>"flight simulators are only for those>people that don't have the guts too really fly"?>I think it takes a lot of guts to do flight simming...I mean it takes a lot of gut for me to tell my wife I need to buy a new computer because my old one dosen't run FS9 very well. Or that I want to spend $400 on GoFlight equipment or a yoke and pedals.It's easier to do a real life crosswind landing with a 20 knot wind than tell my wife I'm spending money on flight simming.John

You got that right lifejogger. I just got funding of $2500. Canadianfrom my wife. That takes guts. Hey, I jog as well. Not far though.Five miles six days a week. JimCYWG

I do both and nothing does compare to real flying but Flightsimz are for those rainy days of little cash.. :DG-MIDY :-scatter

500 Hours PPL - Instrument ASELLast flight 1997...I do not miss poking holes in the sky at $150 per hour in a Cutlass RG for a hamburger 200 miles away. I also do not miss the challenge of instrument flying as I have built my own A320 Flight Deck in a spare room that provides all of the challenge I need to get my habit satisfied and ....I can have a glass of wine while I do it. Not to mention the 5 hours away from home each weekend one needs to keep current...minimally.

Tell him... "Kilo Mike Alpha"... he'll know what that means :-)eric

>It's easier to do a real life crosswind landing with a 20 knot>wind than tell my wife I'm spending money on flight simming.i'll go one step further...it'd be easier to convince my shrink i'm normal then to convince my wifei do need flightsim stuff.hence,i never do any of the above.i'll just go fly :)as for the nutjob...i'm sorry he's normal.oh well,back to my world :(tataJP.

What's his problem?