I have used MS Flight Simulator for several years. I would say if I ever had to fly a 747, I probably could, as long as someone could talk me through the process. I pretty much know where the controls and instruments are located as well as what most of them do. They say a monkey could land one.
I would prefer to land a 777. Pretty much, all you have to do is program the airport, and a few other things, and it will land itself. If I were w/o communication, I could probably still land the plane, but I would want/need plenty of runway. Also, the hottest stewardess would need to be my co-pilot. In a light plane, it probably wouldn't be a problem either. I would just put it down on the nearest highway or landing strip club. M!ke -----Original Message----- From: Kevin Graeme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 8:26 AM To: CF-Community Subject: Re: 40 things that only happen in movies, and a question about landing jets... I think I recall reading an article about a passenger landing a passenger jet in one of my aviation magazines, but don't quote me on that. It's certainly not as common as in the movies. Even with my basic pilot cert I don't know if I would be able to do it. But as for small planes, it happens. It's unfortunately frequent enough that there are even one-day training progams for spouses and family of pilots of small planes to just familiarize them with the cockpit so that if they're ever in that situation they aren't entirely clueless and hopefully they can at least know how to use the radio (one of the more complicated parts, IMO). -Kevin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:176063 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
