Microsoft Flight 2012 Cheats

Achievements

Main Game

Fledgling Career 5 Complete Tutorial 1: Flight Essentials. 

Crashtastic 5 1st catastrophic crash. 

Download a Free Preview 15 Download an aircraft preview from the hangar. 

Aerocache Neophyte 10 Find any 5 Aerocaches. 

Ten Aerocaches of the Day 20 Find 10 Aerocaches of the Day.

Aerocache Hound 35 Find any 50 Aerocaches.

Pentacontacache 50 Find 50 Aerocaches of the Day.

Fly Buddy 30 Fly multiplayer with a Microsoft Flight Team member or with anyone who has earned this achievement.

G-LOC 10 Reach 12 positive G's. 

Redout 10 Reach 6 negative G's. 

Inverted 30 Accumulate 1 hour of inverted flight. 

Inverted Down Low 30 Fly less than 10 feet above the ground or water, upside down, at over 150 knots. 

Dizzy 30 Complete 5 consecutive spins. 

Silent and Deadly 30 Successful landing with empty fuel tanks. 

32K 40 Fly to over 32,000 feet above sea level. 

Backwards 50 Land a fixed wing aircraft backwards.

Stearman Landing Master 40 Earn gold on all Stearman landing challenges.

Tormentor 20 Frighten 10 or more passengers while flying jobs. 

XP Grinder 75 Exceed 500,000 total XP.
 

DLC: Hawaiian Adventure Pack

Aerobat 40 Complete the Aerobatics Competition mission.

Icon A5 Landing Master 30 Earn gold on all Icon A5 landing challenges.

RV-6A Landing Master 40 Earn gold on all RV-6A landing challenges. 

Gold Rush 40 Earn gold on Hilo, Windfarm, and Ford Island Gold Rush challenges.

Military Brat 20 Land at all military airfields in Hawaii.

Hawaii Explorer 50 Land at all Hawaiian airports. 

Mission Accomplished 75 Complete all Hawaii missions.
 

DLC: Maule M-7-260C

Flying Zoologist 20 Fly light cargo missions and deliver 6 varieties of animals.

Under the Radar 40 Transport 4 tons of clandestine cargo with at least 80% cargo security.
 

DLC: North American P-51 Mustang

Mach 1 20 Exceed Mach 1.
 

DLC: Hawaiian Advanture Pack AND Maule M-7-260C

Maule M-7-260C Landing Master 50 Earn gold on all Maule M-7-260C landing challenges. 

Princely Cargo 20 Deliver cargo to Princeville Airport on the island of Kauai. 

Maui Bound 20 Transport happy and satisfied passengers to Kahului airport on Maui.
 

DLC: Alaskan Wilderness Pack

Liquid Airstrip 25 Perform a water assisted landing in a non-amphibious aircraft.

Airborne Mountaineer 25 Perform a landing above 16,000 feet.

Alaskan Gold Mine 50 Earn gold on each Gold Rush and Challenge Course in the Alaska Wilderness Pack.

Alaska Landing Master 50 Earn gold on 7 landing challenges from the Alaska Wilderness Pack.

Northern Exposure 25 Deliver cargo or passengers to Wiley Post (PABR) at Barrow, Alaska.

Centi-Explorer 100 Land at 100 different airports around the world.

Games for Windows Live Achievements

Achievement	Description
32K (40)	Fly to over 32,000 feet above sea level.
Aerobat (40)	Complete the Aerobatics Competition mission.
Aerocache Hound (35)	Find any 50 Aerocaches.
Aerocache Neophyte (10)	Find any 5 Aerocaches.
Backwards (50)	Land a fixed wing aircraft backwards.
Crashtastic (5)	1st catastrophic crash.
Dizzy (30)	Complete 5 consecutive spins.
Download a Free Preview (15)	Download an aircraft preview from the hangar.
Fledgling Career (5)	Complete Tutorial 1: Flight Essentials.
Fly Buddy (30)	Fly multiplayer with a Microsoft Flight Team member or with anyone who has earned this achievement.
Flying Zoologist (20)	Fly light cargo missions and deliver 6 varieties of animals.
G-LOC (10)	Reach 12 positive G's.
Gold Rush (40)	Earn gold on Hilo, Windfarm, and Ford Island Gold Rush challenges.
Hawaii Explorer (50)	Land at all Hawaiian airports.
Icon A5 Landing Master (30)	Earn gold on all Icon A5 landing challenges.
Inverted (30)	Accumulate 1 hour of inverted flight.
Inverted Down Low (30)	Fly less than 10 feet above the ground or water, upside down, at over 150 knots.
Mach 1 (20)	Exceed Mach 1.
Maui Bound (20)	Transport happy and satisfied passengers to Kahului airport on Maui.
Maule M-7-260C Landing Master (50)	Earn gold on all Maule M-7-260C landing challenges.
Military Brat (20)	Land at all military airfields in Hawaii.
Mission Accomplished (75)	Complete all Hawaii missions.
Pentacontacache (50)	Find 50 Aerocaches of the Day.
Princely Cargo (20)	Deliver cargo to Princeville Airport on the island of Kauai.
Redout (10)	Reach 6 negative G's.
RV-6A Landing Master (40)	Earn gold on all RV-6A landing challenges.
Silent and Deadly (30)	Successful landing with empty fuel tanks.
Stearman Landing Master (40)	Earn gold on all Stearman landing challenges.
Ten Aerocaches of the Day (20)	Find 10 Aerocaches of the Day.
Tormentor (20)	Frighten 10 or more passengers while flying jobs.
Under the Radar (40)	Transport 4 tons of clandestine cargo with at least 80% cargo security.
XP Grinder (75)	Exceed 500,000 total XP.

