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OT: The Average Simmer's Age...

Started plastic models early teens, then on to U-control, (roundy-rounds.) Moved up to Radio Control in '81, then got my ultralite, an Eipper Quicksilver MX1, like Dairn's, loved that bird. Learned about computers and started simming in '95. Bought 'em all. Just have FS9 and FSX loaded, now, along with my R/C simulator, Real Flight G4.5, which I use to train new R/c Pilots and learn new maneuvers on. I'll be 61 in three weeks.
 
I'm 23. Aviation has been the only thing I have cared about since I was old enough to know what a plane was. I am currently working on my PPL at KLZU. I started FSX to help ease the pain of time between flights, and I have loved every second of it. It is excellent for certain aspects of training, and overall I think it has made be a better student pilot.

I am thinking of continuing my flight training after I get my PPL, possibly going for a CFI rating and making a career out of it.
 
25 here, started at the age of 6 with F29 Retaliator from Ocean with my first pc. As time went by I played mostly everything but I have fond memories of CFS1/2/3, F15 Strike Eagle II, EF2000 by DID, TAW, Comanche 2/3, USNF '97, Chuck Yeager Air Combat...aaah those were the days!:engel016:

I now build neverware for FSX and fly in Il2 46 as a member and server admin of one of the biggest squads of the lobby.:kilroy:

Desperately looking for something new, SoW:BoB or FighterOps, whichever comes first.:engel016:
 
many years and pounds ago on the Atari 800 and then the Amiga (one of the best computers ever made)

Bob
 
Started in 1984 with FS2 for the Apple IIc. Still have the computer and dot matrix printer. Flew off and on until the late 80's, then got caught up in child rearing. Picked up again with FS 95, 2000, FS9, and FSX. 49 years old.
 
Cool thread. I just turned 40 this year (ouch). Does Atari Combat (1980) count for a first flight simulator? :) I used to take both Atari controllers and try to fly the planes in formation. Now with FSX and FS Recorder I'm still doing the same thing nearly 30 years later. Looks alot better now though.

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moore1018 said:
Cool thread. I just turned 40 this year (ouch). Does Atari Combat (1980) count for a first flight simulator? :) I used to take both Atari controllers and try to fly the planes in formation. Now with FSX and FS Recorder I'm still doing the same thing nearly 30 years later. Looks alot better now though.

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Are they the REX HD cloud textures?




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68 here, I always wanted to be a pilot, but my eyes weren't good enough for the service.
Was extatic when I bought my first computer and found out there were flight sims for it. Mostly combat flightsims.
Started out with CFS & CFS2, then all the FS's till X. So, now I'm a pilot, virtually.:icon_lol:
 
42 here... been simming since I was 17.... when flying over 2D WWI airfields and hiding behind the 2D mountains from the AI.
 
On my Commodore C64 I had F-15 Strike Eagle when I was about ten or twelve IIRC.. Blue was the sky, green the ground and any black specs you had to shoot!
When I got my first PC I got DID's EF2000 from a friend and Later I bought Jane's ATF and USAF. I got into civil simming in 2000 after visiting my first airshow. Just out of curiosity I searched around a bit on the net and found it was possible to fly a lot more than Boeings and Cessnas in FS!
Got Fs2000, '02,'04,CFS3, IL-2 and FsX since and have recently purchased Rise of Flight.

When I'm not flying high, I'm flying low in GTR2, GTR Evo or rFactor.
 
68, started around 1998, good way to learn the computer. Also lots of Fun!
 
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