That is absolutely awful @wheelsup_cavu
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I flew 6 starts today, doing more and more of the flying each time, getting less and less sick each time.
Much easier to fly than an F-14, needs just as much pedal in the corners as a turkey with all feathers spread.
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Yeah, those long wingspans make correct use of the rudders a necessity.
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Respect! Absolutely brilliant!
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Glad to hear that you are winning your fight against airsickness. I had a very hard time with it , especially while working on my instrument rating. Fortunately I pushed through and I no longer have a problem, at least with the type of flying I do now.
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Uh. You’re flying with ze Germans?
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@PaulRix wow I never suspected that! Mad respect!
I only won a few skirmishes and learned some ways to cope (visual scans of the horizon in 90° turns, steering the plane myself and visualising the 3D “bigger picture” helps). Not sure if I’ll be able to stand it after a few days of actually turning on a dime inside thermal bubbles.
Basically. The planes are registered in Germany, have metric instruments (like the Me 109 and Fw 190) and the Segelflughafen is practically on the border with Germany. Man hat selbst kurz versucht die Debriefing auf Deutsch zu machen.
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Great stuff.
Fortunately you were honing you German skills while flying with MBot and me 
Afaik glider pilots in Germany are very traditional and keeping all metric setup.
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Ah, sorry to disappoint but it was actually in NL, just very close to the border. The German in the debriefing was 2 lines, which I replied reasonably to in German, but then it turned out the initiator of the debrief was not actually good at German.
Gliders in NL all tend to use metric too
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My simming lately has been at the level of “every few weeks, turn on computer to update DCS and MSFS, so that one day I can fly again”
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@Freak , I used a product called ReliefBand. You wear it on your wrist and it gives you a rhythmic low power electric shock (doesn’t hurt at all). There is some science to it but the bottom line is that I went from not being able to last more than 15 minutes under the hood, to being able to function for a two hour lesson the first time I used it. That was 20 years ago now (not sure how that is possible) and the same company is still in business, which probably says something about the product. It’s not cheap, but it definitely worked for me. After a while, I needed it less and less, and then eventually I didn’t need it at all. Keep at it and don’t give up…
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Mom’s still likes her puzzles.
Over 1,000 pieces and she finished it in a couple of weeks doing it in her spare time. If I had to assemble it I do not think it would get done in a years time.
One of the biggest surprises to me is that it still has all the pieces.
Wheels
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Those things are fun occasionally.
My wife, kids and me recently built a large-ish one, also around 1000 pieces.
I just don’t like it when they have too many monotonous parts, like lots of sky or water. One of the worst ones I did with my parents years back was a sailing ship at sea (I think it was the Alexander von Humboldt, a three masted barque). Lots of water, blue sky that looked a lot like water, large clean sails, and SO many lines that could literally be anywhere on the ship (tons of rigging).
That one was hard.
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I don’t have the patience. My wife on the other hand…
She particularly like the WASGIJ puzzles and would probably do at least half a dozen every year. If my parents are visiting she and my Dad can spend hours doing one and finish a 1000 piece puzzle in a day or two
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We have arrived at the download festival at donnington park. Me and the wife are gonna get absolutely smashed and have a child free weekend. Sum 41, wheatus, limp bizkit, panthera, busted, funeral for a friend and 64 cans of stella artois. Lets do this.
Took 2 trips and a fully laden trolley both ways with a 4 man tent on my back. But we.are.here
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Have fun old boy!
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Wow, that’s quite the line up Victor…64 cans of stella artois.
58 now 
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Lol, with that much alcohol make sure to be careful that you don’t bring home one that will arrive in about 9 months.
Wheels
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