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    Image of Nick Nick
    03/13/09

    In reply to Man Builds 747 Flight Simulator in His Warehouse, Earns Guinness Record
    Roger Murdock: Flight 2-0-9'er, you are cleared for take-off.
    Captain Oveur: Roger!
    Roger Murdock: Huh?
    Tower voice: L.A. departure frequency, 123 point 9'er.
    Captain Oveur: Roger!
    Roger Murdock: Huh?
    Victor Basta: Request vector, over.
    Captain Oveur: What?
    Tower voice: Flight 2-0-9'er cleared for vector 324.
    Roger Murdock: We have clearance, Clarence.
    Captain Oveur: Roger, Roger. What's our vector, Victor?
    Tower voice: Tower's radio clearance, over!
    Captain Oveur: That's Clarence Oveur. Over.
    Tower voice: Over.
    Captain Oveur: Roger.
    Roger Murdock: Huh?
    Tower voice: Roger, over!
    Roger Murdock: What?
    Captain Oveur: Huh?
    Victor Basta: Who?
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    Image of Serolf Divad Serolf Divad
    03/13/09

    In reply to Man Builds 747 Flight Simulator in His Warehouse, Earns Guinness Record
    (because Guinness will give out records for anything nowadays)


    As opposed to the old days when Guiness only gave out records for longest continuous strand of spaghetti and smallest playable chess set.

     Reply
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    Image of Hello Mister Walrus Hello Mister Walrus
    03/13/09

    In reply to Man Builds 747 Flight Simulator in His Warehouse, Earns Guinness Record
    So there is a secret WoW for flight millionaire flight enthusiasts?
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/13/09

    In reply to Man Builds 747 Flight Simulator in His Warehouse, Earns Guinness Record
    *tips hat*


    That's truly outstanding, and I want to sit in it.

     Reply
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    Image of Nick Nick
    03/13/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: alright, kaiser. but it's just my lap.
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    03/13/09

    @nick.dina: It's awesome, but not that awesome.
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    Image of britneyspearstears britneyspearstears
    01/26/09

    In reply to Tragic Casualty of Microsoft Layoffs: Flight Simulator Grounded, Forever
    1996. Bar Mitzvah present from my grandmother, ran okay on a Gateway 2000.
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    Image of strider_mt2k strider_mt2k
    01/23/09

    In reply to Tragic Casualty of Microsoft Layoffs: Flight Simulator Grounded, Forever
    Sorry.

    I think "F15 Strike Eagle II" was my first Flight Sim.


    "Descent" got me into 360-degree shooters though.

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/23/09

    @strider_mt2k: F15 Strike Eagle is one of the best games of all time.
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    Image of ripfire ripfire
    01/23/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: Oh I love that game. But my first flight sim was on TI99/4A, and it didn't look anything like you're on a plane. It looked more like that traffic controller's screen... with flight gauges.
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    Image of Geisrud Geisrud
    01/23/09

    In reply to Tragic Casualty of Microsoft Layoffs: Flight Simulator Grounded, Forever
    Never played MS flight simulator. However, I did have an awesome WWI flight-sim game that ran on Win95. Taught me more about WWI than any history class.
     Reply
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    01/23/09

    In reply to Tragic Casualty of Microsoft Layoffs: Flight Simulator Grounded, Forever
    I remember Flight Simulator, the cartridge-based game on the Commodore 64. It was possibly the first video game I ever played. After more than a quarter-century, I still remember the game.
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    01/23/09

    In reply to Tragic Casualty of Microsoft Layoffs: Flight Simulator Grounded, Forever
    I think it's funny that Microsoft announced laying off 5,000 workers the day after this story aired on The Onion Radio News: [www.theonion.com]
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    01/23/09

    In reply to Tragic Casualty of Microsoft Layoffs: Flight Simulator Grounded, Forever
    Thankfully, the likes of X Plane still exist...but this isn't good. Not good at all.
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    Image of zenpoet zenpoet
    01/23/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: My only experience with a flight simulator was that weird excel '97 trick you could pull that allowed you to fly around.



    + Watch video
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/23/09

    In reply to Tragic Casualty of Microsoft Layoffs: Flight Simulator Grounded, Forever
    Guess they could pull off that water landing...
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    Image of Philip Marquis Philip Marquis
    01/23/09

    In reply to Tragic Casualty of Microsoft Layoffs: Flight Simulator Grounded, Forever
    you basterds you killed flight simmulator..


    on a side note whouldent that bee china airways?

     Reply
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    Image of GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy GitEmSteveDave_HazEnvy
    01/23/09

    @Philip Marquis: No, since there is no "China Airways".
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    Image of s017jrs s017jrs
    01/23/09

    In reply to Tragic Casualty of Microsoft Layoffs: Flight Simulator Grounded, Forever
    My first memory of that damn thing is trying to spend a weekend with someone special and spending it staring at them staring at a 737 on a monitor.

    Good riddence.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/23/09

    @s017jrs: Sounds like the plane wasn't the only thing that crashed and burned...
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    Image of s017jrs s017jrs
    01/23/09

    @Jrsy is the dude, riding the Porkchop Express with Jack Bur...:

    you ain't kidding lol.

    There's more to the story, he was looking to move from flight attendant to pilot and what better way to practice, but really?
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/23/09

    @s017jrs: So, is he a pilot now or just still playing one on PC?
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    Image of catfewd catfewd
    01/23/09

    In reply to Tragic Casualty of Microsoft Layoffs: Flight Simulator Grounded, Forever
    This morning, reading Gizmodo.
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    Image of SQLGuru SQLGuru
    01/23/09

    @catfewd: Kill too many brain cells, have we?
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    01/23/09

    @SQLGuru: I think he is saying that his first memory of Flight Sim is reading about it here, this morning...
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