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I would like those who are enjoying MS Flight to consider trying Flight Simulator X, or FSX, the previous generation of Microsoft Flight Simulator.Available as different versions, most notably the original Flight Simulator X and Flight Simulator X Deluxe, but now available as FSX Gold which includes the Flight Simulator X Deluxe Edition and FSX Acceleration Expansion Pack, FSX is the best bang-for-your-buck when it comes to flight simulators and flight games. FSX Gold is available from online retailers and brick and mortar stores worldwide.FSX Gold comes packed with 27 individual flyable aircraft:This is not a complete list but just a sample of what is available!General Aviation- Piper J-3 Cub- Cessna 172 Skyhawk- Cessna 208 Caravan- Beechcraft Baron 58Classics- DC-3- P-51D - Grumman G-21 Goose AmphibianCommercial Aircraft- Airbus A321- CRJ-700 Regional Jet- Boeing 737- Boeing 747 Jumbo JetHelicopters- Bell 206 Jetranger - Robinson R-22FSX Gold is also packed with scenery that spans the entire globe! Included are 45 high-detail airports across the world, and 38 highly detailed cities that include major landmarks and buildings.If you consider missions and challenges to be your favorite part of Flight, you can challenge yourself to one of the 51 included missions in FSX. Many of these missions include complete voiceovers and range from simple landings in the beautiful Carribean, to delivering workers to the secretive Area-51 from Las Vegas in a Boeing 737! (watch out for an occasional UFO...)After you've flown all of the included aircraft and missions to your heart's content, why not visit the file library here at Avsim.com, or at Flightsim.com and Simviation.com or the other hundreds of Flight Simulator websites and try some of the excellent free content that has been created by the Flight Simulator Community? Free additions include new aircraft and helicopters, photo-real scenery, other scenery enhancements, or new and exciting missions!The single greatest thing about FSX is that for no more than the cost of the base software, which is anywhere from $29.99 to $39.99 USD, an entire world of possibilites opens up without having to purchase any additional content!A Third-Party Development scene is also very active for Flight Simulator X! At online marketers such as Avsim.com, Simmarket.com, Flight1.com, Aerosoft.com, Flightsimstore.com and many more, you can purchase extremely high quality addons that will enhance your experience in Flight Simulator even more! Craving a high-fidelity recreation of the P-40 Warhawk, why not try A2A Simulations P-40 with Accu-Sim that simulates every cylinder and control surface? If you would like to try your hand at being a real airline pilot, try the Precision Manual Development Group's Boeing 737 NGX that simulates everything down to the electrical system! If you crave as excellent a helicopter simulation as you can find try the Aerosoft Huey X or Dodosim Bell 206. For high-fidelity scenery such as airports or entire countries try the offerings from Orbx (full disclaimer: I am an Orbx Beta Tester), Aerosoft, Just Flight, Flight1 and many many more. If you would like to fly over a photoreal world that looks like Google Earth why not try many of the offerings from Megascenery or Simsavvy?The possibilities are endless after purchasing FSX!

FYI for those flying any of the Clandestine Missions......the AI in Clandestine is a black and gold RV, which is something you should hope to never see.