This is an urban myth I'm afraid. This was not Bill Gates' pet project nor was it conceived by anyone at Microsoft. Like many other MS technologies, it was init

This is an urban myth I'm afraid. This was not Bill Gates' pet project nor was it conceived by anyone at Microsoft. Like many other MS technologies, it was initially conceived by a small company that was first supported, and later bought out, by Microsoft. It's been around since the 80s. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Flight_Simulator