Fri, Aug 01, 2003
Newly Released Simulator Puts Players in Cockpit of History's
Most Famous Aircraft
"Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight" has hit
the store shelves. This 20th anniversary edition of "Flight
Simulator" celebrates the first 100 years of powered flight while
continuing "the traditions of realism, technological innovation and
richness that have delighted aviation enthusiasts and pilots around
the world and made Microsoft 'Flight Simulator' the best-selling
aviation simulation produced for the PC."
The latest version offers a combination of historical and modern
aircraft, superior graphics, interactive 3-D cockpits, dynamic
weather effects and interactive multimedia content to celebrate
history and teach the basics of flight. "Microsoft Flight Simulator
2004: A Century of Flight" is available at retail stores nationwide
for an estimated retail price of $54.95.
"'A Century of Flight' allows pilots of all ages to take the
controls of aircraft that most would otherwise never be able to
fly," said Bruce Williams, business development manager for
Microsoft "Flight Simulator." "Without leaving the ground, virtual
aviators everywhere can experience what it was like to be one of
the pioneers of flight. They also can fly a variety of contemporary
aircraft in the most realistic skies available on the PC."
"Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight" allows
everyone to celebrate the past by learning about and experiencing
flight in such historic aircraft as the 1903 Wright
Flyer,
Curtiss JN-4D "Jenny," Charles Lindbergh's Ryan NYP "Spirit of
St. Louis" and the Douglas DC-3. There are 15 contemporary aircraft
in the simulation, including personal aircraft such as the Cessna
172 Skyhawk SP and Robinson R-22 helicopter as well as turboprops
and jumbo jets, each of which includes interactive 3-D virtual
cockpits. "Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight"
includes some 24,000 authentic airports worldwide, interactive
air-traffic control and a new dynamic weather system that creates
real-time, real-world weather for virtual pilots to experience as
they fly to their destinations.
Visitors to the Countdown to Kitty Hawk pavilion, at
AirVenture, can re-create their own first flight using
"Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: Century of Flight" and experience
many of the same challenges the Wright brothers faced 100 years
ago.
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