As I said, I didn't intend to start an argument over payware vs freeware, especially in the Payware forum. I know some people enjoy collecting payware addons & that's fine with me providing they can afford it. If I saw something I really liked I wouldn't object to paying for it but it would have to be far better than any freeware alternative before I would part with a single penny. It would also have to come from a reputable company with good customer support. Maybe I'm old-fashioned but I still think spending $500 on FS addons in one month is excessive for a 14 year-old. There is good & bad in everything & I'm sure the best payware is excellent, which it should be if it's created by professional modellers. I've also seen some rubbish in my time that I wouldn't release as freeware. Just because you're paying for something doesn't guarantee the quality.

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i second that motion:)

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Jrpilot, when I was a kid, roughly 7 years old, while asleep, I fell out of the top bunk of my bed and hit the back of my head, right under the base of my skull. To this day, because of that, I lose my balance, I can black out on a swingset, a roller coaster, and even in a plane. Thankfully I have not had it happen in a plane, but I no longer ride roller coasters, nor do I do anything that means excessive head movement.

Trust me...I would LOVE to be a pilot, but due to the above, I would never pass my medical.

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Hey, some blind guy in England passed his physical, so theres nothing that can hold you back

You just got to retrain your brain (thats what makes us more advanced than any other animal), I belive there was a conslusive study that stated that if you try something hard enough (no, not jump off a cliff and live, nothing of that sort) your brain will eventually find a way to do it. So I believe if you put yourself in some balance-intensive acitivies, you'll eventually get over it

I used to have a minor balance problem* too, but spinning in a spinny chair helped me get over that

*bike accident, went down a hill really really fast, and fell off...there were bells rining in my ear for like 2 days

I think you should go for it savas....(the only reason that I haven't picked up flying lessons is cuz my mom think that I'll kill myself....no idea where she got that from )

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hmm....When I was a kid our church scout group went camping to a 4H property out in the snowbelt in the middle of winter. They put us in cabins with those little plastic mattresses. You know the ones, thinner than your jeans you wore that day. Then you gotta use the nifty winter sleeping bags which are a slick vinyl type setup.

I swear to you the truth that I woke up one night as I was falling out of the bed. Luckily my legs went first, and I woke up mid-air, because I remember vividly hitting the ground and wondering what was going on that I was liek flying in the middle of the night...lol

After a minute or two I put two and two together and realized that the sleeping bag and mattress both beign slick had allowed my legs to fall off the side of the bed and the rest of me just followed....

Sorry to hear that something like that had to happen mate...

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If he was unsighted he would never pass a medical, however, there are a lot of pyshically disabled people who fly, albeit with safety pilots.

Having said that, if you happen to have a friend with a nice aeroplane, there's no reason why you can't fly as much as you can (obviously not solo though...)

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Is that why you tried to land "Up-Side" down when you were at your new airport?