it would not have to be 100% spot on to archive an acuret enough simulation for a pilot to be able to learn from it.

the majority of it the plan is skimming on the water so currents would not affect the landing, i can almost garentee you could aply curent simulatoin with some half assed water physics and it would very much do the job enoughf to train with. when landing on water the pilot is NOT constantly interacting with the water the same way a driver is road ore a pilot is with the air. it could be handeled very much the same way that a virtual plane handles when its landing gear are in operation and it lands on ground only the response would be more soggy and some new movement characteristics would take place due to the water Eventual clasping the body.

the most important skill in landing on water is the initial trajectory before water contact is actually made i believe by the time the water is actively affecting the controls there is not that much that a pilot can do other than maby afect roll of the plane stoping wings hiting water.

so pilot just needs to practice the appropriate angle and soft decent that would Yalow for the plane to not bery the engines ore wing tips into the water causing the plane to rip apart.

thanks to this crash we now have a model of a way to land one of these planes on flat water in certain wind conditions, so i exspect to see this in flight sims soon as well as destructible buildings.

>> ^NordlichReiter:
Was this blowing the weapons in place? I'm just wondering, I was under the impression that they do not do that any more, especially with non combatants in the area.

I'm not 100% familiar with how they're currently handeling it, but that's the way it was done when I was there. IED's were normally detonated on the spot after the area was cleared. There is always the possibility of a trigger man watching the area, so I don't remember IED's ever being moved from their location. I had a bunch of videos of EOD detonations shot throughout the deployment. People regularly film this stuff from HMMWVs further back in convoys. Unfortunately that hard drive is destroyed and I lost a lot of pictures and clips. Some Iraqis would actually stand as close as possible because they wanted to watch the explosions. I remember one video where they did have to delay the detonation because people kept getting too close to the area and had to be moved back. Usually EOD would call out a warning and a countdown from a loudspeaker before actually detonating though... didn't hear that in this one.

I found the scene hilarious. Although I will admit the gun to his face, finger on the trigger and everything, felt a bit much. Then again, I'm fuzzy about firearms and their handeling.

Mink, I TOTALLY agree with you! There are 3 types of categories that I place the Christian music I hear.

The one in this video is more of a modern-day praise music genre, most of which are simple, repetitive, and BORING. The music mainly stems from various Christian rock bands and the like.

The next genre is the older music, some of which was composed earlier this century. Also notable is the Zion's Harp. (A very well known songbook.) These are more traditional sounding hymns, that have a bit more complexity and are a lot more enjoyable to listen to. (For me at least.)

And finally, there's the old-style classical stuff, done by Bach, Handel, etc. I think everyone can agree that this stuff is awesome.

But in any case, it all depends on the listener. There are those that would definitely enjoy this music. I'm just not one of them.