The breakaway hit Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight ushers in a new era of flight simulation, with dynamic weather and multiplayer support, as well as improved flight training for new comers. In fact, the game has won more than 10 “Best of” awards in multiple magazines, and the praises continue to pile up. But Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight has more to offer than all this might seem to suggest. Because included with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight is a wide variety of missions that aims to celebrate the last hundred years of air travel, starting with the Wright Brothers' success at Kitty Hawk.

For those who are a bit rough on their history, the Wright Brothers, Wilbur and Orville, achieved the first powered flight outside of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, in December of 1903. Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight has been issued to commemorate that historic event, and includes a mission that will allow players to take controls of the famous, and finicky, Wright Flyer.  The Flyer was built more on passion than on capital, but it set in motion the turn of events that would bring about one of the hugest industries in the world today.

Other historical aircraft that are available to fly in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight include the highly success Curtiss JN-4D, or Jenny, and the Spirit of Saint Louis. Glen Curtiss, maker of the Jenny, was actually a great rival of the Wrights, and some assert that he infringed on their patented inventions when he issued his planes with working ailerons, the devices that move up and down at the rear ends of wings to aid in flight control. The Spirit of Saint Louis, Lindbergh's plane, needs no introduction, but for those that do, Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight includes a detailed write up of the histories and particularities of each of its aircraft.

Players will be able to select these and other historical aircraft and then fly them in historical simulations in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight. So, take a flight through history: go grab a copy of Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 A Century of Flight and soar through the skies of our pilot forebears!