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Last summer.... I took up a 17 yr old that had a LOT of time on MS Sim.... He took about 5 min to get the "feel " of the plane... Then proceeded to NAIL turns to a heading, NO PROBLEM with turns up to 30 degrees bank, had researched the departures we use here, had studied the chart, knew where the training areas were (we have 12) , KNEW where the CYR was, did a couple of stalls (HEY, the yoke shudders JUST LIKE my "force feedback stick!") Kept his head up, looking out, only checking the instruments (did NOT expect that,- frankly, I was prepared for him to have his eyes inside most of the time) Did pretty good on steep turns too , best was 100 ft loss, 4th 360. This was this kids FIRST time in a "real" aircraft. And I was thoroughly impressed..... Our flight school here as an extensive sim dept., (a whole building) It is a vital part of the training. You guys can beat up on MX all you want for what reasons you wish, but many of his comments are reasonable and accurate. Did you know you can get an instructors cert for ground school instructing without ever crawling into an aircraft? And that is where you are dudes, ON THE GROUND TYPING ON YOUR COMPUTERS LIKE I AM NOW. So you guys know "more" about flying than he does? OK... I have never recall him ever contesting that. - But until he and you actually step into a couple of like aircraft and have at it your superior prowness as a pilot will never be demonstrated.... In this venue, (on the ground , on this forum etc.) his comments are measured, ON TOPIC, and accurate a lot of the time. In comparison, _some_ of the posts of others are looking , umm, well, maybe somewhat silly..... ? This has been great entertainment tho! ![]() Some of these posts are a hoot! Now before you turn the darts toward me, read this again.. 0 insults. 0 personal attacks. 1 "slight" rant only.. Maybe an opinion? Cheers! Dave On Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:55:50 -0800 (PST), Frank Whiteley wrote: On Feb 12, 11:32*am, Mxsmanic wrote: Surfer! writes: Have you flown anything other than a PC? I have only piloted simulators. ... being a passenger in a commercial flight doesn't count ... Doesn't count for what? One day, a young prat arrived at the gliderport for a real flight. He'd logged 1500 hours on a flight simulator. The pilot couldn't tell him anything, as he already knew it all about the instruments, stick and rudder, and flight dynamics. Puked his guts out within ten minutes. |
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