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News Archives 2004


ExhibitTitle Comments Year Thumb
F-16 Aggressor rescued Gerwin - Netherlands pointed out that this sim had been "orphaned" during Museum updates. 05-May-2006
F-117A Stealth Fighter   05-May-2006
MegaCITY Hawaii No exhibit yet. 09-May-2006  
MegaCITY Atlanta   09-May-2006
MegaCITY: Dallas/Fort Worth   09-May-2006  
Super 80 Simulates the classic McDonnell Douglas DC-9-81 (MD-81) 09-May-2006  
MegaScenery Volume 03: Northern California   09-May-2006  
MegaScenery Volume 04: PacificNorthwest The promotional video gives a good indication of where terrain mesh and mapping was at in 2004 for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. 09-May-2006
MegaCITY: Denver   09-May-2006  
MegaCITY: San Francisco The first in the MegaCITY series. 09-May-2006  
MegaScenery Volume 02: New York Another orphaned exhibit is rescued. 09-May-2006
Computer Pilot Magazine exhibit updated   12-May-2006
Back to Baghdad update The publishers Military Simulations Inc. went on to specialise in military sims and released no more products for the home market. 12-May-2006
Scenery Perth PC Aviator's first published addon for Microsoft Flight Simulator 5. 12-May-2006
Pacific Storm   12-May-2006
Los Angeles (2006) No exhibit. 12-May-2006  
Charles H. Cook: in memoriam Charles H. Cook passed away on on Saturday January 20th, 2007. Missed by friends and family. 12-May-2006
Making your own trim control Tips and schematics from Ed Bult for a cheap USB Trim controller. 03-Jun-2006
F-4 Phantom simulator   07-Jun-2006
Operation Flash Point: Resistance Videos Edited a large contribution of videos on this sim by Dan "McAnimal" Hanke. 21-Jun-2006
Operation Flash Point: Resistance The official expansion to Operation Flashpoint: Cold War Crisis, it is a first person perspective military sim which also enables you to fly military helicopters and aircraft. 21-Jun-2006
Enemy Engaged revisited In June 2006 I reinstalled the sim and took a few screens. The sim still ran. I had one crash to the desktop... but this was only a stepping stone to installing Enemy Engaged - Comanche vs Hokum and flying with the Track IR hardware, so I didn't hang around and try to patch it! Onward and upwards! 23-Jun-2006
Flying T-6 Texans in Germany, 2006 Direct from Field Trips directorate comes this story with images and video. 02-Aug-2006
VistaOz scenery in MSFS2004 Two short videos showing aspects of Vista-Oz's improvements to the default scenery and textures in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004. 04-Aug-2006
Operation Flash Point: Resistance Added 10 videos. 05-Aug-2006
A10 Tank Killer - videos   05-Aug-2006
Publisher's info for A-10 Cuba Added an archive of the original main publisher's page for A-10 Cuba. 05-Aug-2006
ATF patches Added the patches to the DOS versions of Advanced Tactical Fighters, just in case anybody wants to reinstall it and write it up for the Museum. 05-Aug-2006
A10 Tank Killer2: Silent Thunder won't run I could not get the sim to run in Windows 98 OR Windows XP. 06-Aug-2006
A-10 Cuba - mission video   08-Aug-2006
A-10 Cuba - Training video   08-Aug-2006
US Navy Fighters Gold This CD ROM edition contained US Navy Fighters and the 1st official add-on Marine Fighters. 08-Aug-2006
Longbow 2: Intro movie Added the spectacular intro movie. While not reflecting the graphical quality of the sim, or any sim for some years to come in fact, it did evoke the right atmosphere ! 08-Aug-2006
US Navy Fighters: Mission 01: Rescue Boris Yeltsin Added videos of the memorable first mission - rescuing Boris Yeltsin. All the way through mission planning to that first sortie in the F-14 Tomcat, made famous by Tom Cruise in the movie "Top Gun". 08-Aug-2006
Sims featuring the F-117A Nighthawk Stealth Fighter   08-Aug-2006
Contact link added to each page. I have made it a little easier (I think) for people to submit information on their favourite flight sims. Click on the "Contact" link at the top of each page. 10-Aug-2006  
Newsletter sent out.   10-Aug-2006  
Landing a fast jet under combat conditions   12-Aug-2006
Battle Over Europe - video   12-Aug-2006
F-117A Stealth Fighter - video This is a fun video which recalls the intro sequence to the classic F-19 Stealth Fighter. 12-Aug-2006
Flight Sim Conventions   12-Aug-2006
Sega R-360 The Sega R-360 has an amazing full 360 degrees of motion. With the motion toned down, added controls, and linked to any of the great software we all know and love, this would be an unbeatable sim experience in your basement / den / playroom. 12-Aug-2006
Fly Aces F/A-18 Hornet and World War 2 simulations. 12-Aug-2006
Video of Just Flight products, 2001 This video is a good one to show friends who ask "What is Flight Simulation all about anyway?" It is produced with what seems to be Just Flight's trademark sense of humour. 12-Aug-2006
