*Flying being flying so anything from Choplifter to Boeing 747 Landing Trainer - no superheroes though!*

To take to the skies has long being a fantasy from the days of Icarus to when the Wright Brothers finally achieved their maiden trip, video games are no different and there have been many games using flight as the mechanic.

Here are some of my favourites:

From the Amstrad CPC464

Harrier Attack - love this, came out just after the Falklands which heavily featured Harriers and its only as an adult I've made the connection. According to the wiki the executable is under 9k!

Harrier Attack on the Amstrad CPC

From the Amiga/CD32

Jetstrike - The vid is from the CD32 version so features some snazzy topgun esq music and voice effects, now dont be fooled by the simplistic looking game. This is incredibly deep, has some very realistic flight routines (you can stall, take damage, even glide out of fuel/engines) and the choices of planes and weapons is almost obscene. It gets very hard in later levels as the terrain becomes very challenging - from memory some attack runs have to be started under the mountain through a tunnel!

Jetstrike for the Commodore Amiga CD32

From the PC

TFX - Lordy! This game blew most other flight sims out of the water for me. I never owned this myself (lacking a PC in early 90's) but would spend hours at a friends playing/watching. Also featured the 'Eurofighter' - eventually known as the Typhoon one of my favourite planes.

TFX - Tactical Fighter Experiment (DOS) (theme+gameplay)

Flight Unlimited 2 - Pretty much the only pure simulator I have played and enjoyed, its very easy to pick up, features a very realistic radio system and has some funky little missions to fly. Great game from the designers of the Thief series.

Flight Unlimited 2: a tribute movie

What are yours?