Yes, this is a shameless plug.
I have hooked a job what could well be planted in my top 5 list (yet to confirm) doing instructing work a for a company known as Flight Experience.
They currently have shops setup in Christchurch and Tauranga and other places around the country and are now in the finishing stages of preparation of the Auckland branch in Botany Town centre.
What is it you ask. Well pretty simply, its a flight simulator. It is a complete model of a 737NG (new generation, -800,-900 series) cockpit with full functioning controls, essentially it is exactly like the real thing but without the crashing and dying. The system runs FS2004 with photorealistic NZ scenery for Wellington, Auckland, Tauranga, Queenstown and Christchurch.
The simulator features realistic flight dynamics that have been upgraded to accurately match that of the real plane and not be 'arcade' like the basic FS2004 aircraft.
It also has built in interactive Air Traffic Control which was developed especially for the simulator.
It's actually that good that the flight simulator has New Zealand CAA approval and is often used by commercial and airline pilots for training purposes. I checked it out today, the cockpit environment is mint, they didnt have any working visuals yet - the projectors were getting mounted as I left, but the realism and detail in the cockpit is second to none, really looks like the real thing!
Check the website at http://www.flightexperience.co.nz/ for more info.
If your in Auckland and keen to come and have a look they are opening on the 24th of October (i think). It's strangely located in the parking lot below the food court at the back of Botany Town Centre.
I'll occasionally get some free time on the sim which I am willing to share if allowed, but will have to get back to you on that.
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Originally Posted by Swoop
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