Similar story here. I’ve been using flight simulators since the very first SubLogic Flight Simulator that came out for the Atari 800.
30 years later, on my first flight with a flight instructor, after a half hour of letting me have the yoke, my flight instructor said “You’ve got a flight sim on your computer dont you?” “Yep”. “I thought so. I’ve seen this before. It makes a big difference.”
So if you ever want to go get your pilot’s license, it pays to spend time on the MS Flight Sim.
If you’re going to grognard ... :)
Sublogic Flight Simulator was released on Apple ][ in 1979. The Atari 800 version was “Sublogic Flight Simulator II” four years later.