Yeeeaaaahhhhh!! 8-)

Its that kinda time here, when trees are bright red and yellow, and its clear day. Last greetings from summer in our climate.

So i set myself to ride Sting TL-2000 at local aeroclub! they do offer this experience. pilot asked what am i doing for living, i said - im sax playa in local band, but i have hobby simming.
He said - take controls then. next 15 minutes i was like this -  :o
My butt felt all the motion!
He said lets turn toward Chekerill (local artificial mountain for skiing). i banked plane to 10 degrees and some time later said - its darn scary to bank it more!!!
He said - nahhhh, let me show you. that turn at 60 degrees of bank made me much more than that  :o
he also made rapid descend with high bank angle before landing. we went down from 2500 ft to 500 ft or so in couple of seconds. i havent noticed sink rate, coz THAT WAS darn SCARY, and i was in the "heart of oh sh*t situation" as Lou called it once :)
after he leveled for downwind leg i said: That was AWESOME!!!, its cool that i made pee just before flight  ;D

Next week im gonna ask him to fly me through the most scariest maneuvers possible! I'll take a pair of spare pants just in case ))

Hour later i jumped with chute from 3000 ft for the second time. thats not scary, - its cool, but not scary! lots of f-words were said during descend. Especially because my balls jammed by chute, and darn helmet just....aaaaaaaaaaaaaaargghh, - darn helmet, you know :)

And its very beautiful up there, so clear, as if it's a different world...
i'll get my video with jump next week i guess ;)

BTW, who thinks that FSX world looks dull without people - i couldnt see em from 1000 ft...cars - yes, you gotta look hard to track people. FTX scenery and REX looks pretty close to real. You just dont feel it in FSX...