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Virtual * Airspace - by Rob Manion |
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The following images are previews of the Virtual*Airspace software product, first appearing in Sporty's™ catalogue in October, 2004. This product provides unrivalled professionally narrated, 3-dimensional digitally rendered and animated fly-through videos allowing you to actually "see" what the airspace looks like, as compared to the 2-dimensional sectional chart symbols. All AIRSPACE CLASSIFICATIONS and VFR minimums are covered. Check it out at Sporty's Pilot Shop |
Virtual*Airspace required more than 1,000 hours of 3-D solid modeling design and video rendering, and was in development for more than a year. The professional voice-over narration is performed by Brent Bissell, a high quality professional radio/TV on-air personality, critically synchronized to the timing of the key elements of all 8 videos. The following list represents the comprehensive coverage of the product.
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* Class A |
* Advisory Areas |
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* Class B |
* Alert Areas |
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* Class C |
* Warning Areas |
| * Class D | * Flight Restricted zones (FRZ) |
| * Class E | * Wildlife Refuge Areas |
| * Class G | * Air Defense Identification Zones (ADIZ) |
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* Reference to Class F |
* Temporary Flight Restrictions (TFR's) |
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* Terminal Radar Service Areas |
* Military Training Routes (MTR's) |
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* Mode C Veils |
* VFR minimums |
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* Special Use Airspace |
* Radio Communications |
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Click HERE to HEAR a sample of the professionally recorded audio (~ 1 Megabyte Download; reduced to 8 bit mono for size).
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Click HERE to watch a video sample (~ 10 Megabytes Download; high quality).
Click HERE to see a preview of the User Interface or click on the following image for greater detail.
Virtual*Airspace image samples...
| Class A | Class B | Class C | Class D |
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Class E |
Class G |
TRSA |
Special Use Airspace |
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Reviewer’s Feedback |
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I am a student pilot and I find your products to
save lots of time in the left seat ( ie: $ ) and they run great with minimal
resources. I have in fact bought all of your products that
were available from Sporty's. All of your products are thoughtfully
designed educational as well as coded in a refreshingly compact way. If you do have any new products I would, however,
be honored to help you beta test it.
- Student Pilot |
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“…it's our consensus that Virtual*Airspace is entirely correct regarding the
controller's responses to initial call-ups. It is indeed vital that pilots
are aware of the rules for penetrating class D airspace…. Finally, I'd like
to sling some praise for this philosophy toward training of new pilots… “
- ATC Instructor, University of Oklahoma |
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Being an engineer, I'm accustomed to dealing with complicated issues, such
as the FAA's national airspace system, but I still found memorizing all the
airspace rules confusing and difficult. The Virtual*Airspace software makes
sense of these rules by presenting them in an easy to understand animated
graphical 3-D format. Virtual*Airspace will definitely shorten your airspace
learning curve.
- Engineer & Student Pilot |
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have evaluated the Virtual*Airspace software and I can highly recommend it
to anyone who is either just learning to fly or who has an interest in
aviation in general. It is the definition of simplicity to install and run,
and the graphics, animation, and instructional content are on a par with
those of Microsoft's Flight Simulator software. The convenient use of a
media player to control the graphics in "Virtual Airspace" makes it possible
to work at the learning speed of any student by stopping and repeating at
will. The program makes an instructor's job a snap and a student's job
a pleasure.
- Richard Willman, Air Traffic Control Instructor |
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