Hi here. I never introduced myself, it's time to do. I'm 51 (already...), today i live in France, near Brest, Bretagne, but i was born and lived 35 years in northern France. I wasn't good at school, i found more interesting roaming in the streets with my friends, drinking beer and smoking... things. I went in the Army, french Navy, embarked aboard FASM Dupleix, anti-submarine frigate, for 16 months. Then i found a job at SKF Aero Engine France (ex SNFA), as a simple control operator. The customers were Pratt & Wittney, Honeywell, Rolls Royce, Bombardier, SNECMA, EADS... I worked hard, and 5 years later i became chief of a control unit. During that period, i married and had a son. In early 2002, my son's health became bad, and we discovered he has a genetical desease called Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrom, or 4P-. A terrible nightmare begun. His mother and i fought so hard to keep him alive and healthy that our couple exploded. But we were able to be intelligent enough to make a good divorce. Once departed, my own life became even darker because of bad family relations. In 2007 i met a wife on the internet, and in 2008 i saled my house, quited my job and moved to Bretagne. Then i rebuild a brand new life from scratch, with my delicious second wife. I've found another job, begun as a simple operator, and now i'm becoming the Quality Chief of the enterprise i work for. I'm still doing my job for Aeronautic's, Spatial's and Defence's customers. My son's health is way better, even if he's heavily handicaped, but he's a nice guy, always in a good mood, and he learns me so much...
I've discovered Orbiter in 2009/2010, just before the 2010 P1 release. I wasn't that much interested in space before, i was just looking for cool simulators. But Orbiter blown my mind. I've learned a lot of things, read books, watched videos, read forums, and spent a lot of time trying to master the monster. At this time, things were still difficult in my life, and Orbiter was like a therapy. During a few hours, i was able to forget everything, focused on MFDs, .cfg, .ini, and i still remember how proud i was to achieve my first not-so-circular orbit. So, i'd like to thank Martin, the community, and all the developers who helped me so much in those bad moments, alowing me to breath in Space, build new dreams and learn so much. You all made my sky deeper. All the best to all of you.