Ever dreamed of flying a plane over your home or even crash landing it into a Sussex landmark?

Well a new computer game allows any would-be pilots to do just that from the comfort of their own homes.

Visual Flight lets players fly a plane over real images of their own homes and gardens all over the county - from Goodwood to the South Downs to Brighton Marina.

Players can even crash-land in the streets or into well-know Sussex landmarks - although the only damage will be to the game-player's simulated plane.

The PC CD-ROM VFR Photographic Scenery promises the most detailed and realistic simulation of South-East England ever produced.

The flight simulator will give anyone the chance to discover what it is like to swoop and soar over the towns, cities and countryside of Sussex like an experienced pilot.

Players will be able dive in low over Brighton and Hove's seafront or take a nosy flight over their neighbours' houses.

There is little excuse for any inaccuracies in the game's local images, since one of the creators comes from Brighton.

Mungo Amyatt-Leir, managing director of games publisher Just Flight, has been enjoying putting the simulation to the test.

Mungo, who lives in Queen's Park, said: "It's been great fun flying around and recognising the trees, parks and buildings around my home.

"I showed it to someone who had never seen a flight simulator before but as soon as he spotted his street and his local golf course he wouldn't let go.

"A lot of flight sims are technical and aimed mainly at people who already fly and know how to. But not everyone is interested in planes.

"This is aimed equally at people who fly regularly out of Shoreham or computer-users who just fancy seeing what it's like to fly down to the beach or over the Sussex Downs."

The game has been developed jointly by Just Flight, aerial photographic company Getmapping and software developer Visual Flight.

They promise impressive views of cities, towns, villages, hamlets, woods, fields, streams, railways, factories and even individual streets and houses.

Mungo, 34, said: "Whether you can make out your own home depends on its size but you can certainly see every street.

"It gives a very good feel of what is around you, even down to the shadows from the hedgerows."

To add a further touch of realism, the M23 and the M25 are appropriately filled with traffic.

Anyone wanting to wreak virtual destruction on a noisy neighbour or a hated local eyesore may be disappointed, though.

Mungo said: "As with all flight sims, all you will see if you crash is the damage done to your own plane.

"There is no interaction with the scenery."

The simulation, which sells for £29.99, goes on sale next month.

Other editions, covering other parts of England and Scotland, will follow.