January 3, 20206 yr 5 minutes ago, Penzoil3 said: I'm just a youngin, only 68. It's nice to have a young piece of skirt around the place. What?...What? Edited January 3, 20206 yr by Ron Attwood The World is divided into two groups. Those who say "Give me a link" and those that provide the link. WWG1WGA
January 3, 20206 yr 15 hours ago, Bill Alderson said: 68 here but I feel like I'm over 80! 😉 ' I know that feeling🤪. Great stuff Guys, at 69 you give me hope (that I'll have a few years enjoying FS2020 and see Star Citizen finished!...😉) I know that last one is a bit of a long shot..😂 AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 4.2 32 gig ram, Nvidia RTX3060 12 gig, Intel 760 SSD M2 NVMe 512 gig, M2NVMe 1Tbt (OS) M2NVMe 2Tbt (MSFS) Crucial MX500 SSD (Backup OS). VR Oculus Quest 2 Windows 11 25H2 YouTube:- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC96wsF3D_h5GzNNJnuDH3WQ 2k+ Videos & Streams BATC and FSFO FB Group:- https://www.facebook.com/groups/1571953959750565 Flight Sim First Officer (FSFOv6) and SoFly Beta Tester Reality Is For People Who Can't Handle Simulation!
January 3, 20206 yr Oh look, I thought, a flight simmer who reads a lot of books too. That's unusual...... But then I looked closer and realized there all video games.😆🤣😂 33 minutes ago, Penzoil3 said:
January 3, 20206 yr 22 hours ago, birdguy said: We used to be real pilots but father time grounded us I used to be a real pilot and father time grounded me too.... But I'm only a quinquagenarian.😪😭🤮 Edited January 3, 20206 yr by Avidean
January 3, 20206 yr Hi Noel, I started a reply a few minutes ago, got pulled off to an email, and i suppose it disappeared. I didn't realize there were so many of us 80+ around on AVSIM. I recall hand propping a silver Luscombe and flying off our hay fields as a teen. And I still have my E6B and a stack of sectionals and terminal area charts. Happy New Year! Lennie Lennie, Henderson, North Carolina. Piper Warrior II pilot; Volairsim cockpit; Corsair 750D case; Corsair 850W PS; Maximus IX MoBo; Samsung EVO 850 SSD; Toshiba 3TB ExtHD; 3-ASUS Proart 24" monitors; 2-GTX 1080ti video cards; I7-7700k CPU; Saitek instruments and panels - SPAD, MFG Crosswind rudder pedals; Brunner CLS-E yoke and Virtual Fly throttle; Win10 Pro; MSFS.
January 3, 20206 yr Here's another old timer... My eldest daughter asked me a while ago what I had done during my lifetime.... I printed out my list of accomplishments for her... (Not in any particular order) I have been around the globe twice. I've been to over 48 countries. I was in Cuba during the Cuban missile crisis...(on 22nd October '62) I have been 'lost' in the Amazon jungle I have swam with porpoises - not far from the Barrier Reef - fascinating creatures.. especially the way they look at you...very intelligent. I have been in a hurricane that killed 12,500 people - and I was a little scared.. I have been down to the sea bed in a nuclear submarine I have been thrown around the sky in a helicopter - ..and filmed from it - in a gale - from the open door with my feet on the skids from 1000'.... I have been at the controls of a Cherokee at 3000' I have climbed up to the Statue of Christ The Redeemer, Rio (I also slept on Copacabana beach) I have been on the top of Table Mountain, Cape Town and I am still with the most beautiful girl in the world, who I married some 55 years ago..... ...and now I'm a little tired... Nice to be able to recall some of these events with some other 'old-timers' I've been simming since FS1, which I bought in '86. Still got the floppy... ..and one other old timer comes to mind - Norm Sternberg. Norm was a member of the Compuserve Forum when I was also a member - and Norm was telling us of his initials being on the lunar camera - now on the moon forever... I was going to say 'I am proud to have an acquaintance whose initials are on the moon - for eternity'. Does anyone know if Norm still around ? ..and a happy and prosperous New Year to you all ! Regards A tired Bill......now an octogenarian... i7-3770K 4.2GHz, 16GB, GTX 970 4GB, Win 7 64bit, LG 38GL950G, CH Yoke/Pedals, T.16000M, GenX UK, UK2000 EGGP & EGCC, AeroSoft Gibraltar, FSC 9.5, FSL A320X, 737NGX A318/A319/A320/A321, A2A Cherokee/JF Hawk T1/Dino's EF2000, Iris Grob Tutor
January 3, 20206 yr Moderator I'm 18 days short of turning 71 (Jan 21st) and some mornings feel like 91. After my first mug of coffee I start to gather more energy and am able to sit here at my development computer and crank out a day's work of poly bending, coding systems/gauges, and occasionally some artwork... ...not to mention customer support and a few rounds of 'bug smashing.' I sometimes find it hard to believe that I've been doing this for neigh onto 35 years now Fr. Bill AOPA Member: 07141481 AARP Member: 3209010556 Avsim Board of Directors | Avsim Forums Moderator
