Flight Simulators
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You’re cruising in your F-14 Tomcat when you come upon a MIG-29. He breaks to lose you, but you counter with a barrel roll and lock him in. Most of us will never take the stick of an airplane, let alone engage with a bogey Top Gun style, but the latest flight simulators can make it seem like it. The state-of-the-art home option is the Microsoft Flight Simulator 2024. The software, which you can “fly” on a PC or an Xbox, starts at $60. But serious aviation fans and commercial trainees spend hundreds or thousands on advanced throttles and yokes to better replicate cockpit controls. Included are 65 to 130 aircraft choices, from single-engine propeller planes to …
