LWG writes:

When my son starts college, the fate of the airplane is unclear.
I might find myself spending all my flight time with the
downloaded model of my Sundowner.

Wouldn't that give you more time for real flight? Or have I
misunderstood?

I think MSFS is much harder to fly than the real thing.

If so, then it would be good practice. If you can fly the simulator,
you can fly the aircraft. Although it doesn't look like I'll be
anywhere near a real aircraft in the foreseeable future.

I also find myself doing the same wrong things on MSFS that
I do in real flight.

Are they things that would be dangerous in real life?

The only seat I'll ever occupy in a 7x7 has a number and letter, but that
hasn't stopped me from flying them on MSFS. I track the tips here on flying
the big iron nonetheless.

Large aircraft are interesting for procedures and instrument flight.
I've been trying all weekend to complete a flight with the FMS alone
but I haven't been able to escape flying by hand at some point, as I
seem to screw something up in the programming each time.

Of course private pilots aren't likely to ever use a flight management
system on their aircraft, so it's either the sim or nothing.

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