As a hundred-year commemoration of the Wright brothers' first successful powered flight at Kitty Hawk, Flight Simulator 2004 re-creates significant events in the history of aviation. You can tell the new creative angle by the subtitle, A Century of Flight. It has blithely improved an already great sim by giving it a new angle, bringing in some really sweet technological improvements, and making it even more accessible. So not only is there not a lot of room for Flight Simulator 2004 to improve, but there doesn't seem to be much motive to improve.įortunately, no one told Microsoft. Both Looking Glass's superlative Flight Unlimited and Terminal Reality's troubled Fly! sims are a fading memory. The second cause for concern is that Microsoft doesn't have any competition anymore. It improved the series by leaps and bounds in terms of creativity, technology, and accessibility. The first cause for concern is that the last version, Flight Simulator 2002, was so good.
No one would blame you for worrying about how Microsoft would handle the latest iteration of Flight Simulator. Additional aircraft featured in the 2004 edition include the Curtiss JN-4D (Jenny), Vickers F.B.27A (Vimy), Ford 4-AT Tri-Motor, Model 5B and 5C Vega, de Haviland DH-88 "Comet," Piper J-3 Cub, Robinson R22 Beta II, Schweizer SGS 2-32, Extra 300S, Cessna Skyhawk SP Model 172, Cessna Skylane Model 182S, Cessna Grand Caravan C208B, Cessna Caravan C208 Amphibian, Mooney M20M "Bravo," Beechcraft Baron 58, Beechcraft King Air 350, Bell 206B JefRanger III, Bombardier Learjet 45, Boeing 737-400, 747-400, and 777-300.
New features include enhanced scenery and 3D interactive cockpits.Īs with previous versions, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 contains sections on creating or selecting flights, expanding the experience by downloading add-on packs of scenery and aircraft, and a detailed on-CD manual. A collection of articles provides information on the history of flight, the Microsoft Flight Simulator, and the featured airplanes. Louis, the Douglas DC-3, and the Wright Flyer (the first successful airplane). Released in a hinged tin box, A Century of Flight includes an additional 2,000 functioning airports and nine new aircraft, including Charles Lindbergh's Ryan NYP Spirit of St. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight is the 20th anniversary release in the Microsoft Flight Simulator Series.
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