Re: This FOSS Thang :-)

On Fri, 22 Mar 2024 15:30:09 -0000 (UTC), candycanearter07
<candycanearter07@candycanearter07.nomail.afraid> wrote in
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rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote at 02:44 this Friday (GMT):

On Thu, 21 Mar 2024 05:52:29 -0000 (UTC), vallor wrote:
>

 That will almost
certainly be Linux, depending on how important MS Flight Simulator
ends up in the equation.

>
Is that still around? I messed around with it in the early '80s. I was
also learning how to fly real planes. All I can say is if I was as bad
at flying a Lark (sort of a Cessna 180 by Rockwell) as I was with the
simulator I wouldn't be bugging COLA today.

 
 
Yeah, there was a modern remake of MS Flight Sim "recently".

It has a lot going for it:

https://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/microsoft-flight-simulator-2024

I flew a bit in an earlier version (2020, I think), which had plenty of
planes and scenarios to choose from.

I agree that flying a real aircraft is easier than a simulator.  Back
around 2000, we owned a Piper Archer III -- loved that thing,
wish we still had it.  (It even had air conditioning. :)  )

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