For those wannabe pilots...

[ablethevoice]

...(like ME)! My wife just sent me this link (http://www.electricoyster.com/electric3d/index.html). The closest I'll ever get to flying is Microsoft Century of Flight, but this is pretty neat even if it is a total waste of time:D. Surprisingly enough, it only took about 2 minutes to download on a dialup connection.

[spartanmanor]

Cool! I could not get it to crash land. :D

[ablethevoice]

LOL Yeah, I tried, too. My flight sim has taught me that it is very easy to take-off, very easy to fly... and EXTREMELY easy to crash. I've yet to land any of my virtual planes intact. Hell, I can't even line the damn plane up with the runway. Guess I better stick with the sim.

[avionic]

The ultimate video game...I've had numerous opportunities to log some time in the real thing,hydraulics and all..
http://www.f15sim.com/index.html

[x_25]

That is cool. I have flown light aircraft a couple of times. First time I think I was 12 (my friends dad let me fly the plain for a bit). The last time was with the young eagles when I was 16. The guys said I was a natural at it (I know the theory and have a good feel for direction and such). Apparently, there is a gauge to tell you when you have the right amount of rudder when you are turning (it looks like I level) but I didn't know that until he said I was doing a good job of keeping it in the middle.