How Many Out There Are Real Pilots???

[redtiger02]

Originally Posted by Kamak86

Haha IFR training is so different, my flight examiner who is based at the airport KMGY is about 83 years old and can fly like those red bull air race guys. He told me that "Instrument training is an Unnatural Act that is only punishable by god" What that means? i dunno. I just did some NDB appchs and some GPS appchs today. I would LOVE a VASI or PAPI. VOR navigation, REAL dead reckoning. Get some transponder and TCAS action. How about ATC comms, DME arcs, Holds, LASHO, Missed appchs procedues, Circle to land, sidestep.....as i have lost about 80% of the people here. haha im so excited about this game........Or a makeshift LOC/ILS for those in need of help with decents without crashing.

Most of that stuff existed during WW II and was in use on the battlefield so I don't understand why we don't get some of it. It's kinda hard to argue for more realism in this game, though. Having to look at the instrument panel and actually follow a radial is unheard of in a console game, could be another first for BoP. They could even have you hold in the pattern so that damaged aircraft could land, give some kind of points for actually staying in the pattern instead of flying off to the coast to look for baby seals to club. It would be a very interesting mission if you had to ride a radial to pick up the bombers that you are going to escort instead of instantly starting near them. Everybody says they want realism, at least until they find out that not all of flying is terribly exciting and a lot of it is routine.