Microsoft Flight Simulator

First thing I did was find my house. Then I found my in laws house. Both were clearly visible in the game. Wild stuff. More on reddit.com

If you fly it as the real aircraft manuals, SOP and etc.. it’s very similar, I fly a A320, the Fenix A320 for MSFS2020 is absolutely similar to the real thing. More on reddit.com

I love flight sims, and have tried many on IOS. Here are some of my favorites: Extrme landings. Since you have this, we'll start here. I enjoy the multiple control system with things like fuel and engine controls. Pro version gives you a decent selection of aircraft. Many major airports featured, but mostly auto-generated scenery. Simple planes. This game allows you to build your own aircraft (or boat or car) from scrach, or you can download any plane you can imagine for free. Terrain is a limited space, but still interesting. Many game modes including combat and racing, but the real joy is building or downloading planes and just goofing around. If you are interested in trying a lot of planes, this one is a good bet. Infinite flight. This is the closest to MSFS in my opinion. It's a good sim, with a nice selection of planes and some very good-looking scenery. It also has a great flight planning system, and realistic navigation radios (which are surprisingly rare on IOS sims) so you can practice navigation. With all this, I should really like it, but I don't play it much, because many of the places and planes I want to fly are only available on the subscription service, which is quite pricy. However, if you really want to fly in one of the default locations and like the default planes, it might be the best sim on IOS. X-Plane. This was at one time the best flight sim on IOS, but after version 10 was deprecated, the newer version is just not the same. It looks good, but it turned me off constantly running into paywalls, so I just don't fly it. It does have an interesting set of challenges if you want a more structured flying experience. Pica-sim. It's very niche, but a hidden gem that shows a side of flying you might not have experienced. It focuses on remote controlled planes (like its more well-known cousin AbsoluteRC) but with a much larger (and included) stable of planes. The game focuses on remote controlled gliders. There are many choices of aircraft and scenery, with tons of customization. While the graphics are dated, this game has a charm that has kept it on my ipad for years. FA-18 Hornet. This is an old-school combat flight sim, reminiscent of Falcon 3.0 and the like. It is hands down the best semi-realistic combat flight sim on IOS, with all of the major weapon and radar systems simulated, a couple of great campaigns, and a create-your own scenario system that's a lot of fun. I really like saving and replaying my old missions. Graphics are a bit dated, but the gameplay is terrific, and I don't really notice. I'm going to put in a few landings before I go see Top Gun II tonight. TurboProp. This is (I think) the only free game on my list, but it's unique and very fun. This focuses on the unsung heroes of military aviation: turboprop cargo craft. The airplanes are great fun to fly. You can also stand up in the cockpit, move around in the plane (even in flight) open the doors, jump out, parachute out, watch the plane land, and board it again. Geo-FS. Limited (but varied set of planes. No navigation system, relatively simplistic controls. Yet, it is my go to FS. It features the entire world on Bing Maps (for a $12 / year subscription) or lower-res for no subscription. Without the subscription, it's a lousy flight sim, but with it, I can literally fly out of the grass strip near my house, fly over my home, land at the international airport near me, switch planes, and fly to Europe. All with realistic maps. Whenever I visit a new town in real life, I like to fly over it in Geo-FS. Other flight sims have satelite scenery, but not at this price. If you fly for sightseeing, this is the way to go. There are a few honorable mentions, like Air Cavalry Pro (combat helicopters) and F-Sim 2 (space shuttle landing). This should give you plenty to play around with. More on reddit.com

You can learn how an airplane works, how to operate it, general procedures, how to navigate and also how to communicate on frequency... But you will only learn to fly in a real airplane. More on reddit.com