If all midair collisions were eliminated...
Dave wrote:
OK....
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.
/snip/
I'm with you on this one.
Brian W
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