Flight sim junkie to PPL, almost
I started out on MSFS 2000, then 2002 then 2004 then X,. in all probably over 1000 hours loged. Then I decided to do the PPL. At first a fixation on the instuments as all have said. But once thats out of the way flight sim has helped my progress. I found the "instrument apreciation" a piece of cake and intercepting a tracking a VOR radial was done like I have been doing it for years. If the weather lets up I will have done all my required flying in the 45 hours minimum before my Skills test. Oh did I mention my first flight was in 2004 with gaps of months and even a year or 2 when I didnt fly? Yet thanks to flight sim I am on track to complete my PPL training spanning 6 years very close to the minimum 45 hour requirment. The biggest reason for this is that it teaches you the concept of flying. Once in the real aircraft all you need to do is apply this concept in the real aircraft.