TraqLab

Flying the B737 can be relaxing… right up until the GPWS starts yelling at you. 😅⚠️

Warnings such as “TERRAIN” and “PULL UP” are intentionally clear and attention-grabbing because they can indicate an immediate terrain-related hazard.

Hearing one during a simulator session definitely changes the mood in the cockpit pretty quickly.

Would you stay calm enough to react?

Want to add another layer of realism to flight simulation? 🎧✈️

VATSIM connects flight simulator users in a shared online environment where pilots can communicate with volunteer air traffic controllers and follow ATC instructions throughout their flight.

Instead of simply flying from point A to point B, you're listening to radio traffic, making calls, responding to clearances, and working around other virtual aircraft.

It adds a completely different challenge to the cockpit.

"du bis gut genung"

You don’t have to be a pilot to see what it feels like to land an airliner. ✈️

With some guidance and a little concentration, he takes control of our B737 simulator and attempts to bring it safely onto the runway.

Does he make it? Watch until the end and rate his landing! 👀

Night flying makes the final approach feel completely different. 🌙✈️

With fewer visual references outside the cockpit, spotting those runway lights and getting the B737 safely back on the ground is always satisfying.

Thanks for landing for us! Now the important question—how would you rate the touchdown? 👀

Getting the aircraft lined up is one thing. Bringing it safely onto the runway is another. ✈️

He’s on final approach in the B737, and now every correction matters.

Watch the landing and let us know: would you trust him in the cockpit? 😅

Ever watched a Boeing 737 landing and wondered why the pilot keeps moving the yoke? ✈️

Especially on approach, the aircraft is constantly being affected by wind, turbulence, and other small changes in its flight path. Pilots make continuous control inputs to correct for those changes and keep the aircraft properly aligned and stabilized.

What looks like a lot of movement from inside the cockpit can result in a very small and controlled response from the aircraft.

Next time you watch a cockpit landing video, keep an eye on the yoke—you might be surprised by how active it gets.

Letting my sister loose on a $25K motion racing simulator seemed like a good idea at the time. 😂🏎️

With full motion, you don't just see the crash—you definitely feel it too.

Would you trust your sibling behind the wheel?

“TERRAIN! PULL UP!” ⚠️✈️

Those unmistakable warnings are part of the Boeing 737’s Ground Proximity Warning System, or GPWS.

The system uses aircraft and flight data to recognize certain potentially hazardous situations involving terrain or proximity to the ground and provides pilots with clear visual and audible warnings.

It’s an important safety system—and one you definitely don’t want to hear unexpectedly during a real flight.

There’s just something about sim racing. 😍🏁

You sit down planning to run a few laps, then suddenly you’ve spent the whole session trying to find another tenth.

If you know, you know.