There are some very talented individuals involved in flight sims:
EzDock camera plus air effects is made by some lone genius in Russia.
Drzewiecki Design massive cities and airports is made by some lone genius in Poland.
Here is Seattle again with buffeting rain and winds.
MegaSceneryEarth(also owns PCAviator) creates huge photoscenery at affordable prices, as well as disk defrag and virtual memory management, and is our own lone homegrown genius.
Here is Kauai where we took a helicopter tour.