January 3, 20206 yr Author A near disaster fuel flow problem after takeoff at KIJD (also in a Warrior at night) which I was able to rectify: before takeoff I had reached down to my left to close the air vent and unbeknownst to me, I moved the fuel lever to a neutral 'between tanks' position. I can still feel the panic when I recall this one...my steps: 1) Keep flying the aircraft 2) turn back to the airport 3) grab the flashlight and start checklist (in my head) 3) spotted the problem! 4) move the lever to full right! 5) carry on towards home, keep breathing. I also recall becoming disoriented during my attempt at flying to KOWD at night. The lights of Boston were too much for this low-time pilot and had to 180 back to HFD. The 'fear factor'. All of us who have flown in real life have experienced it. That knot in your stomach. A strange sound or an unexpected situation. No flight simulator or virtual reality goggles can replicate that. And it is a part of aviation and flying. Remember the thoughts you had when the instructor opened the door and said, "Give me three touch and goes'' as he/she departed the airplane? There you are, all alone, about to fly your first solo. It's a pretty scary moment. Your safety net is gone! It's all up to you now! Can I do it? And of course we all did. And that feeling when you taxied back to the FBO or flight school with that big grin on your face thinking, "I'm a real pilot now." Shaking hands with the instructor and the staff. Getting your shirt tail cut off and hung on the wall. Your greatest fear and greatest accomplishment all happening in less than an hour. I do recall an incident. I had taken off from the old Sky Ranch airport in Aurora Colorado for s solo night flight. I flew the short flight from Sky Ranch to the old Stapleton International Airport and refueled at the Beech facility. I took off and started flying south to make a touch and goes at Centennial (Then called Arapahoe County Airport). The lights on the ground went out. I was in cloud. I couldn't see a thing. I called Denver Approach and request a practice GCA approach to Buckley AFB. I made my identifying turn and after a while the Denver controller turned me over to the Buckely GCA controller. He vectored me and started talking me down. "On course, on glide slope." But I was pretty sloppy having only done it once before under the hood with my instructor. As soon as I got under the clouds I broke off the approach and flew across the road to Sky Ranch and landed. After parking the aircraft I sat in it for quite a while collecting myself. I was just building time for my commercial and had no instrument rating. I kicked myself in the butt for not checking the weather before I took off. A cold upslope breeze from the east had formed a cloud layer. I should have known. As an aside, a number of years after the incident when I started writing, I wrote up that incident and it was published in Private Pilot Magazine, September issue, 1995. Noel Edited January 3, 20206 yr by birdguy The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 3, 20206 yr Author Nice of you to chime in Sue. Nice setup. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 3, 20206 yr Author Avadean, I know for a fact Sue reads books. And so do I. I spend as much time reading as I do flight simming. Maybe more. Right now I am in the middle of Michener's 'The Source.' Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 3, 20206 yr Has anyone noticed that the names in this thread, as far as I can tell, are not to be found in any of the MFS2020 threads? I wonder why. 78 btw. The World is divided into two groups. Those who say "Give me a link" and those that provide the link. WWG1WGA
January 3, 20206 yr Author Lennie, what else do we grounded 80 year olds have to do but fly in the only venue left to us. And for us flight simming is also a memory jogger. Sometimes we fly where we have flown in real life. A couple months ago I was waiting my turn to be waited on at the Sprint store. I struck up a conversation with the gentleman ahead of me and we discovered we were both pilots. Then the war stories started flowing. When he was finished and about to leave he said something like pilots are a brotherhood (and now a sisterhood). We can't stop talking to each other about it. The same with Marines. I spot someone in a checkout line wearing a Marine Corps baseball cap and all I have to say is, "Semper Fi' and we become instant friends. Life is good. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 3, 20206 yr Author Well, Ron, I'm still struggling with my love-hate relationship with P3Dv4. Not ready for a new girl friend yet. Noel The tires are worn. The shocks are shot. The steering is wobbly. But the engine still runs fine.
January 3, 20206 yr Administrators 11 minutes ago, Ron Attwood said: Has anyone noticed that the names in this thread, as far as I can tell, are not to be found in any of the MFS2020 threads? I wonder why. 78 btw. I saw that, Ron! Guess this topic scared 'em away! A month behind Bill...71 mid Feb. Love telling bartenders "I ain't 21" when I order. Hey, it's true!🍺 Charlie AronAVSIM Board of Directors-ADMIN/Moderator-RegistrarJust going to run a Chromebook and not upgrade to a Windows computer. Too many problems with the new Sims! 😱Trying to keep peace and harmony and the will of Landru on the site seems to be a full time job!
January 3, 20206 yr 1 hour ago, charliearon said: I saw that, Ron! Guess this topic scared 'em away! A month behind Bill...71 mid Feb. Love telling bartenders "I ain't 21" when I order. Hey, it's true!🍺 I love asking checkout staff "Aren't you gonna ask for my I.D?" when buy booze at the supermarket. I get strange looks...and that's just from the wife. The World is divided into two groups. Those who say "Give me a link" and those that provide the link. WWG1WGA
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