Dassault Rafale

Dassault Rafale (Squall's dubbed in English) is a versatile fighter-generation 4.5, the twin-engine, delta-winged and French origin made ​​by Dassault Aviation. Rafale is designed as an aircraft based on land and on aircraft carriers.

Rafale is a manifestation of an ambitious program of standardization for the vision 2025-2030 French military, which instead of five aircraft that served in the French Air Force and French Navy. Rafale can be equipped with nuclear weapons. In addition to use in their home country, the aircraft was also sold for export. Although some countries have expressed interest in the Rafale, but there is no formal memorandum ordering an agreed cross-country.

F-16 Fighting Falcon Flight Simulator

Hold onto your hats when pushing the throttle forward on this baby. This F16 simulation add-on to Microsoft Flight Simulator X has speed to burn. The aircraft external and internal views are exceptional. The flight controls are responsive and smooth. Fully integrates into flt Sim X full scenery package. Recommend that you have a fast computer so as to be able to turn up the scenery options. This is an add-on simulation to flt Sim X that everyone can enjoy from rookie to expert arm chair pilot.

Plus - easy install, nice variety of liveries, most of the buttons work.
Minus - hud and mfd's are frustrating. They would not work if you simply select the plane from the free flight menu. The only way I could get them to work is to select my default cold and dark Cessna in the free flight menu, hit fly now, then start the Cessna, and finally change to the F16 in the drop down menu. So it's a little dated, I'm more used to Captain Sim when I just load up the plane in the free flight menu and I'm good to go.

Overall - I liked the plane but as usual in an aerosoft product, there is a little quirk which isn't doesn't match exactly other developers standards. Maybe Microsoft should have produced a guide for developers so everyone could follow the same standards. I spent a couple hours just getting the HUD to turn on by discovering this work around, and given the cost, this should have worked out of the box. I wouldn't spend over 15 for it, 10 would be better.
System - Quad core, Vista 64, 6 GB memory.

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Air Combat Manoeuvres: The Technique and History of Air Fighting for Flight Simulation (Paperback)

Product Description

Computer flight simulation is one of the fastest growing modern hobbies, with thousands of 'pilots' or 'simmers' going online every day to pit their flying skills against their computers or opponents from all over the world, in many different scenarios, both current and historical. 'Flight simmers', in terms of interest, can be placed into three categories: general aviation, airliners, and combat simulation. The one common theme is the desire to be able to improve their flying skills.

This is the definitive guide for flight simmers interested in combat simulation with easily accessible information and colorful illustrations that can be used as a guide to the methods of air combat. The book covers tactics for all general combat sims so flyers of Microsoft, IL-2, Red Baron 2, Knights of the Sky, and many more will find it to be a valuable resource. It also covers various theatres of combat, therefore flyers of WW1, WW2, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq campaigns, etc, will relate to the subject after all, the tactics remain the same. Using state-of-the-art digital illustration techniques, the book shows how and when to employ the best maneuvers to beat both the computer and other players.

Diagrams show both the maneuver itself and the actual methods used on the joystick. Further sections cover ground-attack, mission planning, and the historical perspective. It will be relevant to those at an entry level and those who have been in online gaming communities for years. The text and diagrams are supported by historical narratives derived from real combat pilots, design histories on key aircraft, and enviable full-color profile artworks.

About the Author

Author Steve Thompson wrote one of the original guides to air maneuvers for flight simmers 25 years ago, and has now updated his original best-selling book to give the flight simmer the complete guide to flight-simulation combat maneuvers in the most modern context.

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Once A Fighter Pilot (Paperback)

Review
"The best personal narrative of a start-to-finish career of a fighter pilot I have ever seen." -- Sanfelici, Arthur H., Editor of Aviation History Magazine

"Those more interested in modern-day, traditional fighter memoirs should take a look at Once a Fighter Pilot, by Little Rock's Jerry W. Cook, who now flies the Stephens Group Inc. corporate jet. Cook flew 400 hours on combat missions in Vietnam. Once A Fighter Pilot (McGraw-Hill, $22.95) is available in bookstores. He spent 10 years in the U.S. Air Force and was a brigadier general in the Arkansas Air National Guard before retiring in 1986." -- Thompson, Doug, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, 10/13/96 --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.
Product Description

* The true adventure tales of a U.S. Air Force fighter who flew more than 400 combat hours while on duty in Vietnam
* Provides a rare insider's glimpse into the world of the flying elite, detailing their education, training, emotions, and day to day experiences
* Poignant, sometimes funny, brutally honest, always exciting, and an eye-opening look at one of the most tumultuous eras in U.S. history.

