On 20 Nov 2003 02:47:43 GMT, (ArtKramr) wrote:

When we climbed
into it the pilots went into the cockpit, and went through turning on all their
switches and starting and running up the engines as if for a real takeoff.

Real engines or simulated ones?

On course we had extensive flak
that shook the simulator violently.

How was that simulated? Hydraulics? How were the visuals of exploding
flak shells simulated?

We were jumped by fighterand returned
fire.

Cool... how were the visuals of the fighters done? Did you use real
guns t return the fire (I'm sure yur gunners needed something to aim
at)?

I
opened the vent and a strong relative wind blew the nose clear of smoke.

Interesting.. so your sim was mounted in some kind of wind channel?

I got on the intercom and asked Paul to hold us steady through the
run.
How could he do that? Did he also have visuals or was he relying on
instruments only?

I forgot that the simulator was pre-programed and there were certain things
that were going to happen that was beyond our control.

I see... pre-programmed. So you were more or less sitting in a movie
theatre, correct?

Interesting stuff... you'd love to see one of the custom cockpits that
have been built for the "game" MS Flight Simulator. These days people
are using cut-off Boeing-737 noses.


Bye
Andreas