Entries by Alan Nguyen

Tips for using aviation apps with home flight simulators

Are you stuck at home and separated from your airplane, or just experiencing an unlucky stretch of bad weather? The good news is, you can still fly at home and stay current with your favorite aviation apps using the latest flight simulators. Here’s a deep dive into settings, add-on software, flight sim controls, and app settings.

How To Connect ForeFlight To Microsoft Flight Sim

Out of the box, Flight Sim 2020 does not include settings for connecting an external device such as an iPad or iPhone, so a third-party plugin will be required. There are several third-party plugins available, and in this article we’ll cover Flight Events, fs2ff, XMapsy, and MSFSBridge. Here’s how to set up each of these plugins so you can practice your next cross country or RNAV approach with ForeFlight on your lap.