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| Pacific Air War |
" One strange thing about the F4F Wildcat was that
Grumman decided to save weight and complexity by having
the gear retract manually (they dropped by gravity). There
was a small crank on the left side of the cockpit, on or near
the floor. It required something like 20 turns on a VERY
stiff crank to get them up.. " |
14-Jul-2000 |
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| Trouble in the Solomos Islands |
Yes - that's not a typo - the "Solomos Islands".
One of the most exciting sims around in 1990 F-29 Retaliator set new standards in blazing speed. |
14-Jul-2000 |
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| Team Yankee |
A classic tank sim based on the book by Harold Coyle. |
14-Jul-2000 |
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| Proflight |
Stjepan Pejic spent some time in Proflight and I've added his reminiscences. |
14-Jul-2000 |
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| Operation Harrier - or Tomcat? |
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14-Jul-2000 |
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| The first Tornado sim? |
Proflight was one of the first flight sims
I saw on a personal computer. I had an Atari ST - bought
strictly for business use mind you - and I believe Proflight
even ran on the Atari Monochrome monitor. In fact I'm sure it did - high res - 600 x 400 pixels ? Pretty amazing for the time. |
14-Jul-2000 |
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| Mark Berent |
Mark Berent - what's he up to these days?
Mark Berent spent over 20 years in the USAF, logging over 4,350 hours, more than 1,000 in combat.
During his three tours in the war, Berent earned the Silver Star, two DFCs, over two dozen Air Medals, A Bronze Star, the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, and the Legion of Merit. His first four books concentrate on the F-4 Phantom aviation in the Vietnam conflict, to which he obviously brings a wealth of personal experience. There are also great descriptions of FAC missions, Wild Weasel and Special Ops on the ground. |
14-Jul-2000 |
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| Microcosmic God |
A reminiscence about Command and Conquer - which has taken up too much of my time over the years! Also a walkthrough of GDI Mission 15. |
14-Jul-2000 |
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| Nostalgia Jukebox |
Hear the Midi files or download them - these tunes bring a tear to the eye of any veteran combat-flight-simmer. - Falcon 3.0 soundtrack. |
14-Jul-2000 |
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| Eurofighter sims |
Len "Viking 1" Hjalmarson from www.simcombat.com continues his overview of Digital Image Design sims leading up to the release of Eurofighter Typhoon. |
21-Jul-2000 |
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| Eurofighter Sims |
Eurofighter Sims, TFX, All Hot Air: Hot Air Balloon sim, Shake that thang!: Body Shakers, Free the B-17!: The original B-17 Flying Fortress sim, Strike Eagle in action: F-15 Strike Eagle I |
21-Jul-2000 |
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| Strike Eagle in action |
The 1985 sim by Microprose F-15 Strike Eagle I. |
21-Jul-2000 |
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| Free the B-17 ! |
The original B-17 Flying Fortress sim - B17 Flying Fortress - is available for free at www.bombs-away.net |
21-Jul-2000 |
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| Shake that thang! |
Mark Schimmer recently hooked a set of so called "Body Shakers" to his hifi rig. "These are low frequency transducers (28 to 55 Hertz) which normally induce vibrations on walls or other large objects. They give a great tactile feeling, expecially on sounds like piston engines, slow firing guns, afterburner rumble and .... incoming fire (makes me almost leap out of the seat)." |
21-Jul-2000 |
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| T.F.X. |
Len "Viking 1" Hjalmarson remembers Tactical Fighter Experimental - TFX by Digital Image Design. |
21-Jul-2000 |
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| Hot Air Balloon sim |
Ian Marshall from The Retro Computer Gallery kindly supplied a scan from the Hot Air Balloon sim manual. He remembers: "From my memory as a 12 year old lad I was slightly disappointed with this game as It made itself out to be a realistic simulation of flight. It isn’t any more than a moving horizon backed by numbers." |
21-Jul-2000 |
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| When is a flight sim not a flight sim? |
Chino shows us how he occupies his time in motel rooms on road trips.. With Flight Commander 2 of course! |
28-Jul-2000 |
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| Keeping the Skies Safe in 1995 |
Vincent Jamart takes us on Combat Air Patrol with Psygnosis in 1995. |
28-Jul-2000 |
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| FREE Keyboard Control Cover |
Cockpit Collections is pleased to offer the chance to win a FREE Keyboard Control Cover for MiG Alley. We will be giving away one per week from August through October. |
28-Jul-2000 |
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| News Archives Created |
I have created a system of archiving the news week by week. To read the old news just click here - News Archives. |
28-Jul-2000 |
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| Hot Harrier |
Ralph Clark found a copy of Microprose's Classic Harrier Jump Jet and kindly sent in some scans. |
28-Jul-2000 |
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| Classic Air Combat Guides |
SimTech's EF2000 guide - This is probably the best strategy guide ever, for one of the best sims ever. SImTech's EF2000 guide is a Classic Air Combat Guide - still a good read today, and essential if you have.
