November 26, 2025Nov 26 It would be nice to have this thread opened up again. Always interesting to see the various career paths.
November 27, 2025Nov 27 Another FW/RW jockey here. So much going on in real aviation these days. And the mishaps that always garner attention and discussion.
November 27, 2025Nov 27 I am not a real life pilot, just a sim pilot, but I do have about 1.5 hours of stick time flying a Piper Super Cub. The owner of the Cub was a CFI and he hoped that I would pursue lessons and a private license. That was about seven months before the September 11 attacks and instead of spending money on lessons, I bought a house. My soon-to-be fiance' was pleased with my decision. My computer: ABS Gladiator Gaming PC featuring an Intel 10700F CPU, EVGA CLC-240 AIO cooler (dead fans replaced with Noctua fans), Asus Tuf Gaming B460M Plus motherboard, 16GB DDR4-3000 RAM, 1 TB NVMe SSD, EVGA RTX3070 FTW3 video card, dead EVGA 750 watt power supply replaced with Antec 900 watt PSU.
November 27, 2025Nov 27 As passenger or pilot? As pilot, I only have 3 minutes of stick time in a Pipistrel Alpha. Best money ever spent 😁 Best regards,Luis Hernández Main rig: self built, AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D (with SMT off and CO -50 mV), 2x16 GB DDR4-3200 RAM, Nvidia RTX 5060Ti 16GB, 256 GB M.2 SSD (OS+apps) + 2x1 TB SATA III SSD (sims) + 1 TB 7200 rpm HDD (storage), ID-Cooling SE-224-XTS air cooler, Viewsonic VX2458-MHD 1920x1080@120-144 Hz (G-sync compatible), Windows 11. Running P3D v5.4 (with v4.5 scenery objects as an additional library, just in case), FSX-SE, MSFS2020, MSFS2024 and even FS9! Lossless Scaling for all my sims. What a godsend...Mobile rig: ASUS Zenbook UM425QA (AMD Ryzen 7 5800H APU @3.2 GHz and boost disabled, 1 TB M.2 SSD, 16 GB RAM, Windows 11 Pro). Running FS9 there .VKB Gladiator NXT Premium Left + GNX THQ as primary controllers. Xbox Series X|S wireless controller as standby/mobile.
November 27, 2025Nov 27 I have 45 minutes of time in a T6 Texan,and was permitted to take the stick and do a roll and a loop. Years ago (30+, now 80) over over north shore of Oahu. _________________________________________________________________________ Bob "roadwarrior" Werab Config: ASUS Prime Motherboard, RYZEN 5, 32 GB Ram, Radeon RX5700 XT, 2 TB SSD
December 5, 2025Dec 5 I learned to fly at UND in the late 70's and flight instructed there for a while. After that, did some charter work, photo flying and crop dusting. By the time I quit flying I had 4200+hrs of PIC time. Here's what I remember having time in off the top of my head: C150/152 C172 C182/182RG Most of the Piper Cherokees, including Arrow III/IV and Lance Beechcraft Sierra Beechcraft Duchess Mooney 201 Piper Twin Comanche Grumman Tiger AA5B Aeronca Champ Ercoupe 415 Piper Super Cub Piper Navajo and Chieftain Piper Pawnee Cessna Agwagon and AgTruck Air Tractor 301 "...now let's get this thing on the hump - we've got some flyin' to do!" ~ Major Kong from "Dr. Stranglove" Scott Cebula
December 5, 2025Dec 5 Author The posts here are great. Thanks for sharing. I flew for a living for 40 years of which 17 were rotary, six endorsements, the remainder fixed wing with another six endorsements. In the fixed wing part i did nine years forest fire suppression which was sometimes really rewarding. The pic is in the water bomber CL215 cockpit which was a hoot to fly.....finished up as a fed govt pilot and aviation safety inspector. Retired now. Still love the flight sims. If anyone is considering a career as a pilot now is not a bad time to look into it as there's a shortage admittedly of experienced people but we were were all inexperienced when we started out and got that first job. Money now is much better and working conditions too. It can be incredibly rewarding but it can also be challenging on the home life. Think about it.
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