Howard 500 questions

[Jamie]

OOOH no theysellcoke ,

This is far more than just a sim add on .  I think it is REAL !!!!!!!!   Heeee !!!!  Surely does seem that way and is worthy of all of the Hooplah in my opinion .  
My Mom keeps saying that the flight simulator is just a game , but we all know better don't we !!!   I have mentioned this before , but My Mom really got concerned when she found me at my PC with a parachute on !!!!!!!!! Reckon I do have a " problem " ??
Sounds like I am just a little kid , but am a 67 yr. old one .

Jamie

[TSC.]

My Mom keeps saying that the flight simulator is just a game , but we all know better don't we !!!

lol, i've lost count of the number of times i've had to correct friends/family when they say "how's your flying game", "It's not a game - it's a simulator thankyou very much".

I was at Exeter (UK) airport yesterday (my local) & some women was talking to me about flying (waiting for departures) & I had to stop myself from saying "yeah, well, I fly out of here all the time - usually a Learjet or a Mooney Bravo - given todays wind direction you'll probably be going out on runway 26" - NO, NO, STOP!!!! GET A GRIP 'COKE', IT'S ALL IN YA HEAD - MUPPET!!!!

It could've been a really sad & embarrasing situation, "Oh, your a pilot??" - "Well, er, actually, erm - no."

she found me at my PC with a parachute on !!!!!!!!!

Don't worry about the parachute - I saw a guy on t.v. who wears a FULL g-suit when he uses his F18 sim.

Cheers

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[Saratoga]

Wow a full G-suit? Guy needs a hobby. Well another hobby that is.

Ahh imagine the possibilities. You're at the local airport talking to someone in the lobby.
"So you are a pilot?"
"Oh yeah, I can't count the times I've done rolls in the Concorde right above here."

[Gnome]

You know when you have spent too long simming.  It's when you go outside into daylight and find yourself thinking how realistic the clouds look...  ;-)

[TSC.]

Ahh imagine the possibilities. You're at the local airport talking to someone in the lobby.
"So you are a pilot?"
"Oh yeah, I can't count the times I've done rolls in the Concorde right above here."

hahahahahahahaha, well, the last time i counted it was 5 rolls above Exeter & 2 over Bournemouth.

But I didn't tell the woman that either.

[Saratoga]

lol. Gnome, that is the best answer I have ever heard, and so true.

well theysellcoke, I have had a minor run-in with my supervisor at the airline. I was talking to one of my copilots on a flight one day. We were flying in a 727 and I happened to be talking about a 727 I had been working on in the sim for a while, and commented I had flown under the Golden Gate bridge as a practical joke for my weekend flying buddies. Well about a week later, we were all having drinks before a long weekend and he told my supervisor the story, but apparently left out the "flight sim" factor. My supervisor about had a heart attack thinking I had taken a company 727 under the Golden Gate for S's and G's. Quite amusing to see the look on his face after I told him it was all a game.

[Jamie]

Goodness !  I don't know when I have enjoyed reading comments in the forum this much .  That ' theysellcoke ' is certainly articulate and the 'thoughts' at the airport are so funny .   Saratoga is hilarious , not to mention Gnome and the rest .  Really hit home when I recall in the beginning how I thought my eyes were getting bad because I had to keep turning up the brrightness on my monitor .  I had flown all night and was dawn !!!

I used to look through the forum for information , but now I use it for entertainment as well and speaking of entertainment ------
I was just attempting to record a flight in the Howard for theysellcoke so he could see that I had sort of learned to fly that big bird .  Perhaps the 20th. try ???

Jamie