Air France / KLM Virtual Airlines Forums - Why do you Flight Sim? Part 2

Air France / KLM Virtual Airlines Forums | AFVA General Discussion | Why do you Flight Sim? Part 2

AFV1071
Senior Captain, B777-300

Joined on October 24 2018

Western Europe

Posted onPost created on November 06 2018 14:49 ET by Alan Barber

The forums have become a very quiet place in my 5 years away from flight simming, sooooo....why do you flight siim?

I posted the same question before my transfer from DVA in that forum, let's get an AFV slant on it?

AFV452
Senior Captain, A220-3(CSeries)
DISPATCHER

Joined on November 06 2009
GVA 10 Year Anniversary
Century Club

"Only the stars are the limit!"
Caracas, Distrito Capital Venezuela

109 legs, 181.4 hours
95 legs, 157.7 hours online
91 legs, 152.9 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on November 18 2018 23:16 ET by Benjamin Buske

To practice procedures and to improve RL flying skills I guess. Also, I guess we all love flying and are addicted to it... Other people like to run around killing people or cutting heads... we prefer to fly loads if passengers in big aircraft around the world.

Cheers

Benjamin Buske

Senior Captain, A220-3(CSeries)

AFV1050
Captain, B777-300

Joined on June 30 2018
International Tourist
B737 Century Club
GVA 5 Year Anniversary
Triple Century Club

Scandinavia

314 legs, 1,636.4 hours
49 legs, 135.7 hours online
314 legs, 1,636.4 hours ACARS
4 legs, 22.8 hours event

Posted onPost created on November 19 2018 12:10 ET by Orjan Polman

I had MS Flight sim for years and took a flight now and then.. And then I discovered PMDG.... Been hooked ever since.
And besides the fun of actually flying, there is flightplanning with all it's aspects, the different procedures, working the FMC etc...
My only regret is that I didn't started earlier... But hey, now is better thatn never wink

Orjan Polman

Captain, B777-300

AFV737
Chief Pilot, B777-300
OLP, PPL
DISPATCHER

Joined on July 27 2012
50 State Club
Diplomatic Mission
Million Mile Club
Globetrotter Extraordinaire
European City Bash
B737 Two Fifty Club
Millenium Club
GVA 10 Year Anniversary
Online Triple Century Club
Tour Century Club

"Romans 1:16"
Fort Worth, TX

1,435 legs, 4,541.3 hours
359 legs, 1,001.5 hours online
1,409 legs, 4,446.0 hours ACARS
17 legs, 103.2 hours event
1,480 legs, 4,642.9 hours total
15 legs dispatched, 30.5 hours

Posted onPost created on November 20 2018 19:08 ET by Daniel Duhon

I started because I’ve always loved airplanes. Since I started flying in flight simulator, I started learning realistic procedures and getting better at flying. Since then, I’ve had a couple of real life flight lessons and that increased my love of flying. I fly on flight sim while I’m waiting to start flying in real life. smile

AFV757
Captain, A330-200

Joined on May 17 2007
International Tourist
GVA 10 Year Anniversary
Triple Century Club
Online Century Club

Western Europe

305 legs, 843.7 hours
100 legs, 238.6 hours online
304 legs, 840.3 hours ACARS
360 legs, 964.0 hours total

Posted onPost created on December 11 2018 16:17 ET by Justin Van Tuil

I often cannot explain why I pursue this hobby we have. I guess I like to have a 'job' to do which I like, when I like.

An additional drive for me is to do some virtual travelling, finding info about the places I visit etc and looking out the windshield to see what rivers/mountains, whatever is out there to learn a little about. Also I love having the sense of a living machine under my control. To keep those routine routes and automated flights interesting for me is to switch off autopilot on departure/arrival/landing whenever ATC or workload allows for it and having a fairly plausible failure system in place to give me a meaningful reason doing checklists and learning the systems in case I gotta save the plane, especially when online. I find X-Plane excellent for this.

Justin Van Tuil

Captain, A330-200

AFV705
Captain, Concorde

Joined on November 18 2012
International Tourist
Century Club
GVA 10 Year Anniversary
Online Century Club

""Fly AFVA, a first class ride everytime""
Western Europe

169 legs, 390.3 hours
138 legs, 230.0 hours online
169 legs, 390.3 hours ACARS

Posted onPost created on December 27 2018 01:05 ET by Clarence McGaha

I suppose all pilots are born to fly, always loved to watch airplanes fly. Built model rockets, rc airplanes, flew
some Cessnas, soloed sailplanes in Germany, like the technical, scientific theories and challenges.
But now as I am 63, I love to climb into my private Concorde office seat, its such a beautiful place to get away from it all.

Clarence McGaha

Captain, Concorde

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