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AboutScreens from the FSM v1.0 ! I made these tiny screenshots were in the first iteration of the Flight Sim Museum, back in 1998. They're nothing special at all, but a good reminder of where we've come in 20+ years. Bear in mind that we were on dial-up internet at that time!

AboutThe catalogue provides a snapshot of the state of computer games in 1991.

AboutAfter scanning the material for this museum entry I moved with bated breath towards my P166 laptop, 3 disks in hand, all psyched up for some retro-viffing.Alas it was not to be.... there was data corruption on Disk 1 ... Aaarrrgghh! Never mind. www.simhq.com sent me a copy with working disks and this time I at least got to see the menu screens!

AboutThe P-51 Mustang was apparently known as the F-51 in the Korean War. What was one of the most formidable and effective air superiority machines in WW2 was, only 5 years later relegated mainly to a ground attack role. The jet age had begun.

About"The F-80 Shooting Star was flying in Italy in January 1945 but didn't see combat.
On the 8th of November 1950 a Shooting Star shot down a MiG-15 in what is thought to be the first jet to jet air combat encounter. The first 4 months of the Korean war saw the F-80 bearing the brunt of the combat with over 15,000 sorties being flown."

About"The F84 ThunderJet often ran out of runway in the hot Korean weather and was known as the ""Groundhog"" because of this reluctance to become airborne. I noticed fairly quickly in MiG Alley that on take-off it is important to keep the flaps down until the speed has built up and to keep the climb out fairly shallow. Other fliers have reported that a ""flaps up"" setting is best for takeoff, with a very shallow climb out... barely clearing the treetops at about 2 degrees climb angle."

AboutThe F-86 Sabre is modelled in the A, E and F Variants.

AboutYour have five fighter squadrons and two bomber squadrons under your command.

AboutThe Forward Air Controllers in MiG Alley are a first for Combat flight sims.

AboutThe aircraft in MiG Alley use the classic "Finger Four" formation. This was known to Commonwealth pilots (Canadian and Australian) as "High Battle Formation". According to Christie Harris, who flew for the RCAF in the 1950's, "You started as a wingman, with three practically foolproof opportunities for disaster.

AboutThe crowning achievement in Microprose's legacy of creating fully immersive flight simulation environments.