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Old 18th Apr 2018, 07:27
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Gauges and Dials
 
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I don't think any simulator experience can prepare you for this. BANG! -- something is wrong. Really wrong. You have good instrumentation and automation, and you know what you're doing, but at the end of the day you're still a fallible human and your ship is wounded in ways neither you nor the automation fully know yet -- and won't fully know until you try to do something, like extend flaps or even move the yoke a bit -- and find out whether bent metal, binding bearings, or severed hydraulics will stop things from happening the way you hoped -- or whether or when additional parts of the airplane will decide to take early retirement. Respect for all involved.
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