Comm1 IFR Radio Simulator

This is an advanced radio proficiency package for professional pilots. It is installed on the user's PC from a CD, and it interactively teaches the user how to communicate at a very high level of proficiency. This is a very useful tool for commercial/IFR pilots. The idea of Comm1 IFR is to develop or refresh your skills by exchanging actual IFR dialogue with Air Traffic Controllers from the safety of your desktop. This Windows"- and Mac"-based instructional CD-ROM is the closest thing to talking on the radio in the cockpit that you'll find anywhere.

With Comm1 IFR you can:

• Simulate ATC communications in dozens of lessons over the full range of IFR flight situations.
• develop your clearance-copying skills
• Prepare for each exercise with narrated briefings.
• Learn to anticipate ATC instructions and sequences in every type of airspace.

Practice Makes Perfect

The only way to become comfortable and proficient talking on the radio is with practice, right? Comm1 IFR has over 6 linear hours of interactive communication training, but you can practice for days and weeks on end - whenever you like. Locate frequencies quickly and master radio management skills with Comm1 IFR, so you'll always be one step ahead of the next radio call. Check out these features:

• Record and playback your own radio work with interactive audio exercises.
• Operate the on-screen radios (Comm 1, Comm 2, Nav 1, Nav 2, and audio panel) - Comm1 IFR radios tune and respond just like the real thing!
• Simulate IFR emergency radio procedures.
• Access the most widely used aviation resources for frequencies and communication information using standard IFR charts.

Airspace Avoidance

The instructionally sound curriculum in Comm1 IFR takes you through progressively more complex airspace and increasingly difficult IFR missions, so that you develop the confidence to communicate while flying in any environment. Here's how it works:

• Use actual IFR enroute charts, approach charts, SIDs and STARs in over 70 comprehensive lessons and scenarios.
• Talk to ATC and other pilots as you fly through different classes of airspace, including crowded terminal areas.
• Hear examples of what you are expected to perform in each lesson.

Talk the Talk

If you get tongue-tied when you pick up the mic, then Comm1 IFR will help you untie the knot. Being prepared with what to say, when, and in what order, is half the battle when mastering IFR communication skills. Comm1 IFR lets you perfect your radio skills in all types of flight settings:

• Learn when to transmit in the midst of "live" ATC exchanges.
• Receive immediate audio feedback to your recorded radio calls.
• Critique and compare your own radio speech with that of an expert.
• Practice making approaches in busy terminal areas.

Few pilots can afford to log all the hours necessary to concentrate on their radio proficiency in a rental aircraft in an IFR environment. Comm1 IFR offers you over 6 hours of self-paced, interactive IFR communications training. Jeppesen^tm chart info is included in this package.

Click here to read a review by well-known aviation writer Mark Bornais.

Comm1 also offers Comm1 VFR, a VFR radio training simulator for private and commercial pilots, and Comm1 Clearances (to learn fast and accurate clearance copying). Also available: Multimedia Headset.

System Requirements:

• Windows 9*/ME/XP (not Windows 2000 Professional or NT)
• Pentium PC 166mHz
• 8mb RAM
• 800x600 VGA monitor and card
• SoundBlaster compatible sound card