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Comments |
Year |
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| Westland Sikorsky controls |
Mark Schimmer is working on his own cockpit project, aiming to build a complete base with the rudder pedals in it. He obtained a geniune helicopter control stick. |
20-Nov-2002 |
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| F-16 Combat Pilot on the Amiga |
"Landing this one took a little bit of time to master as you needed to get the AoA and vertical velocity spot-on. And when you had mastered that, you could throw in a bit of bad weather ( fog and low cloud down to 500ft AGL ) and if you were really lucky, it could all be in the black of night too." |
30-Nov-2002 |
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| First look at Vietnam Air War |
Vietnam Air War was developed by Alpha Simulations and published by Just Flight in 2001. It adds Vietnam War era aircraft and missions to Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 2 and flyable aircraft to Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002. |
30-Nov-2002 |
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| Dogfighting over Pearl Harbor |
Pearl Harbor recreates the famous and devastating attack on the US fleet by Japanese aircraft in 1941. |
30-Nov-2002 |
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| F-19 on the Amiga |
"This was the first sim I brought for the Amiga - and what a cracking game it was. The cockpit & systems were just mind-blowing when comparing to the earlier sims on the Spectrum I had used. The main game was based on the same campaigns as the Spectrum version : Libya, Persian Gulf, North Cape & Central Europe." - Rob "Bomber" Henderson recalls. |
10-Dec-2002 |
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| How to land a 737 on an aircraft carrier |
A tutorial on how to land a 737 on an aircraft carrier. They also have a custom helicopter fun base and lots of other fun ideas for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002. |
10-Dec-2002 |
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| Flightgear: open source flight sim website |
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10-Dec-2002 |
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| Early virtual cockpits on the Amiga |
One outstanding innovation for the time was the inclusion of virtual cockpits with padlock view. |
10-Dec-2002 |
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| 1980's Interceptor: a prelude to Jetfighter |
F/A-18 Interceptor was written by Bob Dinnerman who was the force behind the later Jetfighter series. Containing only 5 missions, yes, that's F I V E - this 1988 sim nonetheless amused and entertained sim fans around the world for months at a time. |
10-Dec-2002 |
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| Flight sim competition |
Courtesy of Microsoft, MiGMan has 5 copies of Flight Sim 2002 to go to creative members over the Xmas period. |
10-Dec-2002 |
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| BFM: a Supergeek serenade |
A MiG on your six is better than no MiG at all
"I stay up all night, hoping to get in a big fur-ball
They might be simulated enemies
Just bits in my PC
But the adrenalin rush feels pretty real to me" - read on |
10-Dec-2002 |
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| SuperGeek profile: Viking 1 |
I updated Len "Viking 1" Hjalmarson's profile. For those who don't know of him, he is the most prolific and widely read writer in Combat Flight Sims. Check out his A History of Military Flight Simulations on the PC by Len "Viking 1" Hjalmarson on this site and then head over to www.combatsim.com where they have years of his output archived. |
10-Dec-2002 |
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| Open source sim |
Flightgear is an open source project which is getting enthusiasts involved in building their own flight sim. It models civil aviation activities and looks pretty good too. Support for 3 displays is built in - now that's forward thinking ! |
10-Dec-2002 |
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| North Vietnam Air campaign completed |
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17-Dec-2002 |
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| Vietnam Airbase comparison |
Bien Hoa, Da Nang (US), Kep (NV), Kien An (NV), Phuc Yen (NV), Quantri, Tra Bong, USS Enterprise, Vinh (NV), plus some detail on the Hanoi scenery. |
17-Dec-2002 |
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| Aircraft comparison in Vietnam Air War |
I've started looking at the aircraft - a few of the virtual cockpits are top class, with clear and functional dials. The external detail on all aircraft is good and some must represent some of the best work done in the Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 2 and Microsoft Flight Simulator 2002 graphics engines. |
17-Dec-2002 |
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| Gunship on the Amiga |
"The mission generation was endless with a primary and secondary to complete and the briefings had everything you needed for the coming mission. It also had basic radio comms, with password and countersigns being used during the battle - give the wrong response twice and you start getting hunted by your own side!" |
17-Dec-2002 |
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| LHX Attack Chopper Keyboard commands |
"The mission generation was endless with a primary and secondary to complete and the briefings had everything you needed for the coming mission. It also had basic radio comms, with password and countersigns being used during the battle - give the wrong response twice and you start getting hunted by your own side!" |
17-Dec-2002 |
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| F-15 Strike Eagle II: Commodore Amiga version
F-15 Strike Eagle II: Commodore Amiga version |
In 1989 F-15 Strike Eagle II had one of the richest and most interactive sim environments ever seen. The world was full of activity from enemy fighters and ships. Who can forget "Director Mode", which let you sit back and watch as the sim followed the action. Pour a cup of coffee, grab a donut and watch the action unfold! Not everyone was as enthralled as I with the sim, read Rob "Bomber" Henderson's comments on the Commodore Amiga version. |
17-Dec-2002 |
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| Combat purge |
I went through the Microsoft Combat Flight Sim exhibit like a dose of the salts, adding info, tidying up and moving the 3rd party campaigns to their own exhibits. |
24-Dec-2002 |
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| F-117A Stealth Fighter on the Commodore Amiga |
"I remember it being a real effort sometimes to get anyone to engage you in combat - MiGs would fly so close that it would have resulted in a collision ( if you could have collided that is ) and they would continue to fly right past and off into the big blue beyond. I persevered and completed the 99 mission career, but it just wasn't quite the same as completing the original F-19 Stealth Fighter." |
24-Dec-2002 |
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| Valley High |
Valley Forge sets you up to fly the F2H-2 Banshee for a dozen missions in the Korean War. |
24-Dec-2002 |
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| A tough brief |
How's this for a tough mission brief.. .. |
24-Dec-2002 |
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