Solo Flight (video game)

Solo Flight consists of two parts: a pure flying simulation and a game mode called Mail Pilot.[5] The top half of the screen shows the plane being flown in third person, while the bottom portion contains instruments.[6] The game allows flying by both visual flight rules and instrument flight rules.

In Mail Pilot, the player delivers five bags of mail to destination airports chosen from the twenty-one airports in the game. A score is given based on navigation and time. While en route, the plane may suffer mechanical and instrument failures.[5]

In 1985 ANALOG Computing editor Lee Pappas wrote, "the graphics are somewhat rough, and the control panel is not up to what it should be (there is no stall indicator, and non-standard VORS)," but still concluded, "As a whole, Solo Flight is the best Atari flight simulator published to date."[6] COMPUTE! reviewer Arthur Leyenberger praised both the simulation and game aspects of Solo Flight.[5]

Roy Wagner reviewed and compared Solo Flight and Flight Simulator II for Computer Gaming World, and stated that "a very good program. The 15 pages of documentation are well written and will teach you all you need to know to taxi, takeoff, fly about, and land. It does not, however, help much in learning how to get from one specific airport to another."[7]

• Solo Flight at Atari Mania
• Solo Flight at Lemon 64