Flight Sims 

 

To take off into the blue at the controls of my own plane, to roll and loop my way through the clouds, is a recurrent dream of mine. My computer lets me to feed this dream through sophisticated flight simulator programs. My favorite single-player sim is Red Baron, which models World War I combat aircraft. 

Multiplayer flight sims played over computer networks allow me to indulge myself in air combat operations with other real and wannabe pilots in the virtual skies of cyberspace. It's a real rush, sweaty palms included. I'm a proud member of the Flying Squirrel Air Force (FSAF), a select group from Compuserve's Flight Sim Forum (GO FSFORUM) who fly group operations in Air Warrior and WarBirds. On both sims I fly as <FS> Meatball. My Air Warrior "tail number" is -mb- while on War Birds 2.0 you can recognize me as "meatsa".

Other interesting sites to visit 

• My favorite flight sim is back, and better than ever! Red Baron II is as good as it gets in World War I rag wing flight simulation. Visit Scott "Icky" Rudi's Red Baron II, The Mother of all Fokker Games is Back web page for tips, tricks, and links to other Red Baron sites.
• Sunday is War Night for Air Warriors. Read all about the festivities via this link and check out the Scenario page for the latest Air Warrior historical scenario information. 
• WWI Modelers Home Page -- select their "Links to other Modeling or WWI related sites" link to access many excellent WWI aircraft information. 
• George Rarey's Journals of the 379th Fighter Squadron is a must visit site, a view of the air war through the eyes of a cartoonist Thunderbolt pilot. 
• The Cactus FTP site, repository of a great collection of flight sim files. 
• Rocketman's Web Page by the premier online Yak driver. An excellent resource to things Air Warrior.