Pilot Life is all about the hardest part of flying: the landing. Every level starts with your airliner in the air and the words Land the Plane, beginning in the mountains above Innsbruck, Austria, and later heading for cities such as Dubai and London. The screen turns into a big friendly cockpit with a speed and altitude display, an artificial horizon and chunky switches for the autopilot, seat belt sign, cabin microphone, brakes, landing gear and flaps. Green rings in the sky lead you toward the runway, and a pointing hand shows which switch to flip next, so it is easy to learn even if you have never touched a flight game. Later flights bring snowy valleys, deserts, tropical coasts, rain and special missions like an engine-out landing or a VIP charter. For something faster on wheels, try City Car Driving: Stunt Master.
Drag the round stick at the bottom of the screen to steer and change your climb or descent. The switches have keys: A for autopilot, S for seat belts, C for the cabin mic, F for flaps, G for landing gear and B for the brake. Fly through the green rings, switch on the belts and make your announcement, then slowly lower your speed and altitude together. Put the flaps down once you are lined up, drop the gear before the runway, keep the wings level and touch down gently, then hold the brake. Avoid steep dives, because extra speed is very hard to lose before the runway ends.
