Flying Around
If I hadn’t gone into computer science I probably would have ended up attending the Moncton Flight College. It turns out that it was a good decision, with the declining airline market at the moment.
Getting to the topic of this post, on Wednesday I bought Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. After having trouble flying by just using the keyboard, I went back to Future Shop on Thursday after work and purchased the Saitek Cyborg Evo 3D Joystick which is much easier to use.
To say the least, this game is amazingly realistic. It includes pretty much every airport or airstrip in the world (approximately 24,000). So far, I’ve flown a Lear Jet from Moncton to Halifax in real time (about 25 minutes), from Manchester to Heathrow, Palm Beach, and into Chicago’s O’Hare. This should keep me entertained well into the future.
Update: As requested, here are some screenshots of Flight Simulator 2004. More to come while I continue to fly around.