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04-13-2009, 03:19 PM
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04-13-2009, 03:30 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Madison, NJ | | | I'd like to think that I had spent enough hours playing flight simulators as a kid that I could land a plane with minimal deaths.
Can't guarantee the landing gear will work or even stay attached to the plane, but I could probably crash land a plane.
Either way, it's pretty incredible.
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04-13-2009, 04:40 PM
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Originally Posted by tplyons  I'd like to think that I had spent enough hours playing flight simulators as a kid that I could land a plane with minimal deaths.
Can't guarantee the landing gear will work or even stay attached to the plane, but I could probably crash land a plane.
Either way, it's pretty incredible. | Well, as they usually tell on one of your first private license lesson :
A good landing is one after which you walk out of the plane by yourself. A great landing is one after which you can re-use the aircraft.
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04-13-2009, 05:47 PM
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Originally Posted by tplyons I'd like to think that I had spent enough hours playing flight simulators as a kid that I could land a plane with minimal deaths.
Can't guarantee the landing gear will work or even stay attached to the plane, but I could probably crash land a plane.
Either way, it's pretty incredible. | I just got the newest flight simulator.
I managed to land a rocket ship on straight descent from 1,000,000 feet.
To get that high, I found a glitch 
I'm pretty sure i'm on NASA's backup pilot list. |
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04-13-2009, 08:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Listowel/KW Ontario | | | That is amazing. I had a dream where this happened. My buddy (who is a bush pilot) landed the plane.
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04-13-2009, 08:42 PM
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Originally Posted by Mark Wilson I just got the newest flight simulator.
I managed to land a rocket ship on straight descent from 1,000,000 feet.
To get that high, I found a glitch
I'm pretty sure i'm on NASA's backup pilot list. | That made me giggle out loud
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04-13-2009, 08:44 PM
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NO $### !!!
I'm glad they told us this or we might think he crashed into the ground three or four times before finally getting it right. 
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04-13-2009, 09:08 PM
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Originally Posted by hbarcat A quote from the article: The passenger landed the plane safely on his first try.
NO $### !!!
I'm glad they told us this or we might think he crashed into the ground three or four times before finally getting it right. | Actually a pass at the runway is considered a try in this case. So if he had come in, then pulled up for some reason, that would be a try.
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04-13-2009, 09:13 PM
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04-13-2009, 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by hbarcat A quote from the article: The passenger landed the plane safely on his first try.
NO $### !!!
I'm glad they told us this or we might think he crashed into the ground three or four times before finally getting it right. | If they notice something is wrong, they will tell him to pull up and try again.
I like your rational better.
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04-13-2009, 09:32 PM
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Originally Posted by hbarcat I know that. My comment pertains to the unnecessary inclusion of the word "safely". | Well if it was a crash landing and three people broke bones on the first try, it wouldn't have been "safely". There is no unneeded word in that sentence.
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04-13-2009, 09:37 PM
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04-13-2009, 09:38 PM
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04-13-2009, 10:35 PM
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04-14-2009, 01:20 AM
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04-14-2009, 06:51 AM
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Originally Posted by iamlowsound Well if it was a crash landing and three people broke bones on the first try, it wouldn't have been "safely". There is no unneeded word in that sentence.
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