Comments on: "Having the Fish" with Jetwhiner and Airplane Geek Rob Mark http://airspeedonline.com/2010/08/having-the-fish-with-jetwhiner-and-airplane-geek-rob-mark/ Mon, 15 May 2017 14:44:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.40 By: Grant (Falcon124) http://airspeedonline.com/2010/08/having-the-fish-with-jetwhiner-and-airplane-geek-rob-mark/#comment-390 Fri, 03 Sep 2010 03:55:54 +0000 http://airspeedonline.com/?p=376#comment-390 If any pilot dreams of this, the first thing they should do is go get a cockpit video (erm, DVD) from Just Planes or ITVV. They take you on the cockpit like you're on the jumpset and in the good ones, the crew work you through all the screens & systems. Watch a couple of these and it'll really help if you wind up in the front.

Another step that'll help is to get some time in an airliner sim. Here in Australia (or New Zealand, Hong Kong & Singapore) there's a company called Flight Experience that have a B737-800 fixed-base sim that lets you fly the thing (with an instructor) and get a feel for what it'd be like.

Between these two, you'll know just what to do which, as mentioned above, is to punch in the airport & approach on the FMC then say "Land it" to the computer. From that point, just sit back and watch (a CAT III autoland in zero-viz is amazing! :)

]]> By: baswell http://airspeedonline.com/2010/08/having-the-fish-with-jetwhiner-and-airplane-geek-rob-mark/#comment-389 Thu, 26 Aug 2010 02:29:19 +0000 http://airspeedonline.com/?p=376#comment-389 It's an enjoyable fantasy, isn't it?

The Mythbusters did this in the sim. Both are not pilots and first attempt with no help they stuffed up.

Then they got an IP (training captain, I believe) to talk them down. The IP did not see any of the sim's screens, he had to ask them what they were seeing and give instructions.

Both landed it manual in a reusable maner. Imagine how well a 300hr pilot with help would do!

But at the end the IP said if this were for real he would simply have them punch the destination into the FMS and have them select approach on the A/P.

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