material. Categories include the low and the slow all the way up to the fastest jets we have in Microsoft Flight Simulator. No extra scenery is required as the stock photogrammetry is beautiful and is as hard to navigate as the real thing. Pilots have to stay low and make those turns. No time to admire the scenery. We have our partner, Orbx, giving away prizes for the winners and two giveaways for the viewers. We have our twitch moderators judging and air traffic control. We have most of the competing pilots turning on their video cameras when they are not flying. We will have great coverage of the event from all angles. Oh, and did I mention the ForderLearnToFly blimp? It all happens today, Saturday, June 12th at noon Eastern time, 1600 zulu. Bring your friends and relax and enjoy. This is going to get crazy! https://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly

As promised on-stream Thursday, we are having another orientation/practice event today, Friday the 28th at 5pm Eastern 2100 zulu (right after the MSFSofficial group fly) We are flying out of the famous Greece airport: LGTG where we will all be participating in a lesson with the TwoToneMurphy’s Thunderflys on Saturday. East USA server for today. Today we learn to takeoff, level flight, follow each other and land properly. Then we will be confident when it comes to the lesson on Saturday. The event Saturday, May 29th is at 8am Eastern, 1200 zulu with the ThunderFlys They will be conducting an airshow, then a lesson for all to participate. Then a group fly with all of us trying to stay in formation for the epic fly over an airport. Don’t miss it! Both events: https://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly Everyone welcome to watch the airshow and to participate in the lesson afterwards.

Join Howard today as he helps us get acquainted with the MB-339 jet in preparation for Saturday’s formation flight airshow and fly-along. The Two-Tone-Murphy’s “Thunderflys” formation team will be giving an airshow on Saturday and then we all get to join-in for a lesson and a group fly. We will attempt the largest formation fly over yet on Saturday, so tonight we need to fire up the 339 or an equivalent jet so we can participate on Saturday without surprises. Join Howard and his fellow aviators on the twitch stream: https://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly Thursday, May 27th, 5pm Eastern 1200zulu

Our next few Tuesday Lessons will focus on learning to fly a new airplane. Many have taken the basic lessons and learned on a Cessna 152 or Cessna 172 just like real life pilot training. But when it comes to flying bigger planes and more complex propellers or engines, we just kind of wing it, and many times with disappointing results. In this series of lessons and demonstrations, we learn the overall strategy of learning to fly a new plane and specific details on how to do that for 4 major upgrades over 4 Tuesdays. Our first upgrade would be from conventional round gauges of a Cessna 152 to a Cessna 172 which is an easy upgrade. We just need to know the new Vx and Vy of the bigger plane. But this session will dive deeper into an upgrade from the Cessna 172 G100 plane (stock in the standard edition) to the Beechcraft G36 Bonanza with it’s retractable gear, high-performance engine and 6 seats. Faster and more complex, but not hard to learn if we use the right methodology. Come join Howard as we learn how to upgrade to a new plane properly so we are confident in flying your new airplane in Microsoft Flight Simulator. https://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly The Beechcraft G36 Bonanza – A high-performance six-seater single engine airplane in production the longest of any other aircraft. A sample screen from this session. These are the overall steps we will take. Then we apply them specifically to the G36 in this session. Here is the lineup for this lesson (G36) and future lessons on Tuesdays

Caribbean music, island hopping in a floatplane and great discussions along the way. Life is good. Come fly in multiplayer or just watch and participate in chat. https://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly We take a closer look at Orbx’s Vessels in Anguillla, St Martin and St Barts. Tall ships, yachts, and sailboats. A great addition to the vacation islands. While you are in chat, type !fly for our server, !flightplan for our flightplan and !scenery for the link to the scenery. Sunday, May 23rd, 2021 at 7pm Eastern, 2300 zulu

& Bravo Throttle Quadrant Setup Come join in for our Thursday Cockpit Chatter where we discuss hardware and software for your home cockpit. This week we show you how to make your own helicopter collective ; the part that makes the heli go up or come back down. We will also cover how to setup the Bravo Throttle Quadrant. There are some things that need to be removed from the bindings and then others added. Along the way Howard will discuss how the autopilot has all the necessary functions to work on any size of plane. Come join us Thursday, May 20th at 5pm Eastern, 2100 zulu at: https://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly

Welcome everyone as we take to the custom Cessna 152 STOL (short takeoff and Landing) airplane made by our own sjfly2. Sj modded’ our standard 152 to give is this great performance; perfect for getting in and out of back country airstrips. When you get to twitch chat, type !fly and !flightplan and then !files to get everything. Come join us to view or jump in a fly along this weekend on https://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly We will be using it both on our Saturday fly at 8am Eastern, 1200zulu and on our Sunday evening fly at 7pm Eastern, 2300 zulu. Hope to see you then. You can find sj’s enhanced Cessna 152 in flightsim.io

Learn to find, tune and use this valuable navigation aid in the cockpit. Join Howard for another Tuesday Lesson on flying using Microsoft Flight Simulator. The VOR. How to find them, tune them and use them. This handy radio navigation aid is the basis for cross-country precision location and guidance systems. Every plane has it, even the basic Cessna 152 trainer. When you hear the expression, “Fly the Needles” this is the basis for that method. Using one or two VORs and even the more elaborate ILS system to guide you in low visibility or just to check your position along the way. During the demonstration, Howard will take us from Oshawa airport near Toronto Canada to the Simcoe VOR, then outbound to Baldwin airport. Join us for another informative and clear lesson and demonstration on: Tuesday, May 11th at 5pm Eastern, 2100 zulu on https://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly

The Canadian Tour! The well-travelled corridor from Ottawa to Montreal. Then we add more to the trip in the areas Howard is familiar with: Petawawa/Pembroke, where he served in the Canadian Armed Forces. Along the way we travel through the busy capital city of Ottawa and the nearby Aviation Museum at Rockcliffe Airport, where the Avro Arrow legend can be found. Then on to the busy hub of Montreal Quebec where our final destination lands with the beautiful Ottawa river all the way there. Come witness the group flight or join in with Microsoft’s Flight Simulator. Anyone can watch or participate. Sunday, May 9th, 2021 at 7pm. Eastern, 2300 zulu https://twitch.tv/ForderLearnToFly When you are in chat, type !fly (to reveal the server, usually EAST USA) and type !flightplan to pick up the flight plan and load it into your simulator. In the Ottawa area, we have to swing by and land at Rockcliffe airport where the famous Canadian Aviation Museum lives.

Two main topics on our regular Thursdays Cockpit Chatter twitch session: The first real helicopter and using TrackIR 5 for head-tracking. Two requested topics that we will cover so you know what they are and how good or bad they are. Join Howard, the moderators on voice and the whole chat room group on Thursday, May 6th, 2021 at 5pm Eastern, 2100zulu https://twitch.tv/ForderLearntoFly Install and test using the included hat clip. As a reminder: Twitch Tier 1 subscribers get 10@ off Howard’s online courses, Tier 2 get deeper discounts and Tier 3 get all his online flying courses for free.