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Old November 12th 06, 06:54 PM posted to rec.aviation.piloting,rec.aviation.student
Roy Smith
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Default Setting altimeters with no radio

In article ,
Mxsmanic wrote:

new_CFI writes:

Unfortunatly you dont die in a sim.


Why is that unfortunate? That's one of the advantages to simulation.
Indeed, when you clip a mountaintop east of Telluride because you
trusted the GPS altitude in your simulator, you learn a valuable
lesson that may keep you from getting killed in real life.


One of the advantages of masturbation is that you can't get AIDS from it.
That hardly makes it a complete substitute for a real person of the
opposite gender.