Anyone on here remember flying that *amazing* sim?! Its very dated now of course (graphically) but as far as the flight physics goes it feels (to me at least) far far superior to MSFS. You could almost feel the mass behind you as you turned finals in the heavy jets in that simulation. You could actually fly to a schedule and were graded at the end of a flight. And then came the ATP check-ride!The sim came with a pack of high-altitude jet-navigation charts with all the jet routes laid out (just like the real thing). The manual had a stack of approach plates in the back too. The flight-realism was just excellent - and still is. And whats more it had ATC! I hope the next version of MSFS will incorporate aircraft-physics that feels like Flight Assignment ATP :)Just be aware you are not gonna go admiring scenery in this sim, its focused on aircraft physics-realism & navigation realism.I wish I could find another copy of it and if any of you are fortunate enough to find one today - grab it!!

The successor of ATP still exists.If you liked the flight models that much, you might consider buying AS2 PRO[http://www.nomissoft.com/index.html]A short history (source: website above)December 1990: First ATP Version ReleasedATP Rev. A was released by subLOGIC. The first simulator dedicated to Airliners was born. The coming years would prove how far ahead ATP's concept was at this time.March 1991: ATP Rev. B ReleasedThe first maintenance release, fixing a few bugs in the career assignments was released.October 1991: ATP Rev. C ReleasedThe second maintenance release, fixing a few more bugs in the career evaluation and enabling additional drivers to be hooked inNovember 1991: Simon got ATP and joined CompuserveThis certainly was a special trip to Dallas for me. Actually, I did attend the Networld show there to explore more about NOVELL and networks, which I needed for the FMS projects. In between I went to a software shop and found ATP. I would not have expected the major changes this caused.Februar 15th 1992: ATPUTIL 1.00 was released Well, the first consequence of my trip to Dallas. ATPUTIL did appear. This started a lot of versions over the coming months and years to a never ending story

Whoa...thanx for that RatRace :) I didnt know about that!

I have to say that was a turning point in flight simulation for me.I loved ATP. I bought the USA East and West, even though they were pretty expensive. ( I lived in UK at that time ). I still have the blue folders that come with them.Still got all the maps as well.Thanks for the memory,Paul ( SPIM )

Boy, did I have fun with ATP! Compared to FS4 it was heaven on earth in those days. Come to think of it, ATP got me hooked on flight simulation :)

>Boy, did I have fun with ATP! Compared to FS4 it was heaven>on earth in those days. Come to think of it, ATP got me hooked>on flight simulation :)> Yeah ATP with 3DAGS was cutting edge back then, fun to use. Regards. Ernie.

Wish I had a dollar for every hour I spent with ATP. You can find it here: http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?id=3286. Dave Vega

You can download it here..http://www.the-underdogs.org/game.php?gameid=3286I have it running great on my P4 3.4mhz computer. still play it from time to time along with a lot of other old games.Let me know if you can't get it.Robert

Whoa! 1.4 megs! That download is gonna kill me -barely fits on a floppy!:-lolBest,sg

I remember it very well... With USA East/West, it was a very fun sim to work with, and I favored it over FS4 and FS5--the competitors of its time.It was a great little progtam, that's for certain!-John

ATP was extremely cool!It featured (as the first) IFR maps for the US.I had lots of fun with ATP.

Wait..y..yo..you can download ATP? The whole game?! I gotta check that out! Thanks guys!

Yay I downloaded ATP!But...it wont work on my computer :(It boots up fine and all that but it stays frozen on the runway with a loud beep-beep-beep sound coming from the speakers (which is the sound not being processed properly). The mouse cursor sensitivity is very low too :(Robert & Dave: How did you guys get it running on your systems!? What options did you select during installation? (display, sound etc) and what is meant by "NFL Drive" in the installation screen!?Thanx!!! Computer Specs--------------Sony Vaio Laptop (PCG-Z600HEK)Windows 2000 Professional (Service Pack 4)DirectX 9.0b20GB HDD (10gb free)800Mhz Mobile Intel Pentium IIIE 128MB SDRAMATI Rage Mobility-M1 AGP (8Mb)Yamaha Native DS1 Audio

I was cleaning out a few old boxes last week and found all of the manuals, maps, and floppies for ATP. It was like opening a time capsule!

I've just been digging through my boxes too and have found the original disks for ATP and the scenery. A brilliant program and well ahead of anything else at the time.ATP was very well supported on FSFORUM and some very useful tools were released for it. I recall several users (myself included) rewriting assignments for a European scenario and a very well supported VA (was it called Sun Air?) that I would guess might have been the first ever VA.Good days..boneshttp://fsaviation.net