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December 7th, 2001

History of Flight Sims Parts 1 and 2

Len Hjalmarson put together a great history of Flight sims - this first part runs from 1971 to the beginning of 3DFX. A History of Military Flight Simulations on the PC

Free manuals on the web

Free manuals on the web - from civil aviation to AH-64 Apache and F-16 manuals.

Caricature artist extraordinaire!

Rob "Bomber" Henderson Check out Rob's reminiscences of a whole swag of 1980's sims - then duck over to his website and enjoy his aircraft caricature art which has a focus on those British types!

Vicarious thrills

Cliffhanger - Whenever I want a huge adrenaline rush - to pit my flesh and sinew against the unforgiving precipice - to push my body to the limit of endurance - and beyond .. then I make a nice cuppa and watch Stallone in Cliffhanger.

Realistic hangliding

Microflight started out as a project by Ilan Papini to create a realistic sim for gliding, hangliding and ultralight fun. The open architecture has encouraged a host of addons so you can now do everything from ride a bicycle around San Francisco to fly an ultralight down the Grand Canyon: Microflight

Museum hosts the Indian Scenery for F/A-18 Super Hornet

F/A-18E SuperHornet by Digital Integration - 1998

The Indian scenery update disappeared from it's original home and after Edge helped me locate it again I decided to house it in the Museum at F/A-18E Super Hornet patches and scenery

No pilot voice patch

F/A-18E Super Hornet patches and scenery

Saitek X-36 analog config file

F/A-18E Super Hornet patches and scenery

Bond - That's James Bond!

Aircraft, aerial stunts, Jet Fighters, seaplanes, helicopters, Gyrocopters, Mini-Jets... it seems every Bond movie features some air action. And let's not forget the plethora of gadgetry! In the interests of science I hit the local video-rama and revisited these classics. I thought I'd seen them all, but not so!

1963 - Dr. No
1964 - From Russia with Love
1964 - Goldfinger
1965 - Thunderball
1967 - You Only Live Twice
1969 - On Her Majesty's Secret Service
1971 - Diamonds are Forever
1973 - Live and Let Die
1974 - Man with the Golden Gun
1977 - The Spy Who Loved Me
1979 - Moonraker
1981 - For Your Eyes Only
1983 - Octopussy
1983 - Never Say Never Again
1985 - A View to a Kill
1987 - The Living Daylights
1989 - Licence to Kill
1995 - Golden Eye
1997 - Tomorrow Never Dies
1999 - The World is not Enough

Begin here: James Bond

Falcon series refurbished

I refurbished all the Falcon exhibits and added an image of the HUD in Falcon 3.0. For 1991 it seemed incredibly complex but compare it to the cockpits in later sims like F/A-18E Super Hornet or even F15 by Janes.

Versions of the classic F-16 combat flight sim "Falcon":
F-16 Fighting Falcon - 1985
Falcon
Falcon AT
Falcon 2.2 - the Mac version
Falcon 2.5
Falcon 3.0
Falcon 4.0
Falcon 4 Allied Force

Falcon 4.0 gets a Super upgrade

The release of the Falcon 4.0 Superpak tempted me back to this iconic sim. Here's some info to whet your appetite as I get under the hood of the Falcon again - Falcon 4.0

New hardware - Geforce 3

I finally got my hands on the top-of-the-line gaming card - a Geforce 3 with 64 MEG of DDR ram. He he he. Does it make a difference to the sims? Yep. The extra smoothness in Microsoft Combat Flight Sim 2 meant I was strafing and dogfighting with much more confidence. Look out virtual enemies! More here: Hercules 3D Prophet III Titanium 500

Home Arcades

Food for thought for home cockpit builders. This guy - Mickster - has built his own video game arcade using PC emulators running in original arcade cabinets : Mickster's classic arcade web site - It shows what can be done these days using PC's and a bit of imagination and effort to create your own entertainment environment.