Most Helpful Customer Reviews
As an enthusiast of modern day aerial warfare, complete with its thrust-vectoring, BVR engagement, pin-point bomb delivery, and missiles that actually work, I had some reservations about reading this book. Adding to my apprehension was the timeframe, set early in the Viet Nam War while valuable lessons were still unlearned, and the mere fact that it had anything to do with the Viet Nam War. Though I was born as Saigon fell in '75, I feel such intense and conflicting emotions when reading about it. Anyways, let me just say that General Cook quickly laid to rest all of my apprehension. From page 1 onward I was hooked. "Once a Fighter Pilot" is a chronicle of Cook's Air Force career from enlistment, through training, and finally his deployment to, survival of, and return home from SE Asia. His recollections of his combat experiences are very vivid and involving, especially for the amount of time between the experiences and the writing of this book.

Most impressive was Cook's "anti-Maverick" attitude and admission of feeling real human emotions such as fear and sorrow, a rare quality among fighter-jock autobiographies. Most sobering were the General's accounts of losing close friends to accidents and to the enemy. Cook allows those of us who were born after the war to feel the pain and frustration of the generation that lived through it, feelings that bring with them an understanding of why that pain and frustration continue to be felt today. I had to refrain from giving this book a 10 simply because I wanted more.

Though Cook acknowledges that many memories have been forgotten or are so blurred to render them untransferable to the written word, I still felt like this man had many more stories of bravery, heroism, high-spirited wit, and sorrow to tell. I highly recommend this book not only to enthusiasts of military aviation, but to critics of those who put their lives on the line in Viet Nam, as well as anyone with an appreciation for good stories about the ups and downs of li! fe, especially stories that are as well-written and easy to follow as Cook's "Once a Fighter Pilot."

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Eye of the Viper: The Making of an F-16 Pilot (Paperback)

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Every year, 1,000 fresh potential pilots undergo the intensive, six-month, 58-flight, $2 million-a-head fighter pilot basic training, where they are pushed to the extreme limits, propelled by the desire to earn their place in a warrior subculture. From the investigative
science and medical writer, Peter A. Aleshire, comes Eye of the Viper, an intriguing book about the making of an F-16 fighter pilot.

Blending intense human drama with a wealth of information about the world's most expensive, deadly, high-tech Air Force, the book follows a batch of fresh new recruits at Luke Air Force Base, the world's largest fighter wing and the single most important source of fighter pilots that have made the American Air Force virtually unchallenged in the skies, as they experience the exhaustive six-month training process. Get an insider's look at how these rookies face mental and physical demands, exhilaration and failure, joy and pain, sweat and tears while they are transformed into stealthy, fierce, American fighting machines. Each recruit is eager to climb into the jets they love at a moment's notice and fly halfway around the world to drop laser-guided bombs down any smokestack the president specifies. However, only a few select individuals have what it takes to be dubbed "protectors of national security." The stakes are high and only a few will succeed.

Historian and writer Peter Aleshire is a senior lecturer in the Department of American Studies at Arizona State University West. He is contributing editor at Phoenix Magazine and writes frequently for a variety of magazines. He has written four history books about the Apache Wars in the Southwest, including The Fox and the Whirlwind, Reaping the Whirlwind, Warrior Woman, and Cochise. He spent 18 years as a science, medical and investigative reporter at various newspapers before taking up teaching, freelancing and writing in 1991. He has published hundreds of articles in national and regional magazines, which have won numerous awards.
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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F-16 Fighting Falcon Flight Simulator

Technical Details

* Step into an extraordinarily detailed 3D virtual cockpit that surrounds you with the excitement of the aircraft
* Push the F-16 to its limits in two challenging and entertaining flight missions
* Highly detailed models and weapon loadouts enhance the true-to-life excitement
* Feel as though you're really part of a military force with paint schemes from many F-16 squadrons and global air forces
* Experience the F-16's power through the accurate Fly-By-Wire flight model

Product Description
"It looks like an angel flies like an angel but is a devil in disguise!"Jump into the modern cockpit of the most successful Air Force fighter. Never before has a military fighter jet been modeled as exact and detailed for a Flight Simulator. Numerous Air Force pilots and experts made this bird a joy to fly with the controllability of a light aircraft and capable of altitudes of 50000 feet and speeds exceeding Mach1. It is extremely agile yet easy to control. Challenge your skills by flying the F-16 in the included missions and feel the power it is capable to unfold. A MUST have for each and every ambitious PC pilot in Microsoft Flight Simulator X.Features: Extremely detailed 3D virtual cockpit.

Numerous highly detailed models and weapon loadouts. Paint schemes from many F-16 squadrons and global air forces. Many new animations. Accurate Fly-By-Wire flight model. Two challenging and highly entertaining F-16 flight missions included. Excellent frame rates. System Requirements: Microsoft Flight Simulator X (SP2). Microsoft Windows XP SP2 / Vista. Processor: Dual / Quad Core. Free Hand Disc Space: 1.5GB. Graphics Card: mind. 512MB. RAM: 2GB. Format: WIN XPVISTA Genre: ENTERTAINMENT Age: 800828287795 UPC: 800828287795 Manufacturer No: 919220

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