I have been spending entirely too much time messing around with Flight Simulator 2004. I found a nice little toy called iz3d which captures Direct3D output from various games and converts it to a 3-dimensional image. The free version converts the image to one of those images that you need red/blue glasses to view, but it has a trial option that converts the output to side-by-side left and right images that you can view without glasses by crossing your eyes until the two images become one.
I used that limited-time-only feature to make this video in which I take off at Meigs Field in Chicago and fly around downtown doing things that would, in real life, get me shot down by the Department of Defense.
I’ve also discovered a show that ran for 5 seasons on the SciFi channel before it got cancelled: Eureka. Former U.S. Marshal Jack Carter takes a job as Sheriff in Eureka, Oregon, and discovers that the community’s quiet citizens are actually brilliant scientists working for a dangerous top-secret research facility. Not only is it great science fiction, but it’s really comical to watch “the new guy” react to high-tech stuff like a fully-automated house that talks to him and a 6-year old using sidewalk chalk to solve complex physics problems while the town’s residents take all this stuff in stride.
Cheers,
Sometime you should check out Orbiter 2010. There’s an add-on ship I think you’d enjoy flying. The XR2 Ravenstar. configured to look like a fraken big fighter plane (it crews 14) it’s a fantastic fly. I’ve taken it to the moon and even Mars.