Bruno

My favorite PC game is Microsoft Flight Simulator. The game was developed by an actual pilot. Flight Simulator is even used to train Navy pilots. Students in the pilot training school in Florida must take 27 hours of Flight Simulator instruction. It's a great tool because you can replay your flight and see both vertical and horizontal profiles. It is also a lot less expensive than other training tools.

Flight Simulator is useful for setting up challenges, especially when weather and maintenance problems cancel a real-world flight.

JLo

My husband loves playing Flight Simulator. He can spend hours on it. I think it makes him feel like he's really a pilot. At one point in time he wanted to make flying his career but he got sidetracked.

savvytechno

Updated version of this is available please check out the sanpshot from the site provided http://www.fsinsider.com/screenshots/. Dynamic weather system based on realistic atmospheric physics, with true three-dimensional clouds that form and dissipate, and automatic real-world weather updates when you're connected to the Internet.