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Simflying The Avro Lancaster Heavy Bomber On Your Very Own Computer The moment I write this I am 64 years old and so is the peace that followed World War II. This means that I'm "post war", which is the way I want to keep it! It also means that I only saw the Avro Lancaster impressive in peaceful fly-by's which is a scarce enough happening anyway, considering that there are only two (!) airworthy Lancasters left in the whole wide world. There's very little airtime to be shared among the eager crowd, so there are probably less than a dozen people who get to fly a real Lancaster from the left seat every once in a while. The closest us lowly earth dwellers can come to flying Lancasters, is via flight simulation. I am dedicated to Microsofts Flight Simulator X, in which I fly "my own" version of the Lancaster B1, a hybrid based on the "Wings of Power" version for exterior and flight dynamics, and for the panel on just about everything up to and including the kitchen sink. Out of many existing panels and gauges that I collected in years of flight simming, I conceived a completely individual panel. Panel rearranging required! There are several reasons for me to design my own panels. Mainly because there's no ready made Lancaster panel available that's even remotely to my liking "looks-wise". Secondly because existing panels put the simulated captains eyepoint somewhere in the middle of the cockpit, like straight behind the engine controls. That's truly bad because it takes away much of the illusion or immersion. Although my real world flying experiences are sadly confined to single engined pipsqueeks like Cessna 172 and Piper Cherokee, I know that Lancaster pilots did not sit with their precious crotch shoved painfully into the throttle/propeller quadrants of their Avro Lancaster bomber! My panel redesigns produce a more natural pilots position, and considerably enlarged gauges. Simulation, including flight simulation, is make-believe - and I don't really care about the panel lay-out being realistic: I want it to look and feel realistic within the confines of a computer screen!! The physical controls To produce a acceptable amount of realism, flying your simulated bomber with the keyboard or mouse won't do. If you can even remotely afford it, a steering yoke is an absolute must, with a set of pedals coming in a close second. Fortunately these things are available in a wide price range, from very indestructible but equally expensive, to somewhat wobbly but easily in the affordability sector of most of us. Concerning this subject I have a confession to make. Some six years ago I got the cheapest yoke and pedals I could get, and I'm still using them without a problem and to my continuing joy! In those years I must have bought for more than a couple of thousand dollars worth of other flight sim equipment, but I never saw any reason for discarding my old and faithful pedals/yoke set! Sure, eventually I'll replace them, even if it is only on account of normal wear and tear from almost daily use, but I'm not holding my breath in either hope or despair. A very flustered face! I won't say that a relatively simple computer simulation like MS Flight Simulator can ever give you the joy of flying the real thing, but sometimes it comes astonishingly close. I've made many a simulated landing under conditions that turned my whole head red with concentration, and sweaty with almost physical fear! Nor am I the only one with such experiences. I think it was around 2004 that an RAF flight crew trained for, and eventually flew, an MS-simulated Raid of the Dam Busters. 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