In fact, thanks to Al, business aircraft flown by two-pilot, simulator-trained flight crews have achieved a standard equal to or better than the impeccable safety record set by scheduled air carriers.

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With the sole exception being its Flight Simulator franchise, Microsoft is aware that it hasn't made great games in-house.

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Although he has flown HB-SIA in a simulator, Mr Borschberg says he will not really know how it performs until the first test flight later this year.

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