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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by phkahler on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @02:42PM (#31344078)
>> I bet this was a guy raised on video games.

I feel kinda stupid. I played a lot of video games growing up, including a binge on MS Flightsim 4 (I think). When I took flying lessons as an adult, the hardest thing for me was mastering landing. Something about it just wouldn't click for many hours. OTOH I never really mastered landing in the sim either - I didn't really care about that back then and didn't have any instruction at all.

OTOH I helped out for years at Young Eagles events and some kids fly for the first time quite naturally, and when asked they tend to say "Yeah, I leaned on the computer".

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Re:Passenger with “no idea how to fly” lands plane after pil... by throwawayboise on Wednesday May 11, 2022 @03:21PM (#31344538)
> the hardest thing for me was mastering landing. Something about it just wouldn't click for many hours ... some kids fly for the first time quite naturally

There's probably a big component of natural ability here. Some people are just better at certain things. If you're not one of them, you may be able to train yourself to a competent level of performance, but you'll never be as good as a "natural." It's somthing that takes a bit of self-awareness and humility to admit, and some people never do.

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