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To: esecurities(tm) who wrote (1045)	12/27/1997 4:38:00 PM
From: esecurities(tm)	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 2443

First (PreRelease Review of Sierra's Pro Pilot (ref/TMSR Flight System bundle). "...With Pro Pilot's expected release date of December we have taken the unusual step of previewing a prerelease beta version...For years Microsoft has had the general aviation market to themselves, with Flight Simulator (FS) unchallenged in any areas...Pro Pilot brings a completely new terrain engine, audible ATC and extensive pilot lessons...The jewel in the ring of Pro Pilot is the inclusion of the most complete USA scenery data set ever released...if you wish to explore an arcane valley in some corner of Montana, it will be there...for the first time in a general aviation simulation you can actually experience the beauty of the United States' varied and spectacular geography...The massive elevation mapped continental USA data file is just the beginning of Pro Pilot's scenery advances...Satellite imagery has been used to create 29 huge city areas that extend well into their suburbs...that makes Pro Pilot a stand alone product equivalent to 29 scenery packs...Even as it exists in the beta, Pro Pilot's ATC system is a great improvement over the mostly silent radio world of Microsoft Flight Simulator...Pro Pilot features an extensive pilot training system as well...Pro Pilot has made significant progress over Microsoft Flight Simulator in menu design...Pro Pilot raises the level of general aviation flight simulation on several fronts..." &copy 1997 Dec 1997-Jan 1998 Vol.2 Issue 6 Computer Pilot Magazine pcaviator.com.au note: This review apparently occured around November? before its official release. Pro Pilot is currently available as a standalone product or bundled with ThrustMaster's Flight System (Attack throttle, Elite Rudder Pedals, Top Gun; as advertised in recent and tomorrow's National Sunday Edition Newspapers by CompUSA).