X-Plane

THE GOOD:
It is a free download from the developer of X-Plane in demo mode. It has approximately 35 aircrafts you could try flying around a small section of the coast of California. It gives you enough variety in the scenery to fly around. You could see mountains to the East to the shore of the Pacific Ocean on West side. It comes with the other programs such as Plane-Maker, World-Scenery, Part-Maker, and Briefer for the real local weather. All these programs are fully functional and interactive with X-Plane.

THE BAD:
It is a steep learning curve to play this flight simulator. You could find some information on the X-Plane website; you have to go through lots of links. There is no aircrafts specification for their performance, such as take off speed, cruising speed, and landing speed. The download is about 130 MB + therefore if you have a modem like me, it will take about 8 to 10 hours to download. I did it over night while I was asleep....