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2005 Australian Grand = Prix
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SWAT=20 4
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Tank T-72: Balkans in = Fire:  Part=20 1  Part=20 2

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Major=20 Joe Davidson
An=20 Interview with SimBin
iDT:=20 Champ Car Challenge
Author=20 Mike Farmer
FlatOut:= =20 An Interview with Bugbear
Thunder=20 Run

Community News for March 11, = 2005

Have comments,=20 questions or a news contribution for SimHQ? Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=

It's now your = decision!

The five finalists for = the SimHQ Silent Hunter = III Short=20 Story Contest are here and you can vote for = the best=20 story here. Voting continues till = Sunday,=20 March 13th, 2005 at 9 PM Eastern Time.

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SimHQ Review: = SimHQ=20 concludes it's series on NASCAR SimRacing = with=20 today's Part 4.

Read Part 1 here. A pdf of Part 1 is = available here (442 kb).
Read Part = 2 here. A pdf of Part 2 is = available here (303 kb).
Read Part = 3 here. A pdf of Part 3 is = available here (416 kb).
Read Part = 4 here. A pdf of Part 4 is = available here (480 = kb).

SimHQ Review: = 15=20 pages and several dozen images later,Teddy Bar = has=20 produced an extensive review from the single = player's=20 perspective for S.C.S. Dangerous Waters. = Read his=20 in-depth analysis here=20 about this much anticipated naval combat sim. A = pdf is=20 available here = (1.1MB).

SimHQ = Feature:=20 Alex = "Zander" Keep=20 reports on the upcoming 2005 Formula 1 Season = here= . = Will it=20 be another year for Michael and Ferrari? SimHQ Preview: = Alex=20 previews this weekend's Australian Grand Prix = here in pdf format (109=20 kb).

SimHQ Review: = Cat looks at = the=20 highly popular and highly awarded Unreal = Tournament mod,=20 Red Orchestra: Combined Arms. Is it as = good as=20 everyone says? Is it a sim? Read her review = here.=20 A pdf is = available=20 here (900=20 kb).

SimHQ = Feature:=20 Guest Writer = Frank=20 "BA_Dart" Giger holds class on "How to Make = Your Own=20 Simulation Movies". If you've ever wanted to = do a=20 video of your flights be sure and read Frank's = article=20 here. A pdf is available here=20 (1.09MB).

SimHQ = Interview:=20 Armor Editor Fran Mulhern interviews = Stryker Combat Brigade = Team=20 Executive = Officer=20 Major Joe Davidson. Read his comments = here.

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SimHQ = Preview:=20 John "Spoons" Sponauer puts Steel Beasts Professional = -=20 Personal Edition through its paces to = see=20 what it offers to both simmers and actual = tankers. Has=20 eSim Games released another winner? Find out in = our=20 preview here. A pdf is available here (591 = kb).

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: "Col. Gibbon" has posted a preview of = the new=20 Iraq mountains. Click here to check them out. "MadProf" = has=20 released new German Hall of Fame screens. Click here. "vonBeerhofen" has posted in = regards=20 to running Pacific Tide III with low screen = resolution. Click=20 here for more information.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "Prangster" has made some Mosquito Wallpapers. Check = them out=20 here. Aces High 2 has announced = the Aces=20 Artwork web page has been translated to: Spanish, = German,=20 Dutch, Italian, Hungarian and Polish. Click here for the post. Scorched Earth = has a=20 development log update with newly announced modules. = Click here for more information. = "Boelcke" has=20 found a free Med campaign (WIP). Click here for the web page (in French). =

Jane's=20 F/A-18: "Big_Daddy" has released a new video. = Click here for the post. "_Frenchy" has = posted an=20 update of modifications to come. Click here to read the post.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: The Flaming = Cliffs=20 demo patch is out. Click here.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: The F-111A = Updated=20 Data.ini is out. Click here for the full details. "capun" = has=20 posted some preliminary shots of a Me-262. Click here. "capun" has posted some = shots of float=20 planes. Check them out here. "USAFTML" has posted a Weps = editor=20 tutorial here. "fubar_512" has posted a = picture=20 tutorial of how to enable nukes. Click here.

Wings of=20 War: "ArgonV" is looking for skinning artists = to work=20 on the Handley Page O/400 project. Click here for more information. = "Saedor" has=20 posted a Nieuport 17 skin. Click here.

General=20 News: CombatAce.com is now operational. Click = here to check out the site.


Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Didier "Don Didi" Vanoverbeke and Chuck = "Magnum=20 MGG " Ankenbauer.

