"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Birdog writes:

What medical condition grounded you?

Also, do you ever fly with someone else as PIC?

Three years ago I checked out in a 150 (NOT solo) and followed that up with
an hour in a AT-6. I was rusty as hell, and could not perform the simlplest
aerobatics with any simblance of precision.

Would you expect a computer jock to get peeved when pilots start talking
about
computers?

I talked about that in a sense in the original post. Simulators are
obviously fun for the non-pilot, but they are still just toys. Flying, at
least to me, was all about sensations. I can't imagine sweaty palms, white
knuckles and heavy breathing on a night IFR approach in variable winds, in
front of a computer screen.