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Subject: Re: Time to stop flying? Posted on: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 07:55:36 +0100

Following up to Mxsmanic

> However, if you like other aspects of aviation, such as
> precision navigation, systems, procedures, or simply the feeling of being the
> reliable pilot getting lots of happy passengers to their destinations, flying
> a commercial transport can be enjoyable.

I know one commercial airline pilot, how many do you know?

>> Learning to fly a plane without actually flying a plane seems to me a
>> bit like learning to play the piano while practising on a cardboard
>> cut-out of one.
>
> Assuming that sensation is everything in flight is naïve and rather
> old-fashioned. The days of barnstorming are pretty much over.

ask the Red bull race team or the bloke in his bipe upside down below
Beachy Head! Simulation does offer training in a great deal of flying
though and I think the comparison to a carboard cutout piano is quite
wrong.
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"Mike....."(not "Mike")
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