Naval Aviators

On Jan 24, 7:37*pm, wrote:
Is there really anything in common with flying an airplane and an LM?
Terry
PPL ( and aspiring astronaut)

Try your luck. They got Eugene Cernan to give it a go:

http://eaglelander3d.com/

thanks sock, this looks way cool, only 17 hrs to go to finish
downloading!

On Wed, 23 Jan 2008 22:33:39 -0800 (PST), terry wrote:

If the commanders flew the LMs why was the second guy always called
the LM pilot?

The Shuttle carries the same system...person in the left seat is the Commander,
the one in the right seat is the Pilot.

Is there really anything in common with flying an airplane and an LM?

Next to nothing, I think, but pilots must develop good hand-eye coordination,
quickly interpret instruments, and are accustomed to their physical attitude
changing in response to their movement of controls. Probably a good start, when
looking for an LM driver.

Ron Wanttaja

On Jan 23, 10:33*pm, terry wrote:

Is there really anything in common with flying an airplane and an LM?
Terry
PPL ( and aspiring astronaut)


We might ask our resident sim guy. Apparently MSFS has an LM module.

-Robret

On Jan 24, 1:33*am, terry wrote:

If the commanders flew the LMs why was the second guy always called
the LM pilot?
I am sure there has been plenty of civilian pilots in the shuttle
program but not as pilots.

Harrison Schmitt ( Apollo 17 Lunar module pilot) was a civillian but
to what extent did he help fly the LM?

The guy in the right-hand seat was called the "Lunar Module Pilot" but
in fact he had very little to do with the hands-on flying of the Lunar
Module. The mission commander was the guy with his hands actually on
the controllers and his eye on the COAS sight, steering the LM down.
The LMP's duties were more like a flight engineer's- they consisted
mostly of making sure that the onboard computer was correctly set up,
calling out guidance information to the pilot during descent, and
dealing with any alarms that cropped up. (_Chariots for Apollo_ notes
that the LMP's original title was "Engineer-Scientist", which is
probably closer to accurate.)

-JTD