Mxsmanic wrote:
Kev writes:

I was shocked to notice that many, if not most, of the simmers were
gentlemen in their 60s and way above. They felt as if they were too
old or poor or perhaps frightened to take up real flying, but would
spend hours (in real time) "flying" across the world.

What's so shocking about that? You need lots of money and time and
excellent health to fly. Anyone who cannot get a medical certificate,
or doesn't have many thousands of dollars of spare cash, or can't
afford many hours of spare time, may find solace in simulation.

I didn't say I was shocked in a bad way. Since I'm headed towards 60
myself, I have no problem with whatever people wish to do in their free
time. I was pointing out that there's probably far more older people
seriously simming, than everyone thinks.

Especially you'll notice that the people with very expensive sim setups
are usually older... they can afford it.

Kev