Sully's Flight on the iPhone

Heck, There is nothing wrong with simulating any kind of accident scenario. There really isn't anything wrong with recreating a terrorist attack even. Sure there are some sensitive folk out there that would rather not see it recreated again, maybe they have a sore spot because of whatever circumstance that ties them to that event, but the app just wouldn't be in their tastes.

It is advertised as a simulation to an accident. Obviously that is a GREAT way to illustrate a heroic events to someone... it is a hands on 3-D simulation that allows you to understand better just how hard it is to land an airplane under those conditions. When the press covers these stories they often create a similar 3-D recreation of all or part of the flight path to illustrate to their viewers just how the plane went down. Nothing different here except you get to control the scenario within the same similar paremeters to get an idea of how it feels.

As for the 99cents.. I think thats fair. I feel it is okay to charge a fee if the author so chooses because he did spend the time and effort needed to program and test all these paremeters and allow for it to run as a stand-alone download off the X-Plane engine.

Not only is that a nice tool for explaining that event to someone, or teaching a student, it also carry's a "wow" factor. There is many people out there who would find that to be neat, and since it was such a big news story on TV many ppl know about the event... how neat would it be to let someone try landing it, right on your iPhone? Worth 99 cents, and the author does deserve it for the idea and creating it. He didn't have to do that, its just... neat.

You guys are complaining about a sim in which you try to save your passengers and civilians on the ground by landing safely? Do you complain about combat sims where the objective is to shoot down as many people as possible?

Really?!? Why don't they make a 9/11 while they're at it.

Accident recreation thru simulation is common. The point is to learn something. I'm surprised I almost landed it, the first time I tried it. Just a touch too fast.

I'm waiting for the Exxon Valdez app. I heard it's more immersive after a 12 pack.

People leaving comments about "this is distasteful" and "people were hurt"... psh, give me a break. It's not like this game is called "fly a plane into the World Trade Center". You see video games about war, where tons of soldiers get killed and murdered, and you pay for those. Get over yourself.

Just a note: people WERE hurt. Nobody was killed.

Unless the price of this app is going to charity I find it distasteful that they would be charging for it.

After playing this dozens of times, I finally had my first successful landing. Your flaps should be about 25% for takeoff, and just leave them there for the whole flight. Make sure to raise the gear immediately after takeoff. The trick is to move the trim to full down (nose up) about 200 feet over the water. It also helps to be going about 130 kts at that time, as well. You should flare up just a bit, but aim to keep your flight path (the little circle) just below the horizon. The top of that circle should be touching the horizon. The plane will slow down enough to ease into the water. If you get below 110 kts before touching down, you'll fall like a rock. Honestly, I can't believe the guy pulled it off!

My favorite part about this app are the reviewers who gave it 1 star because "all you do is fly for a bit and crash its point less" and "U hit a bird every time U fly!" and "Why do I always have an engine that fails?!?!"

Too funny.