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Whilst there are whole ranges of flight simulators for the other home computers, this is the first that I have seen for the Amstrad. Unfortunately, it looks like it has been rushed rather too much during its conversion.

In particular I have to criticise the instructions, all of which refer to the function keys as the speed control. There is a sticker in the rear saying that it is the number keys, but as there is no mention of these in the text, I found the whole instruction process rather confusing.

Added to this, there is the initial start-up routine. It can have you at an acute angle to the runway, which means you have to taxi to the correct position before you can start to take off.

There are a whole range of levels to select and the display is clear, despite the low resolution mode. Another difficulty is the program response time. I can't believe that even a 737 takes a second to acknowledge the flap down instruction.

Workable, but not really recommendable to budding Amstrad pilots.

D.C.