New student pilot

Hello everyone. I've been hanging out in the MS Flight Simulator group
for a while, enjoying my recently found interest in aviation such that
my means would allow. MSFS is a fine product, even though it doesn't
compare to the real thing, of course.

Yesterday for my 40th birthday my most excellent wife bought me flying
lessons and membership in the flying club at a local airport.

I look forward to hanging out with you folks and hopefully learning a
thing or 2(00...000).

--
Rich

"Richard Carpenter" wrote in message
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I look forward to hanging out with you folks and hopefully learning a
thing or 2(00...000).

Welcome!

Vaughn

Richard Carpenter wrote:
Hello everyone. I've been hanging out in the MS Flight Simulator group
for a while, enjoying my recently found interest in aviation such that
my means would allow. MSFS is a fine product, even though it doesn't
compare to the real thing, of course.

Yesterday for my 40th birthday my most excellent wife bought me flying
lessons and membership in the flying club at a local airport.

I look forward to hanging out with you folks and hopefully learning a
thing or 2(00...000).

--
Rich

Welcome aboard and congratulations on choosing such a fine bride. :-)
Please post here as you progress with your training. There are many
people here who will try and be of any assistance possible.
About actual dual instruction and Microsoft Flight Simulator; you might
gain some initial insight from an article I did for Simflight concerning
this exact issue.
You can find a link for that article at www.simflight.com on the main
page right margin.


--
Dudley Henriques

Yesterday for my 40th birthday my most excellent wife bought me flying
lessons and membership in the flying club at a local airport.

Welcome aboard, Rich!

Your wife sounds a lot like mine, except that when I wanted to take
flight lessons, I sent my wife up on the Discovery Flight, figuring
that if SHE got hooked, I'd be home free. And I was...

;-)

Four years after getting my ticket, she got hers -- and we've spent
the last 12 years exploring the continent by air. I hope you find as
much enjoyment and success flying as we have!
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Richard Carpenter" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hello everyone. I've been hanging out in the MS Flight Simulator group
for a while, enjoying my recently found interest in aviation such that
my means would allow. MSFS is a fine product, even though it doesn't
compare to the real thing, of course.

Yesterday for my 40th birthday my most excellent wife bought me flying
lessons and membership in the flying club at a local airport.

I look forward to hanging out with you folks and hopefully learning a
thing or 2(00...000).

--
Rich


AWESOME! Welcome to the group.

I spent many an hour flying MSFS. While you'll never learn to land in
there, start playing with the VOR and instrument navigation (if you haven't
already). You can learn TONS at penny's per hour that way.

I'm still mid-PPL training myself. Just got my medical straightend back out.
Take a look at my road from 0 hours till now at http://n1451f.blogspot.com

Have FUN!

jf

All true--but does anyone have a better Cessna 172 than the one included
with FS X? I'm instrument rated and like using the program to practice
approaches; my wife is working on her instrument rating and is doing the
same. The 172 included is so pitch sensitive we both have a hard time
with it. Or perhaps we're setting our yoke wrong in some way, but I
haven't been able to figure it out.

David

Jeff wrote:
"Richard Carpenter" wrote in message
ups.com...
Hello everyone. I've been hanging out in the MS Flight Simulator group
for a while, enjoying my recently found interest in aviation such that
my means would allow. MSFS is a fine product, even though it doesn't
compare to the real thing, of course.

Yesterday for my 40th birthday my most excellent wife bought me flying
lessons and membership in the flying club at a local airport.

I look forward to hanging out with you folks and hopefully learning a
thing or 2(00...000).

--
Rich


AWESOME! Welcome to the group.

I spent many an hour flying MSFS. While you'll never learn to land in
there, start playing with the VOR and instrument navigation (if you haven't
already). You can learn TONS at penny's per hour that way.

I'm still mid-PPL training myself. Just got my medical straightend back out.
Take a look at my road from 0 hours till now at http://n1451f.blogspot.com

Have FUN!

jf

On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 21:36:06 GMT, David Kazdan wrote:

The 172 included is so pitch sensitive we both have a hard time
with it.

If you fly with the "2D" cockpit then you'll like the Flight1 C172R,
especially for instrument training.

http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=esd172

If you fly MSFS from the "virtual cockpit", avoid this product!... They
screwed up the 3D model badly and the perspective out the windscreen is
terrible.

--
Dallas

OK, I'll try that one. Thanks.

David

Dallas wrote:
On Sun, 09 Sep 2007 21:36:06 GMT, David Kazdan wrote:

The 172 included is so pitch sensitive we both have a hard time
with it.

If you fly with the "2D" cockpit then you'll like the Flight1 C172R,
especially for instrument training.

http://www.flight1.com/products.asp?product=esd172

If you fly MSFS from the "virtual cockpit", avoid this product!... They
screwed up the 3D model badly and the perspective out the windscreen is
terrible.

"David Kazdan" wrote in message
. net...
All true--but does anyone have a better Cessna 172 than the one included
with FS X? I'm instrument rated and like using the program to practice
approaches; my wife is working on her instrument rating and is doing the
same. The 172 included is so pitch sensitive we both have a hard time
with it. Or perhaps we're setting our yoke wrong in some way, but I
haven't been able to figure it out.

Please note that there is a simulator group, and this is not it.
--
Jim in NC

Morgans wrote:
"David Kazdan" wrote in message
. net...
All true--but does anyone have a better Cessna 172 than the one included
with FS X? I'm instrument rated and like using the program to practice
approaches; my wife is working on her instrument rating and is doing the
same. The 172 included is so pitch sensitive we both have a hard time
with it. Or perhaps we're setting our yoke wrong in some way, but I
haven't been able to figure it out.

Please note that there is a simulator group, and this is not it.
Jim;
I've been advising both Microsoft and software developers on the flight
simulator for some time now. The program does have some legitimate uses
related to actual flight training and as such certain questions posed on
the pilot forums are pertinent.
What I've been doing is separating posters who post about the simulator
into two categories. The first is like the poster you are answering who
has asked a question pertaining to actual flying vs the simulator. I
believe this type of question is within the forum boundaries and
deserves our attention.
The other type of post, the one I consider NOT within our forum
parameters, are posts asking about or talking about the sim itself.
These are the people I attempt to steer to the simulator forums.
Bottom line is that there are many of our own forum pilots using the
Microsoft program and as long as a newbie approaches us with something
directed at a real world pilot, I would answer that and treat it as a
legitimate question for the forum.
Naturally this is just my read on this, and I wouldn't fault you for
taking your own approach but at least some of the sim posters come here
seeking a friendly response from us and asking pertinent questions. I
try and cut them a break whenever possible.
Dudley


--
Dudley Henriques