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Flight Simulation of the Hudson River Waterlanding

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P3nnst8r
01/19/09

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Can't get enough of this. That man's a hero!
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GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
01/19/09

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My only problem is it showed the Hudson as having whitecaps, and from what I have heard, the water was very smooth.
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Dabamash
01/19/09

@TacoThrower_GitEmSteveDave: That's a bit pedantic isn't it?
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GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
01/19/09

@Dabamash: Well, big difference between that and landing in an ocean.
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Kaiser-Machead
01/19/09

@TacoThrowing_GitEmSteveDave: Coney Island whitefish travel upstream sometimes during mating season. That may have been a nice detail they added in the sim.
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Ayeco
01/19/09

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I can't wait to see the real sim once the black box's flight data is processed.
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Philip Marquis
01/19/09

@Ayeco:

i caint wait till somone builds a mod for flight sim

so we can experiance and try this ourselves...

i wanna see if the plain would of had a snowballs chance in hell of makeing it back to the airport...
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GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
01/19/09

@Philip Marquis: Yeah, I'm sure your really be able "experiance" the jarring impact of the "plain" hitting the Hudson, and standing/sitting in 40 degree water while boats come to rescue you w/your flight sim.

The only thing that has a worse chance than a snowball in hell is you properly mastering the English Language.
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antiDesign
01/19/09

@TacoThrowing_GitEmSteveDave:

Grammar Police FAIL

(I'm sure your really be able "experiance")
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GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
01/19/09

@antiDesign: Damn, I must have deleted the "to" when I added in the quotes. Oh well.
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muyoso
01/19/09

@TacoThrowing_GitEmSteveDave:

Double grammar nazi fail.

"I'm sure your really be able "experiance""

And all you think you are missing is a "to". If you are going to correct someone, at least glance at your post before you click submit.

"I'm sure YOU'RE really GOING TO be able TO "experience""

I have capitalized what is needed for your post to qualify for grade school english.
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GitEmSteveDave_IsNotLarryGaga
01/20/09

@muyoso: I must disagree with you. It would work with just the addition of the "to" and the subtraction of "be", which in all reality means it needs no correction, as the subtraction cancels out the addition, i.e:

Yeah, I'm sure you're really able to "experiance" the jarring impact of the "plain" hitting the Hudson, and standing/sitting in 40 degree water while boats come to rescue you w/your flight sim.

I admit that the sentence I wrote was worded differently, but I went back and changed it, and forgot to change the "your" from the original sentences "your flight sim" amongst other things. I would have responded like Philip does when people call him on his god awful spelling and grammar, by saying "TS", but I decided to explain myself.
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Curves
01/19/09

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A combination of skill and incredible luck. ^5s all around for what could have been a major tragedy and loss of life.
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Kaiser-Machead
01/19/09

@Curves: Agreed. When I first heard that a plane landed in the Hudson, my heart sort of sank that more airline accidents were occurring, but was immensely relieved to get the glorious details. It's comforting to now that, with all this miracle-driven jubilation, that the Airbus got a nice goose lunch before it died.
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OMG! Ponies!
01/19/09

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I think I'll pick up the most recent copy of Flight Simulator. I've got a desktop computer again which means I should be doing some non-console gaming.
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Kaiser-Machead
01/19/09

@OMG! Ponies!: How does it compare to X-Plane 9?
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Lite: hates Illinois Nazis
01/19/09

@OMG! Ponies!: Nah, you can always just use Excel to land the plane if you need to!
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N@tedog
01/19/09

@OMG! Ponies!: You can use video I shot of this from the top of my apt in Hell's Kitchen if you need angles of approach.
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