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Latest News (October 2000):

A new company formed via Bungie and Microsoft plans to port the MSFS sim for the Mac. There are no release dates but I suspect it will be a year away. Fly! has given MS real competition in the flight sim arena and with the advent of iMacs and the huge comeback of Apple the Mac flight sim market is enticing more developers to create mac sims.

Brief Description:

Micro$ofts Flight Sim 4 (MSFS)
This is a civil flight sim, in that there are no enemies to shoot down, and is aimed at novice pilots or flying fans. Bill Gates lets Mac users down by not developing this to the same stages as the PC version. The Mac version is pre-Power Mac and so lacks the speed and graphics of other Power Mac sims. What the sim does teach however is basic flight and naviagtion using airport nav beacons and basic flight charts which are printed in the manual. You only get a limited number of planes but they can be modified. There is a Mac control panel which creates an Air Traffic Controller (ATC) who directs you through your flight.

If you are a flight sim fan I would suggest you look at X-Plane or Fly! as MSFS for the Mac is only good for pre-Power Macs.
Contact Microsoft

Number of Aircraft:

Cessna 182

Lear Jet

Sopwith camel

Schweizer 2-32 sailplane (glider)

Scenery Area:

Comes with the USA database of 125 airports but Europe disks were available

Graphics/Sound:

Basic flat shades though some 3d objects, no textures or DEM elevations though.

Special Features:

"with a flight adventure as realistic as this,you may need a pilots license!" more likely you will need a sick bag as it is so awful compared to current Power Mac flight sims (though to be fair in its day it was the only Mac civil flight sim, and the current PC incaranation has quite a following)

Computer Requirements:

Pre-Power Mac so should run on just about anything

MacOS 6.0.4 or higher

2Mb RAM (under MacOS 7)

Comes on floppy disk

Internet links:

Flight Sim Index	Microsoft Flight Sim
	Latest News (October 2000): A new company formed via Bungie and Microsoft plans to port the MSFS sim for the Mac. There are no release dates but I suspect it will be a year away. Fly! has given MS real competition in the flight sim arena and with the advent of iMacs and the huge comeback of Apple the Mac flight sim market is enticing more developers to create mac sims. Brief Description: Micro$ofts Flight Sim 4 (MSFS) This is a civil flight sim, in that there are no enemies to shoot down, and is aimed at novice pilots or flying fans. Bill Gates lets Mac users down by not developing this to the same stages as the PC version. The Mac version is pre-Power Mac and so lacks the speed and graphics of other Power Mac sims. What the sim does teach however is basic flight and naviagtion using airport nav beacons and basic flight charts which are printed in the manual. You only get a limited number of planes but they can be modified. There is a Mac control panel which creates an Air Traffic Controller (ATC) who directs you through your flight. If you are a flight sim fan I would suggest you look at X-Plane or Fly! as MSFS for the Mac is only good for pre-Power Macs. Contact Microsoft
	Number of Aircraft: Cessna 182 Lear Jet Sopwith camel Schweizer 2-32 sailplane (glider)
	Scenery Area: Comes with the USA database of 125 airports but Europe disks were available
	Graphics/Sound: Basic flat shades though some 3d objects, no textures or DEM elevations though.
	Special Features: "with a flight adventure as realistic as this,you may need a pilots license!" more likely you will need a sick bag as it is so awful compared to current Power Mac flight sims (though to be fair in its day it was the only Mac civil flight sim, and the current PC incaranation has quite a following)
	Computer Requirements: Pre-Power Mac so should run on just about anything MacOS 6.0.4 or higher 2Mb RAM (under MacOS 7) Comes on floppy disk
	Internet links: