 | Microsoft Flight Simulator X Deluxe DVD
Buy new: $27.99 / Used from: $15.00 This is THE flight sim. Very little you can't do, and the options for expandability are endless.
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 | Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004: A Century of Flight
Buy new: $20.89 / Used from: $13.95 Flight Simulator X unfortunately has very high system requirements; if your PC can't quite handle it, 2004 isn't a bad runner-up.
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 | IL2: Forgotten Battles Gold Pack
Buy used from: $13.85 Il-2 Sturmovik may be a little old but it is the best and most realistic combat flight sim on the market. This also comes with the stand-alone sequels/addon packs Forgotten Battles and Aces Expansion.
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 | Pacific Fighters
Buy new: $12.79 / Used from: $2.00 Another addon/sequel for Il-2, this one based in the Pacific theater.
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 | IL-2 Sturmovik: 1946
Buy new: $70.98 The newest sequel/addon for Il-2, this one based on a "what-if" scenario assuming the war hadn't ended by 1945.
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 | Lock On: Modern Air Combat
Buy new: $8.56 / Used from: $3.70 One of the best modern air combat simulators.
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 | Falcon 4.0: Allied Force
Buy new: $24.00 / Used from: $9.40 Another good modern air combat sim.
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 | Battleground Europe
The only true massively-multiplayer wargame. Not the best sim on the market, but the community is incredible and it's a truly satisfying experience knowing that every plane you shoot down, every truck you strafe, and every infantryman you shoot up is controlled by a real human being.
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 | Thrustmaster Hotas Cougar PC Flight Stick
Buy new: $197.81 One of the best joystick/throttles out there.
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 | Saitek J24C X45 Flight Control System Joystick and Throttle (USB)
Buy used from: $50.00 Not the best stick, but excellent for mid-level simmers.
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 | CH Products Pro Pedals USB Flight Simulator Pedals ( 300-111 )
Buy new: $100.18 / Used from: $200.00 A set of rudder pedals are a good investment if you plan on doing a lot of flying on your PC.
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 | CH Products Flight Sim Yoke USB ( 200-615 )
Buy new: $101.20 / Used from: $95.00 Useful for the purists who don't feel like flying a 747 with a joystick.
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 | CH Products Throttle Quadrant USB (300-133)
Buy new: $97.12 Another useful, though definitely not necessary toy for FSX.
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 | In Pursuit: A Pilot's Guide to Online Air Combat by Johan Kylander
Buy new: $20.99 / Used from: $46.00 There's a lot of books out there on fighter tactics. But this one is written specifically for combat flight simmers. Not a bad read no matter what your experience level.
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 | Battle of Britain (Collector's Edition)
Buy used from: $5.16 These three films don't have a lot to do with flight sims, but they will definitely get you pumped and wanting to fly.
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 | Tora! Tora! Tora!
Buy new: $12.49 / Used from: $3.74 |
 | The Blue Max
Buy new: $11.49 / Used from: $5.75 |
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