For flying the HAC to touchdown I have come to love the F-sim Space Shuttle for Android. Givesba very gpod representation of the HUD and FPV displays.
I’m afraid I can’t stand listening to this narrator. Sorry. But if someone wants to try for himself, the cheapest option is to buy a license for X-Plane (the demo version won’t let you do it). One can fly the whole re-entry down to standstill. It’s not really difficult if one does it by the instructions (basically a special flight director needs to be followed all the way down – it can even be flown with the mouse instead of a joystick or yoke) but totally impossible to do intuitively.
At the Museum of Flight in Seattle, they have two simulators where you can have a go at landing the space shuttle yourself. I failed twice, my friend succeeded on the second try…
