I still don't see how anyone can treat that game as a sim in any capacity. It's arcade to the max in every aspect. If there were real ballistic calculations going on against realistic surfaces and physics, the game would be a slideshow at best, let alone all the controls, flight model behaviours and environmental conditions.. it's like people throwing tantrums and realworld specs against Contra III. Makes no sense.

Well the world changed when a handful of idiots crashed a few planes into buildings..why stop there?

> a certain kind of dense idiot

I mean, they work for government, so it checks out.