you did something REALLY stupid that day....even if you did use the sim and you were pretty confident in your flying abilities, you shouldn't have done that....[:@]all you had to do was go get the buddy box and let the president of the club hook it and you could have been flying for the afternoon if you wanted...you put your dad and cousin in serious risked of being hurt and that is NOT cool. with the buddy box all the instructor has to do is give you the controls and you could have showed him that you were confident enough to fly on your own and all you needed to do was get your AMA.......[:@][:@][:@]