Originally posted by Sublime620
I heard a few people say landing is the hardest part. I must disagree. Navigating is crazy. Landing isn't a piece of cake, but navigating using
the controls requires so much knowledge. You not only need to know how to read the instruments, but knowledge about the areas, aiports,
coordinates, etc to input all the info into the computer.
Assuming 9/11 was pulled off by terrorists, their greatest feat was putting the plane at the correct flight path to hit their targets.
Totally with you on that, I have been into flight simulators since the dawn of spectrum. I have more difficultly navigating and setting up a good
approach rather than the actual landing and i heavily rely on the GPS. If you have your approach sorted the landing is pretty easy, its just getting a
decent approach which can be tricky.
I will admit that last year I downloaded models of the WTC for flightsim 2004 (pm me if u want a copy) and I actually managed to crash into the towers
first go with no navigation other than visibility, but I took a totally different approach and was at the correct altitude well in advance. However, I
think if I was to try and make the maneuver like hijackers did I most likely would of failed, i didn't nose dive 10,000 feet to level off at the
correct altitude whilst banking the whole time into position. That would require some kind of pre programmed flight path imo, or the agility of an
f-16.
I could be wrong tho, I might have to check the approach again and see if i can pull it off just to be sure
[edit on 17-6-2007 by VicRH]