Even I wasn’t aware of that when I started the hobby. More importantly, Microsoft Flight Simulator allows users of the program to create flights from his/her computer, in a wide variety of aicraft right out of the box. Additional aircraft are allowed to be added through the program being open sourced – meaning that you can put “add-ons” into it. Belive me, some of those add-ons are quite impressive, and can bring even more enjoyment to the all ready fantastic flight simulator.

If I were to put one emphasis on Flight Simulator that I happen to enjoy the most out of, is the abillity to be able to explore the world. One of the add-ons that I use in combination with my flight simulator is called Tileproxy – what this little gem of a program does is bring in mapping server images and displays it as the main scenery where you are flying. That way you can literally see the “real” world instead of cartoony images of what the world is supposed to be. What does that mean? That means you can actually take off from your home towns airport, and actually fly over your own house if you wish!   I know I have done so many times and NEVER get board with it.

The wonderful thing about Flight Simulator as well as it gives us a chance with the before mentioned program to visit those destinations we know we’ll never get a chance to visit in real life.  Ever dream of going somewhere you’ll never get a chance to see?  Program a flight from your home town’s airport from Point A to Point B and bingo, you’re there – use Tileproxy, and you’ll see your real life destination as it is in the real world. 

Yes, the possibilities are endless.  I’m only starting to really scratch the surfaces in my Flight Simulator as I’m truly only starting to explore it’s potential with the United States as I explore our great country. 

On the pages in these blogs you’ll find my journies, and the history behind the cities and towns that accompany them.  For knowledge is power, and we learn something knew every day.  With Microsoft I learn two things – Flying – and history of our great United States of America.  To me, it doesn’t get any better than that.

You will be able to see all about me, John J. Thuot II, and what I like to do in my spare time, my hobby,  - flying on the computer with Microsoft Flight Simulator X.  Well, actually it’s more than just a hobby really – it’s a passion that I have.  You’ll see when we get more into it in the further pages.

This blog is to offer many things besides just pretty screen shots of flight simulator – for prospective employers, I’m hoping to show you what I can do with my writing skills, and allow you to see what I can truly do with a key board, some spare time, my art for screen shot taking, Adobe Photoshop editing,  and a passion for flight.

When you click on the picture below, you will be taken to a page with a map of the United States, which is where most of my journies take place, simply because there’s so much the world has to offer – I haven’t made it out of here yet……

“Flying on its way to 24000 feet is the Piaggio Avanti in Flight Simulator X, with Real Environment Extreme and Tileproxy. A truly wonderous combination, to coin the phrase from Microsoft, to make this “As real as it Gets” making one almost forget that it is a simulation. “