Battle Over Europe Dynamic campaign add-on for IL-2 Forgotten Battles. 12-Aug-2006
Aero Products Research Flight Simulator Board Game   12-Aug-2006
Running Jetfighter 2 on current machines A reader asked about running Jetfighter 2 on current machines. My best suggestion at the moment is to google for info on running DOS games under XP. There are a few links here. 13-Aug-2006  
RAAF simulators News of 3 new Hornet simulators going into operation puts, at the very least, a perspective on the value for money we get out of our simulators. 16-Aug-2006  
Dr. Carlo Kopp on simulators Includes accounts of his flight in the F/A-18E Superhornet and much more. 16-Aug-2006
MiG-29 sortie   20-Aug-2006
Radar in Eurofighter Alpha Sim's Eurofighter for MSFS2004 21-Aug-2006
Alpha Sim's Eurofighter for MSFS2004 The AA radar allows real intercepts to be made, commonplace in combat sims but a first for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 . 21-Aug-2006
European Air War no go in XP   24-Aug-2006  
Ketsujin added to index   25-Aug-2006
Carrier landing video Fighter Ace 3.5 25-Aug-2006
Alpha Sim's Neptune: Virtual cockpit   25-Aug-2006
Alpha Sim's Neptune: External view   25-Aug-2006
Alpha Sim's Neptune: Gallery   25-Aug-2006
Alpha Sim's Neptune A stable platform with good visibilty. Detailed up to the usual high Alphasim standards. 01-Sep-2006
P-38F Lightning guns video In Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 2. 02-Sep-2006
Dogfight Video Dogfight between the P-38F Lightning and a Mitsubishi A6M2 Zero Fighter over the mountainous terrain of Lae in Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 2. 02-Sep-2006
P-38F Lightning external views Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 2. 02-Sep-2006
Royal Air Force 2000 exhibit tidied up   05-Sep-2006
VOZ AI Pack: Gallery   06-Sep-2006
PC Pilot Magazine Gallery added A gallery of all the issues in the Museum collection. 06-Sep-2006
VIDEOS of the Atari ST   07-Sep-2006
Dassault aircraft in action   07-Sep-2006
Updated Eurofighter Typhoon pages   07-Sep-2006
Defrag A simple explanation of how and why it's important to defrag your hard drives regularly. 11-Sep-2006
Tweaking graphics settings in Microsoft Flight sims   11-Sep-2006
External Review roundup Added links to lots of external reviews of flight sims. 12-Sep-2006
USB power management This problem first came to my attention when the Thrustmaster H.O.T.A.S. Cougar would periodically disconnect from the computer - usually as I worked the rudders during final approach! 13-Sep-2006
Mustang vs Fw.190 An alternate name for the product was "Double Trouble - Mustang vs Butcherbird" . 17-Sep-2006
Mustang vs Fw.190 - Box contents   17-Sep-2006  
Windows Patches   17-Sep-2006  
P-51 and Fw-190 Image gallery   17-Sep-2006  
Using the Virtual Cockpit In the Lancaster from 'Dan Busters'. 17-Sep-2006
Elvis sighted in F15 Strike Eagle III   17-Sep-2006
Jetfighter 1 was rescued from the Flight Sim orphanage.   17-Sep-2006
Issue 21 of PC Pilot Magazine   18-Sep-2006
Issue 23 of PC Pilot Magazine   18-Sep-2006
New video of Fly Aces   19-Sep-2006
Historical ac Videos of the historical aircraft which were included in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, including the Wright Brothers historical flight in 1903 at Kittyhawk. 20-Sep-2006
  Videos of the historical aircraft which were included in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004, including the Wright Brothers historical flight in 1903 at Kittyhawk. 20-Sep-2006
Russian virtual squadron in LOMAC Russian virtual squadron (199th VNFS Black Dragons) in Lock On Modern Air Combat. 21-Sep-2006  
Microsoft Flight Simulator X - GameSpot.com walkthrough   21-Sep-2006  
Microsoft Flight Simulator X demo video 02   21-Sep-2006  
Microsoft Flight Simulator X demo video   21-Sep-2006  
California Polytechnic full motion sim   21-Sep-2006  
RAAF F-111 lands wheels up July 26, 2006 - Successful wheels up landing of F-111C at Royal Australian Air Force base Amberley. 23-Sep-2006  
F-117 landing video   23-Sep-2006
F-117 image gallery   23-Sep-2006
Just Flight launch new website Read the press release here. (pdf) 03-Oct-2006  
Videos of the NEW (not simulated) FockeWulf-190   03-Oct-2006  
Red Baron 3D - tidied up I tidied up the exhibit, which was one of the very first in the Flight Sim Museum, back in 1998, and added links to patches and modding communities, as well as a review at wargamer.com. 07-Oct-2006
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII: Video   12-Oct-2006
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII: Gallery   12-Oct-2006
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII - Press Release   12-Oct-2006
Blazing Angels: Squadrons of WWII   12-Oct-2006


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