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Absolutely loved this game. I used to try and fly an F4 Phantom through the canyon at top speed. My brother created a short film "Attack of the Killer Christmas Trees". Endless fun.

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It is an amazing game! Do you (or does he) happen to still have that short film somewhere? It sounds great. I collect user-made films, and have about 320 in the Stunt Island Archive. I'm sure there are thousands more than unfortunately never got preserved.

Archive link: https://armknechted.com/sicentral/newpage/SIArchive.html

That's so cool! Feels like a long shot but I'll look into it.

My go-to stunt was climb to the aircraft ceiling then dive nearly straight toward the Golden Gate Bridge and fly under it and climb immediately. I was somewhat successful.

>I was somewhat successful.

Given the technicalities of the stunt, I rather suspect you were successful (no crash), or not successful (did crash). "Somewhat successful", seems very - I don't know - 'corporate'..."The number of deaths do not reflect the overall success of the mission, which managed to gather substantial information regarding the cause of the deaths".

"If you can walk away from a landing, it's a good landing. If you can use the airplane the next day, it's an outstanding landing."

It’s a form of humor known as “tongue-in-cheek”. It implies I crashed a lot but not always. The chosen plane was a variable that greatly affected the outcome.

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