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Post by meg on Sept 1, 2012 5:28:45 GMT -5
Does anyone know of any good places to do some space flight research or flight research in general? So far I've tried NASA, Virgin Galactic and a couple others. I have an idea for one of the main characters in my book suddenly go blind and have to talk the other main character through landing the ship. Without much flight experience, I'm not sure how to make it sound realistic. Any ideas would be highly appreciated  |
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Post by Kessie on Sept 1, 2012 15:54:28 GMT -5
What, like instructions on how to actually fly/land an aircraft? You might try looking for pilots' training manuals. I imagine there's scads of them online. Physics are the same whether it's a big plane or a small one. Try checking Youtube for some simulator footage, too. If people video their drives down the highway, I imagine plane enthusiasts video their flights.
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Post by yoda47 on Sept 1, 2012 20:53:51 GMT -5
Get Microsoft Flight Simulator?
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Post by meg on Sept 1, 2012 23:51:19 GMT -5
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Post by Kessie on Sept 2, 2012 10:45:06 GMT -5
Frank Peretti did a similar scenario in Flying Blind, only it was a small prop plane the blind person has to land while being talked down by traffic control. I imagine the stakes are a lot higher with a big aircraft.
My husband, son of an air force pilot, says that landing a space craft like the Shuttle is the same as landing a larger aircraft, except you also use dragchutes to assist with the brakes. So if you look up regular aircraft flight and landing procedures, that should be all you need.
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