Flight Assignment: A.T.P.

[glb@ric 0]

Well, I wonder if that got anyone's attention after all of these years - if so, you're probably over 40!

 

I'm not sure where to post this, but, I've come across my first "serious" flight simulator for the early '90's, Flight Assignment: A.T.P.!

 

I first fot into flight simming in the late '80's with what was basically a "stick" representation of the airplane and the runways.  Mountains were polygons if I remember correctly - don't remember the name of it, wish I did.  ATP was the first realistic flight sim I can remember and other than nostalgic value for me it has been left in the rear view for flight programs.  I hate to part with anything flight simming but it is just taking up hanger space.

 

For anyone with a museum out there that would like to give a home to the set which consists of the basic program on three 5-1/4 floppys (youngsters, ask your older computer friends what a five and a quarter inch disk is) and/or three 3-1/2 720K disks.  Also, is the East add-on on 9 disks and all associated navigation maps, Pilot's Operating Handbook & Commercial Aircraft Flight Manual.  Oh, the fond memories of youth!

 

If interested in this bit of flight simming history for the cost of postage it is yours!

 

glb@ric

 

[THERetroGamerNY 5]

How much postage do you need?

[HighTowers 1,434]

OMG I remember that one. Loved it for the time.  Dont think it ran in windows though.  I think you had to exit and run within DOS 4 or whatever it was at the time.  You seriously still run a 5.25 drive? LOL 

I Swear I put that RLL 30mb hard drive right here. 

[WR269 367]

I was addicted to this program. The immersion has not been matched. I would actually love to have the book with the assignments and the charts. It was a ton of fun.

[jcomm 5,889]

Yes, I got it by rev D. Was a great sim, way ahead of fs4 by that time!

[geedub 15]

Echo that ++  

 

It was in a class of its own. Enormous fun. I recall demonstrating an ATP Precision Approach using only the keyboard to a room-full of fs enthusiasts, many with their mouths hanging open

[jcomm 5,889]

Gareth! We're not far apart!  I'm from Barreiro - Portugal

 

If you ever visit Portugal, and want a glider ride, please let me know ;-)

[netshadoe 144]

Do you still have the 3D glasses that came with it!! 

 

I had the first Flight Simulator from SubLogic in 1980, before Microsoft, on a TRS80 Radio Shack Computer.  It came on a Cassette Tape!!  It was what you described...a stick plane, with stick mountains and runways.  You could even press a key so your compass points (N,S,W,E) would float in the sky!

[Anthony25368 5]

Great program at the time, loved how you could fly the different routes.

[flyforever 267]

the great mystery is that its author , Simon, had been making a brand new version for Aerosoft called AS3 and , when it was almost ready, everything went quiet. No explanations given by either Aerosoft or Simon. It's definitely a great tragedy for the simming world.

tc

[jcomm 5,889]

Simon Hradecky was not the maker of ATB- it was Sublogic.

 

Simon started developing various add-ons for ATP, and ended creating Airline Simulator 2, which I also owned, and was a nice step forward from ATP.

 

Unfortunately AS3 never came to live...

[geedub 15]

Hola JM!

 

Yes we're neighbours ... well, sort of!  I was in Lisbon a couple of years ago' with my wife. Not so far from you!  Loved the city, saw a bit of the countryside, the Algave down south, etc. A lot of driving from here though (courtesy of our trusty motorhome.)
 

Gracias mi amigo for the kind offer to go gliding. I did earn my RAF wings aged 20 in Britain and had the opportunity to do some gliding put on a plate but I let it pass me by - shame on me. Always hankered to do some real flying!!  Can I take a 'rain-check' in case we ever come down your way again. Berreiro looks like great gliding territory.

 

I respect your words of appreciation for flying in your sig.  

 

Take care,