Falcon 3 Official guide (1994)
Art of the Kill: AOTK is not as much a sim strategy guide as it is a brief introduction to BFM and ACM. |
28-Jul-2000 |
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| Cockpits Galore |
Cockpits Galore, Keeping the Skies Safe in 1995: Combat Air Patrol, News Archives, FREE FREE FREE: Cockpit Collections, Hot Harrier: Harrier Jump Jet, To sim or not to sim - that is the question: Flight Commander 2, RAM pack madness: ZX-81 Spectrum, Guides, Sim packaging: Enemy Engaged - Comanche vs Hokum, It's All Hot Air!: Sinclair ZX-81 |
28-Jul-2000 |
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| RAM pack madness |
Julian "Gremlin" Sallows earned his nickname from the owner of the Spectrum Shop according to local folklore! |
28-Jul-2000 |
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| Sim Packaging |
Box artwork and package contents for Enemy Engaged - Comanche vs Hokum |
28-Jul-2000 |
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| Cockpits Galore |
It was about time I swept the broom through the Cockpit section. - home built cockpits and more at the Hardware Gallery. |
28-Jul-2000 |
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| It's All Hot Air! |
Gareth "Goon" Evans painted a sobering picture of days gone by with this screenshot of Hot Air Ballooning on the Sinclair ZX-81. |
28-Jul-2000 |
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| Platinum |
Somebody asked whether Jetfighter Platinum had been released - well, yes, in 1997! My Jetfighter 3 guide was one of the first I wrote - way before this website began. What a pain it was to get those DOS screenshots! Anyway JF3 ran really well on my old 486 and you can still get it today. |
04-Aug-2000 |
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| The Skies are Red! |
Crimson Skies is from the makers of MechCommander - so that alone makes it worth a look in my opinion. Actually it may be just the thing to bring a lot of fresh "blood" into flight simming. |
04-Aug-2000 |
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Dark Reign 2 is out and I'll be looking at it soon, so I jumped back through the vortex for a quick look at the original release. |
04-Aug-2000 |
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| Visitor's Book revamped |
I've still got the virtual broom out and have swept through the Visitor's Book. I don't print all the mail - just a representative sample. See if your name is there! |
04-Aug-2000 |
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| Unlimited fun |
Vincent Jamart remembers Flight Unlimited. Don't forget to check out Flight Unlimited II as well. |
04-Aug-2000 |
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| A-10 Tank Killer |
Way back in 1989 Sierra released A10 Tank Killer. You can get it now in the Sierra Aces Collection - which I'll be writing more about soon - but it's crude and ugly by today's standards.... just like the Warthog in fact! |
04-Aug-2000 |
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| Rapt in flight simming |
Vincent Jamart provided this brief look back at an F-22 Lightning sim - F22 Lightning II. |
04-Aug-2000 |
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| Silent Thunder remains true to name |
A10 Tank Killer2 - Silent Thunder. ran in Windows 95. Unfortunately I couldn't get it to run in Windows 98! If you know how to solve this problem please let me know. |
04-Aug-2000 |
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| Jetfighter Platinum |
Jet Fighter Platinum, A10 Tank Killer2 - Silent Thunder, Crimson Skies, Dark Reign 2, Visitor's Book revamped |
04-Aug-2000 |
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| Heavy Metal and Heavy Water |
Mark Schimmer took the cure at Peenemunde - MiG 21, MiG 23 and MiG-17 - modern Heavy Metal at the home of the Flying Bomb. MiGs at Peenemunde. |
11-Aug-2000 |
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| Son of Thunder |
J. D. Wetterling's air combat novel "Son of Thunder" turned out to be a good read. It's populated by flesh and blood characters and contains enough "switchology" to keep this die-hard air combat fan thoroughly absorbed. - Son of Thunder. |
11-Aug-2000 |
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| Dinosaurs in a Flight Sim |
