Reflected Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 My grandpa (88 years old) is as crazy about aviation as I am. I think I got it from him. He's still building and flying model airplanes. Today I convinced him to visit me and try the DCS 109 in Virtual Reality. He was amazed, acting like a kid at Christmas. He was quite a natural, apart from takeoffs and landings. First I had the controls, and no amount of loops and rolls discouraged him. Then he took the controls and couldn't stop being amazed at today's technology. As a kid he watched the handful Hungarian 109s as they fought their fierce battles with hundreds of USAAF bombers and escort fighters, wondered at the criss-crossing contrails, the roar of engines, the rattle of machine guns. And now he finally felt like he was there. He told me it was one of the best experiences of his life, he was that impressed Facebook Instagram YouTube Discord Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
javelina1 Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 that is so cool! thanks for sharing. Gigabyte Z390 Aorus Ultra, i7-9700k (4.9ghz all cores), NH-D15 cooler, 64 GB CL-14 3200mhz RAM, MSI RTX4090, Soundblaster Z, Yamaha 5.1 A/V Receiver, 1x 512GB Samsung NVMe, 2x 1TB Samsung NVMe, 2TB Samsung SSD, Win 11 Pro, TM Warthog, Virpil WarBRD, MFG Crosswinds, 43" Samsung 4K TV, 21.5 Acer VT touchscreen, TrackIR, JetSeat KW-908, Reverb G2, Wheel Stand Pro Super Warthog, Phanteks Enthoo Pro Full Tower Case, EVGA 850 P2 PSU, PointCTRL, Buttkicker 2 , K-51 Helicopter Collective Control Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weasel Posted November 17, 2018 Share Posted November 17, 2018 What a wonderful story and I feel very happy that your grandpa could enjoy some flying lessons in VR. I wish my grandpa is still alive and could show him DCS World as well. Hope you both will enjoy many others flying lessons and wish all the best for your grandpa :thumbup: Cheers Weasel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Varis Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Impressive. I'll have to ask my Dad if he wants a go. SA-342 Ka-50 Mi-8 AJS-37 F-18 M2000C AV-8B-N/A Mig-15bis CA --- How to learn DCS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hansangb Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Technology for the win! But it's true. I LOVED the wireframe F15 Strike Eagle, loved the Flight of the Intruder, Knights of the Sky. Then Falcon 3 blew my mind as did Janes. And now DCS. Good times, for sure! hsb HW Spec in Spoiler --- i7-10700K Direct-To-Die/OC'ed to 5.1GHz, MSI Z490 MB, 32GB DDR4 3200MHz, EVGA 2080 Ti FTW3, NVMe+SSD, Win 10 x64 Pro, MFG, Warthog, TM MFDs, Komodo Huey set, Rverbe G1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VZ_342 Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Love hearing stories like this! I bet he was grinning ear to ear! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emmy Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Outstanding! [sIGPIC][/sIGPIC] http://www.476vfightergroup.com/content.php High Quality Aviation Photography For Personal Enjoyment And Editorial Use. www.crosswindimages.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ebabil Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 I wish I had such a Grandpa FC3 | UH-1 | Mi-8 | A-10C II | F/A-18 | Ka-50 III | F-14 | F-16 | AH-64 | Mi-24 | F-5 | F-4| Tornado| F-15E Persian Gulf | Nevada | Syria | NS-430 | Supercarrier // Wishlist: CH-53 | UH-60 Youtube MS FFB2 - TM Warthog - CH Pro Pedals - Trackir 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alicatt Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 I wish I had such a Grandpa I'm happy that I have a grandson that is crazy about aircraft, makes getting "purchases" past the financial controller a bit easier :D He even lets me drag him to the local airshows, and has been allowing me to do that since he was 2 :) His first airshow, Sanicole 2012 Belgian Airforce Days 2018 Yeah being a grandad is great :) Sons of Dogs, Come Eat Flesh Clan Cameron Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuiGon Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 That's a really cool story. It's great to see how modern technology can make dreams come alive. I think we here, who make daily use of this tech, sometimes forget about how great this actually is, so it was very impressive to read how someone who is not used to this tech is experiencing it. Thanks a lot for sharing this! Intel i7-12700K @ 8x5GHz+4x3.8GHz + 32 GB DDR5 RAM + Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 (8 GB VRAM) + M.2 SSD + Windows 10 64Bit DCS Panavia Tornado (IDS) really needs to be a thing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubs Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Cool! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phantom88 Posted December 21, 2018 Share Posted December 21, 2018 Merry Christmas!!! that's Awesome......I always try to share the VR Experience whenever I have company and my guests are willing to try it.It always seems to be a hit among young and old allike. Patrick Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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