THAT is exactly what would make the book scary and exciting!
Derring-Do, Risky, Dangerous and Unreal are all things
that enable us to escape the daily grind of our lives.
Never mind that it’s not “realistic”. Reality can be a
bit . . . boring. (Most of us wouldn’t know a Piper Cub
from a Boeing 747. Plus, you don’t want “experts” messing
around with YOUR book anyway. “Experts” can be very boring.
(Don’t listen to Twinkie. She’s a Twinkie.)
Yeah
But as a pilot, watching a scene like that would completely take me out of the movie. It would be like watching “Captain America” or “Spiderman” - mindless fluff.
And it’s not just planes, the same goes for guns, cars, you name it.
It has to be believable or it is fantasy.