Dinosaurs in Team Apache, Heavy Metal and Heavy Water at Peenemunde, Son of Thunder by J. D. Wetterling, Fleet Defender, Passenger lands plane, RAAF revives Vietnam era tactics. |
11-Aug-2000 |
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| Dinosaurs in a Flight Sim ? ! |
Yes, BlackJack found a specimen of living electronic fossil grazing peacefully in Team Apache. What did he do? Naturally he took pictures -- then blew it up! |
11-Aug-2000 |
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| RAAF revives Vietnam era tactics |
Apparently early Sidewinder missiles could lock on to exhaust heat from trucks - however this incident involved a radar guided AIM-7 Sparrow.. .. and a dummy one at that! www.abc.gov.au - ABC news reports a RAAF F/A-18 Hornet takes out a Land Rover. |
11-Aug-2000 |
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| Passenger lands plane |
Ok, we've seen it often enough in the movies and have probably thought it was very unlikely. This cool customer in Florida took over when the pilot collapsed was talked down to a successful landing. - www.cnn.com - Dad lands aircraft in Florida, saves family, after pilot suffers fatal collapse |
11-Aug-2000 |
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| Fleet Defender |
I gave the Fleet Defender museum exhibit a quick makeover. There will be SuperGeek info coming soon on the personalities behind this flight sim masterpiece. |
11-Aug-2000 |
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| Battle of the Bulge |
P.C. has submitted his first after-action report and it's full of useful goodies like "how to take out a tank with a bazooka team", avoiding unnecessary casualties and calling in artillery strikes! |
18-Aug-2000 |
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| Top Gun MiG |
The elusive MiG-28 was "shot" by Chino at the Greater New England Air Show. |
18-Aug-2000 |
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| More Dinosaurs! |
Following last week's story about the Bronto-burger in Team Apache I was directed towards several more Easter Eggs at The Easter Egg Archive - www.eeggs.com |
18-Aug-2000 |
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| Janes F/A-18 |
F/A-18 by Janes gets a belated but caring exhibit of it's own in the Flight Sim Museum. |
18-Aug-2000 |
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| Aircraft in Action |
Aircraft in Action gets a new index and new material. |
18-Aug-2000 |
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| B-24 Liberator |
Lt. Charles H. Cook flew a B-24D named "Cookie" with the 90th Bombardment Group in the southwest Pacific in 1942-1943. At that time, Allied forces were greatly outnumbered, and Japanese invasion of New Guinea and Australia was a very real threat (the 90th BG became known as the "Jolly Rogers" later in the war). Charlie is now 80 years of age, and over the next couple of months we will be presenting material based on a 3 hour interview with him, plus reams of photographs and newspaper clippings we have unearthed relating to his flying career. |
18-Aug-2000 |
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| Can I learn to fly in a flight sim? |
Chino found out and lived to tell the tale! Follow the saga as he learns to fly at night, in bad weather and as his first solo flight! - Can I learn to fly in a flight sim? |
18-Aug-2000 |
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| You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog! |
Yeah yeah yeah enough of that! But believe it or not the Elvis Presley recording WAS the "inspiration" for the name of the AGM-28 Hound Dog missile. |
18-Aug-2000 |
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| Can I Learn to Fly in a flight sim? |
Can I Learn to Fly in a flight sim?, B-24 Liberator and Lt. Charles H. Cook, Aircraft in Action gets a new index and new material, F/A-18 by Janes gets an exhibit, Top Gun MiG, You ain't nothin' but a Hound Dog!: AGM-28 Hound Dog missile, Battle of the Bulge: Close Combat 4 - Battle of the Bulge, More Dinosaurs!: Easter Eggs |
18-Aug-2000 |
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| Women in Aviation |
