''Airmail Pilot'' is a video game published in 1979 by

Instant Software Instant Software was a company that produced game, utility, and education software in the late 1970s and early 1980s primarily for the TRS-80 line of home computers. Instant Software was a subsidiary of Kilobaud Microcomputing, headquartered in Pete ...

, in which the player pilots a Curtiss JN-4D "Jenny"

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carrying mail from

Columbus, Ohio Columbus () is the state capital and the most populous city in the U.S. state of Ohio. With a 2020 census population of 905,748, it is the 14th-most populous city in the U.S., the second-most populous city in the Midwest, after Chicago, and t ...

to Chicago.

Gameplay

The game begins with an advertisement attributed to an 18 July 1922 issue of the '' Chicago Sun'' which reads: "Wanted: Airmail pilot for the Columbus to Chicago run. Must be willing to fly in every type of weather. Only the foolhardy need apply." The player pilots a Curtiss JN-4D "Jenny"

carrying mail from

to Chicago, via

Dayton Dayton () is the sixth-largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County. A small part of the city extends into Greene County. The 2020 U.S. census estimate put the city population at 137,644, while Greater Da ...

Indianapolis Indianapolis (), colloquially known as Indy, is the state capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the seat of Marion County. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the consolidated population of Indianapolis and Marion ...

, and Logansport.

Reception

Bruce Campbell reviewed ''Airmail Pilot'' in '' The Space Gamer'' No. 36. Campbell commented that "If you are looking for a realistic airflight simulation, ''Airmail Pilot'' is not for you. Since its price is on the lower end of the software spectrum, I do recommend it for those looking for a quick, easy, enjoyable game with limited staying power." Another reviewer from '' Moves'' commented, "It can be fun and amusing, but it is not designed to hold an adult's attention for very long."

Reviews

Review
in ''

Kilobaud Microcomputing ''Kilobaud Microcomputing'' was a magazine dedicated to the computer homebrew hobbyists from 1977 to 1983. How ''kilobaud'' started Wayne Green, the editor and publisher of ''kilobaud'', had been the publisher of ''BYTE'' magazine, (another i ...

References

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External links

''Airmail Pilot'' at Video Game Geek
1979 video games Flight simulation video games Instant Software games TI-99/4A games TRS-80 games Video games set in Chicago Video games set in Indiana Video games set in Indianapolis Video games set in Ohio