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 ...

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Take to the skies, blast off into space, dogfight or sight-see—here are our favorites from each variety of winged sim. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.