Wright State University CORE Scholar International Symposium on Aviation International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2009 Psychology 2009 Using Microsoft Flight Simulator X to Develop Aeronautical Decisionmaking Skills in the Classroom Wendy S. Beckman Mark Callender Paul A. Craig Steve Gossett Wayne Dornon Follow this and additional works at: https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/isap_2009 Part of the Other Psychiatry and Psychology Commons Repository Citation Beckman, W. S., Callender, M., Craig, P. A., Gossett, S., & Dornon, W. (2009). Using Microsoft Flight Simulator X to Develop Aeronautical Decisionmaking Skills in the Classroom. 2009 International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, 690-695. https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/isap_2009/1 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the International Symposium on Aviation Psychology at CORE Scholar. It has been accepted for inclusion in International Symposium on Aviation Psychology - 2009 by an authorized administrator of CORE Scholar. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. USING MICROSOFT FLIGHT SIMULATOR X TO DEVELOP AERONAUTICAL DECISION- MAKING SKILLS IN THE CLASSROOM Wendy S. Beckman, Mark Callender, Paul A. Craig, Steve Gossett, Wayne Dornan Middle Tennessee State University Murfreesboro, Tennessee In the Aerospace Department at Middle Tennessee State University, Microsoft Flight Simulator X (MSFSX) is being utilized in the classroom to develop the aeronautical decision-making skills future pilots will need. The utilization of this inexpensive software to create realistic scenarios is discussed and a variety of examples are provided. While working through a scenario, students view either pre-recorded segments of a virtual flight, or participate in real time decision-making as a flight segment is “flown” by the instructor.