Welcome sir, please, take little notice of these jaded experienced types who have stopped pinching themselves whilst playing and now believe that such fun as this should be taken for granted.
Believe me, I know how you feel, this game is all I ever have been looking for in a flight sim and yet the great thing is it keeps on getting better. Aces High has a good FM, hell not realistic but it feels right, a relatively [ (:0) ] happy community that's not afraid to speak it's mind (and the big guns do listen), as well as plenty of people who are ready to step up to the line in the sand you've drawn and fight you for it. Congrats on finding it and by the way.... welcome to a huge learning curve