Home Computing Weekly
26th February 1985
Published in Home Computing Weekly #101
No, it's not another flight simualtor to see how many ways you can crash a plane. It's a pleasant way of learning and practising European geography, economics and maths.
The procedure involves choosing your plane (Jumbo, Tristar or Boeing 757), departure and destination and any stops en route and deciding the range and bearing of the flight. Prevailing wind speed and direction may have to be allowed for. Having made your choices, you watch the plane fly across the hi-res map along your chosen flight path.
On landing, you receive a flight report comparing the chosen settings with what they should have been, and a balance sheet to see if the journey was profitable. Landing in a field away from the airport incurs recovery costs. You also pay for fuel, lateness and hire of the plane.
The program is aimed at 10-15 year olds. Overall the instructions are good. My only real criticism is the price. I'd say it's about £12 worth, not over £20. It is on disc.
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