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Summary: A BIG WASTE
Review: As anyone who has purchased Microsoft's Flight Simulator 2002 knows, the software comes with no manual...only online documentation that's not the same. When I first heard about this book I was therefore very excited to get something on paper that would help. In particular, I need to find out more info on GPS navigation and using Air Traffic Control (ATC). This book fails miserably to help in these areas. It would have been nice to just include a Gate-to-Gate tutorial flying from say Los Angeles to San Francisco on a large jet and telling you how to set the NAV radios, tell you the correct speed, etc.Nothing like that in this book! It won't even teach anything about taxiing from the Gate to the runway. I too hope someone else will have the foresight to put together a good manuel for FS2002.
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Summary: NO INDEX! & LITTLE ELSE
Review: As the author of 24 books and the holder of an Airline Transport Pilot License and Flight Instructor Rating, I feel qualified to comment on this book. The cover says it has "comprehensive coverage of both standard and professional editions including the new interactive air traffic control feature." In fact the words "air traffic control" do not appear in the table of contents and the book has no index! I have yet to find the alleged ATC coverage, The book contains much extraneous information and no helpful software data, no troubleshooting guide, no guide to keystroke commands. Nothing on how to use the autopilot. It is as confusingly organized as the sof tware's so-called "help" files. It provides 13 identical "fill-in-the-blanks" aircraft checklist forms for each aircraf t in the software, using up 32 of the book's 156 pages. What a waste of space. Don't waste your money.
Rating:
Summary: NO INDEX! & LITTLE ELSE
Review: As the author of 24 books and the holder of an Airline Transport Pilot License and Flight Instructor Rating, I feel qualified to comment on this book. The cover says it has "comprehensive coverage of both standard and professional editions including the new interactive air traffic control feature." In fact the words "air traffic control" do not appear in the table of contents and the book has no index! I have yet to find the alleged ATC coverage, The book contains much extraneous information and no helpful software data, no troubleshooting guide, no guide to keystroke commands. Nothing on how to use the autopilot. It is as confusingly organized as the sof tware's so-called "help" files. It provides 13 identical "fill-in-the-blanks" aircraft checklist forms for each aircraf t in the software, using up 32 of the book's 156 pages. What a waste of space. Don't waste your money.
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Summary: Can I give this book zero stars?
Review: Everything the other reviewers say is true. This book is a major letdown. Everything in it amounts to 'filler' material, with nothing of substance. It does look like it was put together in a weekend.
Rating:
Summary: NO INDEX! & LITTLE ELSE
Review: Folks, I hate to say it, but don't waste your time on this one. This is not at all what I expected in a "strategy guide" and does not at all match up to the previous flight sim strategy guides, which were done much better. I keep checking back to see if anyone has written a helpful manual, but haven't found it yet. I certainly don't need a book that is not much more than the documentation that is on the CD!
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Summary: Not At all What I Expected
Review: Folks, I hate to say it, but don't waste your time on this one. This is not at all what I expected in a "strategy guide" and does not at all match up to the previous flight sim strategy guides, which were done much better. I keep checking back to see if anyone has written a helpful manual, but haven't found it yet. I certainly don't need a book that is not much more than the documentation that is on the CD!
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Summary: A big letdown and a big waste of money
Review: I agree with everything the other reviewers have said so far. There is absolutely NOTHING that can be gained from reading this book, except for a few web addresses which can easily be found with a search engine. Save your time. Save your money. Save your disappointment. Do not buy this book.
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Summary: A big letdown and a big waste of money
Review: I agree with everything the other reviewers have said so far. There is absolutely NOTHING that can be gained from reading this book, except for a few web addresses which can easily be found with a search engine. Save your time. Save your money. Save your disappointment. Do not buy this book.
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Summary: Ditto the other reviews
Review: I made the mistake of not believing the reviews and ordering the book. I assumed a certain amount of MicroSoft bashing was responsible for the low ratings, but that was not the case. It appears the author took what was avaiable from the FS2002 CD Flight Book, added a little bit of real world aviaton material, and included a few tid-bits of helpful information to create a book. I have spent 15 minutes looking it over and will probably return it. There is such an incredible amount of information that can be used to optimize using the FS2002 that I expect a legitimate handbook to be produced soon. A lot of what is contained in this book is basic filler material, if you are already flying around succesfully with FS2002 I strongly suggest you look elswhere for a manual to improve your flying.
Rating:
Summary: Ditto the other reviews
Review: I made the mistake of not believing the reviews and ordering the book. I assumed a certain amount of MicroSoft bashing was responsible for the low ratings, but that was not the case. It appears the author took what was avaiable from the FS2002 CD Flight Book, added a little bit of real world aviaton material, and included a few tid-bits of helpful information to create a book. I have spent 15 minutes looking it over and will probably return it. There is such an incredible amount of information that can be used to optimize using the FS2002 that I expect a legitimate handbook to be produced soon. A lot of what is contained in this book is basic filler material, if you are already flying around succesfully with FS2002 I strongly suggest you look elswhere for a manual to improve your flying.
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