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Old 20th Feb 2008, 20:28
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If you're talking about game software like microsoft flight simulator, I couldn't tell you.

As far as I know, there's only one place that does ag sim training and it's an insurance thing for the 802...primarily engine starts, etc. I don't know anyone who's gone there. Ag and Sim are really two different worlds, and you can't really duplicate what's very much a hands-on activity that requires perepherial vision and doesn't depend on instrumentation.

There are some things you just can't simulate.

Flying ag is some of the most precise flying you can possibly do...considerably more so than flying an ILS. Drift and skips can occur with changes of inches or a few feet. Obstacle clearance isn't measured in the large margins of the IFR environment, either. It's very much an all-feel world, and day or night, it's still all about see and avoid.

I'm not sure a simulator could do an 802 justice.
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