PhantomWolf
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I was watching the Mythbusters Planes special today and it struck me that this episode must be disinfo.
Both Jamie and Adam (neither of whom had ever piloted a plane before) where able to land a Boeing aircraft (I think either a 777 or 787) simulator almost perfectly only being coached down by a pilot in Air Traffic Control. Their first run they did without help and both crashed, though Jamie did hit the runway, just rather hard, in their second runs, with only vocal help telling them what the instruments they needed to look at were and how to maintain their speed, altitude and heading, they both were able to successfully land the aircraft almost perfectly (Adam's landing was a tad bumpy but very survivable for both plane and passangers.)
How could this be possible?
We are told by Truthers that people who achieved a level of flight ability to gain a Commerical Pilot's licence, and who spend dozens of hours in jet flight simulators could not have hit targets that were far wider across than a runway. Since it is impossible for these people even with their training and knowledge of areoplanes, how could two bumbling Mythbusters who had never been in the cockpit of an aircraft manage such an impossible task. The only conclusion is that the Mythbusters program must have been deliberate disinformation to make us think that flying and landing a plane is really easy.
Both Jamie and Adam (neither of whom had ever piloted a plane before) where able to land a Boeing aircraft (I think either a 777 or 787) simulator almost perfectly only being coached down by a pilot in Air Traffic Control. Their first run they did without help and both crashed, though Jamie did hit the runway, just rather hard, in their second runs, with only vocal help telling them what the instruments they needed to look at were and how to maintain their speed, altitude and heading, they both were able to successfully land the aircraft almost perfectly (Adam's landing was a tad bumpy but very survivable for both plane and passangers.)
How could this be possible?
We are told by Truthers that people who achieved a level of flight ability to gain a Commerical Pilot's licence, and who spend dozens of hours in jet flight simulators could not have hit targets that were far wider across than a runway. Since it is impossible for these people even with their training and knowledge of areoplanes, how could two bumbling Mythbusters who had never been in the cockpit of an aircraft manage such an impossible task. The only conclusion is that the Mythbusters program must have been deliberate disinformation to make us think that flying and landing a plane is really easy.
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