Flying big jets with a plethora of instruments and stuff to help make the pilot’s job easier is one thing. Flying small planes into outback areas, landing on small grass airstrips, picking up and dropping off cargo in small planes, and flying in bad weather with basic instruments only, is completely different.

A small plane taking off at an airfield with a small tarmac airstrip. Image by 'Deadstick Bush Flight Simulator.'

In ‘Deadstick Bush Flight Simulator’ players take on the role of a bush pilot flying cargo all over the backcountry to remote settlements and villages.

Players must do all their flying “stick and rudder” style, with limited instruments and without a range of luxuries including de-icing systems and autopilot.

Players are required to manually conduct all preflight checks on their plane, walking around it to make sure that everything is in order and that there will be no catastrophic failures that could well result in death, or at the very least, the loss of a plane and valuable cargo.

One mistake could cost players their life.

Extremely limited instruments mean that bad weather flying is a big risk. Image by 'Deadstick Bush Flight Simulator.'

In the event that something does go wrong, it will be necessary to follow all the correct emergency procedures to give players the best chance of survival. If at all possible, players must “deadstick” their plane to safety. If that fails, well, happy holidays…

Players must manually load and unload cargo. The missions that players choose to go on are entirely up to them. Choosing to go on risky missions, such as flights through bad weather, or flights to dangerous landing strips will yield a high reward, but also risk great loss.

‘Deadstick Bush Flight Simulator’ is developed by ‘REMEX software’ and is available on Steam.