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I have put many hours in flight simulators (the ones you can install on your own PC). One day I decided to take a real flying lesson. It was almost the same as
by chrisper 8y ago
I have put many hours in flight simulators (the ones you can install on your own PC). One day I decided to take a real flying lesson. It was almost the same as in the simulator. Obviously the controls are a bit different because of different feedback, but you get used to it quickly. I think what helps a lot is that there are so many very detailed plane packages out there you can buy for the simulators. Too bad the community is kind of toxic, so I stopped playing these games.
Obviously it's not enough to get a pilot license because there are some things that you just can't do in a simulator.
- close04 8y agoThere's one thing that really bugs me: why is everyone so surprised that an airport worker who was familiar with the planes managed to take off? The reason this bugs me is that the 9/11 investigation concluded that multiple people with 0 flight experience can be taught to accurately steer a large commercial jet after just a short time training on small aircraft. In this frame of reference managing to take of in a small turboprop in good weather conditions shouldn't surprise anybody. P.S. OK, I missed the part where "the plane was doing deep dives, broad loops and at least one upside-down roll"... But the "bug" is still there. If it's generally accepted that you can learn your way in a 747 cockpit on relatively short notice, doing dives and loops with a small plane shouldn't be that unbelievable. And I say this as a person who can comfortably take off and land a Piper Cherokee but was pretty dumbfounded when sitting in the captain's seat of a 747 for the first time.
- darkhorn 8y ago9/11 is not a good example. http://arabesque911.blogspot.com/2007/07/pentagon-flight-path-map-perfect.html?m=1 http://arabesque911.blogspot.com/2007/07/pentagon-flight-pat...
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