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iPilot  ·  4314 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What do you do for fun? For play?

I play paintball and fly both model and "real" airplanes.

I work at a paintball field so I am around it and play almost every weekend. I have been to many scenarios including the worlds largest a few times. I am more into woodsball and milsim because I like working as a team and using military strategies and tactics. Also there can be several thousand other people to shoot at.

Model airplanes have been something I was always interested in. I find it to be a great hobby. There is nothing like spending hours building a model and watch it fly even better than you had imagined.

As for "real" airplanes I am a third generation pilot. I grew up on an airport where my father was the manager. I have since moved away but still continue to fly, in fact I am on my university's flight team.

I used to be big into video games but not so much anymore. I still play every so often but usually only when I can't go enjoy one of my other interests. About the only thing I play now is Flight Simulator X to mess around and practice instrument approaches.

EDIT: forgot to mention camping and backpacking. Love that shit. This past summer I backpacked ~100 miles in 12 days. It is nice to get away from everything and all the people every once and awhile.