Re: Flight Simulator now being used by flight instructors

"Dashii" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> "kallijaa" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > "Ed Forsythe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> > > Kallijaa,
> > > I suspect that you were trolling and you painted yourself into a
corner
> ;)
> > > Now you are desperately attempting to extricate yourself.  Don't let
the
> > > facts confuse you - hang in there!
> > > --
> > > Happy Flying,
> > > Ed
> >
> > I'm quite comfortable in my corner, your suspicions not withstanding.
> >
> > If you read my first post to this thread, you will find that I fully
> > acknowledged the contributions of flight simulators since the beginning
of
> > instrument flying. Your experience with Link Trainers might be similar
to
> > mine and my true appreciation of  them might agree with yours.  The
Links
> > were roundly hated, but grudgingly used by flying students to learn and
> > practice IFR procedures.  Their main asset was the associated plotting
> > tables that enabled them to fly virtual Loop and Adcock (Low Frequency)
> > radio ranges while being monitored by a flight instructor.  The rocking
> and
> > tilting motions produced by the Link's pneumatic systems were laughable
> and
> > the Trainers had nothing to do with contact flying.  Students pilots
> weren't
> > allowed to come near the dreadful little crates until they were found to
> be
> > sufficiently proficient in the air.
> >
> > The idea that a fledgling will profit from simulation prior to gaining
> such
> > proficiency is absurd.  Instead, it will have the opposite effect.
> Simmers
> > are training themselves to do precisely what they shouldn't when flying
an
> > airplane under contact conditions.  One of the most difficult habits to
> > break in a new student is the natural tendency to stare straight ahead
> > and/or at the instrument panel.  Instructors must teach students to keep
> > their heads "out of the cockpit and on a swivel," in order to know where
> > they are, to appreciate in full the attitude of their aircraft and to
keep
> > clear of danger in the form of other aircraft and obstructions.
>
> Jeez, I thought that I had good situational awareness (SA) from "flying"
the
> sims because visibility is so poor that you must use your outside views.
Try
> flying a combat sim and see how quickly you are shot down if you don't
have
> good SA.
>
> Dashii
>
How well you plead my cause.  While playing your combat game, you access
outside views with your fingers while staring straight ahead.  In the air,
it doesn't work that-a-way.