(Wasting) Time…

N90 on ATC Simulator 2

ATC Simulator 2 is my new addiction. I recently shelled out the money to purchase the software and I have enjoyed every penny of it. Aside from the abnormal download and installation on Windows Vista, this program is amazing. The benefits of the program make any installation frustration worth it. I highly recommend it for anyone that’s interested in air traffic control. You can start out with slow scenarios in simple airspace, and build your way up to something more complex. One of the coolest features of the software is when you can review your errors after quitting a simulation. It will give you a rating and let you know what you need to review and work on for the next time you sit down to control.

In the screenshot above, I was working New York TRACON with Newark and John F. Kennedy airports enabled with a scenario that would have included 100 arrivals. I couldn’t handle the full simulation; I quit shortly after I took this screenshot.

Some might refer to this as a game, but as Chip Barber wrote in his review, it’s nothing like a game. It’s an addicting, realistic simulation that’ll keep you going for hours!

My roomie poked fun at me one day after I got up from an hour of fast, speedy typing to the fake aircraft on my screen. I got up and took a big sigh of relief and yelled at how great the simulation was!

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