NOTE: I recently had shoulder surgery so I’ll be typing one handed for a while and may not blog as frequently.
I love flying–not riding in an airliner, but actually being pilot in command. However, as I’ve gotten older, it’s no longer practical. I was originally licensed as “private pilot, single-engine land.” I still qualify to fly as ‘recreational pilot,” but it would make my family nervous. Not to mention that renting an aircraft is about five times as expensive as it was when I first flew. Ouch!
The big issues over the years is that when I had spare time, I didn’t have spare money and vice-versa. Actually I’ve never really had either spare time or spare money. Sigh!
Nevertheless, in my lifetime I did learn how to fly and will be a licensed pilot for the rest of my life. Ta-da!
A few years ago, my family gave me a flight simulator as a gift, including the yoke, pedals, and throttle/lever assembly as well as the Microsoft Flight Simulator program. Wow!
Shortly thereafter, Microsoft stopped selling or supporting their flight software. Bummer!
Recently, Microsoft released a 2020 version of Flight Simulator. Yay!
I tried loading into my new lap top (circa February 2020), only to be informed that my computer wasn’t fast enough. Awww!
So, yes, I broke down and bought a real gaming computer. Ka-Ching!
My son hooked it up and I was ready to play. Hoorah!
So far, all the program seems to do is to tell me to wait while it downloads another update. Booo!
I’ll update you when I can, but this one handed typing wears me out.
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