They are very fun to ride in.

One more year till I can solo! I started when i was thirteen, but I only have around 60 hours, and it's a shame you can't solo til sixteen. I've been interested in towing gliders or something like that.

I got the chance to ride in a Yak-52 Trainer and a B-17G all in the same day. It was pretty cool, spent 100+ dollars that day for those rides. :D

I built an ultralight and have been flying it for a few years: http://www.youtube.com/flightstarpilot

I am an airline pilot and I would like to say this to everyone about flying a simulator or this game and feel they can't or that they need to know more about flying real airplanes. Real simulators are built for training purposes, they do not fly like the real aircraft even the full motion sims. they are very touchy. they are built for procedure purposes, emergencies etc. so do not feel like this game is too hard to fly or that you need to be a pilot to be successful at the game. My kid is 10 and he flies it fine he will not be and ace soon but that comes with practice.
if you want to know more about tactics and manuvers which will make you a better fighter pilot there are lot of books you can read, the most important of all in my opinion is called Aircraft Tactics and Manuvering, also Aircraft versus Aircraft. even some novels like The Blond Knight of the Luftwafe and I flew for the furer have some information on how they used to attack their enemies.

if you have any questions fell free to ask.

It's great to have such a wide variety of experience on here. My only flight experience was having the controls of a Cesna handed to me for about 15min. The pilot was a nice guy and just told me to keep 'er level". I concentrated hard on those instruments and managed to keep it going quite straight. I was feeling pretty good about myself until the pilot kindly suggested that I should look out the windshield occasionally :). My dad's uncle used to go to remote parts of the pacific and salvage fighter planes, bring them back to Canada and restore them. I know that one of the planes that he restored and actually flew was a Zero.
This game will be a ton of fun. Thanks for the responses to this post.

I am a commercial pilot, certificated flight instructor, and am a certified flight engineer- turbojet powered. I am actively instructing students and have flown as an FE for a cargo airliner. I enjoy flying whenever and wherever I can. It has enriched and rewarded me greatly over the years and I love to pass on the gift of flight to new students. I can happily give advice to anyone who is interested in taking that first step into obtaining a private pilot certificate, or anyone looking forward to pursuing an airline career.

And, of course, I love playing flying games in my time off!

I have a PPL and a share in aEV-97, not quite a Spitfire but it has it's moments! such as part of one of the prop blades breaking off on approach...interesting experience!!

Their should be a vote for going to be one. I plan to start my ground training next May.

I have a couple of hours on a cessna 150 some 7 years back...dows that count ? :grin:;-)
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