Outside of the Seattle area, covering more of the Pacific Northwest, was a less detailed area called the outer terrain region.ĪI controlled aircraft would populate the airspace and displayed all phases of a flight, from taxi and takeoff to landing.

It was once again sourced from USGS satellite photos and real-life elevation data. Examples include: DC3, 747 (and SP), GeeBee, DHC-6 (Twin Otter), Dash-8, various gliders and other small aircraft.Īs with Flight Unlimited II, the simulator concentrated on one small but highly detailed part of the USA, in this version Seattle. These have been created by individual developers and made available via various websites. There are now many more aircraft available than when FU3 was first released. Renegade amphibious plane floating on Seattle waterfront Windhawk over Mount Rainier demonstrates 3D terrain File:FU3 renegade seattle ngt.jpg P-51 Mustang over a Seattle area File:FU3 windhawk rainier eve.jpg The Stemme S10-VT motorglider has a propeller which could be retracted into the nose cone, allowing it to take off under its own power, and then stop the engine to become a glider.Ī Lake Renegade in flight near the Rocky Mountains.

The Lake Renegade added a unique seaplane, which had a fuselage shaped like a boat's hull on the bottom, and unlike the 'Muskrat' could taxi directly between land and water. The Beechjet added a fast jet to the line-up, with a glass cockpit, GPS, an autopilot and a working weather radar using the new weather engine. In previous versions, only small- to medium-sized propeller-powered aircraft were included. The simulator also included the Raytheon Beechjet 400A. Before a flight the user could generate and manipulate weather fronts, which would then change dynamically while flying.

One of the most significant new features was the new weather engine. In many ways, with recent updates, this simulator offers a vastly improved experience compared to the originally-released product.įlight Unlimited III was re-released in 2005 as 'budgetware', under the 'Sold Out' label. Some of the Flight Unlimited community still exists, with some websites remaining, and third-party updates are still being produced. It was preceded by Flight Unlimited and Flight Unlimited II. It included ten user-flyable aircraft in total, and several new features. Credits | Soundtrack | Codes | Walkthroughįlight Unlimited III was the third and last of the Flight Unlimited series of General aviation flight simulators created by Looking Glass Studios, released in 1999.

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