Sims do a decent job simulating instrument conditions and maybe some
other things, but they don't simulate landings realistically at all.
Even the most sophisticated sims dont simulate landings well. So it's
really irrelevant. I suspect the pilots who can land your sim well can
do so because they practiced with a sim, not a real airplane.

I think there's more to it than that. Some of our regulars on "Movie
Tuesday" are not computer literate at all, yet can land the Kiwi
without difficulty.

The same thing happened last weekend, during the annual meeting of the
99s (the International Organization of Women Pilots). The guys (known
as "49 1/2s") kicked the girls out of their own meeting room so that
we could fly the Kiwi while they held their meeting up in the (of
course!) Amelia Earhart Suite.

Many of the older guys in the group were completely computer ignorant
(several were rather proud of that fact, actually) -- yet most had no
trouble landing the sim.

I suspect success or failure says something about you, as a pilot, land
a real plane, rather than anything about the sim. In other words, if
you land a real plane more by sight-picture and numbers, you'll
probably have no trouble landing the Kiwi -- but if you land a plane
more by "feel", you'll likely not have good luck in the sim.

I honestly don't know, though.
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
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