Tony writes:

My limited experience with Mooneys (I
have only logged time in a Ranger simulate that Joe bar landing gear
retraction, boys and girls and an M20J) tells me its soul is a
beautiful, intellegent, and responsive woman. I wouldn't want mine to
know I was messing around with another Mooney. "It's only simulation,
dear, with a younger and faster model" would make my next flight
difficult :-).

Aircraft as woman? That's an attitude I have not encountered up to now.

To me, aircraft are machines.

I am only a sample of 1, but was led to understand controlling a sim
airplane from a primititive keyboard was difficult. It was not.

It's difficult for things like aerobatics. But some types of flying are
doable, albeit not necessarily very realistic from a control standpoint. Some
things work well with the keyboard, such as trim adjustments.

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