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I started out just playing around with a Flight Sim to keep my brain current on Instrument Proceedures. I was Flying a Cessna 172 & a PIPER PA28 (and I actually owned a Microlight).   It's much cheaper doing Instrument Approaches on a Computer than in a real Aeroplane.    Then I discovered I actually enjoyed it.   That and the interactivity of on-line ATC made me look a little closer at actually building a real Home Cockpit.
As things turned out, I got to spend a couple of hours in one and that was that 
I HAD TO HAVE ONE !
Now I knew all about real Aircraft, but I knew nothing about Home Cockpits, so this is a record of how I learnt and how I learnt by my mistakes.
It has been a journey of discovery and a passport into another world.   I have met so many interesting people from all over the world and the best part is I have enjoyed it.
From a simple start to a sophisticated functioning Cockpit has taken a lot of time and input, but I have been paid back ten times for the effort.
It's like anything else, the more you work at it, the better you get.     What was acceptable at the start has most likely been changed now. Because then I didn't know any better.   So please feel free to see what I did as I progressed and hopefully you just may find some inspiration.   Some ideas have been good and some have been bad, but the learning curve has been priceless.  I can tell you all about it, but I cannot give you 'experience'.   You see being experienced means you do not make mistakes. But making lot's of mistakes is how you gain that experience.

Thank You for your Interest

Ian P.Sissons

Music to watch Cockpit photos By :o))

Beyonce - Listen

Vanessa Mae - Destiny

Dire Straits - Tunnel of Love

Stevie Wonder -Superstition