* * * * * Following this - in my SIA 747 check out program - was my old friend the instrument flight simulator; that monstrous, flying computer, which replicated the 747 cockpit always at night. SIA’s 747 simulator was also located at the Paya Lebar Air Base. What the massive Flight Simulator looks like on the outside – gyrating on its spindly legs. Inside the B-747 Flight Simulator – an exact replica of the cockpit – flight simulation always conducted at night . SIA would give me ten hours in the simulator, then, if I performed well, they’d put me in a real 747 and have me perform three actual takeoffs and landings. It never ceases to amaze me at the amount of information stored in my subconscious. I hadn’t been in a 747 for two...