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Beginners - (see main index: FAQ: Sticky) to the world of flight simulation
• Old-timers in the sim community who may be nostalgic for the really older stuff as seen in the 1980s - Civil flight sims and 1980s - Combat flight sims galleries.
• Folks looking for fun and a chance to work up their skills, and maybe not owning a 3 GHz PC with a $ USD 500.00 graphics card ! ! !

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Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002

• It provides a permanent and growing overview of the entire genre... all in one conveniently organised location. In the Flight Sim Museum you can relive the "glory days" at the click of a mouse.
• With an internet connection the sim fan now has at his/her fingertips thousands of free aircraft and scenery enhancements for Microsoft flight sims, and amazing enhancements to military flight sims which expand the scope and shelf life of the original products by a decade in some cases.
• Don't have the latest hardware ?
• Plenty of history but also a living museum - the Flight Sim Museum features "case studies" on "moderately old" sims ( between 2 and 10 years old ) which still have lots of value today. These include step by step instructions on how to fly the sim such as these:
• Using the Virtual Cockpit
• Air to Air gun shot
• Carrier takeoff
• Basic Buttons
• Can I learn to fly in a flight sim?
• Beginners - (see main index: FAQ: Sticky)
• Using the Virtual Cockpit
• Basic Button setup for Air Combat sims
• Many of the "older" sims still fly on someone's hard drive.
• They may have a particular atmosphere and ambience, or a particular aircraft or theatre - and they are cheap!.
• It is worth digging up even installing one of the older sims to learn skills that apply to newer sims, or to take advantage of the fact that a PC that barely sucks 10 fps out of the latest sims can give you the smooth frame rate ( 25 fps plus ) you need to learn how to clinch that Air to Air gun shot or Carrier takeoff, when running 2 - 6 year old sim.
• Check out recommended sims, including the older ones and Flight Sims by genre.
• Your virtual library
• These days advanced technology users like those found in the Flight Sim community use all types of information sources, from paper Magazines to websites such as the Flight Sim Museum.

Factoids

• The site started in October 1998.
• The Museum originally fit on FOUR pages !
• Today it houses the world's largest Museum of the PC Flight Simulation Industry.

What is in the Museum?

• Software Gallery
• People
• Library
• Industry Guide