The flight school has a real, real plane, with real aircraft.
And that plane’s real.
That’s a fact that the creators of Flight School, a new video game based on the popular flight school series, have confirmed.
“We were in the process of designing the game for our very first flight school in the fall of 2015, and we were talking to a friend of ours, who works at the game company that made the game, and he said, ‘I have this really beautiful plane,'” Flight School creator Mattie Brinkmann told IGN.
“I was like, ‘Oh, this is going to be a real thing.’
So, we made a plane.
And we called it the Plane, and it’s called The Plane.”
Brinkmann and her partner, David McDonough, created the Flight School series in 2008, and now they’re bringing it to Xbox One, Xbox 360, PS4, and PC.
It will be available to download for free on April 30.
Brinkman says the game is all about being grounded in your childhood.
“When we first got to the idea of having a real-world plane, we just thought, ‘Let’s build it like a real airplane,'” she said.
“We really wanted to do something that really resonated with our audience.”
Flight School will be a bit like the first flight you’ve ever taken, but with real-life planes.
The game is set in the 1920s, and players take on the role of a flight instructor who is sent on an expedition to a flight school called The Aviation School.
The first thing players will do is land in the real world.
“I was just so excited,” Brinkman said.
“[We were] like, Let’s build a real world.”
Brinksman said the plane is designed to look like the real thing, with the same wingspan as a Boeing 707, the same engine, and the same design as the original flight school.
But the real plane has its own personality, as it’s a bit more modern, with a slightly more sleek look and a more futuristic design.
“The real thing is like an actual plane, but it’s got a real look,” Brinksman told IGN, adding that she’s working with real estate agents to get the real school to a location near you.
“It’s like a museum, but a museum with a real history,” she said, referring to the real-estate agency that the game’s real-deal students are flying to in the future.
Brinksmann and McDonachos have spent much of their time working on Flight School since they started the series in the late ’80s, so they’re looking forward to seeing the game come to life on Xbox One.
“Being in the game industry for so long has really inspired the team,” Brackom told IGN in a video interview.
“Being able to be in the development team for Flight School is just such an honor, because you get to work on a project that’s so huge, like the future of the industry, so we can actually be part of it.”
Brackom said the game will also have a storyline, as players will have to find their own way in a world full of flying dinosaurs, jet engines, and a host of other things.
“This is the game of the future,” McDonom said.