LargeScale88 - Hi.  Yes it is the first time I will be flying.  Well - technically no - I did fly a plane for about 30 seconds ten years ago when I first had a crack at this hobby.  That time though, I was younger (obviously) and had a lot less patience!  I was having an injury forced break from Aussie Rules Footy and needed to kill some time but as soon as my knee was better, it was back to footy.

Cheers for all your comments.  Now I just have to work out how to set the sim up for random winds/gusts etc.  I can't seem to find how to make such a setting???  You can choose a wind speed and direction but I don't think it gusts or swirls around at all?