wilycoyote4
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Miss ya
I agree with bone, water cannons salute (USAF photo), thanks for your work
I agree with bone, water cannons salute (USAF photo), thanks for your work
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Retiring from flight sim
- Thread starter bushpilot
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Hehe guys i gotta answer some questions:
Deano: You bet (the canopy thing
), and thanks for the generous offer but it would be a crime to let those beasts collect dust.
fsafranek: Icebound ship is Icebreaker USS Atka. Just a beautiful picture. The pic is featured in the album cover of Rosenrot by German band Rammstein.
About my repaints: they will be still available, can be found here, avsim, aussiex, and all those hideous pay-per-download sites that illegally host them. Not gonna miss those sites.
About new hobbies; I have one and it's probably about as opposite as you can get from flying: diving
I'm sure I will be visiting here now and then. One of the coolest forums ever
Deano: You bet (the canopy thing
fsafranek: Icebound ship is Icebreaker USS Atka. Just a beautiful picture. The pic is featured in the album cover of Rosenrot by German band Rammstein.
About my repaints: they will be still available, can be found here, avsim, aussiex, and all those hideous pay-per-download sites that illegally host them. Not gonna miss those sites.
About new hobbies; I have one and it's probably about as opposite as you can get from flying: diving
I'm sure I will be visiting here now and then. One of the coolest forums ever
Sometimes ya just gotta take time to Stop and Smell the roses http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzZqje04vLE 
I also did that a couple of times, but I always came back 
If you do that, you're gonna have to skip FSX Solomon 1943, if I may add that. It is at about 90% and close to the second (and last) beta...
Cheers,
Mark
If you do that, you're gonna have to skip FSX Solomon 1943, if I may add that. It is at about 90% and close to the second (and last) beta...
Cheers,
Mark
I've given up or nearly so on flight sims, but I always come back. I do try to keep my payware to a bare minimum and fortunately, with all the wonderful freeware that is now available, flight simming has become a relatively inexpensive hobby. I'm sorry to see you go, but if you change your mind, we will be here.
Cazzie
SOH-CM-2024
Going to miss your work Pekka, but I can identify as for two years now, I have stepped away from the scale modeling arena. I just got burned out, but the ever increasing prices and the increasing output of expensive large 1/32 kits and very little output of inexpensive small 1/72 scale kits, my scale of choice.
Should you step back in this arena, I hope all of us are here to greet you. Stay tuned, lurk if you will, but have a healthy, prosperous life my friend. :ernae:
Should you step back in this arena, I hope all of us are here to greet you. Stay tuned, lurk if you will, but have a healthy, prosperous life my friend. :ernae:
Bjoern
worst developer ever
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosenrot
Good luck with whatever you're going to do now, Pekka! :ernae:
I'm sorry to see you go Pekka, but I understand what you mean. Even the best of hobbies can get stale after a while. Take some time off, and who knows... you might find yourself missing it one day.
Regardless, thanks for your contributions. It's been a pleasure knowing you, even if only online.
Regardless, thanks for your contributions. It's been a pleasure knowing you, even if only online.
Pekka,
I have contemplated getting away from it myself. For one, it's a money pit that never fills. I swear I have a 1000 planes. Do I fly them all? NOPE. I used to spend my free time searching Avsim, Flightsim and every other site I could find for goodies. It was amazing what was there. I flew and tested every single one. Now, and for the most part they are collecting virtual dust on numerous disks and an external drive. I use to be heavy into repaints, modifications, tweaks and refinements that bettered the experience. What can I say, I enjoyed it. I was addicted!!
...Now, FSX has my attention. All the detail just pulls me in. In one word, AMAZING. Considering the time of year and the great outdoors opening it's arms wide and inviting me in, I stopped flight simming to shake natures hand once again. It's a beautiful place to escape reality. When summer is over I'll be simming once again and getting the best experience while flying in a virtual summer.
I don't know if I have any of your repaints, but I think it's absolutely possible I do. And, I thank you for all you have shared for me to enjoy.
Whatever you do, enjoy it to the fullest possibility. Because that's what life is all about.
Be well....be safe.....have fun!!
OleBoy
I have contemplated getting away from it myself. For one, it's a money pit that never fills. I swear I have a 1000 planes. Do I fly them all? NOPE. I used to spend my free time searching Avsim, Flightsim and every other site I could find for goodies. It was amazing what was there. I flew and tested every single one. Now, and for the most part they are collecting virtual dust on numerous disks and an external drive. I use to be heavy into repaints, modifications, tweaks and refinements that bettered the experience. What can I say, I enjoyed it. I was addicted!!
...Now, FSX has my attention. All the detail just pulls me in. In one word, AMAZING. Considering the time of year and the great outdoors opening it's arms wide and inviting me in, I stopped flight simming to shake natures hand once again. It's a beautiful place to escape reality. When summer is over I'll be simming once again and getting the best experience while flying in a virtual summer.
I don't know if I have any of your repaints, but I think it's absolutely possible I do. And, I thank you for all you have shared for me to enjoy.
Whatever you do, enjoy it to the fullest possibility. Because that's what life is all about.
Be well....be safe.....have fun!!
OleBoy
jmig
SOH-CM-2025
Pekka, I for one hope you eventually change your mind and come back. I find that I don't fly enough. I am always working on or dumping money into my cockpit.
However, when I have had the time to fly, I have often had special moments in which the line between simulation and real flying became so blurred, I felt I was back in the cockpit once again.
Any hobby can be a money pit. However, even if you bought just about every new add-on that came out you would approach a real airplane or boat. Nor would you come close to country club membership and golf.
However, when I have had the time to fly, I have often had special moments in which the line between simulation and real flying became so blurred, I felt I was back in the cockpit once again.
Any hobby can be a money pit. However, even if you bought just about every new add-on that came out you would approach a real airplane or boat. Nor would you come close to country club membership and golf.
