Babe Ruth, on 14 October 2012 - 01:27 PM, said:
We don't need a 757. My bet is that the average person could not accomplish the described maneuver in any airplane, ESPECIALLY the average Cessna pilot flying a 757 for the first time.
Really? Not in any airplane?
And yet, you mention an average Cessna pilot flying a 757 fior the first time??
Kinda comical.
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depending upon which story you read MID, it was a left turn, not a right turn. And to refresh your memory, the left turn would be a bit easier as the left seat pilot would have a slightly better chance of keeping his target in sight while turning left, as opposed to turning right.
aND...

...depending on which flight data recorder you decide to look at data from...

...it was most certainly a right turn, not a left....

Holy crap, man! Try again.
But I will make you feel better:
While you're certainly correct in saying that a left turn would've been visually better from the pilot's perspective. I'm also correct in a) describing the right turn that was actually made, and

telling you that, as I explained before, there was a "pilot" in the right seat, who certainly would've acted as eyeballs during the right turn, to guide the guy with the stick toward his target (Jeez...).
"OK, there it is, keep turning, a little more, no....a little less, another 20 degrees right here, stay smooth...Allah be praised, there it is, a little left, ok, infidels die! Well, we do too, but it'll be a fun night!"
Getting it?