[old curmudgeon]

Under the hood was always harder for me than the real thing. The hood made it harder to scan and I hated it.

I would rather fly real weather all day than under the hood for an hour. If I were still flying.

I quit almost 20 years ago.

I doubt that it is as much fun now as it was then, nor as easy. I suspect that most of the centers have become more like New York used to be.

[blackdog]

After the routine of proper flying gets you down, get your seaplane rating.

Best $1200 I ever spent. Low, slow, and seat of your pants. Everything that today's system isn't.

Takes a lot of getting used to to having no brakes to ride. Imagine your run ups and no brakes!