Flight simulator (disambiguation)

A flight simulator is a device that artificially re-creates aircraft flight and various aspects of the flight environment. Those not for flight training or aircraft development may be referred to as amateur flight simulators.

Flight simulator or flight simulation may also refer to:

Specific flight simulation programs

• Microsoft Flight Simulator, a series of flight simulators sold and developed by Microsoft between 1982 and 2009
  • Flight Simulator (subLOGIC software), a series of flight simulators in the early 1980s, and the basis for early versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator
• Flight Simulation (Psion software), released in 1982 under the "Sinclair" banner for ZX81, ZX Spectrum and TS-1000 computers (also sold as The Flight Simulator in the US and as Flug-Simulation)
• Combat Flight Simulator WWII Europe Series, the first version of combat flight simulators from Microsoft Game Studios, released in 1998
  • Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe, a combat flight simulation game released by Microsoft in 2002

Types of flight simulation software

• Combat flight simulator, video games used to simulate military aircraft and their operations
• RC flight simulator, a computer program that allows pilots of radio-controlled aircraft to practice on a computer
• Space flight simulator game, a genre of flight simulator video games that lets players experience space flight

Other

• Full flight simulator, a term used by National (civil) Aviation Authorities (NAA) for a high technical level of Flight simulator

See also

• Category:Flight simulation video games for other flight simulation software