European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Thursday september 4, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 9 its Potat by a tvs Stdio Cut. Robert Painchaud of Canadian forces 411 so reviews his Mission before closing the canopy on the flight simulator at Canadian forces base Baden Soet Lingen. Canadians simulator gives pilots real life training capt. Denis Murk Mercier left reviews be Mission mulls with Pui Nehad. By Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau soell1ngen. Germany mane vering the of 18 fighter bomber s throttle. Cape. Robert i Painchaud of the Canadian forces prepared to bomb a target Niar the bavarian town of sic Gunburg. He closed in at 360 knots and Lei the bomb arc away behind him then banked the plane and saw that Ilie device had landed about 80 feet from the Large censer. An instructor 30 feet behind Painchaud Lold him to make another pass and try again. Actually Painchaud never left the ground because the Mission was conducted in a Cf-18 flight Simula Tor at Canadian forces had ii sculling in. Except for he Lack of Gravity Force and cockpit motion How Over. The equipment and the Mission Are Rah slip to the smallest detail from Start to finish. We insist thai when the Pilot climbs into the Simu Lator Bethink of Ilas a plane and not As a said simulator commander capt. Denis Mercier a 421 so. I Canadian air group fighter Pilot to reinforce that attitude senior instructor capt. Craig Richmond gave Painchaud a Standard half hour Mission briefing before his simulator flight pilots also must Wear Gravity suits and harnesses in the simulator cockpit just As they would in a plane and they must go through Post night debriefing. But the simulator itself estimated to Cost More than s7 million breathes lire into the whole experience. While in flight a Pilot looking through the Iso de Gree canopy May Sec a sunny morning scene a dense fog the Orange Haze of dusk or a three Quarter Moon dangling in a Star studded night sky. Below he May Sec the cab Baden Soel Jingco Airstrip lights beckoning him. Or accurate moving representations of two dozen other airstrips and bombing ranges in Germany and Canada. And when he pickles drops a bomb or fires a rocket he can Sec a red Mark on the ground representing the Impact. The simulator s greatest advantage is that it teaches pilots to Cope with emergencies without subjecting pilots to actual flight risks. Instructors stress the development of those skills. We re looking today for flight safety and trying o i your Pararo Eiers Richmond told i Ai Ninaud Dur ing the pc flight Brief no. The bomb score is not that As Painchaud began his exercise Richmond Hov ered Over several computer generated displays in an adjoining room. We play All the roles the Tower the air traffic controller the radar controller the Range control offi cer he said.,"at the same time we have to assess the Pilot s performance throughout the Mission Richmond said he and an assisting technician can Burden the Mission will Many kinds of mock crises including bad weather mechanical problems and the appearance of soviet fighter jets. They programmed a right engine failure into pain Chad s simulated flight to the Sie Gunburg bombing Range 30 Miles North of Munich. The Pilot was pre pared however. He had fed the coordinates of the nearest Allied Airstrip at Neuburg into the computer just As he should have done during real flight. The computer records All in flight events and instructors can videotape Pilot actions in the cockpit for later review. The simulator is an invaluable tool for a Pilot like Painchaud who is a Pip Cliner someone serving in a first duty station after a year s training at cab cold Lake in Northern Alberta. New Pio a must Fly 2s live missions and six in the simulator to be classified As ready for combat after that hey must Fly eight simulator missions every six months. I it Craig Richmond gives Painchaud a briefing left photo prior to the Mission and i Hen monitors la filsht right photo along with master Cpl. Brian Luby
