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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful: By A Customer This review is from: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets (Paperback) 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. 20 of 21 people found the following review helpful: By scout1954 (Vail, Colorado United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets (Paperback) 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. 14 of 14 people found the following review helpful: By "wmcgee98" (Lubbock, TX United States) - See all my reviews This review is from: Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002: Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets (Paperback) 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. |