You're the first person I've watched go through the checklist in this game and actually explain what they're for. So neat! Thanks a bunch!!

Thanks for the video Emilie. My Dad took up both computers and flight sims in his 80s. He didn't even know the keys on his keyboard he was that green. I remember him creating huge manuals in binders, going through checklists, flight plans, interacting with the tower etc. as best he could in FSX. Every day he would make a flight after breakfast for a couple of hours. Sadly he passed away in 2017, still flight simming at 88. He would have been over the moon with this version of MSFlight so it's kind of bittersweet for me. I'll pick it up and do some flying in his memory.

My last preflight check at home. Coffee: check Chips bag: check Lemonade: check Feet on desk: ON Pink Floyd: ON ....it was an uneventful flight all in all, coffee ran out tho.

The don't sink annunciation is actually a bug that has been reported to the developers.

I don't care if you're a pilot or not. You are passionate about flying and you are trying to share your passion with people, and that's all I care about. Please continue to share, and keep faith in humanity. There are people who love your videos.

Pro-tip that I only learned by accident yesterday: When you're moving a dial (such as the heading dial), you can use the mouse scroll wheel up or down to change it instead of clicking for every degree, as long as your cursor is over the dial. Made my life a lot easier to figure this out!

Anybody else low key want a q400 to come out for this sim that's 10/10 so Emilie can fly it. Imagine the possibilities haha, proper walk through and a glimpse into what and how you do the checklists upfront. Ill be starting flight school soon and the way you speak through your flight explaining what you're doing is solid, really easy to follow along for any new pilots. But the fact that your smiling through this whole experience shows how much you love what you do! If I can experience that with any instructor then is going to be a really fun time! Thank you for the content really fun watching this. Have an amazing day!

I learned more in the first 12 minutes of this video than all of the other sim vids (that I've found) on YT. Thanks Emilie.

I love watching professional pilot such like Emilie flying an aircraft in fs2020

Just love the facial expressions and excitement ..... imagine announcing to your passengers in real life how happy you were with your landings :)

This lady is a real pilot.Thanks for all the explanation.It's nice to finally understand complete check list....

Thanks a lot for the checklist explanation! It's rare to find such well-spoken and simple yet essential tutorials and the beginners like me appreciate it immensely. Looking forward to seeing the other planes in more detail in future videos. If you really enjoy flying in the sim you could consider streaming flights and hopefully earn some money for your efforts, I'm not sure of your situation but my friend says finding work as a pilot in the current market is quite the task. Hopefully you can be flying in the real world again soon.

The smile on your face when you landed was priceless, Emilie. Thoroughly enjoyed your vid, and your inclusiveness of N1-NJA. Stay well.

Always appreciate real pilots taking their time to share their skills with us mere mortals!! Thank you

I absolutely look forward to a G1000 tutorial. Its one of the more daunting things I look at learning in Flight Sims.

So during your talk of these magnetos it would have been really cool to quickly mention what they're for. Sometimes stating what something is, what it does and why you're changing it would be so so so invaluable for those of us looking into getting into taking simming more seriously. Thank for doing these! You're doing great.

Thank you! i'm trying to get into flying as a hobby and your channel has helped explain a lot of things prior to flight school for me!

I would have liked to have had such simulators when I took my flight course 40 years ago. Young people now have the chance to have fabulous learning tools at a reasonable cost. 😎

Super informative. I was not aware of all the preflight checks that are required. Also thank you for breaking down the components in your gaming PC, it's a nice rig.

November India November Juliet Alpha...phew, that’s a mouthful!

From watching this and reading you description I can tell already that this is going to be a great and highly useful series. Thank you very much!

Protip: Middle Mouse Button gives you Freelook with the mouse. Increadibly handy. Love your channel Emilie!

