"John Ward"
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jrmward@tpg.com.au
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Nov 10, 2007, 10:00 AM
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Hi Ed,
Hey, best of luck, mate - triple bypass is no laughing matter, whoever
the Surgeon may be!!!!
I've been SERIOUSLY considering real-life flight training, for quite a
while now: I've been greatly inspired by Crash Lander's training, and
Varmit's, and Don Parker's previous experiences, and Quilly's, and various
others' here, and also Troy's, and Cameron's, exploits, out at Flying
Fighters, at Archerfield, as Flying Fighters then was.
I also have the opportunity, after the appropriate Certifications, if I
can possibly pass them all, to progress to T6-Texans (Harvards), Mustang
P-51s, and even Spitfires (I THINK, from what I've been told, by various
people who I trust implicitly, but I'm not sure I have that sort of
ability), if I can clock up those appropriate sorts of Hours, AND,
Qualifications......
I've got those comments from various blokes in at the MacArthur Museum,
as well, and they don't ever bullshit, about anything, unless they're
telling "tall stories", which has well and truly taught me to never shoot
for less than the very best you are possibly capable of - I hope you feel
the same way, in recovering from your heart stuff, mate!!!  )))
Regards,
John Ward
"Ed Medlin" <ed@edmedlin.com> wrote in message
news:2HiZi.3307$TR5.2372@nlpi061.nbdc.sbc.com...
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> "Paul Utkin" <utkinpol@netzero.net> wrote in message
> news:Xy2Zi.1131$ds.74@trndny09...
>> FSX just as FS9 has some rudimentary set of training missions. I wonder
>> if anyone had a desire to develop (or may such product already exists) an
>> actual flight school based on single engine and twin engine Cessnas.
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>> It is probably a doable task, I just wonder why no one made it yet. I
>> want to apply into real flight school, read ron maldonado`s pdf but it
>> would be great to have something in FSX to try it on.
>
> An alternative would be to go to a bookstore or library and pick up some
> actual flight training manuals. I found that real life flight school
> translates very well to FS (it should........ My FBO also had many
> videos that you could watch any time that you wanted to drop in for coffee
> and chat with the old guys. Of course, the older guys would tell me to
> turn off that crap and get into the real plane........ I am not sure if
> any of the virtual airlines still have extensive training like they used
> to. I was involved with one several years ago that had a really tough
> training program that you had to complete before you could start routine
> flights. It doesn't exist anymore, but there may be others that have
> similiar programs. If you really want to go to real flight school, do it
> as soon as you can. You won't regret it. I waited too long and my health
> started going south on me..... I am scheduled for triple bypass surgery
> next Friday and the Doc says that since my heart is still in very good
> shape otherwise that there is no reason that I can't get through a flight
> physical and get back to the real thing in time.
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> Ed
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