What was Your First Payware Purchase?

[1st fltsimguy 466]

Perhaps someone has done something like this before, not sure.

 

In my case, I just looked up all my accounts and records and found:

• FSLandClass Country Kit Central Canada 1 by Burkhard Renk for FS2002

August 18, 2002

I subsequently bought all the landclass made by Burkhard.

 

Funny it doesn't seem that long ago, but it is 14 years.  Prior to this I used freeware addons and made my own for FS1998 and FS2002. Since then I have amassed many $1,000s in purchases not including several PCs.

 

Bryan

[mwilk 1,106]

One of the floppy 5.25 in. discs with regional scenery for MSFS circa 1988.

[timest 472]

I believe mine was back in '98. Something from Lago, however I can't remember exactly what it was.

 

How time flies!

[Sticky 267]

sometime in the late 80s.  I remember begging my dad to take me to a local software store in a Chicago suburb..it was for some scenery expansion for either A.T.P or MSFS that was compatible with our Tandy 1000.  Nice memory as I remember my father had literally zero understanding what a PC was or what a simulator was....it was was an easy sell as I'm sure he liked to see me interested in something  

[Mustang-242 13]

For me it was the DreamFleet Piper Archer II for FS2002. I actually went halves on it with a friend, as the idea of buying a single aircraft which was nearly as much as the game/sim itself was quite a new concept at the time, and that lessened the financial blow.

 

Nowadays, the base sim is often at the cheaper end of the scale compared to some of the add-ons I've bought!

 

Times sure change. Back then a VC was a barely-usable novelty, though I always found it far easier to land in that view, even if the instruments were barely legible.

[Ramjett 27]

Although my flight simming goes back farther than this, the first payware I bought was the PMDG B737NG for FS2004 in 2009, followed shortly thereafter by the LevelD B767 and PMDG B747-400 for FS2004.

 

Many, many since then.  Last one was Aerosoft Twin Otter Extended for FSX.

 

Randy

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

My first one was Bruce Artwick Organization (BAO) Aircraft and Scenery Designer for FS4

 

Then followed by the Sound, Graphics, and Aircraft Upgrade SGA by Mallard (Bruce Artwick) for FS4

[Greggy_D 936]

A subLOGIC Scenery Disk (#11) for the C64 back in the mid-80s.

[Matthew Kane 1,343]

A subLOGIC Scenery Disk (#11) for the C64 back in the mid-80s.

 

Oh yeah I forgot about those. Mine was Disk #4 followed by Disk #3

[SpiritFlyer 987]

 

Funny it doesn't seem that long ago, but it is 14 years... 

 

Bryan

 

Bryan, Time does fly when you are having fun, doesn't it!

 

 

For me it was a fighter jet in 1998(ish) but don't remember the title.

 

I know one thing, it was the latest and best "advanced aircraft" and made a complete slideshow on my new IBM Thinkpad.

 

Some things never change!

 

Kind regards,

[IvanFel 1]

Abacus Corporate Pilot a long time ago. Got it from Electronics Boutique or Software ETC. Don't remember clearly. 

[dogtrack 18]

Visual Flight's John Farrie produced the first Photo scenery for England & Wales (FS2002), along with a custom Mesh.  It was a 4.8m product.  Which back then was out of this world.  The foundation for all forthcoming PS and ran well on a 450MHz P3 Processor with 500MB of Ram.....how things have changed 5GHz OC processors and 32GB Ram and 32cm resolution tied in to VR. 

[1st fltsimguy 466]

Incredible stuff, and we are still at it.

[Tatave 57]

CLS A330/A340. Only thing I flew until I got the PMDG 747 a few months later and became obsessed with complexity. 

[magnetite 38]

UTX USA 1.0, I believe.