NZFF

It's happened again - usually good for a discussion, a lot of "non-hands on" simmers still feel they can land 4 engined jets...?


http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/americas/2333...fter-pilot-dies

Despite this guys 150 hours he didn't appear to be very confident. Wife and kids performing and praying in the background wouldn't help either.

Just read that article. They must have been cacking themselves!

He's done well - I know I would be shitting myself (with 50-something hrs behind me in C150s tecnams and 172s). I'm skeptical about anyone who says they could land a big plane like the King air - it wasn't many hours ago that I found myself getting behind the game in a 172, after only flying 150's for ages. And the performance difference is only 20 knots cruise and an an extra 500 feet per minute in the climb.

The difference between a King air and a 172 (as the guy in the story flies) would be very hard to deal with - let alone something bigger (turbine engines, much faster, IMC)

Good on him for landing it safely, I don't think I could, despite flying one in flightsim

My 2c

Cool link! And hey - if the Mythbusters can safely land an Airbus with no previous flying training and only coached over the radio by ATC then who knows!?! God forbid I should ever have to try and talk an inexperienced pilot into landing an aircraft!