Mon, Mar 23, 2009
X-Plane Adds Flight 1549 Program To iPhone Flight Simulator
App
Much has been said in praise of US Airways Captain Chesley
"Sully" Sullenberger's piloting skills since his picture-perfect
ditching of US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River last
January 15. And for those who would like to take a
crack at the same scenario -- but perhaps without the element
of danger -- a new app available for your iPhone or iPod touch
gives you that opportunity.
The Unofficial Apple Weblog reports Laminar Research has come up
with
a new X-Plane iPhone app, appropriately
titled, "Sully's Flight," guaranteed to be the closest that most of
us will ever get to the real thing. The flight sim even includes
the actual ATC audio, complete with Sully calmly announcing his
intent to ditch in the Hudson River.
Taking off from LaGuardia's Runway 4 in accurately replicated
weather conditions, a highway-in-the-sky series of rectangular
hoops guides your flight along on Flight 1549's original flight
path. And just like the real thing, there's a flock of birds you
can't avoid, which, of course, causes you to lose your engines.
TUAW acknowledges that while some may find the app to be in
questionable taste, the user is advised not only to bear in mind
that no one was seriously hurt in the actual incident, but also
that the app is more of a simulation than a game.
"No matter what you do, you will hit the birds, and your engine
will fail, so don't plan on just flying around Manhattan," TUAW
reports.
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