Hello Everyone!
I am a 37 year old life long aviation nerd who is new to DCS, and thought I would introduce myself. I grew up playing flights sims like Falcon 3.0, SWOTL, US Navy Fighters, and latter on Falcon 4.0 (although I never really mastered it outside of "Game Mode"). Once I got into High School, I drifted away from sims, but now, years latter, I have recently found the urge to get back into them, and the complexity and realism of DCS immediately drove me to it.
Outside of my childhood flights sims, about an hour behind the stick of a piper archer, and a year or two of fixed wing RC flying about a decade ago, I have no actual flight experience.
I started out with DCS with the F-86 module. I had no idea what I was doing when I got started, so I picked my first module based off of what plane I liked. I went all out, buying a Warthog HOTAS, thrustmaster pedals, and a Rift S VR headset. I have about 10 hours into DCS now, and I am hooked! I have gotten to the point where take off the F-86 and pretty consonantly get it back onto the ground in one piece, and am starting to learn Air to Air fighting. I scored my first AI Mig Kill last night playing the "Hunter Becomes the Hunted" Mission, and am hoping to start learning navigation over the Thanksgiving Holiday.
I plan on picking up either the F-18 or F-16 Modules whenever the STEAM sale starts, although I have still not made up my mind on what I am going to go with. Might just end up buying them both and trying them out before I decide what module to learn first.
Looking forward to flying with everyone in multiplayer once I figure out what I am doing!