You mentioned it being hard to look around. There is a product called TrackIR 5. It attaches to your headphones and has an infrared sensor that you attach to your monitor. It tracks you head movement and moves the camera in game so you can look around just by moving your head a bit. A lot of us simmers use it for racing/flying games, the immersion is so much higher. Later on ASOBO is adding support for VR which will be even better!

Keep up the good work. I appreciate that you treat the viewers as if we were flight students. I've been looking for a flight simmer who can teach us real world lessons. And the bonus is- you're a simmer who is an actual pilot. Subbed!

That was great Emilie, really appreciate the detailed coverage of the checklist items, I look forward to your tutorials on the G1000 features.

Since you're a real pilot and you obviously know these things pretty in-depth considering you've gotten to where you are, could you make a few more comments about why each of these checks are made when it's important, the importance of the order they are in, etc. Something that a person like you with a lot of experience would understand. I know a lot of simmers are into it because they can't necessarily afford to do the real thing but still want to learn the technical stuff. Don't have to go too in depth, just a few comments with useful information would be interesting to see. =)

Honestly this type of tutorial is exactly what I have been looking for. It’s very helpful. The first time I watched this I was incredibly overwhelmed with the layouts and zillions of knobs lol by the second time I watched it all the way throughI really felt a much better understanding of the workflow and why you would need to do things like check the battery and fuel and everything BEFORE you are in flight lol

Thank you for your light hearted approach. It takes the stress out! And, yeah LOTS of great info in this new "to me" journey. Big Thank you!!

This is fun learning the game with you! Please keep making these great videos!

This was above and beyond what I was hoping for. Thank you so much! Looking forward to some time in the 172 now!

Since FS 1.0 I have flown (simulated) everything that has wings. In between there is a 10 year break until FS 2020. Now I'm back. And I notice that beautiful female pilots publish great tutorials on KZfaq. It's like heaven! Enthusiastic greetings from good old Germany!

Captain Emilie you are awesome. Giving out tutorials like this on how real pilots do stuff is really inspiring. You made me come back to flight sim-ing. Downloading FS2020 again in steam. Amazing checklist, I could imagine calling out "check", "on", "off" for you on that seat next to you. Hehe

Hello Emilie , nice tutorial....thats wayyyyy more advanced than the analogical C152 in which i learn to fly , i would love to see more of this , the checklists , tests, nav setups... and why no a streaming, maybe a little cross country for some touch's an go's...looking forward to new content! great job!!!!

00:00 cat wants to become pilot 😂

That face when you landed though! 🤣 Priceless....

Hi Emilie. Just fyi, for next time, you can enable the automated co-pilot checklist in the tools bar. This makes it easier if you want to proceed auditing the checklist itself while the co-pilot does the procedures. Great video!

The best thing i ever did in this game was turn on the taxi line to show you where to go, i spent an hour the 1 night trying to find my parking spot at JFK before i finally gave up and ordered fuel to the runway :P

Ok just starting watching it but I have to comment. Set your damn stick up however you want! The joystick can actually be configured to work on either side. Makes perfect sense why you did that to me. I think just about every commercial plane has the throttle on the right, not the left. So it would make sense that is where you would put it. Only thing I have seen with the throttle on the left is fighter jets. F-16's had the throttle on the left and the stick on the right. Older ones like F-4's and stuff like that ( I was a mechanic on F-4's in the Air Force) have the throttle on the left and stick in the center. And since you fly commercial planes for real I would think your right hand would naturally drop down to the throttles to control them. Just like shifting a car, unless you live in the UK lol. I wouldn't reverse your controls just because some internet trolls get triggered. It isn't your fault the controls were made wrong.

Excellent Emilie, It is very clear you are a great flight instructor and pilot. Thank so much for taking the time and your skills to teach us virtual pilots the basics. I'm looking forward to your smile and more adventures in the future. Merci beaucoup!

thanks for an instructive video. I think the training in MSFS is too basic so those advanced trainings are really valuable. I really look forward your IFR flight!