'Daughter of the Air' by Rob Simbeck: " Having experienced this attack first-hand, Cornelia was anxious to serve her country. There were no opportunities for women as military pilots, but programs were soon established to enlist women in auxiliary roles, mainly ferrying aircraft between factories and military bases, freeing more male pilots for combat duties. " |
25-Aug-2000 |
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| Flying Nightmares |
Niko Airaksinen set me straight on my report on the MAC version .. .. .. apparently it WAS pretty good! |
25-Aug-2000 |
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Flying Nightmares, Calculating the Odds, The Great State of Maine Air Show 1997, Flight of Passage by Rinker Buck, Women in Aviation: Daughter of the Air by Rob Simbeck |
25-Aug-2000 |
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| The Great State of Maine Air Show 1997 |
The Great State of Maine Air Show 1997 was held on July 19 & 20 at Brunswick Naval Air Station, Brunswick, Maine. It was a great day for an air show, with blue skies and plenty of warm sunshine... and what's more the Blue Angels were in town! |
25-Aug-2000 |
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| Calculating the Odds |
Graphics don't come any simpler than this! Chino describes playing astronaut on a Texas Instruments calculator ! Calculator sims |
25-Aug-2000 |
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| Flight of Passage |
They decided to fix up the family Cub, and then fly it from their home in New Jersey all the way to Los Angeles, California. This was quite a challenge given that the Cub could not fly very fast or high, had no radio, lights, or heat, and could hold virtually no luggage in its tiny two-place cockpit! |
25-Aug-2000 |
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| Wedgetail Shot Down |
Despite spending AUD$ 25 million on evaluating the tenders and approving Boeing as the supplier, the Australian Federal Government this week put the "Wedgetail" project into an indefinite holding pattern.
The Australian's (daily newspaper) so-called "Defense Correspondent" continues to describe the AWACS aircraft to the readers as "Spy Planes" - which certainly doesn't clarify the issue! Perhaps Boeing should have invested in subway advertising similar to what Chino found in Washington recently for the F-22 Lightning. |
01-Sep-2000 |
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| A quiet week at the MiG-Base |
It was a quiet week as the MiGBase prepares to move to another secret location! ... physical location that is, the web address will remain the same! There is plenty of good stuff in the pipeline however so hang in there! |
01-Sep-2000 |
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| Supergeek Humour |
I was steered to this site by a newsgroup story and when I got there I laughed till I stopped! - www.codebloat.com >> 2004 update - web page is gone << |
01-Sep-2000 |
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| A quiet week at the MiG-Base |
The MiGBase prepares to move to another secret location!, Supergeek Humour, Wedgetail Shot Down |
01-Sep-2000 |
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| Charity Auction |
Microsoft Australia has 2 gaming packages on ebay Australia, with the proceeds going to Here for Lifea charity dedicated to helping prevent youth suicide through education, awareness and research. The charity auction is running until September 7.
Package 1 - Microsoft SideWinder GameVoice and Asheron’s Call.
Package 2 - Microsoft SideWinder Precision 2 and StarLancer. |
08-Sep-2000 |
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| Combat Flight Sim 2 |
Combat Flight Sim 2 Beta version, Todd Wikel's World War 2 cockpit, Enemy Engaged - Apache vs. Havoc: Ka-29 Helix-B, Mi-24 Hind, Mi-28 Havoc, Scenery from 5,000 feet, Charity Auction |
08-Sep-2000 |
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MiGMan has a fly in the beta version of the soon - to - be - released Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 2. |
08-Sep-2000 |
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| Attic cleaning |
While cleaning up the hard drive in preparation to moving - dont ask me why, it doesn't alter the weight of the drive... or the physical space it takes up - I found some old snaps which were worth preserving.
