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I really enjoyed reading everyone's answers. :) Frankly, what got me thinking (yet again) about why people love flight sims is whenever I read somewhere about a real pilot, they always point out their love of flying is what made them be, say, a military fighter pilot. Well that and fighting against aggressors in war time. I seldom hear real pilots talk about using weapons (killing people) in an envigorated way. I was wondering if virtual pilots focus more on blowing stuff up or just flying or - most likely both and everything in between. BTW the live stream with the Gazelle was awesome, did you guys see that?. I live on the other side of the Black sea and the terrain textures really look familiar to me- reminded me of flying back from a trip and looking at the gorund below.

Hey guys! I've been drooling over planes and flight sims ever since I played Flanker 1.5 a long time ago. I'm very interested in how DCS is developing and becoming really awesome both to look at and use (flying and systems modelling), although I don't really have the machine to play it yet. I wanted to ask though, what is the purpose of this simulator (or any other you've played before) to you, presonally? Like, I realised I played as a kid, just so I could be around planes that fascinate me and the whole idea of flying be present in my daily routine. Why do you fly? :)

Great shots those. If this is of interest: