I just remembered another one.
In space sims and the like, I MUST land my craft in the capital ship like a normal pilot; auto-pilot too early (when available) is too unfair, unless I don't have time or patience (especially if the mission was annoying enough), show some backbone and some effort.
That means matching my speed with the capital ship, and tweaking my throttle little by little, until I'm in my designated area in the hanger (in some cases, meaning strafing into the hanger, given gameplay limitations), then I hit the "Land/Dock" button, and complete the sequence. So air-to-air docking back onto an airship (Crimson Skies), Manually done. Air to sea or land (aircraft carrier or airport, so Ace Combat and other sims), Manually done. Space-to-Space or X-wing to Mon Cal Cruiser or designated base (as much as just about scratching paint off both ships), manually done. I think one time I had to land an aircraft on a moving train as well. I've had some scary landings I'm surprised I accomplished all on my own.
Doing so in MS Flight Simulator on simulation/realistic settings, I really got to pat myself on the back for. Those were certainly not easy. Especially with cross-winds. I guess I got this habit from having a pilot-in-studying as a roommate before. Probably also how I got to be such a good pilot as well. Learned quite a bit by proxy (complex instrument panels are like DF for flying, so to put it; especially if you have to fly blind.).
EDIT:
Just as well, Why must I always show off and do stunts when I'm in air combat situations? I mean, it's one thing to evade missles like a boss, but it's silly to keep at it at several meters from the ground upside-down for a few kilometers. Could have come from playing too much Crimson Skies, and all the stunt opportunities.
That was JUST after snagging it from mid-air, and facing off against a final wave of fighters, which was challenge enough.
And they're auto-snapshots too, so that last one, I flew through the 'O' in Hollywood with that other plane at the same exact time.