Buckle your seatbelt, secure your tray table, and open your window shade. Now you can simulate flying anywhere in the world as a commercial passenger, from takeoff to touchdown. Terrain, weather, and realtime sun position included. Don't worry, the latest release now features legs, so you can get up and go to the bathroom on longer flights. Enjoy!
drayfield 3 hours ago
Or you could check out the non-vibe coded Airplane Mode from 2020:
> Mixed - 67% of the 355 user reviews for this game are positive.
And 10 euro, lol. I'll just go with the free one, thank you.
anonreplier 16 minutes ago
enjoy the browser based jank
lejeanvaljean 2 days ago
You know what? I had fear of flying. I did a training with a pilot in a simulator, but it was in the cockpit. I don't have fear of flying in a simulator or in the cockpit. I have fear of flying as a passenger, I'm sit in a chair. That's what I would have liked during my training. I told that to Air France and they did not understand but this might seriously be useful.
rkotcher 2 days ago
Interesting, thanks for the idea. Would be pretty cool if this app did have some real-world applications, beyond being a bit of a meme app. Thanks for the comment!
sublinear 4 hours ago
This is going to sound insane, but something like this for the backseats of various common, and maybe even exotic, cars would be cool too.
I have similar problems being a passenger in an uber for more than 15 mins. I lose my mind on roadtrips when it's not my turn to drive.
password54321 2 days ago
I don't think you can completely eliminate this as people naturally don't like giving up their agency which is usually going to produce at least a low level of anxiety.
recursivecaveat 4 hours ago
Agency and information in a way. I actually feel safer in a tiny 4 seater plane than a jet, even though objectively that's probably backwards. Being able to look at all the parts of the plane, how the movements derive from the pilot's actions, actually see out the front, it is more reassuring. More similar to being a passenger in someone's car. It probably doesn't hurt that it is easier for my mind to imagine a Cessna gliding gently to earth than a passenger jet.
amelius 14 minutes ago
I like the idea of someone losing hundreds of millions of dollars when my plane goes down.
pjerem 9 minutes ago
I’m not at ease in an airplane. I rarely fly but i actually like it, but I’m really anxious.
What helps me is always taking a seat near the wings. First that’s where the plane moves the less. And moreover, it’s pretty reassuring watching them supporting the plane in their great stability, they always move way slower than the cabin.
aaronbrethorst 5 hours ago
UAL used to let you listen into the cockpit to ATC chatter: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17656352 — I understand this was really helpful for calming some passengers' nerves during flying.
ryukoposting 3 hours ago
I really appreciate it when I get a pilot that actually tells us wtf is going on.
lubujackson 4 hours ago
Also useful for people who want to ride along with someone currently on a plane. "Honey, you are over Kansas right now!"
Useless things tend to be deeply useful to a select few.
I am loving this "re-weirding" of the internet. For the younglings, this is very much the sort of pet project that would bubble up in early internet days. No startup raising money, no pain point necessarily being solved, just one person's idea lovingly rendered to life.
CamperBob2 4 hours ago
Don't try to build something for everyone, build something that's everything to someone. - paraphrasing Ferry Porsche
tosti an hour ago
I'm not afraid of the flight, for me its customs and surrendering all my data. They even want my balls ffs.
etatester 3 hours ago
Crashed within 10 seconds on iPhone 17 Pro. Love the vibes
sdcfgy 3 hours ago
Yeah same here.
djmips 3 hours ago
ahhh your phone crashed! I was a bit confused for a moment...
Could you imagine if the airplane crashed like 1 in every million plays?! :O
gizajob 3 hours ago
Looks amazing for the 2 seconds before it implodes on iPhone though.
minikomi 3 hours ago
You have to turn on airplane mode
PUSH_AX 2 hours ago
It uses too much RAM, it’s vibe coded so makes sense
tosti an hour ago
It's slow in FF, too. Cool for a flight simulator to crash, but it should simulate a plane crash. Not crash the simulator itself :)
vlabakje90 30 minutes ago
Immediately crashes my FF on Windows 11.
naich 13 minutes ago
I like the way it smashes the CPU so that the fans sound like jet engines.
ehliu 13 minutes ago
Geez how strong is the chess engine? No chance on hard... even on medium this is a struggle.
