Dennette's Flight Simulators

•  AOTP - Aces of the Pacific™
  This is a World War II sim based in the Pacific. (D'oh!) You can fly a dozen different American and Japanese planes. You can attack Pearl Harbor in a Japanese plane, or fly a TBF Avenger like George Bush. This one offers carrier takeoffs and landings.
• AH-64 Apache - I have two simulators for this awesome helicopter gunship ...
  •   Gunship 2000 (MicroProse)
    This is still the better of the two, as far as I'm concerned. The mission recorder lets you jump back into the action and improve your score!
  • Apache (Interactive Magic)
    I was really disappointed by this one. It was one of the reasons why I upgraded from a 486/33 (Brucilla) to a Pentium (Bast) because it ran Just Too Slow. When I got it at full speed, I found that it was more like an arcade game, with unlimited weapons and an unrealistic flight model. Bummer.
• B-17 Flying Fortress
  The most involved and detailed simulation I have. In real-time, you start the engines, taxi down the runway, take off, join formation, repulse fighters, bomb the target, and return. You occupy all of the ten crew positions, and operate their weapons or controls. Truly Awsome.
• Fleet Defender - The F-14 Tomcat Simulation™
  This is a Present Era sim. You fly the F-14 Tomcat against a dozen Soviet and NATO built planes. You can also "fly" as the Guy In Back (GIB).
•   FOTI - Flight of the Intruder™
  This is a Vietnam Era sim. You can fly either an A-6 Intruder or an F-4 Phantom II against MiGs. I paid $15 for it in a close-out bin, and it runs in CGA mode in a window on Win95.
• Knights of the Sky
  A World War I simulator that includes the Sopwith Camel and the tri-winged Fokker DR 1. The map is lousy, but there is lots of terrain detail ... buildings and clouds ... and the dogfight kills feature Instant Replays. The flight characteristics of these "kites with engines" is interesting to compare with modern or even World War II airplanes. Perfect for older, slower laptops. :-)
• Silent Thunder - A-10 Tank Killer II™
  This is a Present Era sim. You fly the A-10 Thunderbolt II against various ground targets, dodging SAMs, MiGs, and Hinds.
•   SWOTL - Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe™
  This is a World War II sim based in Europe. You can fly a dozen different American and German planes, including jets. This is my favorite sim, and it has a really great mission recorder.
•   Aircraft for Flight Simulator 98
  When I first got Micro$oft's Flight Simulator 98, I went wild on the 'Net collecting aircraft. Some of them had been converted from FS5, and there was an add-on for FS98 to be able to import these massaged aircraft. Notice I keep saying "aircraft" ... that's because I have everything from the Wright Brother's flyer to an autogyro, and historic aircraft to boot.

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