Microsoft FSX Real-Life Weather

"Capt. Geoffrey Thorpe" The Sea Hawk at wow way d0t com wrote in
news:GqGdnZ4k2L_HrYDanZ2dnUVZ_sOrnZ2d@wideopenwest .com:

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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george writes:

Jays Kiwi is a flight simulator that can be used by real live pilots
to enhance their real flying skills.
What you have is a game!

He is running the same software I am. The only real difference between
the
two is in your attitude towards their owners.

The difference isn't the tool - the difference is how it's used.


In Anthony's case it's kind of like using his head as a jackhammer.

Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote in
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george writes:

Jays Kiwi is a flight simulator that can be used by real live pilots
to enhance their real flying skills.
What you have is a game!

He is running the same software I am. The only real difference between
the two is in your attitude towards their owners.


The same laser can be used to:

1) Point out information to students on a classroom blackboard
2) Guide a handheld weapon
3) Create perfectly level beams in a construction project
4) Detect paper thickness in a paper manufacturing plant
5) Distract drivers as a prank on a highway

One tool, numerous uses...

The ONLY difference is the weilder of the tool and the manner of its use.

Just because you have a laser and a blackboard, doesn't mean that you are
a schoolteacher... You might just be a prankster.

MSFS is a tool. Enjoy it as you like.

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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Jay Honeck writes:

While they were waiting, I set him up in our newly upgraded Kiwi
flight simulator (see it he
http://www.alexisparkinn.com/flight_simulator.htm),
at their home airport.

A few days ago I nearly ended a flight in tragedy when I got caught on the
outer edge of some thunderstorm activity while trying to reach KJFK (I use
ActiveSky now). I diverted to KEWR and survived, but not without injuring
a
FA in turbulence. I saw the anvil-shaped thunderheads from miles away,
but I
didn't make the connection and recognize the danger until I was nearly in
it.
And lately the winds along the Pacific coast have been quite hellish,
too--great for challenging simulation but not something I'd want to fly in
for
real. You also get turbulence over the mountains, thermals to order, and
wake
turbulence, as well as severe icing if the circumstances warrant it.


Oh jeez. The line between fantazy and reality just keeps getting thinner
with our expert simmer.

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DW

"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com writes:

Oh jeez. The line between fantazy and reality just keeps getting thinner
with our expert simmer.

Try it.

"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com writes:

Oh jeez. The line between fantazy and reality just keeps getting thinner
with our expert simmer.

Try it.

I already do! I've had every MSFS since the mid-80's when it was still wire
frames on my hard drive-less Tandy, but as an ACTUAL pilot it isn't
near the fun and experience that I get sitting behind the controls of an
actual airplane. I also fly RC planes but it isn't near as much fun as
flying a
real plane as well. Tomorrow I'm going overseas for business and I have to
sit in the back of a Delta flight and I'm sure that won't be as much fun as
flying the plane either.

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DW

"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com wrote in
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"Mxsmanic" wrote in message
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"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com writes:

Oh jeez. The line between fantazy and reality just keeps getting
thinner with our expert simmer.

Try it.

I already do! I've had every MSFS since the mid-80's when it was still
wire frames on my hard drive-less Tandy, but as an ACTUAL pilot it
isn't near the fun and experience that I get sitting behind the
controls of an actual airplane. I also fly RC planes but it isn't near
as much fun as flying a
real plane as well. Tomorrow I'm going overseas for business and I
have to sit in the back of a Delta flight and I'm sure that won't be
as much fun as flying the plane either.


well, flying an RC airplane is a lot closer to flying a real airplane than
any sim I've been in.


Bertie

"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com writes:

I already do! I've had every MSFS since the mid-80's when it was still wire
frames on my hard drive-less Tandy, but as an ACTUAL pilot it isn't
near the fun and experience that I get sitting behind the controls of an
actual airplane.

And yet you've had every MSFS since the mid-80s. Hmm. It's not that fun but
you keep buying it.

This past year I've put in over 720 hours of simulation. If I wanted to do
that in real life, even on a very tiny airplane, it would cost me $253,800 in
rental fees (not counting $56,000 to get the pilot's license and IR).
Overall, even if the sim doesn't provide quite the same experience, it
provides a lot more bang for the buck. And unless you're absolutely hellbent
on experiencing some aspect of flying that only the real aircraft provides,
simulation can be more than sufficient to deal with a love of aviation.

The situation is even more lopsided if you like to fly airliners.

I also fly RC planes but it isn't near as much fun as flying a
real plane as well.

I've never been able to get into RC aircraft. When they can fly at a speed
that matches their scale, maybe I'll be more interested. Flying at Mach 7 and
pulling 350 Gs isn't very realistic.

Tomorrow I'm going overseas for business and I have to
sit in the back of a Delta flight and I'm sure that won't be as much fun as
flying the plane either.

Nor will it be as much fun as the simulator.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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"Darkwing" theducksmail"AT"yahoo.com writes:

Oh jeez. The line between fantazy and reality just keeps getting
thinner with our expert simmer.

Try it.


What, blurring the line between fantasy and reality?

Most people need assistance to get to the level of skill you've achieved in
that area.



Bertie

In a previous article, Mxsmanic said:
goes into extraordinary detail. Many weather scenarios in the sim are pretty
much indistinguishable from real life with ActiveSky running. Even more

How the **** would you know? You've never been in real life.


--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
.... industry giant Microsoft Corporation... a company that has become
successful without resorting to software testing...
-- Unknown, rec.humor.funny

Paul Tomblin writes:

How the **** would you know? You've never been in real life.

All I have to do is look up to compare.