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Supposedly he had none. A sim is not like real life.
9-11 happened. No fighter jets to take down Flight 175 before it hit the north tower. But boy howdy, there were F-15 on Beebos ass within minutes. Hmmm.
But boy howdy, there were F-15 on Beebos ass within minutes. Hmmm.
Bad comparison. I get what you're saying, but this was a "post 9/11" world where Russel did his thing. "Post 9/11" means "we take shit seriously now", I guess.
Granted. ...18 years later, tho.
Why aren't our jets bombing the invasion across the Rio Grande?
Modern sims are pretty damn close. That said, sky king mentioned that he was playing arcade sims on a console... yeah, that doesn't add up.
Not really. Procedures can vary from air frame to air frame and engine series to engine series. I have a low end aircraft and a sim for my avionics isn't even common even though the avionics are.
Simply starting a turbine without a fire can sometimes be tricky. Flying is very different from sims. Most sims focus on procedures and not flight realism. Which is the point. Xplane has the most realistic flight model, by far, and it's still far short. Ms is traditionally arcade, though not tried current.
It's possible he used the operator manual but that's also very unlikely given unfamiliarity and supposedly there wasn't much time. I couldn't do what he did without the operator manual and a solid 10-15 minutes.
What people don't seem to get is that only a high time pilot can jump into a seat and start a depth of different aircraft. Most people don't even know about things like control locks which have to be released (failure is usually fatal). And things like this are usually not on sims as it's part of preflight.
So on and so...
His expertise far exceeded a zero time pilot. And he was joking and happy. Which is not someone suicidal.
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