Sorry for not thanking you for your advise sooner We are tarvelling in the sunny south and have had limited access to wireless connections. I am not sure exactly howI will approah real flight but suspect I will fly in my open field of about 3 acres. I guess that's a yard in Wyoming.

I have tried to make the sim as difficult as I can with winds and turbulence and using the advanced difficulty setting. My landing's with the Nexstar BP are probably 99% good. But other larger faster planes about 75% but I am working on that.

If I decide to fly on my own I am thinking of starting with the Flyzone Diablo Trainer. Probably does not help in learning takeoffs and landings but I am thinking of the getting used to the controls in real flight when the plane is coming toward me. Even though I think I am starting to react naturally to the 'reversed control' look on the sim, I thought maybe the first real life mistakes might be easier with a less costly plane.

I still have a couple months to decide as the snow is still coming.