Quote Originally Posted by Whacker
In terms of the immortal Janes/EA games, Fighters Anthology works ok on my Windows XP 32-bit install. "Splash one Mexican Flanker!"
Unless you're totally frickin' hardcore, I definitely do not suggest buying Jane's. I once wanted to know what it was like to be in a nuclear submarine, so I bought Jane's 688i Hunter Killer. Big mistake. Five minutes in, I was charting out graphs IN REAL LIFE and listening to pings on the radar. I never knew I needed a degree in mathematics just to fire off a torpedo.

Jane's AH64 Longbow was a little better, but I still could never figure out how to fly a helicopter until Operation Flashpoint came along and showed me the basics.
Seriously, if you want to go for a fun flight sim that won't bog you down with manuals as thick as a college textbook, pick up Operation Flashpoint and find a friend to dogfight with using the fighters, or play cat-and-mouse using a Cobra/Apache and a Shilka (I absolutely LOVE the helicopters in the game). Grab the Red Hammer expansion and you can play with the Chinook.