Private pilot stalls a Boeing 737-200

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But not in real life.

Instead, in a 737-200 flight simulator at the Delta Flight Museum in Atlanta, Georgia.  With a scheduled time and $400 later, you can do it too for about an hour.

What great fun that must have been.

BZ

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13 thoughts on “Private pilot stalls a Boeing 737-200”

  1. I’ve really enjoyed Flight Chop’s videos on YT. He is relatable and extemporaneous. One of the most professional videographers out there. The Level D sim is so realistic that the FAA allows it to be logged as real time. I believe it was United that used to allow non-commercial pilots some sim time.

    Those headsets he’s giving away retail for about $1,000.

    • I had just found Chops, then decided to post the video. Agreed, a great set of videos. Thousand buck headsets. Wowzer.

      BZ

  2. Got my Instrument rating from a start up flight school owned by some United instructors. I was their first instrument student, and they needed me to pass for their FAA Certifications. Got a lot of bootleg simulator time in United’s simulators. Great fun. Those simulators were realistic but nothing like what is available today.

    • Many years ago — I mean, many years ago — I sat in a USAF C-124 simulator. That was an assload of fun for a young guy. Courtesy of my Dad, of course.

      BZ

      • C-124 huh? You must be ancie…er, well seasoned.

        Your story reminds me of one of mine. My first cockpit experience (other than Continental or United crew letting a kid up the front during flight) was right eat in a B-25. Just me and the pilot flew around for what seemed like 30 minutes. That was courtesy of my dad and when the USMC still had a few lying around. I was 10. 48 yrs later I remember it like this morning.

        • Admitted, I am indeed ancient.

          Many years ago when we lived on WPAFB and the XB-70 was placed into the USAF museum collection, I was allowed to sit in its cockpit. I was the kid who rode from on-base housing to the museum and ingratiated myself into those who worked there. I became the local enthusiast/pest.

          BZ

      • Sorry, one more.

        Coming back to El Toro from Kanehoe I was up front with the pilots when a 2 ship flight of F-4s out of K-Bay formed on our port wing. The Capt was talking with the Phantoms when he told them to stand by as he looked at me. I thought he was gonna kick me out of the cockpit. Instead, much to my hilarious delight gave me the mic and let me talk to lead. Unbelievable! I got to talk to a real true life fight pilot. I was about 8 or 9. Me, talking to a real superman. Of course, my words abandoned me and all I could do was stutter and stammer.

        It’s too sad to think that those days of pax in the cockpit will only ever be distant memories.

  3. In the UH-1 Huey full motion simulator the instructor, (an old friend jackin’ with me), gave me a complete loss of tail rotor and T/R gearbox on short final to landing. The resultant crash was so dramatic it popped both cockpit doors open.
    I’m not sure that’s good for the machinery,, but it DOES give an indication how realistic full motion sims are!

  4. BTW: who else noticed the restored Link trainer in the video? Yes, that thing that looks like a kiddie ride is an honest to goodness trainer used by thousands of pilots of a bygone era. The air museum I used to belong has the same model and it is restored to full function.

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