Some footage taken from a 1 hour experience within a full motion Boeing 747-400 flight simulator at Cardiff Aviation Training. The session started with a brief classroom tutorial about the layout of the flight deck followed by 1 hour in the sim. It was an eye opening experience and certainly one that commands respect for real flight crew flying the Jumbo (And other aircraft) on a day to day basis. I had a go at doing at lot of hand flying which was easier said than done, when trying to follow a pre-programmed route that would normally be performed by the auto pilot once the jet is 50ft off the ground. It was a very intense, but also very enjoyable experience- I just wish I could fly professionally for a living as it truely is one of the best job's in the world. This was one of the simulators used by Bruce Dickenson when gaining his Boeing 747 type conversion for flying 'Ed Force One' on the Book of Souls tour.