retrocgads:

UK 1985

When I was on AOL in the early-mid ‘90s flight simulators were still a big, if then legacy and not headline thing. There were forums where people would team together into “airlines” and do (and post replay data of) 4-hour cross-country flights several nights a week. They would have custom controller “cockpit” setups. They would trade mods that let them play audio clips telling passengers to return their seats and tray tables to the upright and locked position at the appropriate time.