{"id":1055,"date":"2016-10-02T08:51:44","date_gmt":"2016-10-02T08:51:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/?p=1055"},"modified":"2016-10-02T08:51:44","modified_gmt":"2016-10-02T08:51:44","slug":"experience-the-virtual-skies-at-cosford-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/aviation-museum-news\/experience-the-virtual-skies-at-cosford-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Experience the virtual skies at Cosford"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/article-images\/FlightSim2.jpg\" alt=\"Flight Sim at RAF Museum Cosford\" border=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date: <\/strong>8 October 2016<\/p>\n<p><strong>Time: <\/strong>10:00am to 5:00pm<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cost: <\/strong>\u00a37 in advance \/ \u00a310 on the door<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Aviation fans can experience the virtual skies in Shropshire next month as the Flight Sim 2016 event heads to the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford.\u00a0 Taking place on Saturday 8 October, aviation enthusiasts will enjoy a day packed with all the latest flight simulation software and the chance to test out their virtual flying skills. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">After three very successful shows held at the museum, the UK\u2019s largest Flight Sim show will be returning to Cosford for an even bigger and better event. Just Flight, one of the UK\u2019s leading flight simulation software publishers, will be hosting this major gathering in association with PC Pilot magazine to show visitors the very best in desktop flying.\u00a0 Building on the success of previous events, organisers are anticipating in excess of 1,500 visitors will attend the one day show.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Visitors will be able to get hands on and fly the latest flight simulation aircraft, preview \u2018in development\u2019 projects, check out the latest hardware and chat with leading developers, publishers and other enthusiasts in addition to the many exhibitors at the show.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This show will take place in the museum\u2019s Hangar 1 from 10am until 5pm, giving visitors plenty of time to enjoy the wide range of entertainment on offer.\u00a0 So whether you\u2019re a veteran desktop pilot, flight simulation novice, or someone thinking of getting airborne in the virtual skies for the first time, there will be something for everyone to enjoy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Visitors attending the Flight Sim 2016 event this autumn will experience the best of both, the virtual world and the real world of aviation, as they explore the world class collection of aircraft and exhibitions on display at the RAF Museum Cosford.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Advance tickets for Flight Sim 2016 are now on sale online for just \u00a37 per person and can be purchased up until 6 October, with free entry for under 16s accompanied by an adult. Advanced ticket holders will also receive a free goody bag on arrival which includes; a boxed add-on from Just Flight, a Dovetail Games code for a free add-on, an Aerosoft code for a discounted product, a copy of PC Pilot and a Pro-Sim Air stress ball!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Tickets purchased on the day cost \u00a310 per person. For further information on the event or to purchase your tickets in advance, please visit the show\u2019s website <a href=\"http:\/\/www.flightsimulatorshow.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.flightsimulatorshow.com<\/a> .<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To cope with the additional visitors, a free park and ride will operate from Cosford train station with regular pickups throughout the day.\u00a0 Entry to the museum is free of charge and on-site parking is available (charges apply). Entry into Hangar 1 on Saturday 8 October will be for Flight Sim 2016 ticket holders only.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.rafmuseum.org.uk\/\" target=\"_blank\">www.rafmuseum.org.uk<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Date: 8 October 2016 Time: 10:00am to 5:00pm Cost: \u00a37 in advance \/ \u00a310 on the door Aviation fans can experience the virtual skies in Shropshire next month as the Flight Sim 2016 event heads to the Royal Air Force Museum Cosford.\u00a0 Taking place on Saturday 8 October, aviation enthusiasts will enjoy a day packed &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/aviation-news-uk\/aviation-museum-news\/experience-the-virtual-skies-at-cosford-4\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Experience the virtual skies at Cosford<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[263,10,54,195],"class_list":["post-1055","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-museum-news","tag-263","tag-news","tag-october","tag-raf-museum-cosford"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1055"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1057,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1055\/revisions\/1057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1055"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1055"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.airscene.co.uk\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1055"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}