Tell us your worst in-flight disaster? (In the sim folks!)

I was showing off to my wife.

Just bought a new payware airport for her home-city, Santander, Spain (with no doubt one of the most beautiful in the country) and downloaded an amazing freeware photogrammetry of the city itself. She had flown back from Menorca days before, and I wanted to recreate the flight and show her the new gorgeous scenery. Trust me, it was amazing. The STAR on the A32NX allows you to have great views of this really beautiful city by the sea. During approach, se recognized her brother´s and her mother´s house. She couldn´t believe how true to life the sim was.

I performed one of my best approaches ever (I always fly manually to/from cruise level), no deviations from the STAR, perfectly stabilized on final, smooth as silk, exactly to the middle of the landing zone.

Only to realize in that moment, I was so mesmerized by the views (flight simulation has really come a long way since FS98…) that I had forgotten to lower the landing gear. The A32NX at that moment wasn´t still complete enough to include that warning.

My wife is still joking about my flying skills… That really hurt…

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