User Guide

Flight Instruction
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The Hawker 800XP Jet –– Co-pilot not
included!
Flight Instruction
233
Hawker 800XP Jet
INTRODUCTION
Welcome to the world of jet flying. If you’ve made it this far,
you’ve really “arrived” as a pilot. To many, this is considered the
pinnacle of the profession - and while you may think “this is only
a little business jet,” the fact remains that it’s every bit as compli-
cated (and performs just about the same) as any midsize airline
twin, such as a Boeing 737 or McDonnell-Douglas (er, Boeing,
nowadays...) DC-9.
You’re taking on a bit of a task, too. At the end of the chap-
ter on the Navajo Chieftain, I noted that “it would only get easier
from here on out.” I based this on the fact that turbine aircraft
enjoy not only much better performance and powerplants that are
simpler to operate, but boast a number of labor-saving devices as
well (such as the automatic feathering system on the Beech Super
King Air). Unfortunately, the most significant labor-saving device
in the Hawker 800XP is not implemented in this release of FLY!
I refer, of course, to a copilot. While jets may be inherently
simpler to fly, there’s a lot going on, and you’re gobbling up both
fuel and airspace at an impressive rate of speed. The FAA, in its
infinite wisdom, has decreed that any civil airplane powered by
jet engines has to have a crew of at least two.
Thus, if you sometimes feel a bit frustrated at the complexity
of the Hawker, bear in mind that in the real world, you’d have
someone else to help you with system operation, fly the airplane
while you delve into checklists, etc. Here at FLY!, we’ll cut you all
the slack we can. Don’t forget, too, that if you start feeling rushed,
FLY! has a capability not yet available in even the most sophisticat-
ed jets: just hit P to pause the simulation and take a breather!