Hi there,
I have my private pilots license. I have about 200 hours. I have my float rating and night rating. I do not have my instrument ratings. I have not flown for about 1 year due to a lack of funds but plan to get flying again soon. FS2002 has got me excited about it all over again. I learned on a 152 and have flown a number of hours in a 172sp. My home airport is ZBB (Boundary Bay). Just south of Vancouver, B.C. near the U.S. border.
Have a good day
Eric

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Hello Eric...
Nice to see a float planer here.... ...!
You will be in good company with our good friend "Rifleman" here, he hails from Vancouver as well...!
Loads of water in your area... ... ... ...!

Cheers mate... 8)...!
Paul.
(England).

Currently don't hold a licence (nothing to do with certain stunts seen here!), was training with the RAF when one eye went slightly short, so ended up as a loadie. Great job
Currently clock time (when possible) on AN-2s at the local parachute club, but more normally clock time jumping out of them

Ozzy

I'm currnetly only one or two hours away from my GFPT in Australia, I plan to go on and get mey CPL with CIR, mabye an instuctor rating as well.

Tomahawk 

No real flying time but I'm waiting for my TIF to happen - in 4 weeks hopefully - if I don't become a cripple again............

I'm 44 and have the time and the funds (sort of) to have a go at my PPL over a reasonable time, so I'm going to give it a go.

But as some know, my claim to FAME, is my ride in a Spitfire V (RAAF trainer) at Richmond RAAF Base just west of Sydney (it's in FS2000) in the early 60's with my grandfather.

I got up to commercial and instrument for single- and multi-engine airplanes.  I nearly got my CFI but I just got sick of flying in general at that point and haven't flown a real airplane since.

Started flying in 1958.
Bad eye sight all my life. Polio!!
Never could pass the test!!
But because of friends and
family. I have enjoyed many
hours of flying.
Have flown, take off and landing
the following;

Luscombe 8E
Piper Pacer
Piper Tri-Pacer
172
182
310
Great Lakes Biplane
Stearman
L-5B
P-61
B-25
B-26
Bonanza V tail
Waco cabin
and the greatest thrill of all
MR. MULLIGAN

Have also been up in gliders a few times,
and two flights in Hot air ballons.
Have jumped out of perfectly good airplanes
27 times, at Uncle Sams request, Airborne
sniper!!

Tell me life's not GOOD!!!!!

x

Polio left my eyes "fixed" Straight ahead!
I have 20/20 vision but have to turn my
head to see to the sides, a no no for flying!!
The army did not see it as a problem!!
This is the only after effect of the polio
I had when I was 2 years old, I am very
lucky!!

X

brensec;

The movement of the eye is what tells
the brain how far away an object is,
My eyes see a flat plane in front of me,
making even driving a car a bit of a problem,
I just keep plenty of space in front of me,
The screen on the FS is very real to me
because of this and about the limit of my
angle of vision. With a 22" screen I have to
move my head a bit to see all of it.
Also where you live can have a bearing
on passing the "test"
Maybe I could move to Outer Slovibigaki,
and be a airline piliot!!

X

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I can see Ozzy now...

Instructor:  Ok Oz, we're going to practice straight and level flight today.

Ozzy:  Right, we're going to buzz the tower.

Instructor:  No, we're doing straight and level flight.

Ozzy:  Right, we're going to fly inverted the length of the runway.

Instructor:  No, we're doing straight and level flight.  Please turn the engine back on.

Ozzy:  Right, we're going to do that helicopter stunt they do at air shows.

Instructor:  No, we're doing straight and level flight.  Please close the door and stop spitting on people.

Ozzy:  Right, we're going to fly inverted the length of the runway, buzz the tower, and then do a 'helicopter stunt' with the plane.

Instructor:  *Sigh*  and to think I left that good job in the sewer department...

I fly R/C and I believe that counts as real world experiance. RC aircraft are getting more complicated and more realistic every year. From actual turbojet engines to miniature autopilots that have the same capabilities as one on a commercial airliner would. They've evolved from simple toys to hightech models that are used from everything from surveylance (USAF's predator) and testing new full scale aircraft designs. If you still just think they are just toys, go to the Top Gun RC airshow, held every summer at West Palm Beach, Florida and then tell me what you think. I'm looking at a picture of a US Airways R/C A330, if I didn't know any better I'd swear it was real.

Today I got too see a B-24 Liberator and a B-17G! 8)

Me and a friend drove down to Spokane where they were. We were even able to walk around inside. My dream of sitting in a B-17 cockpit has finally been fullfilled! 8)

I took a ton of photos with my digital cam

I even got a couple of myself

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I see (pardon the pun ). Thanks for the explanation.
I know what you mean about the 'test' being different from place to place. But I suppose, in your case where it's a question of depth and perception, it would be critical.

Good Luck

lol I was wondering that myself.  I'm curious what the explanation to that is.

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I may just have to agree with some of this.....you would never believe the total complexity of a high performance glider and its wing functions.......I have flown them, and I can tell you that it wouldn't even be possible without the help of a computer radio.......ailerons mixed as spoilers, ailerons mixed as flaps, flaps mixed as ailerons, giving full camber control to suit the flying conditions.......all this with total compensation of the pitch attitude and rudder thrown in for when you need to make a co-ordinated turn at low speed in a thermal.....makes my head spin faster than the A/C.....as as for the Polo Grounds in Florida where they fly the Top Gun Competition, I have a friend, Graeme Mears, who has won it and know the 1/3 scale Tiger Mothhttp://www.davepatrickmodels.com/tigermoth/tigermoth.htm he won with.......as an idea of the value of this bird, he was offered $35,000 USD for it , at the Toledo Expo.....the premier model aircraft show in the Eastern U.S.....this is no toy......
.......so Yep Orenda, I can agree with your observations......flying R/C should count for something......