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Flight Unlimited

 * This is the archived discussion of the TFAR nomination for the article below. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as Wikipedia talk:Today's featured article/requests). Please do not modify this page. 

The result was: scheduled for Today's featured article/June 7, 2015 by — Chris Woodrich (talk) 13:30, 21 May 2015 (UTC)



Flight Unlimited is a 1995 flight simulator video game developed and published by Looking Glass Technologies. It allows the player to pilot reproductions of five real-world airplanes and to perform aerobatic stunts. A virtual instructor teaches basic and advanced flight techniques, such as the Immelmann turn and Lomcevak. The first self-published game released by Looking Glass, Flight Unlimited was intended to establish the company as a major video game publisher and to compete with the Microsoft Flight Simulator franchise. Project leader Seamus Blackley (pictured), a particle physicist formerly of Fermilab, used real-time computational fluid dynamics calculations to code a simulated atmosphere for Flight Unlimited. Previous flight simulators had often used wind tunnel data to determine a plane's motion, which precluded complex maneuvers. The game was a commercial and critical success that spawned three sequels: Flight Unlimited II (1997), Flight Unlimited III (1999) and Jane's Attack Squadron (2002). Soon after Flight Unlimited's completion, Blackley was fired from Looking Glass, and he went on to design Jurassic Park: Trespasser for DreamWorks Interactive and the Xbox for Microsoft.


 * Most recent similar article(s): Batman: Arkham Asylum (May 12)
 * Main editors: JimmyBlackwing
 * Promoted: September 16, 2011
 * Reasons for nomination: The 20th anniversary of this game's release is coming up on June 7, and it would be amazing if we could commemorate the event with a TFA. Incidentally, this article is still the Wikipedia contribution of which I'm proudest. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 18:48, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Support as nominator. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 18:48, 1 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment - the most recent similar article seems a little specific. What's the most recent video game TFA? Ed [talk] [majestic titan] 04:22, 7 May 2015 (UTC)
 * Sorry, I'm kind of new to this process. Updated. JimmyBlackwing (talk) 05:16, 7 May 2015 (UTC)