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Anyone else seen this ?

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I was cruising along in the external view enjoying the scenery.  Decided to go to cockpit view to check the gauges.   Everything normal, Scanned over to the right to check the MFD and then back to the left to the normal view.

I was surprised that I was seeing a large pair of sunglasses completely covering the front view.  Just like the pilot would view it from his eyes.

Scanned back to the right again and then right back, and it was gone. Only lasted a few seconds.

Weird,,  Has anyone else seen this?

Roy

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well.. what aircraft? Also could have been the pilot or co-pilot model and you somehow got the camera right behind their shades.

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The Bonanza.  The camera position is the same one I've used hundreds of times.

I think it was what we used to call Easter Eggs.  A programmer slips these things in for a laugh, so when the proper set of circumstances occur it triggers it.

I remember a flight sim from years ago if you went to the Microsoft airfield and went into a certain hanger, there was a picture of Bill Gates and his design team.  There were others spread all around.the country.

 

Roy

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You're pulling our legs 😂 Or have you been at the Christmas Scotch? 😁

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I don't drink or smoke any of that funny stuff.  Not fake news.  It actually happened. It was definitely a pair of sun glasses.

Roy

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A likely story😉

On a serious note, as Kernel32 mentioned, it could be one of the models of the pilots in some kind of glitch. There was such a glitch a few weeks ago with the Just Flight PA28 series where the pilots from the exterier view were showing up the VC and you appeared inside them. I didn't see it myself though.

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3 minutes ago, Jazz said:

On a serious note, as Kernel32 mentioned, it could be one of the models of the pilots in some kind of glitch.

More likely that he picked up a celebrity stowaway!  Or a shameless plug for the latest new line of aviator's sunglasses!

 

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Yes, it has happened to me. G58 and C172. It is like the pilot which you see in external view is still there in the internal view and you are looking through the pilot.

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Thank you Maladoror. Now I know I wasn't hallucinating.  That's exactly how it looked to me.

They're carrying "As real as it gets" a little far. 🙂

Roy

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