The mission of the Virtual Flight Simulation Club is to provide the Daniel Webster community a recreational opportunity to work together combining simulated flight with live Air Traffic Control services.

Our events are an expansion of multiplayer gaming using Microsoft Flight Simulator. Flying solo on FS is great for practicing manouvers, navigation, or just killing time, but it doesn't give you that "real world" experience. Flying with someone else in a multiplayer session adds a certain realism dynamic to the game, but it is still missing a key component of flying in general. The VFSC takes the game to an entirely new level by adding live, real person-to-person, ATC services within the FS multiplayer game.

Our Flight Simulator game server is be available from anywhere on campus so students may participate without leaving the comfort of their own computer chair. Our Air Traffic Controllers have radar software that also connects to the game giving them flight and position data for every pilot flying in the session. The use of a voice server and PC headsets (mic and headphones) complete the experience allowing students to communicate with each other and ATC personnel, in real time, to create a campus wide virtual flight world.

The VFSC now offers a computer headset rental program for members, which allows any member to rent a computer headset from the library for use with our scheduled flights. Any student who is a member may rent. This will allow students who have MS Flight Simulator on their personal computer, but do not own a computer headset, to participate from their dorm room. This allows the students greater flexibility and frees up workstations in the Flight Sim lab (ER116) for those who do not own MS Flight Simulator. For further information please contact Adam Scholten. To rent, please login to your member portal on the club website.