Military / Combat120 min lesson

Startup to Shutdown: Full Sortie Walk-Through

You will fly a complete sortie — cold start, taxi, takeoff, mission execution, RTB, and shutdown — with a tutor coaching every phase.

About this lesson

This is the full experience. Your tutor briefs a mission, walks you through startup, flies the sortie with you (air-to-air, air-to-ground, or a mix), and debriefs at the end. Two hours that tie everything together.

Why a human tutor? A full sortie exposes the gaps between individual skills. A tutor ties it all together and shows you where the real learning is.

What you'll learn

✓Cold start and systems check for your specific aircraft
✓Taxi, takeoff, and departure procedures
✓Mission execution — the skills relevant to the briefed scenario
✓Navigation, fuel management, and tactical awareness in flight
✓Recovery, landing, and shutdown
✓Debrief — what went right, what to work on next

Prerequisites

•DCS with any module you want to learn
•Basic familiarity with the cockpit (or willingness to learn from scratch)

Loading tutors…