EDIT: which is true to form on some airlines lol (but on others, even hard is trivial)
GreyMolecules 3 hours ago
Hahaha this is awesome. I can teach what it's like to be on an airplane to my friend who has never flown before.
Currently playing on my usual route, ICN -> HKG. The flight path is too ideal. Due to airspace restrictions in china, almost every flight has to divert over taiwan in real life, but this one cuts thru mainland china.
gabriel666smith 34 minutes ago
This is fun. I would love if it used real flights, and filled the cabin with the avatars of anyone else "on" that flight.
Slight bug report - might just be HN hug-of-death related - on Arc browser, mostly without it as the active tab, I seem to have been stuck over Slough for some time (an ignoble fate).
I believe Arc reduces resources allocated to background tabs, and I don't think it likes being a background tab.
mikeshi42 3 hours ago
3 overhead reading lights for a 2-2 configuration? On a trans pacific flight? Literally unplayable.
Would love to see this open source and extended!
flawed_crater 4 hours ago
Please remove the login screen. Is love to try this.
jameson 4 hours ago
Hrm. I can play it without logging in
freak42 4 hours ago
I can't it covers half of my mobile screen and it doesn't seem dismissible.
ryukoposting 3 hours ago
Likewise.
SparkyMcUnicorn 3 hours ago
It's almost comical how annoying it is. I just want to try it.
DrSiemer 2 hours ago
Yeah, not a great experience, but it will let you play if you just register with something random.
kinduff 3 hours ago
I asked for beef, they only had chicken. 10/10, average flight experience.
Walf an hour ago
Beef or cow?
thoughtsimple 4 hours ago
Seems to hate not having location access on iOS. Keeps refreshing until eventually Safari just gives up.
amelius 17 minutes ago
Wow, that's quite some leg space!
zhaoziyuan2000 3 hours ago
This is really cool! Also, my girlfriend suggested it would be nice if she can login and be on the same flight so we can fly home together.
wafflemaker 3 hours ago
Had to use uBlockOrigin to remove the login prompt. Think there could be a way to dismiss it without tricks like that.
ffsm8 3 hours ago
I just closed the window instead, it wasn't that interesting
quietfox 2 hours ago
That’s a nice idea. Taking off from Frankfurt am Main felt like that ultra long runway in Fast & Furious 6 though.
jolmg 36 minutes ago
Stuck on 0h 01m elapsed after 12 minutes.
vavooom 2 hours ago
Selfie mode was too funny these characters are ridiculous. Also a whole plane to myself? What a steal!
10729287 9 minutes ago
>Also a whole plane to myself? What a steal!
Except if you're the main character of a plot !
lateatdesk 2 days ago
I like how much work you've put into just being a passenger :) I'm building a little world in the browser myself, so I like finding projects like this.
ironhaven 3 hours ago
I was hoping for a very detailed menu with more flight avionics in the in flight entertainment screen but I guess the speed and altitude in the HUD is all I get. I want to know the exact plane T am flying in
zubspace 2 hours ago
Can't press the Continue button, because the footer overlaps it. Firefox on mobile.
khazhoux 4 hours ago
Genius doesn’t always look like you expect it will. Well done!
(Kill the login panel though —- it wouldn’t go away for me)
noufalibrahim 3 hours ago
It's very nicely done. I snapped the seatbelt on and that dread of a long boring flight automatically hit me. :)
tnolet 3 hours ago
Is this visual style Fable or Astra. I see it everywhere now. It’s the new black and purple
wazoox an hour ago
Ah, it's flying Paris to Bogota in a 1 aisle, 4 seats per rank regional plane, pretty unusual if you ask me :)
modinfo 4 hours ago
I love that this is in real time and this jokes :D
Even we have chess game :3
