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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 - A Century of Flight
Thanks to <I>Microsoft's Flight Simulator 2004</I> you can now experience the real essence of flight. Billed as a retrospective look at a century of flight, it's now possible to take to the air with accurately modelled electronic copies of some of the greatest aircraft in history--from the Wright brothers' Wright Flyer to the gleaming wide-bodied 747s and medium-sized helicopters of the present.<p> From the word go you know this is a serious piece of kit and while the knack to flying the older aircraft revolves around not stalling it and keeping the engine revs up, the modern planes are packed to the hilt with geeky goodness. For those wishing to engage in the experience of flight there are GPS navigation systems aplenty, dozens of cockpits switches and an air traffic control system which is as lifelike as it bewildering to understand.<p> Understandably, not everyone is going to get to grips with this beast immediately and full marks to Microsoft for including a wealth of training information within the program in the form of tutorials and reference material--it's essential reading if you're to get a firm grip on this truly huge simulation.<p> To give some idea of scale, using the various game modes available it's possible to take the controls of any of the 24 planes included then take off from one of the 24,000 mapped airports and fly anywhere around the globe. And for the true aficionado you can do it all in real-time. However, for those of us with a shorter attention span it is possible to speed up time to get through the tedious bits.<p> Add to this truly realistic in-game weather--updated over the Internet every 10 minutes--and what you have is one of the best flight sims ever to grace a personal computer.<p> <I>Flight Simulator 2004</I> isn't without its faults. It's graphically intensive and requires a meaty PC to get top quality visuals onscreen, the sound can become monotonous and arriving on four CDs it takes forever to install. These minor points aside, however, this is a superb piece of software and belongs firmly on the hard drive of anyone who has ever harboured fantasies of flying as a child. --<I>Chris Russell</I>
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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004
This guide to the game highlights the last 100 years of flight and features several new features and upgrades, including advanced Air Traffic Control, weather effects and new flight scenarios that involve Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) and its interaction with the Flight Sim GPS system. author: Radcliffe, Doug; publisher: Sybex,U.S.
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Sybex Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002: Sybex Official S&S
Pages: 256, Paperback, Sybex
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Contact Sales Fighter Pilot (PC) Compatible with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 2004
, Platforms: Windows Me Windows XP Windows 98 Windows NT
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Empire Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002: Xplosive Range (PC CD)
, Platforms: Windows XP
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Sybex Inc.,U.S. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight (Sybex Official Strategies & Secrets S.)
Pages: 272, Paperback, Sybex Inc.,U.S.
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