windplayer wrote on Mar 11^th, 2013 at 8:42pm:

Hey Kapitan, i see we have something in common :) Me too thinking that modern computerized jets is super cool to work on and to fly on in real life, but for sim - there is nothing better than a bunch of good old jetliners from the times when Earth was a bit bigger ;) Is that right? i vote for 747 classic though.

Exactly my friend, we are siting in a chair facing a computer, so what is the point to program another computer within the monitor of our computer?

Better recreate flights navigating by Vor or making ILS apporaches and getting it aligned manually with the runway in a rainy day with poor visibility. As you say, if you are studying to become a pilot, and make it your profession, these modern NGX planes and airbuses are fantastic.

But the sim has other puprose too, and one of them is to remember.

Like when we played cowboys in modern days, because going from El Paso to San Francisco on a horse in 1850 was an adventure both in nature and stamina, compared to taking a Gray Line Bus today...and so forth,

The sim is for fun, the fantasy of re-living those years, when Pilots were grand, when female flight atendants were sensual, when the pleasure of a good cigarrete and the best wines and beverages were served on any flight in any route, when flights were a place where people made new friends, engage in conversations, not feariong one another, where many love stories started,  etc :)