June 13, 200520 yr Greetings, fellow simmers. I'm walking on cloud 9 tonight. Just came off my first hour of dual instruction in a C172. After 6 years 'simming and wishing I was "up there", I'm finally embarking this year on my real training. Already my instructor was impressed with how well I knew my way around the airplane (thanks, Flight1) and commented that I seemed to be at home in the cockpit. I'm feeling like all those bucks spent on FS weren't in vain now, for sure. I was amazed at the amount of sensory information the plane gives you compared to the fairly sterile environment on the computer, but I have to say that all that time spent flying around my home area of Portland, OR in FS prepared me well for being in the real version of the same area. I was able to navigate about without too much difficulty.Anyway, count me in as another 'simmer that was pushed by his digital experiences to make them real! I can see what all the fuss is about now!thanks,
June 13, 200520 yr Congratulations Bill!!!You'll never regret the endeavor you've begun. Many times during the training, but especially after a successful checkflight you will enjoy a sense of accomplishment unlike any other. I guess it comes from succeeding in attaining a goal that is so enjoyable to work at.Anyway, keep the pointed end forward!Glenn'Maintain thy airspeed, lest the ground rise up and smite thee.'
June 13, 200520 yr Congrats!! Unbeatable ain't it? :) I really believe that knowledgable simmers will find learning to fly a reasonably straightforward process. My only item of cautionary advice is be prepared to start to forget many of the techniques that simming encourages.Have fun man!
June 13, 200520 yr Congratulations Bill!I hope you have many enjoyable and most importantly, safe, flights.Take good care of that little Cessna 172 - I hope to be also flying in it some day soon (as soon as I can get the finances together to take lessons).John I love flying my "iddy biddy Jumbo" CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E8400, socket 775/3GHz/1333MHz bus/6MB cache MOBO: Asus P5E3 Deluxe WiFi-AP@n/Intel X38 chipset RAM: 4GB Kingston HyperX 1333MHz. rated 7-7-7-20, matched pair (2 x 2GB) GRAPHICS: Sapphire Radeon 5770HD 1GB (w/ fan) MONITOR: Samsung 24", 2494HM LCD wide-screen 1920x1080 SOUND: SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS HARD DRIVES: 1xWestern Digital WD1600JD SATA 160GB (primary/Windows XP and system boot drive) 1xWestern Digital WD3200AAJS SATA2 320GB (secondary/Flight Simulator 2004 running off WinXP Pro 32-bit, games video editing drive) 1xWestern Digital 500GB Black series SATA2 (Windows 7 64-bit: FSX is running off Win7; Windows XP Professional 32-bit) CASE: Antec Sonata III 500W OS: Windows 7 Professional 64-bit for FSX; Windows XP Pro 32-bit for other things.
June 13, 200520 yr Great news! Wait 'till you start doing stalls and slow flight - much fun! And then there are the landings....
June 13, 200520 yr Author Good job Bill! Yes, it still is a bit different because you don't have all that info you have on the PC...LOL. Jeff D. Nielsen (KMCI) https://www.twitch.tv/pilotskcx https://discord.io/MaxDutyDay VENGEANCE a8200 Gaming PC: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D, GeForce RTX 5080, 64GB DDR5, 4TB (2TB/2TB) M.2 SSD, Win11 Pro
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