Altitude Flight Simulation

10/09/2026

✈️ YOUR COCKPIT IS WAITING ✈️

No license. No experience.
Real cockpits. Real instructors. Real adrenaline right here in Calgary.

Tag someone who needs to try this 👇

📍 122 – 2323 32nd Ave NE, Calgary
📞 (403) 775-2500
🔗 Book your flight: altitudesim.ca

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10/09/2026

Workshops in our center waiting for you!
Launch-N-Learn Workshop – F-18, AIM-9 Sidewinder Missiles
October 11 @ 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm

Altitude Flight Simulation Center
Unit 122 - 2323-32 Ave NE, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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10/09/2026

𝙇𝙖𝙪𝙣𝙘𝙝-𝙉-𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙣: 𝙁-18 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘼𝙄𝙈-9 𝙎𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧.

We are launching a new workshop series on aircraft and weapon systems called Launch N Learn. They run Sundays and are free to attend (No pre-registration required).

This Sunday - Everything you wanted to know about the AIM-9 Sidewinder but were afraid to ask. Including how select them, set up the shot, and shoot down the foe. No experience required.

𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: 𝗔𝗹𝘁𝗶𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗙𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝘂𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 · 𝗖𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗮𝗿𝘆
𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻: 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗢𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟭𝟭, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
𝗣𝗿𝗶𝗰𝗲: 𝗙𝗿𝗲𝗲

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10/07/2026

✈️ Hi, PILOTS! ✈️

Ever dreamed of being behind the controls of a real aircraft?
No license needed — just bring your love for the sky. 🛩️

Your cockpit is waiting. Come check it out. 👇

📍 122 – 2323 32nd Ave NE, Calgary
🔗 Book your flight: altitudesim.ca

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06/23/2026

Meet: The Messerschmitt P.1101!

This late WW2 German prototype jet fighter was designed with the option to change the sweep of the wings pre-flight, a feature that would be developed further in other aircraft (Like the Bell X-5).

The design process was fraught with problems, such as the cannon installation being to crowded, the mainwheel retraction and the door mechanisms being "Too complex", and the overall weight causing performance estimates to fall under RLM requirements. Due to this a competing design was chosen as the winner of the "Emergency Fighter Program", the Focke-Wulf Ta 183.

Despite this, the RLM did continue reduced funding for the P.1101 in the hopes of future experimental flights, however, the worsening war situation led them to build a full scale prototype much quicker than originally planned, with several parts being salvaged from other planes, such as the Me 262 wings. The feature of changing the sweep of the wings was also scrapped as an idea for the full operational aircraft and was only kept for testing purposes.

By the end of the war, the prototype had not been finished. And the unfinished version was captured by American infantry forces, and sent back to the US to be studied (And later developed into the Bell X-5).

06/20/2026

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At Altitude Flight Simulation Center, you don’t need a license — just the love of flight! From rookie flyers to real-world pilots, the sky’s yours to explore.

06/16/2026

Meet: The Bell X-5!

The first ever "operational" variable sweep wing aircraft, the X-5 was designed based on studies done on a captured Messerschmitt P.1101 prototype (You'll be seeing the P.1101 again soon), the resulting design has adjustable positioning of the wings, at 20, 40, & 60 degrees. The idea being to avoid the cons of both a straight wing, and a swept wing, by having the option to change between either configuration.

Unfortunately this design had several flaws fatal flaws, most important being the poorly placed tail and vertical stabilizer, which at certain wing positions would cause an irrecoverable spin. The poor aerodynamics and violent spin conditions of the X-5 led to an incident involving the death of a test pilot, as well as the destruction of one of the only two prototypes built.

While it was originally planned to be manufactured into a low cost fighter the US could sell to NATO and other countries, the major flaws led to the cancellation of that proposed plan, and the X-5 was retired in 1958.

06/12/2026

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06/09/2026

Meet: The XF-91 Thunderceptor!

An interesting post WW2 attempt at a rocket powered interceptor, a main design focus being to fix a specific problem that many swept-wing aircraft had at this point in time, that being: The "Sabre Dance". A fair amount of crashes were attributed to fighters with a high angle of attack, and slow speed, causing stagnant air over the wings slipping to the tips, this, in turn, caused the center of lift to quickly and drastically change, sending the nose upwards, and sometimes even making the plane flip end-over-end. This phenomenon was noted particularly with the F-100 Super Sabre, leading to the name.

The XF-91 tried to fix this problem by introducing the oddly shaped wings, adding more chord (distance from the leading edge to the trailing edge) to the tip over the root, which helped generate more lift. This did solve the sabre dance problem, but unfortunately this particular design was eclipsed by others, and was never put into production.

06/02/2026

Meet: The F-82/P-82 Twin Mustang!

An interesting twin cockpit concoction from the second world war, the Twin mustang was initially conceived of as an es**rt fighter for American bombers, unfortunately for whoever designed it, the war ended before the F-82 could be properly put into production. And due to it's development being right around the dawn of the "jet era" this oddball nearly sat completely abandoned. However because of some problems with the development of all weather jet fighters in the US, the P-82, renamed to the F-82 in 1948, did end up seeing use in it's Night-Fighter variants.

It's 742 km/h (461 mph, 401 kn) top speed is nothing to scoff at. And even though it didn't see use in the conflict it was designed for. It made enough lasting impact that an XP-82 was restored to proper flying condition, and was first flown again in 2018!