New SWAT=20 4 screenshots are here at PC.IGN.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Mille-Sabords have a Silent Hunter III competition... I = think. If=20 you can read French then head over to here.

If you are having any = issues=20 running Dangerous Waters = you=20 might find an answer at the S.C.S. Dangerous = Waters Tech = Support Forum here.

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

Gamezone=20 reviews NASCAR = SimRacing.=20 The review is located here. Thanks to Blackhole=20 Motorsports for the link.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

HEXUS reviews XFX Dual 6800 = Ultras in SLI config, with 512MB per = card! Read=20 more here.

HardAvenue looks=20 at the ASUS = Extreme=20 N6600GT PCI-E SLI=20 card here.

Hardware=20 Zone reviews the = BenQ DW1625 internal DVD writer with = LightScribe=20 technology here.

bigbruin reviews=20 the DHT-819C 5.1 channel surround sound = speakers=20 here.

PCUnleash reviews=20 Samsung's=20 193P 19" LCD = monitor=20 here.

InsaneTek reviews=20 Thermaltake's=20 Beetle cooler = here.

SystemCooling=20 reviews Thermaltake's Soprano mid-tower case here.

3DXtreme reviews=20 the Jetart=20 JACSH1 universal = VGA cooler=20 here.

ExtremeTech has a report on future = directions for DirectX.=20 Read it here.

Community News for March 9-10, = 2005

Have comments,=20 questions or a news contribution for SimHQ? Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: EAW can now be downloaded for 9.95. = There is=20 also a free demo here.

FS 2004=20 / 2002: TweakFS Scenery Viewer has been = released at=20 FlightSim.com. This application allows Flight = Simulator=20 scenery designers to showcase their creations as a 360 = degree=20 scrolling panoramic animation. Click here (Filename: tfs_sv.zip). A Sea = Hurricane=20 is available at FlightSim.com. This model boasts a = virtual=20 cockpit, working oxygen system with simulated hypoxia = effect,=20 and too many other features to list here. It even = comes with a=20 carrier to land on. Check it out here (Filename: seahurri.zip). = FSUIPC 3.47=20 is out, as is the developers kit. Click here (Filename: fsuipc.zip, = Developers Kit=20 Name: fsui_sdk.zip). "grover" has found a preview = video for=20 the Alpha Sim C-5. Click here for the post. "grover" has = also made a=20 video of the F-18 by aerialfoundry. Click here to get it. Click here for a preview of the Fokker = F-28 model.=20 Thanks to "Legend" for the find. TweakFS Scenery = Viewer has=20 been released at FlightSim.com. This application = allows Flight=20 Simulator scenery designers to showcase their = creations as a=20 360 degree scrolling panoramic animation. Click here (Filename: tfs_sv.zip).

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 Looking to start skinning. Check out Skinner's Heaven. = The=20 features tools, tutorials, skins, and a forum. Click = here. Having trouble figuring out = what all=20 those gauges and dials are for? Click here for a detailed description = (with=20 pictures) of most of the cockpits in the IL-2 Series.=20 Luftkrieg forums have been added to Scorched Earth. = Click here for more information.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: Wolf from=20 Lockonskins has released a high-res weathered A-10 = skin. Click=20 here for a preview and a link to = the=20 download.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: The Spitfire Mk = IA and=20 IIB have been released. Click here. The SFP1 Dev A-Team have = released the=20 Supermarine Spitfire Mk VB and Mk VB Tropical. Click = here. A new nuke effect has been = released.=20 Click here. "The Wrench" has released = new Spit Mk1=20 Hangar & Loading Screens. Click here to check them out.

General=20 News: The first Physics Processing Unit (PPU) = has been=20 announced. Click here for more information on what = this could=20 mean for simulations in the future. Thanks to=20 "Alexi_Alx_Anova" for the find. "jrdani" has found a = site=20 dedicated to fighter jets. Check it out here.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Didier "Don Didi" Vanoverbeke and Chuck = "Magnum=20 MGG " Ankenbauer.

IGN has a new Battlefield 2 trailer = for your=20 viewing pleasure here.

Fileplanet=20 has a new, explosive Battlefield=20 2 trailer here, if you haven't said yes to = Battlefield=20 2 yet, this video my just change your mind.

Worthplaying=20 has a new preview of Empire=20 Earth 2 here.

Now for some real world = news... When=20 SimHQ went down yesterday it left a void, so I was = forced to=20 do a few Google searches and discovered the New MP7 PDW is coming to = North=20 America this year, (It has been used and tested in = Europe for=20 a couple of years now). Will this be the weapon to = replace our=20 beloved and popular MP5, both in the real world and in = our=20 virtual battlefields? You can check out the = information here, along with a picture here, and three video's I have = uploaded here, here and here for your viewing = pleasure.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

Gamers-Depot have a preview of Silent Hunter III. Read the review = including=20 screenshots here.

