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Since this thread started a friend of mine called me up, said let's go flying and I said sure. We got to Northwest Regional, he pulled out a 172, threw me into the left seat and made me do everything until we landed (and he asked if I wanted to land )

Talk about task saturation and getting thrown into the deep end I will say that simulator time helped immensely, only issue was that I didn't even own rudder pedals for my PC until a couple of years ago so that took some getting used to, especially the somewhat delayed response while taxiing. I was used to it by the time we were going back to park though.

Made me really want to get an ultralight or something to fly off of my own property, if I ever get any. I can't see myself ever flying manned aircraft commercially even though I know I'd be good at it, but I'd definitely enjoy flying for fun.

The Annoyed Man wrote: ↑Wed Dec 04, 2019 9:35 am My son sent me this video link this morning. It’s a military flight video game, but apparently it’s the most detailed one ever devised, and a lot of the players are themselves retired fighter pilots etc. It requires actual learning of how to fly and fight the various aircraft and weapons systems, and they behave just like in the real world instead like the fantasy in some game-designer's head. It looked pretty interesting to me. No, it’s not real world flying, but it seemed liked a pretty good virtual imitation of it.

I love DCS but I've barely scratched the surface of it. I'm much better with civilian aircraft

My dad was a pilot and I've wanted to get my license for years. My current company has told me that they may be willing to help pay for it since they want me to start flying a larger unmanned system in the future, so I might actually have a shot at it soon.

Oddly enough my FFL messaged me a week ago and invited me and a couple of other friends to spend a few hours in a Gulfstream simulator at FlightSafety DFW. I hadn't flown a plane in 20 years, and that was just a few minutes of stick time in a Grob 103 sailplane so I jumped at it.

Did a lot better than expected, especially for being a business jet sim Made me feel better about pursuing it.