Today was my first solo flight with an ASK-13

Lol you have the biggest smile on your face. Is that what I looked like when I went from xp11 to msfs? Still a lot of bugs but so much potential! Thanks for explaining "dont sink" because I always sat there like "I'm flying and climbing! Not sinking! What is this the titanic?!" This coming from a guy with only 13 hrs of logbook time real world and havent flown in 2 years...dang 200/hr lessons

I also loved your Peterborough circuit as I am from Kingston originally! Thanks for the reply! Your cat reminds of mine in Kingston! Guinness was her name! Your enthusiasm, informative & perfectionist personality make a real treat to watch any of your world class videos! Your expressions at are just priceless! Adrian

Toronto ... yea ! I love your tutorials... if you can continue on this trend that would be great !!

Top Tip: for maximum realism, you _can_ simulate walk-arounds if you go into drone mode.

Just don't look at the checklists for basically anything other than the C172. You're lucky if they make it past engine startup.

I have watched this video twice now and I’m still learning more each time. Your a great teacher. I hope you come back and do more.

As a 50+ year real life pilot as well as a 35+ year Flight Sim pilot, I find you refreshing and fun to listen to and watch. 2 suggestions for future videos to help real and sim pilots be the best they can be, are: #1- describe a solid Take-Off briefing... discussing the aspects of the takeoff and emergency procedures associated with each part... on the ground, runway remaining, in the air, in the climb out, etc. #2) discussions of engine failures and how to handle... straight ahead landing or a return to the airport. This is one of the fantastic things about the simulator... I have a reference sheet for over 100 of my favorite aircraft in my 2 present sims (out of the roughly 300+ aircraft and helicopters total in both sims) that list the minimum altitude (agl) and the maximum distance (miles) for each aircraft to be able to return to the airport in the event of a total engine failure. By the way, in some under powered single engine GA aircraft, there is no combination of altitude/distance that works (in takeoff configuration) and you must land straight ahead. It was great fun to test each plane until success was achieved. Yes, I know that engine failures are rare, but in my 50+ years of real life flying, I have encountered 3 complete engine failures... landing in a cow pasture once... on a highway once and one return to the departing airport. A good pilot is always practicing.

This is so well done. You can ignore the Patreon message about your rig. It's all here now (to be fair I sent that before this posted). A capable system woohoo.

'DON'T SINK' 'DON'T SINK' 'DON'T SINK' i was telling myself that all the time while i was fishing in harbor freight pvc boat

Dunno if you realize it, but you land it like a Dash, with a ton of power in. Taking nothing away from your flying skills--sim or RL--but the similarity in landing technique made me smile.

your channel is growing as fast as light ! great work, have fun !!!

Didn't know you were from Toronto. Huge shout out from the 6. :)

Man, the checklist on this plane is so much more relaxed. I tried the checklist on the TBM930 and if you don't go through it _faaast_ and start moving your butt the engine just overheats. 😂

Emilie not only are you a REAL pilot, which the smart people know, I also think that you are absolutely stunning. I am wishing you get back to work soon and flying in the skies. Take care and be safe. Best wishes being sent your way from Denver CO.

I have been looking around for a good instructional video. THIS IS AS FAR THE BEST! Thanks Elilie!!!

"There's definitely an aircraft on the runway." *PROCEEDS TO LAND* "That was much better!" Can't stop laughing at that!

Excellent tutorial, easy to spot your a real life pilot. I set the failures to on (not timed) and last flight my engine was on fire! At least I was about to taxi 🔥😂lol look forward to the next vid. You want to have a look at head tracking, ranges from cheap and cheerful using opensource software and a webcam, using your apple phone, to £200 natural point trackir. Next best thing to a vr headset

I can't wait for Microsoft to add the Q400 and watch you fly in game. Loving your videos. Captain.

Love this!! I'm just getting back into simming. Haven't done it since FS98. These tutorials are EXACTLY what I want and need! Keep it up and thank you!

