(Specifically, we’ll be flying six hours from New York’s John F. And that’s exactly what you’ll do in Airplane Mode, for an excruciatingly long flight across the Atlantic Ocean. Where I really belong is in economy class, eating a horrifying plane meal and watching in-flight television. Microsoft Flight Simulator is pretty dang realistic, but only if I actually had the skills to fly an airplane. (It’s probably not a great look for your captain - that’s me - to experience alarmingly disorienting motion sickness throughout the flight, either.)įor now I will continue piloting Microsoft Flight Simulator’s airplanes (Dramamine on-deck), but I will consider retiring when AMC Games’ Airplane Mode is released this fall on Windows PC and Mac.Īirplane Mode, which was announced by AMC in 2019, is described as “the most realistic flight simulation ever created.” And that sounds right. Even with a flying lesson from Polygon’s flight sim expert Charlie Hall, I had not managed to land a plane without terrifying all passengers on board. Sure, Microsoft Flight Simulator is cool - but do you know how hard it is to fly an airplane? Even a virtual one? I do.
