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To: Dalin who wrote (1902)	2/11/2001 7:46:12 PM
From: piscatologist	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 104157

thanks for telling us about the flight game. it sounds like great fun. someday when i get caught up on work, i am going to go there and learn to fly!

To: Dalin who wrote (1902)	2/11/2001 11:39:05 PM
From: elpolvo	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 104157

dalinster and clappgun- it's very interesting reading all this flight talk. flying was my first career back in the 1970s. i think i did a lifetime's worth of flying in about five years - enough for MY abnormal lifetime anyway. <g> there are probably more interesting "stories" from those five years of my life than any other five but they were not the best five of my life. the best five years of my life are always the most recent five (or the upcoming five)... LIFE, what a trip - it's my favorite thang. ...and NO! i'm not going to get involved in the NNBM flight squadron (other than an observer) for the following reasons... 1) i don't need any more opportunities to feed my computer addiction and distract me from work, family and other interests. 2) i'd need a new computer and a better internet connection than "netzero" to participate. 3) been there, done that... the bumper sticker on my plane, if i still had one, would read, "i'd rather be sailing". 4) my ego would suffer from being shot out of the skies by 10 yr. old kids who can fly circles around me. <g> the computer flight simulators and flight sim games are MORE realistic and BETTER than $25,000 flight simulators that i used to fly in the 70s. i bought ms flight sim 5.1 about six years ago - bought the flight "yoke", rudder pedals, and throttle attachments too. (total cost for software and hardware attachments - less than $200) i was amazed at the realism and truly believe that someone could learn to fly a "real aircraft" with that program without ever being in a "real aircraft" (with the help of a "real flight instructor", of course). the main difference in "real" flying is that you can NEVER crash. NEVER!... well... ALMOST never... maybe once or twice... softly... though i never did try it - it's WAY too expensive! and there's no "bailing out" either. -el polvo de la paloma blanca

To: Dalin who wrote (1902)	2/12/2001 6:40:39 AM
From: Clappy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 104157

I think he's hooked! I think your right. I spent the better part of the day trying to learn how to avoid getting shot down. The Red's plane flies great. Makes a world of difference. I chased a few of the good US flyers to try to figure out what they do to avoid me. Lowing the landing gear and flaps works pretty good as hitting the breaks as the enemy flies right past you... I still get shot down very quickly in the US plane. I still have to figure that one out. It's sure hard to shake the enemy off my tail in that plane. I still have a tough time finding the right keyboard buttons to hit as I'm trying to dodge bullets. Getting better though. Altitude definitely is the key to survival. Once I lose speed, I'm usually a goner... -ClappGun P.S. I was hoping you didn't notice me flying as the enemy. I put on a fake moustache and glasses but you found me anyway... <g>