Navy=20 Newsstand reports that Submarine Sailors Up for = Top=20 Honours. Machinist's Mate 1st Class (SS/DV) James E. = Boswell=20 III and Machinist's Mate 1st Class (SS) Alan Lozier = have=20 earned the chance to compete for the titles of U.S. = Pacific=20 Fleet Sea and Shore Sailor of the Year, respectively. = Read=20 more here.

"UbiRazz" has posted up his = thoughts=20 of last Saturday's Silent Hunter III community day, = it's an=20 interesting read with lots of photos of the community = members=20 playing Silent Hunter III. Read all about it here

Silent=20 Hunter 3 video tutorials are up at the main web = site to=20 download. Grab them here. Thanks "skydoc".

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

Brian of BrianRing has=20 removed all of his 3rd party tracks from download, = What a=20 shame. His statement can be read here. This post from Brian further = explains the=20 situation.

The patch for NASCAR SimRacing is = discussed=20 here at Online=20 Racin and here at Blackhole=20 Motorsports.

Patch 1.3. for GTR is now available = for the=20 version released in Germany is available here from the GTR web site.

The 1991=20 IMSA Camel GT carset for the GTP mod has been = released. Get=20 your copy here.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

AMD=20 Gamer reviews the = eVGA 6800 Ultra here.

bit-tech reviews=20 the ABIT RX600 = Pro-Guru=20 256MB video card = here.

Trusted=20 Reviews looks at the=20 AseTek = VapoChill XE=20 II refrigerated PC = case=20 here.

Ozcasemods=20 reviews the Danger Dan=20 TDX watercooling = kit=20 here.

PCStats looks at the Gigabyte GA-K8N Ultra-SLI motherboard here.

GamePC reviews the Intel Pentium 4 = 660 CPU here.

ExtremeTech=20 reviews the Shuttle=20 XP17 LCD monitor = here.

HEXUS reviews the AIW X800 XT card here.

Bjorn3D and GideonTech review=20 the Samsung = Syncmaster=20 920T 19" LCD = monitor=20 here and here.

Spode's=20 Abode has a = Graphics Card = Roundup here.

Community News for March 8, = 2005

Have comments,=20 questions or a news contribution for SimHQ? Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

After=20 Action Reports: "20mm" has posted an AAR of a = bombing=20 mission (Falcon 4.0) of the runway at Sunan, North = Korea.=20 Click here to read it and add your own = AAR's (AAR=20 Name: The Return of the Screwbirds). "ScrewJack" has = posted a=20 CAS A-10 mission in the Ukraine. Click here to read it (AAR Name: LOMAC = Daytime=20 CAS). "BeerDog" has posted a link to the debrief of = the (EECH)=20 LAN Meet, February 5th and 6th, 2005. Click here (AAR Name: Buddy Boys Feb 05 = LAN=20 Debrief).

European=20 Air War: "Knegel" has posted some 1600x1200=20 screenshots. Click here to see what EAW has become.=20 OAWbasic6.04 is up and on the way to Sandbaggers. = Click here for the post.

Falcon=20 4.0: "Thomas DW" has posted some screenshots = (his=20 configuration FF3+FF3.1+Ayes+Hitiles). Check them out = here.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: Whale watch in Hawaii. Animated whales = swim in=20 the waters off Lahina, Maui, Hawaii. Click here to = go to AVSIM=20 (FILENAME: whales_in_hawaii.zip) A flight plan for=20 FS2004/FS2002 containing over 100 waypoints for the = actual=20 route flown by Steve Fossett is now available. Click = here=20 (FILENAME: globalflyer_gps_route.zip) A free = Polikarpov Po-2=20 (U-2)is available at AVSIM. Click here = (FILENAME:=20 po2zh.zip). A B29-Superfortress featuring a virtual = cockpit,=20 moving controls, and working instruments has been = released.=20 Click here to get it (FILENAME:=20 b29-superfortresse.zip).

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "vpmedia" has released new A6M2-N skins. Click here. War Clouds is looking for = some help=20 from veteran skinners. Click here to see how you can help. = "Box-weasel"=20 has posted a MC-202 preview. Check it out here.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "USAFTML" has = posted=20 that the F-111 Pit by Norman Knight (New Version) will = be=20 needed for the new F-111. Click here for the full details. F-111 = 2.0 is=20 available for download. Click here. "The Wrench" has released a = new F-111=20 menu screen featuring the artwork of Shegio Kioke. = Click here to check it out. "Boopidoo" = is looking=20 for help completing the Su-15 cockpit. Click here to see how you can help out.=20 "Digital-Overload" has posted a render update of the = CVN work.=20 Click here for the post. "MK2" has = posted a WOV=20 preview. Click here to see it. "Sundownwer" has = posted a=20 preview of some F-4 hi-res skins. Click here. Bombing Table Part 2 is out. = Click here.