"Not a real pilot" Proceeds to go through checklist without using focus view AND explains things as she goes. Yeah okay guys

It happened to me on climb out, and wouldn’t shut up so I turned the avionics off and then on again, problem solved 😂 surely there’s a better way...

I am here in 2022 but this video is still so helpful and will be helpful for years upon years! People wanna lean a bit more advanced detail with video explanation and you do it so good! Thank you for this video!

I started of with Bruce Artwick with the first Flight Simulator before Microsoft brought him out, you had low resolution and you can fly over green scenery all the way from the east coast to the west cost. The engine sounded like a marble in a tin can. Just 5 airports, and now look what we have today. Been with FS since 1977.

Emilie Don't worry about not being on the line when you were taxing to the runway at 15:37....... they obviously put the line in the wrong place. :)

5:39 Emily you can hover the mouse over the border to scale the window so you can see all text😁. I've waited so long for you to upload msfs2020 again. Thanx!!!

I have just watched some of your videos. OMG they are amazing. I have been using FSX for a while now and in your videos you have explained alot more on checklists etc. Hope you are keeping safe. A huge congratulations on your promotion. Keep up the great work

Can I just say that I really really enjoy your videos .. there are so many youtube gigs out there with all this fancy videos etc and I have learned more from you in 30 mins that I ever did with all the other videos for weeks on end!! I thank youtube for you appearing on my feed!!! you are great!!! SUBSCRIBED!!

I dunno, Emilie, weren't you right the first time about which hand to use for throttle and yoke? Your instincts sounded right to me, assuming you're in the left seat as PIC. Maybe it's the hardware that's wrong. A lot of the joystick and throttle combos out there seem to be aimed at gamers wanting to fly F15s or shoot lasers at asteroids, rather than practice aviation procedures. I'm planning to buy the Honeycomb yoke and TQ for this reason. Great video anyway, I haven't flown for over a decade now so this kind of resource is great for jogging my memory. You remind me of my instructor, she was similarly relaxed and matter-of-fact, with good banter, a deep love of flying and (luckily for me) endless patience!

I wish Microsoft had the Dash 8 in FS2020. Then you could show us how you fly!

Thanks for taking the time to show us this. As someone who wants to really learn this stuff, it is very nice to get free tutorials from a legit pilot.

This is very cool video, never knew how exactly these check list suppose to work, and this is eyes opening. one suggestion as you tour the city can you comment a bit on the key spot and how it is different from the real building/site? would be extra fun to learn about the city and how MSFS doing in showing the place.

Am trying to figure this out myself, I find using button 1 on my joystick, the trigger, give the view to the nearest landmark, when landing that'll be the airfield, giving me a quick check for when I"m at 45 degrees or whatever. I feel you pain with the adjustments you need to make. I got FS the first time for my Apple ][ and had a homemade joystick with no self centering. My brother in law was a flight instructor building up his hours so he could work with his dad with Flying Tigers way before they were bought out by Fed Ex. He couldn't fly it at all but he talked me into my first successful landing. Neat thing, just before his dad retired they had a chance to fly together as pilots on a 747 international flight. Gary lost his seniority after the buyout, ended up flying 727s domestic at the end of his career.

Wow, you guys really do say “Toronnah”...

I was trying to do exact same thing and fly around the cn tower in MFS and I just randomly ended up watching this and subscribed.

The very best MSFS2020 videos I’ve seen. I’d love to see some help on variable speed props, I can make it work but your videos are so helpful on doing things the RIGHT way. Thanks Emilie!

You're right; I never even thought about the throttle being on the right side in a real plane. Sorry... that's just the gaming industry being lazy af

So... right hand, left hand controls..... I'll defer to my Q400 driver when she's landing on 02/20 or 12/30 at YEG with crosswinds and icy tarmac. Pretty sure she's got that !!🤘🤘🤘🤣🤣🤣

what a woman ! and the smile on her face as shes flying is soo nice to see ! love this channel

Nice video Em...can't beat the real deal 😀👍

You should start streaming on twitch. People would love you!

