Baracus250: Please feel free to just delete any/all of the following, if I’ve digressed too far off topic.
DoutorFunga:
I’ve been kind of kicking your comment around in my head a little. Although for many, intuitively your comment bears consideration, for me at least it was not the case. More later…
The following is a list of all the aircraft (that I can remember) that I’ve flown in as a passenger in approximate chronological order:
Martin 404, C-54 (DC-4), C-123, C-133, B707, B727, DC8, DC9, B747, L1011, Shorts 330, Beech 99, ATR 72, DHC 7, B737, B767, B777 and some unknown Airbus models. I have also flown on several choppers that I can’t identify.
Guess what? Perhaps I am the odd-ball, but I haven’t purchased nor do I fly any of those default aircraft in the sim. I’m not a pilot, either!
My love affair with aviation began in the early 50s when my dad first began taking me to the air base to watch the planes take-off and land (DC3s, P47s, F51s). It later developed into scale plastic modeling, balsa wood control-line modeling, 4 - years in the Air Force and now simming. It has essentially been a life-long love affair AND hobby.
BTW, for anyone who might be interested in the aircraft that I have worked on (aircraft electrician) and photographed in Vietnam, my blog: Da Nang Air Base

