Comments on: Carnival of Tomorrow #15 https://blog.speculist.com/carnival/carnival-of-tom-11.html Live to see it. Thu, 16 Dec 2021 08:21:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Stephen Gordon https://blog.speculist.com/carnival/carnival-of-tom-11.html#comment-1051 Stephen Gordon Wed, 21 Dec 2005 09:13:19 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=527#comment-1051 I remember that first version of flight simulator too. The only building shown in the entire city of Chicago was the Sears tower. It it was some shade of purple.

Once you left Chicago flying south it was oblivian – a completely featureless landscape unless you knew enough about navigation to find the airports.

MS Flight Simulator has come a long way.

]]> By: Phil Bowermaster https://blog.speculist.com/carnival/carnival-of-tom-11.html#comment-1050 Phil Bowermaster Wed, 21 Dec 2005 08:18:48 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=527#comment-1050 That wasn’t oblivion,it was Lake Michigan. Did you ever attempt a water landing? Or maybe fly on into Detroit and attempt a landing on the roof of one of the auto plants?

Lots of options…

]]> By: blacknail https://blog.speculist.com/carnival/carnival-of-tom-11.html#comment-1049 blacknail Tue, 20 Dec 2005 13:27:50 +0000 http://localhost/specblog/?p=527#comment-1049 Regarding my own experiences flying into Midway, I could never get on the ground at the right speed to avoid crashing. Half the time, I don’t even think I had the wheels down. After a while, I would get tired of trying to land and just go crash my Piper Cub into the Sears Tower, which was equally uninteresting. But for crying out loud, what else was there to do besides fly off into oblivion for hours on end? I think that was Flight Simulator 1.0 on my old Mac 512e. It was only suppose to run on the Mac Plus. But I got it to work. Good times.

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