July 23, 200421 yr Just watched great wee article on channel 5's Gadget Show.A Fs Simmer called Richard (Come on identify yourself!) with a great home rig was allowed a real world Cessna landing.He needed a wee bit of help at 50ft flare from instructor, but brought Cessna home safely first time. What would normally be lesson 14 in real world teaching.Good shots in programme of Home screen and real world aircraft.Well done Richard!
July 24, 200421 yr It wasn't a Cessna, it was a Piper Warrior - and the aircraft he used to `train` for the event was the DreamFleet Archer!Sad to say, the 10,000 hour instructor had conspicuously failed to appreciate the benefits of FS to the world of real flying. This must have been his wake-up call as Richard managed to get a stable, balanced approach and was familair with both the controls and panel layout to do all this first time out, despite having NEVER BEEN IN A LIGHT AIRCRAFT BEFORE :DBig up to the fellow, he certainly put Mr 10,000 hours in his place. Let's see: FS + Archer + hardware =
July 25, 200421 yr Allcot,I doubt Richard will sell his rig! Even for real world flying lessons. It was good copy for the program.I did around 14 real world Piper Comanche lessons many years ago before the landing charges went overboard almost overnight. I recall I was paying about
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