Correction: Mr. Thal in video still photo.
I see that Mr. Thal actually does appear in a still photo at the end of the video, though barely recognizable. The still photo shows most of the Baltia staff in red shirts standing on the ramp in front of the 747. Mr. Thal is wearing dark glasses and is the second person to the right of Mr. Dmitrowski near the center of the photo. Also shown in the photo is the 747 captain who served as copilot in the flight simulator demo. In the still he is the second person from the right end of the group - the tall dark haired fellow with a big smile.
The flight simulator video had to be shot as a demo instead of during actual training because motion simulation had to be turned off in the simulator. This is because camera and lighting equipment was mounted in the cockpit that flight motion simulation could have sent flying around in the cockpit doing serious damage or injury. Also, doing this type of video in actual training would be disruptive to the training and so couldn't be allowed for that reason as well. Thus, we shot video of a demonstration of flight simulator training using actual 747 pilots and with simulator motion turned off. However, in the video, there is an illusion of motion from the simulated action seen through the cockpit windshield.
The flight simulator demo was shot during the same time frame that actual flight simulator training was being performed, in the same simulator we showed in the video.
In the final cut, this sequence will be identified as a DEMONSTRATION of flight simulator training, for clarity.
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