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Old 2nd Jun 2003, 09:27
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ATPMBA
 
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Old Sim Trick

An old airline simulator trick would be to have the pilots make an approach to minimums, with no runway in sight they would start the missed approached, at that time the instructor would increase the visibility to see if the would abandon the missed and try to make a landing out of it. If they abandoned the missed they would flunk the checkride.

Now, a DC-8 and DC-10 handle a little differently from a S-76 but the principles still apply. I can see getting into trouble in a helicopter by breaking off the miss and trying to make a landing from it, it may work for a while but eventually something will happen.
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