Cessna 172 pilot with no training, no hours, only flight simulator experience. Takeoff and landing
T. Sparks0 HN recommenders · 2013–2016
878K views · demo · evergreen · Uploaded 2012-11-28
A man with no flight instruction and only desktop flight simulator experience attempts to take off and land a Cessna 172, with a commercial airline instructor aboard who gives no help. The flight came out of a prop bet.
HN cites it as real evidence for whether a non-pilot can land a plane, whenever the topic comes up.
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3 comments from Hacker News
And here is the video: [VIDEO] The trip report will spoil the outcome, so the video is somewhat more nerve-wrecking.
The answer is yes. Someone actually did this experiment. [VIDEO] But it's pretty challenging. Today's simulators are pretty good, but there's something about having your life actually on the line that can't be captured by a sim.
You might not want to skim through the forums (though I find the discussion interesting). In the end, this actually happened and you can see a video of it here [VIDEO] EDIT: and rdancer also linked to the final report, see his post, thanks :)