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    $\begingroup$ @GregHewgill -- Wish I could remember. That was 1987-89. Do you happen to know what the choices were? $\endgroup$
    – MicroservicesOnDDD
    Commented Jun 12, 2023 at 0:43
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    $\begingroup$ @GregHewgill: Someone using MSFS in '87–'89 would most likely have been flying a simulated Cessna 182. That was the default choice, though a Learjet 25G or a Sopwith Camel were also available. $\endgroup$
    – Michael Seifert
    Commented Jun 12, 2023 at 17:48
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    $\begingroup$ As a point of information, I was once called to dinner and left MSFS running in the '85-87 era, to find on return that the plane had landed itself. /However/, my recollection is that I was using a glider ("sailplane" etc.), and even if the software was prepared to waft that down gently it doesn't mean that it would have behaved the same for another type of aircraft. I'd add that in "real life" I believe there's been at least one case where an airman ejected from an uncontrollable fighter, which later recovered and grounded itself with only moderate damage. $\endgroup$
    – Mark Morgan Lloyd
    Commented Jun 13, 2023 at 16:11
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    $\begingroup$ @MarkMorganLloyd: That would be the "Cornfield Bomber". $\endgroup$
    – Michael Seifert
    Commented Jun 13, 2023 at 17:04
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    $\begingroup$ Im surprised no one has yet posted real life examples - for example, the Gimli Glider, a 767 which lost both engines due to fuel exhaustion at cruising altitude, glided to a successful landing - en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gimli_Glider Or Air Transat Flight 236, an A330 which again lost both engines at cruising altitude due to fuel exhaustion, glided for over 120KM to a successful landing en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transat_Flight_236 $\endgroup$
    – Moo
    Commented Jun 15, 2023 at 1:17