We received this = announcement=20 today:

Battle of Britain = 2: Wings=20 of Victory to Include Exclusive Battle of Britain=20 Documentary DVD

LONDON, UK (March 8th, = 2005) - GMX=20 Media is today announcing that the eagerly awaited = flight=20 simulation title Battle of Britain 2: Wings of = Victory will=20 come packaged with a free DVD documentary describing = the=20 events of the historic airborne battle. This double = disc=20 package will not only entertain, but will give = players new=20 insights and understanding of what will be = remembered as one=20 of the most important military engagements of the = last=20 century.

When France finally fell = to the=20 onslaught of Hitler's war machine in June 1940, = Britain=20 awaited the full fury of the Nazi armies. She did = not have=20 long to wait; the Battle of Britain was about to = begin. This=20 programme tells the full story of those months in = which=20 Britain stood entirely alone.

=93Battle of Britain 2: = Wings of=20 Victory is gaining momentum to be a truly = extraordinary=20 flight simulation release=94, commented Eugene = Perry, COO for=20 GMX Media. =93We have been monitoring the reactions = of flight=20 simulation buffs on websites from all over the world = to this=20 game. We=92ve rarely seen such interest! With the = inclusion of=20 the DVD we wanted to make sure that consumers are = given even=20 better for money on purchase of the game. Battle of = Britain=20 2 is not just a fantastic game, with the DVD = included =96 it=20 is sure to be a collector=92s item=94

Further information here.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Didier "Don Didi" Vanoverbeke and Chuck = "Magnum=20 MGG " Ankenbauer.

No news today.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

The finalists for the SimHQ Silent Hunter III = Short Story=20 Contest are here and you can vote for the best = one here. Voting continues till = Sunday, March=20 13th, 2005 at 9 PM Eastern Time.

Bob Tuck was one of the = lucky ten=20 winners to attend the Silent Hunter III Gamers Day at = Ubisoft's English=20 office at Surrey. These ten men were possibly the = first=20 outside of Ubisoft's staff to play the Gold version of = Silent=20 Hunter III. Read Bob's impression here.<= /P>

Bill Nichols' SubGuru web=20 site revised and updated for Dangerous Waters. Bill has over = a=20 dozen Dangerous=20 Waters Custom = Scenarios=20 already!

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

Track patches=20 that will enable you to use many of your road circuits = in the=20 Redline GTP mod for NR2003 can be = found here on the Team Redline = forum.

While=20 you're in the Team Redline forum, check out the fine = paints=20 for the GTP cars in the paints subforum.

F1 Sim=20 Links, the invaluable ressource for all things=20 F1 = Challenge has found a new home and new = blood to=20 continue the site. Many thanks to Waldo who started Sim Links and put it where it is = today.=20 Thanks to Race Sim Central for the=20 news.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

HEXUS gives their opinion of the new = BTX form factor here.

hardCOREware=20 reviews the = Soltek SL-K890 Pro = 939 motherboard here.

System=20 Cooling reviews the=20 Koolance=20 VID-NV2-LO6 GPU = Cooler=20 here.

Bjorn3D reviews the Foxconn WinFast NF4K8MC-ERS=20 nForce4 = motherboard=20 here.

ModSynergy=20 reviews the Coolmax=20 140mm PSU = here.

CreativeMods=20 reviews the = Silentium=20 II case here.

Community News for March 7, = 2005

Have comments,=20 questions or a news contribution for SimHQ? Send to mailto:webmaster@simhq.com=

Air Combat

News=20 Contributor: Doug "Uther" Lawrence.

European=20 Air War: "vonOben" has posted a ground aircraft = update=20 and a new addition; the I-16. Click here for the full details. = "sandbagger's"=20 latest news is out. Click here to read it. MadProf's EAW = site has=20 reopened. Click here. "RAF_Roy" has released a new = developers tool called TColLineTM. Click here for more information.

FS2002 /=20 FS2004: "Rick.50cal" has found a free Boeing = 377=20 Stratocruiser (with virtual cockpit). Click here for the link to the cruiser = and more=20 free aircraft.

