Microsoft FSX Real-Life Weather

Re MX -- he has also spent some considerable time offering his
writings for our benefit -- 100 odd this month, 5700 lifetime,
according the "about this group" button. A non pilot is one of the
most frequent posters to an aviation/piloting group: how wierd is
that?

If you don't have a real life, simulating one is an alternative, I
suppose.

Jay Honeck writes:

$352 per hour to rent a plane? What're you comparing this to,
renting a Caravan?

No, I'm just in Europe, where 250 euro per hour is not uncommon (and with the
current exchange rate, that's a lot more in dollars).

And where I live, you can get the Private *and* Instrument ratings for
around $10K.

Where I live, the private pilot costs between $21,000 and $28,000 to obtain,
and an instrument rating is another $28,000 or so. Some pilots actually find
it cheaper to go to the U.S. for their IR than to pass it here, although a
U.S. instrument rating has some restrictions on it in Europe (in particular,
you can only fly a plane IR if it has a U.S. registration).

I find it incredible that you have spent the equivalent of 4.3 MONTHS
sitting in front of Microsoft Flight Simulator this *year*??? I
can't decide whether that's awesome, sick, or both...

I was surprised, too. But 720 hours isn't 4.3 months, it's about 90 days
full-time. It represents essentially all my leisure time.

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.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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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.




Bwawhahwhahwhahwhahwhahwhahwhahhwhahwhahwhahwhhahw hahwhahwhahwhahw !

What, MSFS simulates colons now?


Bertie

In a previous article, Mxsmanic said:
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.

When you start to look *down* on clouds, we'll respect your opinion about
weather.

--
Paul Tomblin http://blog.xcski.com/
"Microsoft is a cross between the Borg and the Ferengi. Unfortunately,
they use Borg to do their marketing and Ferengi to do their programming."
-- Simon Slavin in asr

Paul Tomblin writes:

When you start to look *down* on clouds, we'll respect your opinion about
weather.

I've done that, too. Your respect for my opinion (or lack thereof) is
irrelevant to me.

Mxsmanic wrote in
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Paul Tomblin writes:

When you start to look *down* on clouds, we'll respect your opinion
about weather.

I've done that, too.


No you haven't. You don't fly.


Your respect for my opinion (or lack thereof) is
irrelevant to me.



That's because reality is irrelevant to you.


Bertie

Mxsmanic wrote:

Your respect for my opinion (or lack thereof) is
irrelevant to me.

Your opinion is irrelevant.
--
dgs