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Flightsimboy wrote:Though I have to ask for those flying for years would you say you could actually take off and land in an actual flight simulator. I would probably crash and burn.
Flightsimboy wrote:Though I have to ask for those flying for years would you say you could actually take off and land in an actual flight simulator.
Flightsimboy wrote:I haven't played Flight Simulator in years. However took me a while to take off lol and then use the way points to align with the runway. All those different angles to view your plane in flight. A far cry from today''s HD flight decks. Though I have to ask for those flying for years would you say you could actually take off and land in an actual flight simulator. I would probably crash and burn.
flymia wrote:I just started enjoying aviation. I got FS2000 in December 2000 I think. Remember not having a joystick and trying to do the Chicago-London mission with the 777. I would later get a joystick and start teaching myself how to fly the default airplanes. 734, Lear Jet, 777. It was short simple flying around but IMO pretty impressive for a 11 year old.
Upgraded to FS02 when my friend across the street got it from his parents and he had a yoke set up and everything. That is when I first started using add ons and created a fake airline "Landmark" from FS, that I still mess around with on a word-doc to this day.
FS9 was the real upgrade where I started using add ons, AI traffic, flying trans-atlantic flights, and learning more complex airplanes. I remember teaching myself how to start the Ready For Pushback 747-200, pressurize the Iron Knuckles DC-9, and then fly the PMDG 737NG and PSS Dash-8-300. FS9 had tons of add ons for me and I flew all over the world as much as I could while I was a kid. Long Haul overnight (even with friends in my room as co-pilots) and short hauls.
In college I finally upgraded computers and got FSX. While I have my most fond memories in FS9 as a kid, FSX has been the most realistic and "challenging" flying on flight sim. Pretty much only fly realistic add ons that mirror the real thing like PMDG, 737, 777, 747, and Majestic Dash-8-400. Live weather, ILS auto land, NAT Tracks etc.. When I was still in grad school I would do a lot of flying on school breaks. Now I am lucky to get a flight or two a month.
It is just something that I enjoy doing, enjoy the challenge or a different airport, with live weather etc..
As for real flying. For a very long time my dream was to be a commercial pilot. When I was in high school and college a career as a pilot looked like a horrible career. Family and pilots told me not to do it. It has now changed drastically (very good career for the moment at least) and I do regret not going for it. Though my life would be different (maybe not for the better) if I did.
I am currently saving up to get my PPL. And if I am able to ever find myself in the situation where my debts are paid (loans mortgage) and things are looking good I will certainly want to try to get a commercial license and see what I could do.Flightsimboy wrote:I haven't played Flight Simulator in years. However took me a while to take off lol and then use the way points to align with the runway. All those different angles to view your plane in flight. A far cry from today''s HD flight decks. Though I have to ask for those flying for years would you say you could actually take off and land in an actual flight simulator. I would probably crash and burn.
100% could put me in a cold and dark of a 777, 737, or 747-400 and I could get that thing going. Taxing might not be easy, and landing with anything but perfect weather might not go great. But I am confident I could get it down in one piece. I know the systems well enough, could always go for an airport with an ILS Cat III...