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Sky Drifter

The game loads first, then click it (or press any key) to fly.

About Sky Drifter

Sky Drifter is a relaxing flight sim you play right in your browser. Back out of your gate, take off, and drift over glittering cities, tropical islands, snowy mountains and a smoking volcano. Watch sunsets turn the sky orange, ride out storms, and land on runways of every difficulty. It's made to be looked at as much as flown.

Controls

Flying

  • ↑WNose up — climb, and lifts you off at takeoff speed
  • ↓SNose down — descend, or dive to gain speed (the settings can swap these two keys)
  • ←ABank left (steers left on the ground)
  • →DBank right (steers right on the ground)
  • ESpeed up
  • QSlow down — on the ground it brakes, and held again once stopped it backs you out of the gate
  • GLanding gear up / down — with it down the speed keys stop at 100 m/s, and lowering it takes a little speed off
  • BBrakes (hold)
  • JAuto taxi — offered after landing (to the gate) and before takeoff (to the runway); any control key takes over

Game & view

  • PPause and open the map — click a yellow circle (a runway end) to land from that end, or a town for the best approach
  • BackspaceRestart at a random gate
  • CChange view: behind, cockpit, circling, or the passenger cabin
  • MouseHold the left button and drag to look around; let go and the view recenters
  • HHide the on-screen display
  • FFullscreen
  • MSound on / off
  • -=Volume down / up
  • TTips on / off
  • KShow / hide the key list in the game
  • OSettings and logbook — picture quality, terrain detail, volume, your flight statistics and a save code
  • VPhoto mode — a free camera; [ ] change the time of day and Enter saves a picture
  • XScenic autopilot — the airplane tours the sights by itself; any flight key takes over

Controller: plug in or pair a gamepad and press any button. Left stick banks and pitches, the right and left triggers speed up and slow down, A is the gear, B the brakes, Y auto taxi, X the view and Start pause. Phones and tablets: on-screen controls appear by themselves — a stick on the left, and buttons for faster, slower, brakes, gear, view and pause on the right. Landscape works best.

To take off, taxi onto the runway: the airplane stops and lines itself up, and then you hold E until you reach 100 m/s and hold ↑ (or W) to lift off. Raise the gear with G once you're climbing to go faster. To land, lower the gear, slow down yourself with Q, and aim for 60–75 m/s. In the air, rising and sinking air slowly changes your height, so keep an eye on the altimeter and correct it now and then with the up and down arrow keys (or W and S).