Microsoft Flight Simulator was released in November 1982 to the IBM PC platform. The game was published by Microsoft and developed by subLOGIC. It featured an improved graphics engine, variable weather and time of day, and a new coordinate system (used by all subsequent versions up to version 5).
In Microsoft Flight Simulator, the player flies a Cessna 182 Skylane in one of four US regions: Chicago, Los Angeles, New York City, or Seattle. The starting airport is Meigs Field in Chicago, with a view of the city skyline to the left and Lake Michigan to the right. It would remain the default airport in future versions of Microsoft Flight Simulator, until the real airport was closed in 2003.
There is also a "Europe 1917" mode which is similar to the "British Ace" mode of FS1 Flight Simulator. This mode has the player flying a Sopwith Camel in a grid-divided area with mountains on two sides. They can declare war and fire at enemy aircraft.
Microsoft Flight Simulator 1.0 is abandonware and no longer sold or supported by its publishers. Files are archived here for these platforms:
How to play on Windows
How to play on Windows
I have another question: is anybody fixed the color artifacts on flight instruments panel? I have either colorful view and artifacted instruments, or clean captions, lines, but everything is black&white.