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haha well I guess I'll see, maybe if I use it as a 'tool' rather than a toy. I actually got sick of flight sims long ago. I started out with sub logic flight sim for the C64, which was actually hard to fly and ran at about 5 frames a second, I've had them all since then, always hoping the next one would be better, but they are all pretty borring after about 10 minutes !

I guess thats where Flight simming could come in handy to replace the kitchen chair ? I think in FSX you can do everything that you do a in a real plane. Thanks for all the encouraging comments, looks like the flying community is a bit like the car racing community where everywhere is very helpful and supportive (at least at a club level).

I've got about 2 hours drive down to Sunbury, which is probably where I will be training, so it's a full day just to do a lesson. There might be sometimes where I can do it every fortnight. I use to do a bit of car racing and getting back on the track after a few months break, at first you think, sh#*t I can't do this, its scaring the hell out of me ! So I know what its like to get a bit rusty and loose the feel for it. I've got FSX, but I get pretty board of it, I hope flying is more fun than FSX (I'm sure it is !).

hmm, I hear what your saying, but putting it off for longer will probably mean never ! I'm a small business owner so its really hard to get time off, haven't had a holiday for years, except for public holidays. I wonder it I can record the lessons, with a camera, like a Go pro and then replay them in between lessons.

Just saying Hi. I've been flying for 20 years, just not in the actual plane ! I started with control line flying with the police boys club, then moved up to RC fuel, electric, scale, park flyers, quad copters, hex copters, my latest plane (X8) even has an auto pilot in it (spend more time with the laptop plugged into it than actually flying it !) Maybe its time I grew up and stopped playing with toys ... or play with bigger toys ! I've been looking at a few schools for a rec certificate ... the cheapest uses a Jabiru 160, but I'm a bit reluctant to fly in one since the school ones seem to have some engine problems. I found a school that uses a Roko NG4 for $245 /hour dual. It's a bit more expensive, but it looks like an awesome plane to fly in. I'de be looking to do a lesson once a month, so would take some time to get there, but I'm sure its going to be fun along the way. Cheers, Steve