[simpits-tech] Gene is everywhere!

[Gene Buckle]

On Wed, 6 Jul 2011, dabigboy at cox.net wrote:

> Gene, I would almost swear you have found every aviation flight 
> simulation, F-15, simulator hardware, and even commercial 
> simulator/training forum known to the civilized world and gone there in 
> your thirst for simulator knowledge! Tonight I was poking around the web 
> looking for info on simulator technician jobs as a possible 
> distant-future career path if I ever get tired of PC repair, and I found 
> this neat little forum for professional sim techs. "Neat!", methinks, 
> "mayhaps I shall post yon site to ye olde simpits list and we may all 
> gather knowledge from the pros!" Not 5 minutes into my survey of the 
> site, sure enough, I scroll down and see a topic started by a "geneb" 
> regarding the Mylar used in the big sims. It was indeed our undaunted 
> collimated-display-and-F-15-builder, stopping by the side of the road to 
> knowledge for a chat with the guys who work on the big sims.
>
*looks up, whistles innocently*

I'm like a bad penny.  I turn up *everywhere*. :)

> This was after I stumbled upon a FighterOps forum post on my lunch break 
> today while researching NThusim, where I encountered Gene discussing 
> visual systems with the F-84 guy, the FO team, and some other 
> folks...................
>
Heh.  The guys with real flight decks are pretty rare, but not nearly as 
rare as the real fighter collectors.  I know of only 5, but there may be 
others lurking out there.

> Gene, I'm getting the impression that no matter what avenue of the sim 
> builders road I go down, your big F-15 lovin', ShopBot-pushin' 
> footprints will be there, thoroughly imprinted in the dirt. :)

Well you figure I've been at this since about 1996 and I've run the 
Simpits list since 2000. :)

g.

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