S Herman wrote in message
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"kallijaa" wrote:

Simming can be a lot of fun and it is an engrossing hobby. It can
provide
simulated flight experience to those who cannot participate in the real
thing, but for non-flyers it can hinder or even destroy any chances they
might have at success in subsequent flying training. If you want to
learn
to fly in the real world, put the toy away.

Kalijaa

I don't know that it will permanently damage anyone, BUT - I am a new
student (~12 hours). My instructor told me to stop using the flight sim
when I mentioned i had been a fan of them for years. i dont have the
time now any way!

Since the panel ususally fills most of the screen on the sim, your main
clues are the instruments. So, i will agree that it appears that my
penchant for observing the instruments is not helping me learn the
visual and physical clues for performing the basic manuevers. Most of
the manuevers for the PTS seem to be much harder to execute by
instrument!

And of course, i have to add that my real flying has inmproved my flight
simming greatly! :-) just kidding!

Same here. My experience with flight simulators around 1983 was a major
factor in deciding to get my PPL. I was rarely able to land the sim
successfully until after I learned to land the real plane!

Cheers,
John Clonts
Temple, Texas
N7NZ