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Or even worse, and more likely, just one one side (wing drop). Then you're really doomed. Happened recently on an ATR I think.

I did some flying with a hood - no ability to see outside but I could see instruments. It was uncanny, and I got totally disoriented.

The only thing that saved me is that as a former sim jockey I was used to flying just on the instruments and I knew it was very unlikely that they went wrong just as I was flying blind. So I focussed on the instruments and ignored the feeling that the plane was literally flying on its side.

It is very unsettling.



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