Timeline for How can I land without any propulsion? Was the Microsoft simulator right?
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| Jun 15, 2023 at 10:09 | comment | added | Graham | @Moo Or in more recent memory, the miracle on the Hudson. | |
| Jun 15, 2023 at 1:17 | comment | added | Moo | Im surprised no one has yet posted real life examples - for example, the Gimli Glider, a 767 which lost both engines due to fuel exhaustion at cruising altitude, glided to a successful landing - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider Or Air Transat Flight 236, an A330 which again lost both engines at cruising altitude due to fuel exhaustion, glided for over 120KM to a successful landing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236 | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 17:04 | comment | added | Michael Seifert | @MarkMorganLloyd: That would be the "Cornfield Bomber". | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 16:11 | comment | added | Mark Morgan Lloyd | As a point of information, I was once called to dinner and left MSFS running in the '85-87 era, to find on return that the plane had landed itself. /However/, my recollection is that I was using a glider ("sailplane" etc.), and even if the software was prepared to waft that down gently it doesn't mean that it would have behaved the same for another type of aircraft. I'd add that in "real life" I believe there's been at least one case where an airman ejected from an uncontrollable fighter, which later recovered and grounded itself with only moderate damage. | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 1:00 | comment | added | IconDaemon | OT: I remember flying Chuck Yeager's SR-71 Blackbird into space with very long flights at a very low rate of climb. | |
| Jun 13, 2023 at 0:23 | answer | added | Harper - Reinstate Monica | timeline score: 3 | |
| Jun 12, 2023 at 23:48 | answer | added | 2NinerRomeo | timeline score: 8 | |
| Jun 12, 2023 at 17:48 | comment | added | Michael Seifert | @GregHewgill: Someone using MSFS in '87–'89 would most likely have been flying a simulated Cessna 182. That was the default choice, though a Learjet 25G or a Sopwith Camel were also available. | |
| S Jun 12, 2023 at 15:53 | history | suggested | Peter Mortensen | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
Copy edited (ref. <en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator>). Fixed the question formation - missing auxiliary verb - see <www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4yWEt0OSpg&t=1m49s> (see also <www.youtube.com/watch?v=kS5NfSzXfrI> (QUASM)) - alternatively, drop the question mark (title only). Expanded.
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| Jun 12, 2023 at 15:07 | review | Suggested edits | |||
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| Jun 12, 2023 at 15:00 | vote | accept | MicroservicesOnDDD | ||
| Jun 12, 2023 at 14:51 | history | became hot network question | |||
| Jun 12, 2023 at 5:55 | answer | added | Max R | timeline score: 17 | |
| Jun 12, 2023 at 5:51 | answer | added | Ben | timeline score: 23 | |
| Jun 12, 2023 at 0:43 | comment | added | MicroservicesOnDDD | @GregHewgill -- Wish I could remember. That was 1987-89. Do you happen to know what the choices were? | |
| Jun 12, 2023 at 0:10 | comment | added | Greg Hewgill | What kind of plane? | |
| S Jun 11, 2023 at 23:57 | review | First questions | |||
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| S Jun 11, 2023 at 23:57 | history | asked | MicroservicesOnDDD | CC BY-SA 4.0 |