Ah the good old days of Beta. Does make you kind of want to wallow in nostalgia. We do tend to remember the good stuff and forget the bad however. Along with the fun stuff we had uber zekes, terrain that was 5 shades too dark to see, and too big; mustangs with drag free flaps. (etc etc) I think we were a bit less jaded, and our expectations were lower in those days. Peoples tolerance levels for those "beta features" which we recall from CK beta with amusement, will probably be much lower now. The Bar has been raised, even for beta. Peoples demands and expectations are much higher, and the shrillness of beta flyers reaches unacceptable decibel levels all too quickly these days. Guys trying to protect the FM turf of "their" aircraft and such, is just too frequent.
I intend to beta AH, (if nothing else than to evaluate it so I can write a review), but I rather doubt the "beta honeymoon" will last very long on the boards.
If possible I will try to have fun doing it, although intial pings to the HTcreations domain IP don't look too promising right now.