old dude here - 76. Got my private pilot cert when you could rent a C170 for $40 an hour wet. Always brought and played the new version of flight sims - from both MS and XPlane. At some point, I could sadly no longer pass the physical the only place I could ‘fly’ is in my games. I’m relatively forgiving with the faults of various sims mainly because I understand both the computer world and the airplane world. Both are complex and not forgiven for human faults and desires. I.E. you do it their way or you crash.
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ps this is an image of my first flight lesson textbooks.
