Matthew Kane
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Nick has been instrumental over the years, much appreciated
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2 hours ago, Sniper31 said:
Man O man, that stupid old tape drive...haha... I had one of those for my Commodore Vic 20. Way I remember it, that tape drive took like an hour and a half to load up games. I never had a flight sim program for my Vic 20 though, mostly just those old text adventure games. What a relic that thing was.
We had the Vic 20s at school. Artillery was the best game ever
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My first one was the Apple 2e with Sublogic Flight Simulator 1 and 2, my first upgrade was to an IBM 8086 processor with no hardrive, just loaded off the floppy, this one you could use MSFS 2 and 3.
My 80386 was the one that really opened up this hobby with MSFS4 and the first aircraft and scenery designers meant we could make our own creations, also the first time using digital sound. This was the beginning of what we have today
The 80486 generation was a lot of fun with MSFS 5.1 and the first time seeing photo generated scenery, it just kept on getting better
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Mine is a Hair Salon chair that I found it at a Salvation Army store for under $100. It is hydraulic so it swivels and raises and lowers and locks into place. It weighs a ton which is perfect for rudder pedals as the chair will never budge once you lock it into position. It is extremely comfortable and the leather and dense foam is far better quality then any office chair I have ever seen. Also it looks really cool as it is Italian design with black leather and lots of chrome so much better looking then an office chair.
I am a bit of a picker so when I saw it in the Salvation Army Store I knew it was perfect for my needs, price was right and you will never find a chair as heavy as that one.
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I guess I am compliant, 2 lines and some flags, been that way for a while now
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Ah, that's cool. We've got a tester.
Please let us know ASAP how the performance is in Prepar3D! If it is significantly better, I'll get a subcription too. Knowing the PNW demo is coming to Prepar3D is nice and I am sure more good news will follow when John's NDA is over. 
Yeah I will do that. I will set things up this weekend when I get more time. I am thinking that Prepar3D may be the better platform for flying Commercial jets.....and stick with GA aircraft in FSX with ORBX for now.
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Thanks John. That's smaller then I thought it would be. I'm going to sign up for the subscription
Cheers
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Any idea how big the download size is? I just went through the website and couldn't find that information.
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Good on ya sue...Cheers
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Cool pics Matthew! I like the lighthouse one... didn't know that's close to that horrible accident...
Thanks Ryan,
The plane went down in St. Margarets Bay and this lighthouse is at the enterance to the bay. So it would have been possible to see Flight 111 crash from were I am standing in the picture. It is a very beautiful part of Nova Scotia and a lot of the victims families found comfort in visiting the Peggy's Cove Lighthouse.
Also my old house in Cole Harbour overlooks CFB Shearwater where they reconstructed the debris. So for a while there you could see the debris being reconstructed from my front window (with binoculars). They are still preserving the wreckage today just in case they reopen the case or dispute any of the findings, but I believe they were able to determine the cause.
Cheers
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Didn't notice this thread until today. I'll add a few pics from a few different places.
My name is Matthew and I am a Hairstylist for a living. This is a great job as you can work anywhere in the world (Which is exactly what I do with it). Currently I work in Toronto but I am East Coast Canadian by background. I also have my New Zealand residence, so I go back and forth between these two great countries. I am currently in Toronto until January and we are moving back to Wellington, New Zealand in January (Just in time for World Cup Rugby).
My handle ytzpilot comes from Toronto Island Airport (Now renamed Billy Bishop Airport), this is where I went to Flight School. I started Flight Simulator when I was 12 years old on my old Apple IIe computer. I started with Release 1, which I obtained because back then we used to trade 5.5" floppy disks with bootlegged games around the schoolyard. As soon as I discovered it I was hooked. I've purchased every release of Flight Sim ever since.
I started Flight School back in 1996. I still fly occasionally but find it really expensive now compared to when I first started back in 1996. Gas and Insurance hikes make it costly today. FSX is that much better then it used to be so it makes more sense to fly in the Flight Simulator, especially now that FTX has raised the bar in realism.
Cheers Guys,
Cape Breton Island, Canada.
East Cape, New Zealand (this is where you go to watch the first sunrise in the world)
Halifax, Nova Scotia - My old stomping Grounds, you can see the harbour and the Navy Yard in this picture.
Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia - This is very close to where Swissair flight 111 went down.
Please let us know ASAP how the performance is in Prepar3D! If it is significantly better, I'll get a subcription too. Knowing the PNW demo is coming to Prepar3D is nice and I am sure more good news will follow when John's NDA is over. 
Neil Hill is no longer with us
in The Neil Hill Memorial Lounge
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Very sorry to hear, RIP Neil and thank-you for everything. Blue Skies Mate