My apologies, Fozz.
Just trying to cover the basics before issuing commands about "moving the blue handle whilst carefully adjusting the throttle and twiddling with the mixture."
It's just that most throttle-jockeys I have seen or heard of don't have the myriad of levers associated with prop flying.
Just kiddin.
As for what you need to know, it's all contained in the flight school in FS. It's fairly comprehensive, since I showed up to my first day of flight school much more prepared than half of my classmates. If you've already mastered things such as handling of ATC (no-brainer in FS9
), ground handling and navigation, the rest is up to getting a feel for the specific aircraft. Smaller aircraft are less forgiving of small mistakes, so keep your eyes on a pattern when gauge-checking. I'm fairly sure they cover that in the later portions of the instruction. Best to remember that there are three fundamental parts of aviation: lift, drag, and is-that-jet-going-to-overtake-me-on-final?.