“Cleared-To-Engage” is about serious flight simulators, mostly combat ones. It is not about arcade videogames who pretend to be simulators. If you like these kind of no-brain games this place is not for you.

It would be long and complicate to explain why I like simulators so much but I know that it definitely has to do with my dreams to become a fighter pilot and fly fast military jets. I tried the first of my sims (“Falcon AT” by Spectrum HoloByte) in 1988 when I was only 5 and now, many years after, I am still here loving them.

In this blog I will write about pilots, aviation, old and new simulators and other Sierra Hotel. But I will also use this weblog to share the developments of my sim work that I will release in the future, so stay tuned! I’ve been thinking to create this website for a long time and I decided it was finally time.

(This is the cover of Falcon AT from 1988, when it all started for me! )