Been a while…

[XOrionFE]

So it's been an age since I posted but saw Mike Shericks F-18 sim post and some other old friends posting so thought I would drop a line.  I am sitting in Las Cruces, NM after paying a nice annual "sim weekend" visit to Mike with some of our friends including FredK whom you all know as well.  As for me, I finally have my 737-800 back up and flying and have been testing lately with MSFS2024 with success.  I also as Mike mentioned in another post...built an F-18 DCS simulator.  I also have built a Cirrus SR-22 simulator for instrument proficiency training for real world flying.  On that note, two years ago I began flying in the real world again after passing a flight review and am working on my instrument rating.  I bought a 1998 Cessna 182S and rebuilt the panel with all new Garmin Avionics.  It is really state of the art.  I am working on my actual instrument rating which I hope to finish up by late spring early summer. Attached are some recent pictures.
Hope everyone is doing well.

Scott

[jackpilot]

Amazing pictures

Your sims are great but the Cessna is a top toy !!!
Happy to see you enjoying real flights.
I did not renew my medical this year, not that I would fail but old age is kicking in and my sim is good enough. Besides I'm no danger for anyone in the 737 ! 

[XOrionFE]

One may notice that the tail number is different on the two 182 pictures.  Just letting folks know it is the same plane.  It was N290HT when I bought it but I changed the tail number to N846LC. Thought I would point that out in case anyone was wondering.  It is a great plane to fly!

Scott

[fsaviator]

Nice!

[KyleH]

Nice plane Scott, and tidy hangar. I wish ours was that clean.

182's are great, and good job on the panel upgrade. Is that a G500 panel?

I bought a share in a TR182 a few years ago, and we upgraded the panel to a G3x based system. Just wish I had time to fly these days.

[sagrada737]

Hello Kyle,

That is a very nice panel setup on your TR182RG!  We owned a Cessna TR182RG years ago.  It was a great aircraft.  Maintenance on the Turbo and Gear were high, but overall, it was a wonderful aircraft.

Mike

[Jon Boe]

Brings back memories. I used to use a TR182RG on trips from Denver to Montana on a regular basis.  It was back in the analog days but kept one sharp.  weather across Wyoming could be "interesting" and my IFR ticket got used on more than one occasion.

[jackpilot]

Hi Jon

Seems to me You had an amazing 74 Sim back in the day ?
Still kicking ?
Cheers
Jack