MS Flight Simulator '04 takes off

NEW DELHI: Microsoft has launched of the "Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight" in India. The latest version offers a combination of historical and modern aircraft, interactive 3-D cockpits, weather effects and interactive multimedia content to celebrate history and teach the basics of flight. "Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight" is available today at retail stores across the country for an estimated retail price of Rs 3,499.

Commemorating a century of flying, Microsoft India also announced a special Flight Simulator 2004 offer for the first 200 gaming fans which includes a free Flight Simulator 2004 T-shirt with the special launch edition pack.

"Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight" allows everyone to celebrate the past by learning about and experiencing flight in historic aircraft such as the 1903 Wright Flyer, Curtiss JN-4D "Jenny," Charles Lindbergh's Ryan NYP "Spirit of St. Louis" and the Douglas DC-3. There are 15 contemporary aircrafts in the simulation, including personal aircrafts such as the Cessna 172 Skyhawk SP and Robinson R-22 helicopter as well as turboprops and jumbo jets, each of which includes interactive 3-D virtual cockpits. "Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight" includes some 24,000 authentic airports worldwide, interactive air-traffic control and a new dynamic weather system that creates real-time, real-world weather for virtual pilots to experience as they fly to their destinations.

(CNS)