Microsoft Flight Simulator X

Easy glider take off:
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Submitted by: RM

To order a tow plane press [Ctrl] + [Shift] + Y.


Easier taxis, takeoff, and landing: 
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Press Y key and use a directional key or Joystick to move forward,
backward and side to side, and the throttle to go up or down.


Default aircraft:
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Press [Shift] + E and release it very fast. Then, press 2, 3, 4 and 
secondary exits and cargo hatches will open and close. Depending on 
the aircraft, you may also press [Shift] + D or [Shift] + C for 
special effects.


Better framerate:
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Instead of setting a low framerate to save resources, set it to 
unlimited. Your computer will be able to display as many frames per
second as it can, while allowing you to increase the graphics somewhat
considerably. This is most noticeable on slower computers.


How to use the GPS for a good approach:
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The hardest part of flying is the landing. However, to have a good landing,
you must have a good approach. Therefore, you need to have a guide on your 
approach, this is where your GPS comes in.

So, first things first, you need to figure out where you are going. Find out
the 4 character code of the airport you wish to land at. You can get this 
from the map. I will use Kingsford Smith Airport as the example here - YSSY.
So, open up the GPS, and click the 'direct to' button. This is the button
with the D and an arrow pointing through it. Use the arrow buttons to input
the airport code into the appropriate field, then click the enter button 
twice. This will return you to the GPS view which will now show a direct 
line between you and the airport. However, we dont want this, as it doesnt
help us align ourselves with the runway. So the next step is to select the
approach to the selected airport. Click the 'procedures' button (PROC) to 
open the procedures screen. Select the option 'select approach'. From here,
you have a list of runways, and variations of approach types on them such 
as GPS and ILS. These vary with different airports, but for the purposes of
getting a good landing, just select the number of the runway that is active.
Click enter twice, and you will come to another screen that show different 
entry points to the approach. If you are unsure, just select 'vectors'. 
If you are about to land, you can then select 'activate approach'. However,
if you are still quite a while away from the airport, you might just want 
to select 'load approach', then return to the procedures screen and select
'activate approach' once you are closer. Either way, you will then return
to the GPS screen with the track line in the approach path of the airport
runway. 

From here, you can start the approach to land manually, or you can get the 
autopilot to take over part of the landing by turning on the NAV, and changing
the GPS/NAV switch to GPS. This will allow the aircraft to take over the 
horizontal part of flying (going left and right), allowing you to focus on
your altitude, and speed. Now all you need to do once you are on final approach
is to descend properly - most airports with decent sized runways will have 
approach aids on the side of the runway near the touchdown point, which consist
of red and white lights. You are flying the right approach (as far as altitude 
is concerned) when half those lights are white, and half those lights are red.
More white than red means you are too high, and more red than white means 
youre too low.

The rest is up to you. Make sure your landing gear is down (if applicable),
maintain a constant speed, and make constant small changes if need be, rather
then fewer, larger changes to anything. Once you are on final, you should 
have 10 to 20 degrees of flap. If you are too high, add add more flap, or 
reduce power if at full flap, instead of pitching down. As you start to slow
down, the aircraft will naturally pitch down as well. Likewise, if you are 
too low, increase power and the aircraft will pitch up. Also, if you are very
high, you have two choices; go around and try for another landing, or if you
are already at idle power with full flap, do not pitch down. Do the opposite
instead, and fly the aircraft just above the stall speed. You will lose more
altitude in the end like this, as opposed to pitching down, gaining speed, 
then leveling off with all this excess speed. If your chosen aircraft has 
speedbrakes, you can deploy them as well if you are too high.