“Too Expensive!"

It has always been expensive to play with special toys. On a positive note, simulation quality is improving.

When producing a product is not profitable enough for the creator, the product will stop being produced. Some creative people have spent lots of time and energy producing things that never get off the ground. Some as history will show, have created things that some enjoy to this day but the creator died in poverty without recognition for their effort. I love the idea of a perfect world where prosperity is shared among everyone and everyone contributes cooperative effort in making life a good healthy experience.

We will always have challenges, nature assures us of that. Unfortunately, we also live with; accidents, ignorance, selfishly motivated hostility, and violence created from living fearfully as intolerance and lack of understanding produce tension, anger, and pain.

What I am saying, without writing an entire book, is this: "Let's reward ourselves and others for the creativity we enjoy and offer."

It is all too easy to go out and kill someone to prove ourselves right! This unfortunate event occurs every day, individually and nationally. I hope all of us eventually choose to live in ways that encourage life, health and happiness rather than abiding in fear, loss, anger, distrust, violence and death.

Remember also, an airplane may cost at least $100.00 to get into the air. I have seen an aircraft destroyed in seconds often on a first or second flight. Simulations help reduce this possibility in regard to lack of good flying skills. They do not however prepare a pilot to diligently perform even a quick pre-flight check of an aircraft, to assure that everything is connected securely, and functioning properly, before launching the aircraft.

P.S. There are some free simulators available as I am fairly certain you know, such as FMS.