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Local coffee shop. >> they actually design the flight simulator for the f-16. i mean, i thought, wow, that is like the most technically complex thing you could do. >> he wondered if doctors could rehearse surgery in the same way a fighter pilot rehearses a mission. >> when i overheard them talking about flight simulators, it sort of clicked, and i said why cant we do this for surgery? >> sellman says he has often found himself flying blind when performing operations on the brain, because he cant...

So it sounds like an old joke, right? a neurosurgeon and two ex israeli officers walk into a coffee shop. but what happens next is no punch line. it was a chance encounter that has turned an old idea developed to prepare fighter pilots for battle into an innovative new idea that could save lives. engage, outmaneuver, and eliminate enemy aircraft. the mission of a fighter pilot is often deadly. training vital. to prepare pilots, flight simulators were developed to they could practice before a cri...

So it sounds like an old joke, right? a neurosurgeon and two ex israeli officers walk into a coffee shop. but what happens next is no punch line. it was a chance encounter that has turned an old idea developed to prepare fighter pilots for battle into an innovative new idea that could save lives. engage, outmaneuver, and eliminate enemy aircraft. the mission of a fighter pilot is often deadly. training vital. to prepare pilots, flight simulators were developed to they could practice before a cri...

So it sounds like an old joke, right? a neurosurgeon and two ex israeli officers walk into a coffee shop. but what happens next is no punch line. it was a chance encounter that has turned an old idea developed to prepare fighter pilots for battle into an innovative new idea that could save lives. engage, outmaneuver, and eliminate enemy aircraft. the mission of a fighter pilot is often deadly. training vital. to prepare pilots, flight simulators were developed to they could practice before a cri...

Shop. >> they actually design the flight simulator for the f-16. i mean, i thought, wow, that is like the most technically complex thing you could do. >> he wondered if doctors could rehearse surgery in the same way a fighter pilot rehearses a mission. >> when i overheard them talking about flight simulators, it sort of clicked, and i said why cant we do this for surgery? >> sellman says he has often found himself flying blind when performing operations on the brain, because he cant see behind v...

Before. if the engine does quit on a small airplane, theyve already done it 15 times in the simulator and in an airplane as well. >> coming up on 3,000. >> both of the engines are going back. youre losing thrust. >> although im not a licensed pilot, ive had plenty of instruction. i had a chance to land my own plane in the hudson river, in one of the universitys 36 flight simulators. i can tell you one thing, even in a training exercise, its nerve-racking. drop the nose? >> yes, drop the nose. yo...

We have a source telling us that islamic extremists are using on-line war games like call of duty to talk about their deadly plans in secret. theyre moving towards video games because they can chat in private unlike phone calls and e-mails monitored by police. government officials say terrorists look to realistic games to help them work through war scenarios. >> never thought about that. >> heard that with flight simulators, too, with 9/11 attackers. >> like skyping through a video game. >> yep....

Happen, its sort of like muscle memory. they go back to a mental process that theyve already done before. if the engine does quit on a small airplane, theyve already done it 15 times in the simulator and in an airplane as well. >> coming up on 3,000. >> both of the engines are going back. >> i feel like were losing thrust. youre losing thrust. >> although im not a licensed pilot, ive had plenty of instruction. i had a chance to land my own plane in the hudson river, in one of the universitys fli...

Simulator and in an airplane as well. >> coming up on 3,000. >> both of the engines are going back. youre losing thrust. >> although im not a licensed pilot, ive had plenty of instruction. i had a chance to land my own plane in the hudson river, in one of the universitys flight simulators. i can tell you one thing, even in a training exercise, its nerve-racking. drop the nose? >> yes, drop the nose. you will head to 230 knots. >> i can see the hudson river. >> start leveling off. good. now, back...

im erin burnett "outfront" tonight. markets plunged today. 297 points for the dow. the two-day drop, as i indicated, is close to 600. 573 points. its a big story and we are covering it tonight. but first, were starting with some breaking developments regarding herman cain. tonight, a report that one of the women who accused herman cain of sexual harassment wants to speak out. "the washington post" getting everyones attention after posting a quote from the womans attorney who told the...