April 23, 20197 yr Author Thanks for the advice guys... I love my hobby, and read aviation books non-stop. Last week I had a trial flight in a Cherokee from my local regional, the same aircraft (A2A) and airport I fly out of in the sim. It was my third time! And now I can't tell if my memories of what I saw are real or from all my flights in the sim!! I'll take a break and plan some flights. I'm happy with my airline flying, I too go for 'perfection', I start with a score of 10 and deduct 1 point for every screw up or glitch (like the airbridge not working, or GSX messing around and towing me onto grass, or not picking up the ILS beacon for some reason, or getting lost on the taxiways. I halve the score if I have to save and reboot FSX for some reason (once or twice a year my Saitek panels freeze). I love GA flying, though, and that's where I am finding it too easy. I am thinking of going dead-reckoning and VFR navigation all the way for a while, I'm also thinking along Howard (stratocruiser1)'s lines and flying the Manfred Jahn's C-47 on an epic journey, purely VFR and dead reckoning. The best, scariest, most thrilling flying I ever did was my Amy Johnson flight to Australia. Being terrified of getting lost is fun! Anyway, THanks again for the advice ... I will chill out for a bit ... - Paul Elliott http://www.avsim.com/topic/450607-amy-johnson-london-to-australia-attempt/
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