Dimebag .. dood .. I can offer a few insights that may be helpful.
Go out to your local FBO, take a demo ride in a plane you fit into ..size *does* matter
Demo rides are not much and ask the instructor if you can take the controls once airborne
and/or follow through during takeoff and landing.
All the sim-time in the world wont mean anything if flying just isn't something you can do.
Some people just plain wig out, inner ear imbalance, fear, or completely inop once the wheels leave the tarmac.
Then there's people like most of us .. lot of AH/AW time, strap on a real airplane, and just have a frikkin blast.
The time you have spent in game has already taught you more than most.
You have the sight-picture of what a good approach looks like, how an aircraft controls 'work' more or less,
..what a stall is ..etc. It's a huge leg up in learning a real plane and how to fly it.
Your instructor time will be reduced significantly because of the above.
ie: My first hour in the air we blew through power on stalls, power off stalls, turns around a point, pattern entry, and I landed the plane.
National average to solo when I earned my license was 76 hours.
I solo'd after 7 hours of dual instruction.
Just Do It.
-grin-
It's too much fun not to do.
A wise man once told me that flying will take all of your disposable income, period.
I cannot think of a better way to use disposable income.
Not one.
-GE aka Frank
