Because the real model airplanes more exactly simulate the real airplanes by actually flying by the same principles in the same environment. And that is one heck of a lot of fun.

Yeah, it's fun to fly the sims. But it's also a different kind of fun to do the real thing. The first day out with my P40, I wound up making the last landing as the sun set. I also had used up the last of my fuel. And if the sun hadn't set I would have borrowed some fuel from a buddy for just one more flight. He landed right before me, btw. And we turned on the truck lights to see to pack up. Bats had been out during the last flights. Crickets were chirping away. Lightning bugs were winking in the woods beyond the runway.

Guess what........ my buddy called me when he got G4 to tell me about the night flying it simulates. Wonder if it has cricket sounds and bats?