As a Toronto resident, it was quite disappointing to see how bad some of the areas of the city look in FS2020. Also for some reason there's an elevated river in the Mississauga/Oakville area lol

The smile on your face while you play the sim can tell you love it.😍

Fellow Q400 Captain here from south of your border! Glad to have found your channel here. Hope to see some Q400 flying on the sim haha

If this wasn't a buttered landing I don't know what is.

Did you think about creating an amazon wishlist or a donation pocket? So people could buy you for example a YOKO Joystick and Throttle or Honeycomb Joystick and Throttle? Being able to use the sim realistically helps you and your viewers, but the peripherals are quite expensive, but maybe viewers are willing to donate? :-) I am working for Lufthansa myself, so I know your situation... :-(

GLAD WATCHING U FLYING THE PLANE....WISH U ALL THE BEST CAPT

Hi Ty for your video it has shown me alot i usually just start on the runway now I'm going to try and learn how to flight from parking spot, you explain everything clearly and easy to understand thanks again I look forward to your other tutorials.

Emilie looks cute every time she looks back at the camera. Although, I think she's actually looking to see if the camera is still on or something. lol

Look likes the landing was a 3points one... the nose wheel seems to touch first, which is not very good :) Little tips for the knobs : you should be able to scroll over to rotate those buttons, which will much more easier than click multiple times! Nice video as usual, with very useful explanations for non pilots viewer... and pilots who never use G1000 (my case :) )

Loved this thank you so much. Never been a fan of flight sims till i played the latest Microsoft flight sim 2020. And I love it to bits. Just bought a whole new PC and monitor because of it. And bought Yoke and pedals. Also for my Birthday my wife is getting me flying lessons at a small local airfield that is actually on the sim, Barton airport. You're lovely and your vids are fantastic. Keep up the good work. Thank you.

Emilie that was great, I learnt so much. Thank you.

And today I learned I've been saying "pitot" wrong

Emily, Can you try to fly military jet planes like F-18 or SU-27 in DCS?😀

I really like your videos Emilie...hopefully, you'll be getting back in the real seat soon. Also like your simulated walk-around on the outside of the plane..."Yea, looks good!" My sim walk-around..."Lets see, wings, tail and propeller...yea looks good."

great flight over TO and learned quite a bit with regard to quicktake-off & landing but checklists were very informative! Adrian from Ottawa

Wow, you are rather meticulous with your check-list. I'm more of the "Is the plane still there?" check. FIREWALL IT, BILLY!!! While making some sarcastic welcome announcement to my fictitious passengers like "Thank you for flying Air Charlie. Today's route into Seattle-Tacoma is estimated to be 95 minutes, but we think we can do it it 60. I have turned on the "fasten seat-belts" light because the co-pilot has been smashing cocktails of night-quill and Redbull since 5 am and is currently engaged in a shouting match with demons that only he can see, I'm anticipating a dog-fight to commence at any moment. We know you have a choice in air carriers and you chose poorly"

do you think after playing this for hundreds of hours, you will need a mouse when you go back to flying a real plane? ...maybe you can just bring the cat lol

Thanks for the checklists, learned things I never knew after 20 years of FS on and off. Also, I once had an add-on for a 182 that could simulate the walk-around, fuel checks, etc. Hopefully that will be a reality for this new version too some day.

​I've been watching your videos ( some of them many times ) i'm an FS enthusiast . and there's stuff I really would like to know and understand. You explain things really well , really naturally .I would really enjoy a course from you about Autopilot, or even the basic physics of plane (inclined plane force, flaps and elevation . vertical speed . horizontal speed and all those things, in relation to flying with said instruments . Also procedures like VOR/DME & SID/STARS. (the whole take off/ approach procedure), and flight plans . I think it would also boost your channel too. I'd be really happy to go through those things explained by you because it's a pleasure watching your content.