Ever since discovering the Microsoft Flight Simulator on floppy disk, way back in the early 1980s, I was hooked. The gray and white screens before me—accompanied by a “tick tick tick tick” sound of a ...

A study by the Flight Simulation Association (FSA) revealed that pilots who supplement their training with home flight simulation require 5.5 fewer flight training hours for certification and almost ...

OSHKOSH, Wisconsin - Flight simulation is about to take an impressive step toward more realistic flight with the introduction of actual air traffic controllers. Pilots have long used simulators to ...

F-15 Strike Eagle, Solo Flight, and three more classic flight simulation games will be re-released on Steam. The Thursday announcement by publisher Atari and developer MicroProse also includes three ...

We’ve had some good times, aeroplanes and video games. Though not as popular as they once were—we can thank the demise of the joystick for that—flight simulators are still a popular genre, one that’s ...

After almost two years of development, FlyInside Flight Simulator has launched in Early Access on Steam. FlyInside is a made-for-VR flight sim which supports Oculus Rift, HTC Vive, and Windows MR ...

Flight sims aren't what they used to be. In the hobby's infancy, flight sims were one of the major genres, and even legendary designers like Sid Meier worked on air combat games. Games like Jane's ...

“This is how we do games: To understand what it’s like to dogfight, we just go outside of Moscow, put ourselves in planes, and do some dogfighting,” says IL-2 Sturmovik: Battle of Stalingrad’s ...

A man's reach should exceed his grasp, but not when he can't grasp a joystick. For those of us whose talents are other than eye-hand coordination, flight sims are a misery. However, Ace Patrol is what ...

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The Rhode Island man accused of making a false bomb threat while on a flight from Orlando causing it to divert to Jacksonville pleaded guilty to making false threats on Tuesday.

A Rhode Island man faces federal charges after comments he made on a flight from Orlando to Providence Tuesday prompted the pilot to divert the plane to Jacksonville. Evan Sims, 41, has been arrested ...