If you look out the window, you might still see clear skies, but the global situation has been tense lately. Without diving into politics, many of us miss the 1990s for different reasons. We skateboarded and had the radio play great grunge and techno wonders peppered into local hits, but for many the 1990s meant a peaceful time.
Another thing that marked the 1990s was the first generation to have its childhood defined through gaming, with flight simulators in particular enjoying their golden age in parallel with Oasis and The Smashing Pumpkins. Getting the taste of landing a plane, whether it was with Chuck Yeager’s Air Combat, the Jane’s series, or NovaLogic's flight sims, was unlike anything else as a kid with big dreams and a poor understanding of physics. That fully-laden 747-400 always ended in the waters of the Guanabara Bay, but it didn't stop me from trying to land it at SBRJ again and again.
After the fall of the Soviet Union, the Cold War ended, but the scenarios remained in the flight sim world with the likes of choosing plenty of Cold War-era planes in Chuck Yaeger’s simulator. Now, the future might...
