"Kirk Stant" wrote in message
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"ArtKramr" wrote in message
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Flight Simulators as used on PC's should not be called simulators
because
they
simulate too damned little. Call them flight trainers. That is a far
more
accurate description by far. Except the ones that are just games.
Call
them
flight games. After all else has failed, always resort to reality no
matter
how much it hurts.

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Bottom line, Art, qwitchubitchin and just let the young kids (and
older kids like me) enjoy our PC sims (IL2- FB is awesome). And the
next time you get on a commercial jet, or talk to a young military
pilot, ask them if they ever play on a PC sim- you might be surprised!

Excellent post Kirk. With Art's years at Madison Avenue, he knows, much
more than the rest of us, that the originator is the one that names his
product.
"Simulator" is a for more sellable name than "trainer". Our Art, the
group's
lovable WWII veteran curmudgeon has been acting as a troll. I'm sure he
knows
that Bill Gates will certainly rename MS Flight Simulator to MS Flight
Trainer
now that he has seen the error of his ways! ;}