Have been flying the one by Roggeberg23.
Presently flying the 2022 DC-3 Rally
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FlyingGunny:
Iām glad to share the blame for that big crash. At least we canāt be blamed for causing any contemporary sequels ā¦
I spent many overnight sessions writing Autocoder on the 1401. They also taught me Fortran and Cobol, and the original version of RPG. I started off with wired plugboards on punched card accounting machines, 421, 470. In those days in Australia we were still in pounds, shillings and pence currency, and everything had to be converted to and from to decimals for processing or printing out, very frustrting in a few K of storage space, or on a wired plug-board.
I sold one machine to a local gas utility. It was leased but had a cash price of well over $A1M and replaced an IBM 650 which ran on thermionic valves and had a huge rotating magnetic drum for main storage. Total storage on those machines was measured in KB, not even MB but they still handled all billing, payroll, stock control engineering and general accounting for Sydneyās main gas company, and ran three shifts month after month.
Anyway, back onto main topic. Iāve followed many of your posts about your setup and yes they are similar. But Iāve given up trying to adapt the SU10 three monitor system to TrackIr, which I like, and have reverted to NVidia surround, with all its shortcomings. At least all lines stay straight when I change viewpoint, and I get good frame rates.
Keep up the flying!
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Iām 80 and have been flying sims since about 1981, starting with Bruce Artwickās pioneering version on an Apple II, my first PC. While I have had most MSFS versions I have to say that the current one, with VR, is the greatest thriller of them all. I just canāt imagine going back to a flat screen. Every time I āflyā Iām just amazed at what has been achieved and how far computer technology, hardware and software, has advanced.
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Already 60 years old and starting in 1989 with this passion that has given me enormous joy (also enormous anger ;).
I remember that my biggest dream was to be able to fly in 64 bit and overnight and until now, the changes and progress have been amazing.
About 4 years ago I bought an HTC Vive and itās been resting in its box for more than two years because itās not compatible with meā¦ Iām a heavy smoker ;).
Greetings and my total recognition to those who have left their lives in this-
Likewise to all the young people who will continue with this legacy when we are no longer around. emotional greetings.
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This thread brings a smile on my face. So nice to see all these posts of people in their 70s, 80s and even 90s (!) still enjoying this wonderful and crazy hobby.
Gives for people like me in their forties some perspective that we will be able to enjoy all of this for years to come - if they are given to us!
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So cute!!! 
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You have me beat! My dad was in the army air cadets and my uncle was the head flight instructor for the Tuskegee airmen (adolf moret jr)
https://www.airforcemedicine.af.mil/News/Photos/igphoto/2000607589/
and my cousin Dr Calvin Moret
So needless to say I have been flying for more years than I care to admitā¦and it gets a little harder to pass my faa physical each yearā¦ but this old bold pilot is still airworthy.
But you have me beat by about 6 years or so I figureā¦so you have my vote!
I have a private license with an instrument rating, and a 07 Cessna Skylane TC (G1000). This yearās annual I paid for the NXI upgradeā¦ouch x 100!
About 2500 total hours in my log book ā¦and almost an hour in a unmodified aerocoup like in your picture. I have had every version of flight simulatorā¦ in fact I probably wouldnāt have passed my instrument check ride without it to practice.
I currently have a rig about equal to yours but I run a i7 12700k. My current rigās hobbs meter has about 500 hours. With 100LL a buck more than JetA right now, my sim gets a lot more hours than my 182 does
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Same. Weāve been sharing some of the posts in this thread with the wider team at MSFS. Itās really invigorating for us to see how long some of our fans have been enjoying this great franchise and to read about all your great memories.
For me personally, my first version was MSFS 5.0 back in the mid-90s. My dad bought it for our family 486 when I was 14 years old. I didnāt really know what I was doing back then, but I had fun taking off in the Cessna 182 from Meigs Field and flying around a digital rendition of Chicago. Two years later, I flew my first solo flight IRL and earned a glider pilot license, and a year after that, a PPL.
Iām in my 40s now, and itās like a dream come true that I get to work on a series that has meant so much to me over the years. Hereās hoping for 40 more years of MSFS! 
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You clearly forgot to add the gamer KID 
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While Iām only 51 Iāve always been bothered by that stereotype. Like who imagined all this tech and built it?
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Techā¦yes who would have thought all this possible! I did both of my check rides with steam gaugesā¦ one (instrument) had the brand new āgpsā system that I didnāt get to useā¦ Definitely giving away my age!
Now my Cessna 182 does literally everything with a few turns of a switch! How many of you old folks had to listen to Morse code to make sure you dialed into the correct VOR? My G1000 (even before I spent 30k for the NXI upgrade) would listen to the Morse code for meā¦
And to think I thought the KAP140 was the greatest thing ever in aviationā¦ back then a iPad was something that you used with eye drops!
