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Clark writes:
A book does not equal a simulator. Actually it does. It describes flying without actually allowing a person to experience it. The distinction in this debate is between the alleged unique and essential character of real experience vs. simulation of real experience. Simulation can take many forms, and is not found only in the form of a desktop PC program. Reading about something is simulation. So is an instructor's illustration with paper and pencil or with a model airplane. If simulation with a PC cannot be adequate, then neither can anything else. However, the reality is that simulation is fine. The closer it is to reality and the more accurate it is, the more useful it is, but anything that simulates with any accuracy at all is always useful. The apology is in order for claiming that you know better than the folks who have gone before you when you haven't made the journey yourself. I owe nothing to them, and I feel no obligation to preserve or inflate their egos. I merely discuss aviation. Other people are names on a screen. I evaluate what they say by comparing it to what I read and learn from other sources. When I see high correlations, I assume that I'm getting accurate information. When I see large conflicts, I assume that someone or something is wrong. To me it's all facts and information, not personalities. I'm sorry if some people are so insecure that they cannot sustain a conversation without constant praise and validation, but that is their problem, not mine. Everything about flying the aircraft requires an instructor present until you solo. Why? Why do you claim that? Actually, I consider it self-evident. Tell ya what, survey practical simulator use in flight training (or just about any training) and get back to us on how many simulators are used without instructors present. People use simulators with instructors mainly so that they can officially log the hours in some way, not because simulators are not useful without instructors. Part of the instructor's role is just to verify that the student really is using the simulator. |
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Mxsmanic wrote in
: People use simulators with instructors mainly so that they can officially log the hours in some way, not because simulators are not useful without instructors. Part of the instructor's role is just to verify that the student really is using the simulator. No, you ****ing retard. The instructor is there to ensure you are using the simulator properly and learning stuff which will let you live when you enter real IMC. |
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