Tailwind – Swiss Flying

Open the throttle on the runway in Bern, release from the tow above the Jura, circle in a thermal, land a Gämse G6 on a glacier. Tailwind is a flying game over the whole of Switzerland – with real terrain, real weather and a real flight model. ALL OF SWITZERLAND • The whole country as one continuous map – no separate regions • Terrain from the swisstopo elevation model with aerial imagery, forests, buildings and place names • 74 airfields: from Zurich, Geneva and Sion to grass strips and mountain landing sites such as Petersgrat and Monte Rosa • All map data is inside the app – fly offline, only live weather needs the internet 10 AIRCRAFT • Gliders Föhn 21, Thermik 15 and Firn 18 with water ballast, plus the Bise 25 motor glider • Murmeli 18, Arve 17 and the Gämse G6 on skis for the glaciers • The aerobatic Wirbel K33 and Bergdohle B7, and the Donner D58 jet • Every aircraft has its own cockpit with the instruments of the original FLIES LIKE THE REAL THING • Flight physics with six degrees of freedom: stalls, spins, flaps, airbrakes, landing gear and ground effect • Three assist levels – from easy (never stalls) to realistic with every control flown by hand • Take off from the runway, on aerotow, on the winch or start in the air • Thermals, ridge lift, lee waves and wind – in live weather from MET Norway and MeteoSwiss or with presets such as thermal day, Bise and Föhn MODES AND POINTS • Free flight, a tour around three peaks and landing practice • Gliding tasks: free distance, out-and-return and triangle • Total-energy vario, speed-to-fly, final glide computer and approach lights (PAPI) • Earn points for distance, flight time and landings – and spend them on more aircraft in the hangar CONTROLS • Swipe on the Siri Remote to steer, hold the click and swipe for throttle – a game controller is recommended Six airfields are free to take off from, with no time limit: Bern, Montricher, Schänis, Locarno, Engadin, Petersgrat. You can fly over and land anywhere in Switzerland. A one-time purchase unlocks all 74 airfields as starting points – no subscription, no ads. Tailwind is a game, not a training device. Airfields, runways and weather are approximations – not for real flight preparation. Elevation model, aerial imagery, landscape model and place names: © swisstopo. Weather: forecast MET Norway (met.no, CC BY 4.0), measurements: source MeteoSwiss (CC BY 4.0). Airfields: OurAirports, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Made in Switzerland by treeinspired.