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I grew up in the Chicago areaā¦and have KCGX (Meigs field) listed in my log book many times. Was a sad day when the "X"s appeared!
I have it in msfsā¦ now itās DAILY proof!
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I appreciate this thread! Early 70ās here - I did the majority of my RW flying in the 1970ās in northern Illinois. One of my favorite memories was shooting an evening approach into Chicago Meigs (dual while still in training). We did a night flight out of Meigs later that evening - the night was crystal clear and everything was sparkling.
I started simming on an Apple IIc in the mid-80ās.
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Seems many of the older folks are or were pilots.
I guess itās a testament to the sim.
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What a great idea for a discussion thread - great to read something so positive and to appreciate the impact that flight sim has had on lives. I was 12 in 1982 (now the wrong side of 52) when I bought the first version for my Sinclair Spectrum on cassette. I still remember being so excited looking at the picture and the āAs real as it getsā tagline. Although the reality was very basic, at the time it was still amazing and with a bit of imagination it was enough to get me hooked - I just loved playing it and it fulfilled a desire Iād always had to fly. I began to understand some of the basics and continued to love the franchise as it developed over the years. I had a break from it during my university years and returned to it the 90s up to FSX when out of frustration with performance limitations (chasing frame rates etc!) and the fact I was flying in the real world as a private pilot in the UK (training in Robins and part owning a Socata TB9) I was getting my aviation fix! Iād sold my multiple screen set up and was without a desktop. I had a 11 year break from simming until the surprise announcement of MF2020 and the trailers that blew my mind. āAs real as it getsā had taken 40 years to come true. I decided to wait until it was released to the XBox console and last August I started simming again. I was amazed at how flight dynamics had caught up to really approximate the āfeelā of real flying in GA aircraft - flying is sometimes hard work at the controls on a windy day! I have to say flying on the X Box is a complete joy (excluding SU9!) Itās amazing to see this community joined together in their passion for aviation and exciting to see how simulation progresses. Flight sim gives anyone and everyone the opportunity to learn and explore and it gives real world pilots the opportunity to do things that they would not be able to do in reality - a GA pilot flying a 787 or a Airbus Captain flying an F15! It continues to inspire new generations of aviators - itās inspirational to hear people are enjoying the sim in their 70s,80s and 90s!
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How true that is, what a pleasant surprise too!
Prior to that, my most memorable FS experience was in simulating a flight made in 1951 by an Australian named Capt. P. G. Taylor in a war-surplus PBY5A Catalina across the Pacific from Australia to Chile, with the intention of opening a new air route. The brilliant Aerosoft PBY model for FS4 or FS9 (Iāve forgotten) was available and I simulated his flight of I think five days with it.
The only part that was not possible to simulate was when he used strapped-on JATO rocket assisted takeoff when grossly oveloaded with fuel on one long island hop!
I was still completing the simulation of his return flight, in FSX Acceleration, when the announcement about the new MSFS was made.
His original aircraft remains to this day hanging from the roof of the Sydney Powerhouse museum. see [Powerhouse to lower historic flying boat from the ceiling after 30 years]
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Interesting point. Although in my case, I am a 67-year old long-time simmer who is finally getting my PPL. Getting ready for my final check ride. Yeah, I waited until I had time and money. Now theyāre both pretty much gone 
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Wowā¦1C8 if my memory is correct near Rockford?
Nice pictures!
Back then you could read the big red āPrudentialā easy from the south 36 approach to Meigs. Ever try it during the winter? Too much ice splashing over the runways for my liking. McCormick place after it was built (first one that burned down) definitely changed the wind pattern flowā¦and added to the iceing.
I like to fly MSFS in there (MEIGS) at night and sit looking at downtown. Very relaxing. Only thing missing is a am radio tuned to WLS!
MSFS 2020 is definitely a big part of my life.
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68 but younger then my age. Retired so lots of time to fix this sim when its wacked lol. Looking forward to flying the Guimbal Cabri here in Abbotsford as the local BCHelicopter Cabriās were models for the Vskylabs Cabri model for xp11. Great little school! Eh? lol.
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Were you flying FSX or FS2004 when MAAM came out with their Douglas RD-4? Before A2A and others got into the study aircraft, MAAM already had this bird and it was fantastic.
Go to their pages: this page is just for the RD-4 and all the mods and re-paints.
http://www.maam.org/flightsim/enhance/r4d_enhance.htm#FSX%20BASIC%20COMPATIBILITY%20UPDATE%20FOR%20R4D/DC-3/C-47%20CD
BTW, I started flight simming on a SInclair ZX-81, and graduated to Sublogic FS in 1984. Iāll be 76 in a few weeks. And I also fly DCS World, mostly the warbirds.
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