Greetings,
I will answer the question regarding my flying. I used to play Microsofts Combat Flight Sim 1 around 15 years ago. I used to make aircraft addons for the game, first with repaints, then adding a bunch of planes, I think they are still at Simviation.com under the DieStaffel name I used back then. Since then, I have grown old and fat, wear glasses now and losing my teeth 1 by 1. I hit 55 next month.
While that is not an excuse, I realise that I dont have the reflexes and ability to fly like I used to in those games. I also have a disabled partner so I gave up full time work to look after her and since then I have worked the odd job and part time work. Now, I have found I get more enjoyment out of providing others with information about the planes they are flying. While it is not an exhaustive reference site, I see no point in reinventing the wheel and copying and pasting everything on every plane found at Wikipedia. I do source that site and the Internet as well as the hundreds of books I have on Combat Flight and use what I can to put into my website. Yes, I also try to sell stuff thru another passion of mine, creating graphics of aircraft on tshirts, cups and other stuff on the variety of shops I have created. Hopefully I will make enough to cover my costs of my website.
I do occasionally fly, but my main place to fly is War Thunder, because they have a very good system, still free to fly and the graphics and game physics are incredible.
What I enjoy now is putting up stuff on my website, but mainly at my eShops. I dont make much from these shops(I am yet to actually get paid for my stuff), but it fills the day in and keeps my mind active.
I just wanted to explain why I do what I do.
Basilbarfly