Category: News

AVIATOR90: Rollin’ In The Steep… Turns

We’re back in 2015 with more AoA videos, and now we’re into the fun stuff. Today we’re demonstrating an aggressive double 360-degree turn at a steep 45-degree angle. Chris Palmer from Angle of Attack talks you through the maneuver and stresses the importance of back elevator and keeping the horizon in the same place in […]


Just What Is Elite: Dangerous Anyway?

If you have questions about Elite or just want a great general introduction to the space sim, Jason Evangelho of Forbes.com has published a guide called, appropriately enough: Everything You Need To Know Before Buying And Playing ‘Elite: Dangerous’ http://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonevangelho/2015/01/15/everything-you-need-to-know-before-buying-and-playing-elite-dangerous/2/ When you are done catching up on the game and you want to dive in […]


AVIATOR90: Now That’s What I Call Flying Circles

We continue looking at basic maneuvers with Point Turns. The “point” is to look out your side window and pick a visual landmark to circle around in a smooth manner: compensating for wind, continually adjusting bank angle, and maintaining altitude all while keeping your eyes off your instruments. Chris Palmer from Angle of Attack takes […]


AVIATOR90: S-Turns In The Sky

It’s time to start learning some basic maneuvers.  In today’s episode Chris Palmer from Angle of Attack demonstrates S-Turns, or Snake Turns. For this exercise he picks a long, straight road to use as reference as he alternates left and right turns, always crossing the road perpendicularly and always while maintaining altitude. He’ll also show how […]