Chair Force

Riding the Vought F-8 Crusader from Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake to Edwards Air Force Base in sunny southern California (Lockheed Martin P3D v5)

Taking off from Reno, Nev. and making a circle around Lake Tahoe. Landing at Truckee, Calif. Some sharp views from the cargo ramp. Prepar3d v5 with custom scenery.

Flying over St. Louis, checking out breweries, ballparks, Union Station, and the zoo (Microsoft Flight Simulator)

A tactical landing in a KC-130 at Twentynine Palms Strategic Expeditionary Landing Field in San Bernadino County, Calif. (Lockheed Martin P3D flight simulator footage with Wild Weasels terrain and scenery)

Taking off from Daytona, Fla. and headed south to Kennedy Space Center to check out where NASA launched the Apollo rockets and the Space Shuttle. (Microsoft Flight Simulator and Lockheed Martin Prepar3d v5.2)

While practicing for a video discussing baseball legend Ted Williams' time as a Naval aviation cadet, I took off from Indiana's Grissom Air Reserve Base (formerly Bunker Hill Naval Air Station), the site where Williams began flying Piper Cubs. While the point of the video is familiarizing myself with the aircraft and learning how to record and edit video for a forthcoming historical video series, I managed to land the Cub like a helicopter. Made with Microsoft Flight Simulator (2020).

Taking the P-40 out for a short ride through Kern Valley in California's Sierra Nevada Mountains before landing on a highway. (Lockheed Martin P3D v5 and Wild Weasel scenery)

Flying a Grumman Goose from Fort Smith, Ark. through the Ouachita Mountains and landing in the Arkansas River. Passenger perspective throughout, made with Microsoft Flight Simulator footage.

Flying a Curtiss P-40 Warhawk from Poplar Bluff, Mo. to Cape Girardeau in the rain. Made with Lockheed Martin's Prepar3d simulator (version 5.1), featuring custom scenery and REX Sky Force 3D weather.

Taking off downhill, then flying around Telluride, Colo. in a Cessna 172 (Microsoft Flight Simulator footage)

A tour of Chicago, checking out stadiums before landing at the former site of Miegs Airport. (Microsoft Flight Simulator)

Quick ride around Guantanamo Bay, Cuba in the UH-60 Black Hawk (Microsoft Flight Simulator)

Flying from Shaw Air Force Base, over Columbia, S.C., then landing at North Auxiliary Airfield (Microsoft Flight Simulator)

Touring the Marine Corps Mountain Warfare Training Center (Bridgeport, Calif.) with a 160th Special Operations Aviation Regiment MH-60K. Prepare3d v5 simulator with custom scenery

Flying through history, viewing old fortresses and World War I battlegrounds in northwest Turkey (Microsoft Flight Simulator)

Some light yanking and banking through Glacier National Park in a T-45 Goshawk. Burned a worm or two while buzzing the tower. (Microsoft Flight Simulator)

Checking out the world's biggest depot -- Hawthorne Army Depot in Harthorne, Nevada -- in the Sikorsky CH-53E Super Stallion. (Lockheed Martin Prepar3d v5.1 flight simulator with custom scenery)

A short flight from Jerusalem to the Dead Sea in Israel (Microsoft Flight Simulator).

Checking out the ships and sights in Monterey Bay, Calif. in a Sikorsky UH-60 Blackhawk. Before landing we come across the replica of HMS BOUNTY. Lockheed Martin Prepar3d (version 5) with custom Wild Weasel scenery.

Starting up a two-seater F-16 in Falcon BMS 4.36. Some close formation footage with a flight of U.S. Navy F-5s (VFC-111 "Sundowners"). Sound system with a subwoofer is highly recommended.

Flying from Naval Outlying Landing Field Holley (Fla.) to Maxwell Air Force Base in a Beechcraft King Air 350 (Microsoft Flight Simulator)

Testing FlightControlReplay for Microsoft Flight Simulator. Flying over Santa Cruz Island (off the coast of Santa Barbara, Calif.) in a Cessna 152.

Tour the virtual skies as we check out the Santa Ynez Mountains, west of Santa Barbara, Calif. This region was home to Pres. Ronald Reagan (dubbed the "Western White House"), which we will feature in an upcoming episode. But in the meantime, check out the gorgeous scenery during this sunrise flight. (Recorded using Microsoft Flight Simulator)

Visiting Greece's famous Mount Olympus, home of Zeus and Bond villains (Microsoft Flight Simulator)

Mid-afternoon flight from Charleston Air Force Base to Charlotte International Airport in a King Air 350 (Microsoft Flight Simulator)