1- The Ka-29 Helix-B from Enemy Engaged - Apache vs. Havoc
2 - The Mi-24 Hind from Enemy Engaged - Apache vs. Havoc
3 - The Mi-28 Havoc from Enemy Engaged - Apache vs. Havoc
4 - Scenery from 5,000 feet in Glideslope Software's North West England Scenery |
08-Sep-2000 |
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| Resume of a Supergeek |
Chino's professional background in Optical Science and Engineering neatly complements his aviation enthusiasms.
- Bruce Irving
- BFM - a virtual fighter pilot's lament
- Chino's Zero |
08-Sep-2000 |
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| Todd Wikel's World War 2 cockpit |
Todd "Rogue" Wikel sent me these snaps some time back and I'm trying to track him down for more details - if you know his whereabouts please ask him to contact me. |
08-Sep-2000 |
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| Chuck Yeager Audio |
Chuck Yeager was the first person to break the sound barrier and a virtuoso pilot as well as a Fighter Ace who flew in World War 2, Korea and Vietnam. Do you remember a 1980's flight sim called Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer ? Probably not. Anyway the sim featured a 1 hour cassette of the man himself recounting tales from the workd of flight testing and giving tips on flying in general. Listen to it here - Chuck Yeager's Advanced Flight Trainer |
15-Oct-2000 |
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| Sidewinder Precision 2 |
Aptly named "Precision" - I found just that. With this Microsoft joystick. My snap rolls had never been so snappy!
Sidewinder Precision 2 joystick. |
15-Oct-2000 |
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| F-111 Dump 'n' Burn |
I thought I'd better draw attention to this great video of the RAAF F-111 doing a dump'n'burn over the stadium at the Olympics closing ceremony. This video is worth the download! - 4.1 meg. |
15-Oct-2000 |
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| European Air War |
Hasbro Australia asked me to host a command sheet for European Air War. |
15-Oct-2000 |
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| B-17 previews |
More screenshots and details of the new heavy bomber sim - B-17 Flying Fortress 2. |
15-Oct-2000 |
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| A Citizen Soldier in the Air By Bruce Irving |
Lt. Charles H. Cook flew a B-24D named "Cookie" with the 90th Bombardment Group in the southwest Pacific in 1942-1943. At that time, Allied forces were greatly outnumbered, and Japanese invasion of New Guinea and Australia was a very real threat. |
15-Oct-2000 |
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| Marathon pics |
I got my Men's Marathon pics back from the developer. I got some nice snaps too - especially considering the price of the camera - $AUD 10.00 including the film ! Read how a hardened MiG-cynic became a MiG-believer - Sydney Olympics 2000. |
15-Oct-2000 |
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| Sidewinder Precision 2 |
Sidewinder Precision 2 joystick, F-111 Dump 'n' Burn, European Air War, Sydney 2000 Olympic Games Marathon pics, details of the new heavy bomber sim - B-17 Flying Fortress 2, Chuck Yeager audio, A Citizen Soldier in the Air By Bruce Irving |
15-Oct-2000 |
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| Back to Baghdad |
Fritz Gunter has made his graphics upgrade to Back to Baghdad available again with good before and after shots of the modified F-16 cockpit here Back to Baghdad. Download it here >> 2004 update - web page is gone << |
23-Oct-2000 |
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| New B-24 book |
B-24 Liberator Units of the Fifteenth Air Force by Robert F. Dorr |
23-Oct-2000 |
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| F-111 Dump 'n' Burn |
Andrew Rogencamp reports: "I thought you might be interested in this photo I took of the F-111 at the Gold Coast (Brisbane, Queensland) indy car race on the weekend. (14th October 2000). I was on the 30th floor of an apartment building and the fly by was at eye level. Awesome!" Note that in this image you can actually see the fuel dump streaming into the afterburner. |
23-Oct-2000 |
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| Fair Go Mate! |
On usage - About MiGMan's Flight Sim Museum |
23-Oct-2000 |
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| Lynx |
