Mxsmanic wrote in
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Larry Dighera writes:

Without intending to join the chorus, I respectfully submit, that you
have no concept of the joyous experience you are missing. Trust me.


I think it depends on what you want to get out of aviation. Clearly,
many private pilots get enjoyment out of bouncing around in a tiny
airplane. They probably enjoy roller-coasters, too (whereas I do
not).

Anthony, you don't want to get anything out of aviation. For you,
aviation is just a game played on MSFS. That can be fun, but it is NOT
flying and you have deluded yourself into thinking it is. You should move
to a mental institution because you need help.

A new student pilot flying solo is at last free to wander in the
third dimension unconstrained as the vast majority of Earth bound
souls are. He soars from the surface of the Earth, and effortlessly
guides his light aircraft higher with such nimble agility, that the
machine mentally melds into his nervous system in a rapture of pure
Zen integration of spirit, mind and machine. He was born with wings,
and is as skillful and free as Bach's Jonathan. The pilot's visceral
reaction to the sights, sounds, smells, and kinesthetic cacophony's
endless bombardment of sensory input result in a unique ambiance that
is aviation. The pilot's post-flight consciousness is clear and
refreshed as though just squeegeed, and the world is a bright,
cheerful home indeed. Although he walks the same flat plane at the
juncture of atmosphere and terra as his fellows, he carries the
knowledge and experiences of the joy of flight, and the power to soar
at will.

Not quite as poetic as _High Flight_ or as direct as _One Six Right_,
but a respectable effort.

Get out to the closest uncontrolled field (I visited one north of
Othus in 2000*) at which is based an Air France Aero Club. Beg a
ride with one of the members on a fair Saturday morning. You'll
thank me.

And if I discover that I don't like it?

Then stop. But you will know the difference between playing MSFS and
flying. You don't do it because your too chicken ****. You're afraid
you'll be force to recognize that all your pontifications about flying in
the usenet newsgroups were pure bull ****, just like you.

People fly that way in France because the environment is so
restrictive that they have no other options. All they can do, from
what I've understood, is putter around in tiny airplanes at tiny
airfields, as they are effectively barred from anything more
complicated or comfortable.

You're understanding is wrong. Just like you.