Flight simulator experience scale
Get laid. Imported from New Zealand Flight Experience the concept moved to Paris. The idea? We change into command of a Boeing 737. We put on the uniform and applied power for a virtual flight over the capital. For starters, small explanatory video. Then head for the flight simulator. Things are done well, it really feels to enter on board a jetliner! In the cockpit, it flashes across. The real airline pilot who accompanies us - Charles, 25 - reassures us: "You will carry out the actions that I will tell you when I tell you. "One wonders if we still will be up.
Among 24 000 airports
The simulator provides a 180 ° vision on a HD screen. The runway of the airport Charles de Gaulle in front of us is more realistic. We could have chosen 24 000 other airports to fly. Some explanations on the stick, the rudder pedals, the thrust levers and here we are ready to go.
In the helmet, Charles transmits its information. Reached 144 knots, we get the handle to pull the 737 from the ground. The direction 3000 feet. While maintaining wings level. Turn left to start the turn slightly and offset the descent of the aircraft.
Here, the Eiffel Tower. "Uh, we have the right to fly over Paris, like that? - No, if so, two Mirage 2000 would take us back to the nearest airport. "Feeling strange approach, the Montparnasse Tower, which is inherent to the memory of some Sept. 11. Charles is adamant there is no question of meeting a client who wants to have fun crashing. Landing, not even fear. Great experience, with miles of the game "Flight Simulator" on PC. But missing a few doses of vibrations in the cockpit, a little interactivity with the control tower and, perhaps, the smile of a flight attendant ...
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