So while having some time to myself and flying around KSFO (San Francisco International Airport) region I thought to myself is there any significance to using KSFO as a default airport for Flightgear?Īlthough there is not any official reason as to why KSFO was chosen as its default, here's what I got when I asked & searched around: There are probably some requirements for an auto-startup airport to make a good impression to newbies in flight sims, which is having g ood scenery of built-up airports, city objects, great landscape features. Doesn't help my flying anxieties at all, but I guess there is some 'edutainment' in safety briefing and escape simulations out of tight spots and also prepares for the 'drop everything and get out in the safest manner as possible' in the form of a timed score. Moreover, they are able to simulate the different threats that can make aircraft evacuation more complex, such as fire, smoke in the cabin, water, unusable exits, and others. The different levels of 'Prepare for Impact' depict major types of emergencies, such as in-flight decompression, ground collision, runway overrun, water landing, and crash landing. The game also offers the option of publishing your best evacuation results on world leaderboards. Your goal is to take all the right decisions to come out from the plane unharmed as fast as possible. In each virtual emergency experience, the player can try first-hand right and wrong actions that a passenger can take, and see the positive or negative consequences those actions have. The game reproduces the experience of real-world aircraft emergencies from the passenger’s viewpoint, with the highest fidelity allowed by today’s mobile devices.

'This 3D game has been developed in the context of an international, aviation safety research project (), aimed at exploring possible new approaches to safety education.

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