Howard Jones remembers these classic sims -
1 - Combat Lynx
2 - Flightsim by Psion for the Sinclair Spectrum |
23-Oct-2000 |
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| Flight of the Foxbat |
TJ was kind enough to point out to me that Viktor Belenko's famous flight to freedom took place in 1976 - not in 1972 as I had stated. Here is an interview with Viktor Belenko www.fullcontext.org/people/belenko.htm >> 2004 update - web page is gone << |
23-Oct-2000 |
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| Air Force One |
Bob "De Janitor" Roberts took some great snaps of Air Force One arriving at Boeing Field. http://www.sim-arena.com/editorials/airforce1/airforce1.html >> 2004 update - web page is gone << |
23-Oct-2000 |
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| Attention Southern Hemisphere! |
MiGMan and PC Pilot Magazine have teamed up to bring you this special offer : PC Pilot Magazine - PC PILOT GOES DOWN UNDER! - >> 2004 update - offer no longer valid << - but the magazine is still available and essential reading for the flight sim fan in my opinion. |
23-Oct-2000 |
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| Rolling Thunder |
Not the Vietnam War bombing campaign but a book covering the history of jet combat. - Rolling Thunder : Jet Combat from World War II to the Gulf War by Ivan Rendall |
23-Oct-2000 |
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| B-17 Flying Fortress 2 |
New screenshots of B-17 Flying Fortress 2 which show the amazing amount of detail on the ground and in the aircraft. |
23-Oct-2000 |
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| Cold War Warriors |
Gordon Permann's site www.web-birds.com/permann/permann.html has pictures and stories from the Cold War - specifically his encounters with Russian Aviators at sea - great reading! |
23-Oct-2000 |
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Cold War Warriors, B-17 Flying Fortress 2, Rolling Thunder, Attention Southern Hemisphere!: PC Pilot Magazine, Back to Baghdad, Air Force One, Amiga Interceptor, Flight of the Foxbat, Combat Lynx, Flightsim by Psion for the Sinclair Spectrum, Fair Go Mate!: on usage - About MiGMan's Flight Sim Museum, F-111 Dump 'n' Burn, New B-24 book |
23-Oct-2000 |
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| Amiga Interceptor |
F/A-18 Interceptor: Greg Stewart remembers the reverse thrust and track view - very popular with budding Spielbergs! |
23-Oct-2000 |
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| Albanian MiGs |
Albanian MiGs, Euro Typhoon, WW 2 Fighter Pilot online, Fly your own F-111, Packaging Combat sims, Tom Clancy's Hornets, 3-D glasses by 3-Qubed, B-17 Manual excerpt - free download, Review of Microsoft's new World War 2 combat flight sim Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 2, Crimson Arena, The Paralympics have just finished and Sydney is still buzzing!, New Carrier for Oz?, Australia's computer generated carrier, MiGMan goes to Hollywood |
03-Nov-2000 |
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| Australia's computer generated carrier |
A bit of investigating by PC revealed the "Aircraft Carrier" reported on October 24th to be a concept ship designed for amphibious transport and supply. Known as the "Multi Role Auxiliary (MRA)", it exists at the moment only in computer generated images. |
03-Nov-2000 |
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| New Carrier for Oz? |
Earlier this year the navy prepared a report on a ship that would be a combined troop transport, tanker, supply vessel, command centre and hospital - with a flat deck that could carry helicopters and possibly F/A-18 fighters !!! |
03-Nov-2000 |
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| F-111 at Sydney Paralympics 2000 |
Albert - aka Recker - Yung of the 389th Thunderbolt VFS, Sydney Australia spots the F-111 |
03-Nov-2000 |
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| Xmas is coming |
Emails, Sidewinder Force Feedback 2, World War 2 Pilots website, Free F/A-18 missions, Drive your Graphics card |
20-Nov-2000 |
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| Per Ardua ad Astra |
Rowan's previous Battle of Britain flight sim: Reach for the Skies, Pacific War, Flying and Fighting the - Gameboy !, Speed up your jet, Cover story: FS 1 |
24-Nov-2000 |
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