Possibility of getting in a sim?

DPApilot

DPApilot

GUYSH! GUYSH! GUYSH!
I know I've posted this before but I was wondering if anyone had or knew how to hop in a sim to pretend like I'm a big boy.

I know when I was lucky enough to get in the A320 it was very humbling.

Thanks for any help!

Mike.
 
DPApilot said:
I know I've posted this before but I was wondering if anyone had or knew how to hop in a sim to pretend like I'm a big boy.

I know when I was lucky enough to get in the A320 it was very humbling.

Thanks for any help!

Mike.
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Close your eyes and click your heels three times...

and repeat after me.

I am in a sim, I am in a sim.





I just had to, sorry.:nana2:
 
DPApilot said:
Didn't work. :(
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When I was in the sim at Flight Safety in the past, the instructors asked if I wanted to let my wife in the sim sometime. She thought about it but she gets sick really easy if it is something that she cannot control.

So the thing is, if you know someone who is going through sim training, that might be your best chance.
 
Just gotta know someone!

There was a period of time that Kristie had more heavy time than I did.
 
When i was doing my dispatch course i had to jumpseat in a sim to observe what was going on. It was just in a Beech 1900 though but i also got to fly it as well. I just had my PPL back then and i did pretty good. Instructors were impressed!
 
I know you have MSFS. Put your computer in a closet for a couple of hours. Get someone to yell at you. Extra realism points if you get someone to throw stuff around.
 
When I was at FSI in May, they told me it wasn't allowed (I was trying to get a buddy to "observe") due to insurance.

If you can get CAE (MMU) to allow it, you're more than welcome to join me for my .297 ride in December (7th). It's only going to be a citationjet though.

-mini
 
Mini, FSI has no problems letting people not affiliated with FSI observe. They just need to sign in and go through the ropes. I believe there is a hold harmless agreement they have to sign.

It happens all the time.


DPA, sorry bro, I've been real busy. But like I said, if you give me a date you and a bud can make it over here, I can probably make it happen.


I guess you just need to jumpstart me, I've just been kinda here and there all the time. But seriously, pick a date and let me know, i'll check sim availability and what not. Weekends are best.
 
If you are willing to pay for it I'm sure there are a lot of places you could go. I believe places like FlightSafety would let you rent one for a few hours it would be pretty expensive though. Good luck.:D
 
I'm heading over to Delta's training facility in ATL in December. A friend of mine is a captain (MD88) and sim instructor. He lets me come once a year. I always have a great time. I usually get the whole tour and get to peek at all the sims. The 767 & 777 sims are impressive :D. They have them all lined up in a row..I have some pic's somewhere i'll try and post later........
 
Every once in a while UA's sims in DEN are opened to the public for $200 an hour or something like that, usually when groups like avsim.com and other flight sim enthusiasts come to town. Not sure if they've done it recently though.

I know a guy from another site whos gotten a lot of my friends in DL sims at ATL, but I hate to bug people about that kind of stuff so I've never asked.
 
Befriend a sim instructor is the easiest way. There are many times when they have to run it by themselves or with another employee.
 
If you make it down to the San Antonio area, I can get you in the C-5 sim. It won't be during "normal hours" but it's pretty fun nonetheless.
 
This would be more of a longer term, career focused way of finding your way to a heavy simulator. People who work in the human factors and cockpit engineering groups at aircraft manufacturers can spend lots of time in the company simulator bays. An internship in this group would expose you to the work they do, including spending time "flying" simulators. Maybe way too much time. Good luck in your search.

(Real airplanes are cooler).
 
Way back when I was a CFI, I met an instructor for Mesa at my flying club. One day when something fell through for him, I got a chance to fly in a CRJ sim without the motion on.

Know somebody or pony up a fair amount of cash. As I understand our little Brasilia SIM at Flight Safety is around $1000 per hour. So I would imagine the newer ones are even more.
 
SpiraMirabilis said:
Befriend a sim instructor is the easiest way. There are many times when they have to run it by themselves or with another employee.
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Yep.

When I was teaching (flight attendants) at the schoolhouse in DFW a good friend of mine was a sim instructor at the time and he and I were often teaching on the same days. I got a couple hours in the ATR sim that way. :D
 
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