April 17, 20224 yr Here is short version of my sim journey: sub logic ATP/F-19-> pretty every sim ever released after (civilian or military)-> MSFS 🙂 Life time flight sim enthusiast, current airplane owner 172P (past C182F). FAA CP/IR ASEL/AMEL, FI ASELMy System: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D , MSI X870 GAMING PLUS, 64G RAM, ASUS RTX5090, 4T SSDPut my hands on (pic/dual/given)7GCAA, 8KCAB, BE24, BE76, BE35-C33, BE35, C150, C152, C172B/N/P/R/SP, 182F, M20E,M20C, M20J, AT6(SNJ4), PA28-140,PA28-151, PA28-161,PA28-181,PA28RT-201,PA28R-180/201T, PA24-250, PA32-300R, PA44, AC114, YAK-18T, YAK-52, SR22
April 17, 20224 yr Author Commercial Member 14 minutes ago, sd_flyer said: Here is short version of my sim journey: sub logic ATP/F-19-> pretty every sim ever released after (civilian or military)-> MSFS 🙂 Did you have any experiences in any of these sims which you still think of from time to time? Mario Donick .:. vFlyteAir
April 17, 20224 yr FS 2 (which was really FS3) on an Atari ST computer! Back in time, when packaged boxes of discs and bound paper manuals for gamers ruled the software display tables near the checkout lines of big box discount stores everywhere, only a lucky few owned an Amiga or Atari ST. And believe me FS was more advanced on those platforms than the PC versions. But those Amiga and ST versions would reappear shortly thereafter as FS3 on millions of genuine IBM clones purchased by post from one of the Computer Shopper oversized tabloid issues found in every super market. Those were the days my friend! 5800X3D, RTX4070, 600 Watt, one or two 1440p 32" screens, 64 GB RAM, 4 TB PCle 3 NVMe, Warthog throttle, VKB NXT EVO stick, Honeycomb Alpha yoke, CH quad, 3 Logitech panels, 2 StreamDecks, Desktop Aviator Trim Panel. Crystal Light VR.
April 17, 20224 yr 3 hours ago, MarioDonick said: Did you have any experiences in any of these sims which you still think of from time to time? After getting my private pilot certificate in 2003 I thought I don't need sims in my life anymore. I was wrong ! Getting ratings and owning airplanes over the years only made my sim bond stronger. In fact sim is the only place where I can fly any aircraft on my own terms and in absolute freedom! In sims in general and in MSFS in particular I can fly aircraft that otherwise In would never flown IRL experience places I have never flown IRL and etc Life time flight sim enthusiast, current airplane owner 172P (past C182F). FAA CP/IR ASEL/AMEL, FI ASELMy System: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D , MSI X870 GAMING PLUS, 64G RAM, ASUS RTX5090, 4T SSDPut my hands on (pic/dual/given)7GCAA, 8KCAB, BE24, BE76, BE35-C33, BE35, C150, C152, C172B/N/P/R/SP, 182F, M20E,M20C, M20J, AT6(SNJ4), PA28-140,PA28-151, PA28-161,PA28-181,PA28RT-201,PA28R-180/201T, PA24-250, PA32-300R, PA44, AC114, YAK-18T, YAK-52, SR22
April 18, 20224 yr Author Commercial Member 38 minutes ago, sd_flyer said: In fact sim is the only place where I can fly any aircraft on my own terms and in absolute freedom! That's cool, something I heard from other pilots in the past, too. May I quote this in my book? Mario Donick .:. vFlyteAir
April 18, 20224 yr 5 hours ago, MarioDonick said: Thank you for this! Did your instructors know that you were using Flight Simulator and if they did, did they appreciate this, or have they been sceptic about it? May I quote you in my book? I mentioned that I was very familiar with flight simulation to my instructor (yes very lucky to have one instructor from start to finish). But the instructor had never used Flight Simulator, so Flight Simulator was mentioned and forgotten with a single breath. Yes, feel free to quote me. Latest video at The Flight Level Flight Over Frozen Lake Erie - Between Ice and Clouds - Ultimate Solitude - The Perfect Memory
April 18, 20224 yr 9 hours ago, MarioDonick said: Thanks for this! Reminds me of my first "flying game" experience on an old East-German Z80-clone home computer. It was not a simulator, mostly a tiny quick reaction game with a plane, but it had a take off phase where the runway moved, the green was slowly replaced with blue and the plane took off. When I experienced that for the first time, I shouted excitedly to my mother "look, look, I'm flying!!" - and then I crashed because I had no idea of what to do. May I quote you in my book? Of course. The sensation of flying, just seeing that crude runway grow smaller as I gained "altitude", is something I will never forget. The visual/psychological aspects of flight simulation are fascinating. I am sure somebody has studied this.
April 18, 20224 yr 3 hours ago, MarioDonick said: That's cool, something I heard from other pilots in the past, too. May I quote this in my book? Sure. Life time flight sim enthusiast, current airplane owner 172P (past C182F). FAA CP/IR ASEL/AMEL, FI ASELMy System: AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D , MSI X870 GAMING PLUS, 64G RAM, ASUS RTX5090, 4T SSDPut my hands on (pic/dual/given)7GCAA, 8KCAB, BE24, BE76, BE35-C33, BE35, C150, C152, C172B/N/P/R/SP, 182F, M20E,M20C, M20J, AT6(SNJ4), PA28-140,PA28-151, PA28-161,PA28-181,PA28RT-201,PA28R-180/201T, PA24-250, PA32-300R, PA44, AC114, YAK-18T, YAK-52, SR22
April 19, 20224 yr Best experience for me is the ability in the current MSFS to make educational/entertaining videos about historic/notable airfields. Cheers. Great places to fly in MSFS: https://youtube.com/channel/UCqCzobOlQLeGycCFnavVrPg
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