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The first quora comment is long and interesting, but the "photos" are from a flight simulator, probably Flight Simulator X from Microsoft. And flying a plane in
by frik 12y ago
The first quora comment is long and interesting, but the "photos" are from a flight simulator, probably Flight Simulator X from Microsoft. And flying a plane in that simulator is not that hard, something one can learn in a few hours. And all the knobs have tooltips too.
- ejdyksen 12y agoThe photos are from a 3rd party add-on 737, from a company called PMDG: http://precisionmanuals.com http://precisionmanuals.com They make extremely high detail planes, with incredibly in-depth simulations. Many real commercial pilots use this software to train (although they can't earn training hours with it). To fly it correctly, it takes more than a few hours to learn.
- frik 12y agoInteresting, thanks for the details. That's the deep link: http://precisionmanuals.com/pages/product/FSX/ngx8900.html http://precisionmanuals.com/pages/product/FSX/ngx8900.html The embedded videos shows a scenic Innsbruck city airport in the alps: Innsbruck Airport is well known for having a difficult approach due to surrounding terrain, prohibiting certain aircraft types from operating at the airport.[3] The approach and descent is a very complicated process—the Alps create vicious winds and currents, which the pilot has to deal with throughout the process. Because there are mountains all around, the plane usually circles the airport, enters a pattern, to decrease both speed and altitude. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innsbruck_Airport http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Innsbruck_Airport