Do you think that you could land a plane?

[Acanthus]

I think i could survive the landing, id almost certainly run it out of fuel first after finding a suitable place to attempt to land, less fire when i almost certainly perform a crash landing.

 

[K1052]

yea, I could likely manage it (though I'd be a tad nervous)

we used to have a twin engine that the pilot helped me land a few times

 

[Darwin333]

Landing a small plane isn't really that hard. As long as you can find the runway

Depending on where you are landing not being able to talk to ATC could be a serious issue.

 

[MotionMan]

No problem. I've seen every Airport movie and I stayed at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

MotionMan

 

[bladder23]

pretty hard to land in a forest though

the trees will split the plane apart

 

[Darwin333]

On second thought, to someone how has no knowledge of flying I wouldn't think they could actually put the plane down.

I remember before my first lesson I always assumed that in order to decrease altitude to land you pointed the nose downwards. Makes sense, point the nose down to go down right? Thats what someone with no knowledge of flying would probably do. Not to mention they would probably never think about bringing the throttle anywhere near idle. Add those two together and you hit the ground really fast.

 

[savvy]

No, I know nothing of the controls of planes.

 

[Bateluer]

I could definitely get the plane on the ground, doubt I would be walking away from it though. I suppose whether or not I survived would depend on how close the paramedics were to the 'landing' site.

 

[zylander]

Maybe. My friend is a pilot and Ive flown with him a few times, he alawys lets me fly when we are int he air, so I do have somewhat of a feal for the controls.

 

[schneiderguy]

Yes I could, I've got 2000 hours in small planes........ in MS Flight Sim

 

[foghorn67]

Yes.

 

[everman]

I think the question should be rephrased as, "Can you find the airport with no radio or navigation skills whatsoever?" I'd probably walk away from the landing IF I ever did find an airport. And if I did manage finding one I wouldn't be able to notify ATC of the emergency and I'd end up crashing into an airliner on the runway.

If I was flying around the area I live in then I could find a small municipal airport via landmarks though.

 

[iamwiz82]

I have hundreds of hours clocked on MS FS at full realism, so I think so.

 

[CaptnKirk]

Anyone can land a plane, the tricky part is living through the landing.

 

[NikolaeVarius]

I can do it. I've never flown one but thank god for Microsoft Flight Simulator

 

[George P Burdell]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I thought that was the entire purpose to playing flight simulator games.

Agreed

 

[GeekDrew]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
I thought that was the entire purpose to playing flight simulator games.

I have a few friends that are private pilots, and they spend tons of time in flight sim games, and say that they're fairly accurate, and could probably teach someone to land.

I've never flown, and have never played a flight sim game, so I doubt that I could land any kind of plane in an emergency.

 

[Suspicious-Teach8788]

I'v elogged way too many hours on flight simulator. I think I could handle it.

Give me favorable winds and it should be doable. Nothing too strong. I struggle with wind in a FS games but I can do instrument landings even in poor visibility.

 

[vi edit]

Without a radio to try and communicate to a tower I don't know. I really have no concept of speed in a plane and probably wouldn't know how fast to even attempt to bring it in.

Best thing I could think of would be to look for a heavy brush area that would somewhat minimize the impact and bring it in as "nice and easy" I could. And hope for the best.

 

[Bill Brasky]

Assuming a nice and long runway, and a full tank of gas to figure out controls... yeah, I could walk away.

 

[Fritzo]

I've been playing MS Flight Sim since the early 90's. I think I could do it. Slow to about 150 knots, full flaps, hit the brakes when front wheel hits the ground---oh yeah.

 

[JRich]

Originally posted by: DLeRium
I'v elogged way too many hours on flight simulator. I think I could handle it.

Give me favorable winds and it should be doable. Nothing too strong. I struggle with wind in a FS games but I can do instrument landings even in poor visibility.

I love cross-wind landings in FS (rudder...rudder...rudder...) I usually fly military aircraft or gliders in FSX.

 

[n7]

Eh, i suspect the landing would either kill me or come extremely close to.

Since really, i'd have no clue what i was doing.

 

[Fulcrum]

The landing gear might not make it through intact, but I think I could get it to the ground without killing myself.

 

[K1052]

Originally posted by: everman
I think the question should be rephrased as, "Can you find the airport with no radio or navigation skills whatsoever?" I'd probably walk away from the landing IF I ever did find an airport. And if I did manage finding one I wouldn't be able to notify ATC of the emergency and I'd end up crashing into an airliner on the runway.

If I was flying around the area I live in then I could find a small municipal airport via landmarks though.

Almost all small aircraft have GPS systems in them these days, if you know which buttons to push (most are somewhat intuitive) you can get yourself to an airport. Most will also give you the correct comm frequencies to contact the field.