IL-2=20 Series: Forgotten Battles / AEP / Pacific = Fighters:=20 "vpmedia" has released new A6M3 and Ju-87 G1/D3 skins. = Click=20 here for the announcement. = "Murdock" has=20 announced Scorched Earth : Luftkrieg and Squadron = Manager 1.0.=20 Click here for more details. "dano" has = made a=20 free skin site available. Click here to see the site. "Jonny_C" = has added=20 some new web pages concerning RCAF Transport Squadrons = in=20 Burma (WWII). Click here for the post.

Lock On:=20 Modern Air Combat / Flaming Cliffs: "Mitch" has = posted=20 a preview of a A-10 hi-res skin. Click here to check it out. Mitch's = LOMAC site is=20 back up. Click here to go there. "Thomas_DW" has = posted a=20 new A-10, F-15, MiG-29, and Su-27 Cockpit/Skins Guide. = Click=20 here for the list of links.

There's a new Lock On Flaming Cliffs = Su-25T=20 Preview on the Spanish site Alas Rojas.=20 It features an attack mission using its specific = sensors and=20 armament. Although it is in Spanish, it includes = plenty of=20 images. Take a look here.

Strike=20 Fighters / Wings Over Vietnam: "Edward" has = posted a=20 screenshot of the completed Taiwan terrain. Click here for more information about = this new=20 terrain. "USAFTML" has posted new screenshots of the = F-111=20 project. Click here to see them. "Edward" has = posted=20 concerning the EAWEuro Terrain Update (Screenshots). = Click here. "BUFF" has posted some SF = era aircraft=20 videos (Buccaneer, Vulcan, and more). Click here to read the post. "Aladar" = has made a=20 video with music named "Soviet Scourge" Check it out = here. "Aladar" has also released a = video=20 named, "Last of the Gunfighters". Click here to see it. "capun has posted = some shots=20 of the Sea Hurricane here and the MkIID Hurricane here. "capun" has announced that = Mikewhl's=20 Kynda Class Russian cruiser has been released. Click = here. "The Wrench" has uploaded = several of=20 the old Fighter's Anthology missions back on the FA = Missions=20 page. Click here for more information.

USAF: "MrEx" has = created an=20 update which converts all 3D BMP's from 512 to 256. = Click here for more information.

Wings of=20 War: "Jagdpanzer" has released new unmirrored = Fokker=20 DVII skins. Click here to check them out. = "pilot2114" has=20 posted a link to new unmirrored skins of the Fokk E3, = Pfalz,=20 and Sopwith. Click here for the post.

General=20 News: "kake" has found an open source flight = simulator=20 at Flightgear.org. Click here to check it out.

Land Combat

News=20 Contributors: Didier "Don Didi" Vanoverbeke and Chuck = "Magnum=20 MGG " Ankenbauer.

The=20 Forgotten Hope mod v0.67 has been released for = BF42. You can grab it = from here.

Mission=20 Ready has posted an article on multi-platform = wargaming.=20 Read it here.

Naval Combat

News Contributor: "Teddy=20 B=E4r".

There's a report here at Deep=20 Domain on Silent = Hunter III=20 Gamers Day. Thanks to Subsim = Review=20 for the link.

Motorsports

News Contributor: Jens = "McGonigle"=20 Lindblad.

Team=20 Redline re-releases = the=20 GTP = mod for NASCAR Racing 2003 = Season. Download it from here.

Blackhole=20 Motorsports reviews NASCAR SimRacing here.

There are several new = screenshots here from the upcoming = rFactor at Blackhole=20 Motorsports.

An Open Letter to the = Community=20 by FIRST-Racing discusses the reasons = why=20 copyrights and intellectual property cannot and should = not be=20 violated. A very informative and good read.

Technology

News Contributor: Bob = "KnightRyder"=20 Nielsen.

Hardware=20 Zone reviews both = AGP & PCI-E versions of the MSI NX6600 here.

Hard=20 Avenue looks at the=20 HIS Radeon = X850XT=20 PCI-E and = X850XT PE PCI-E cards here.

Overclockers Online reviews the Samsung SyncMaster = 711t 17" LCD monitor here.

Xtreme=20 Resources reviews = Crucial's Ballistix Tracer = DDR2=20 PC2-5300 memory = here.

OCWForum reviews=20 the SiS = 756 reference motherboard = here.

XYZ=20 Computing reviews the = Thermaltake = Soprano=20 VB1000SWS case = here.

Legion=20 Hardware reviews the=20 Thermaltake = Water=20 Cooling = system here.

3DGameMan=20 reviews the HIS X850XT IceQ II Turbo = Dual DVI VIVO=20 256MB PCI-E video=20 card here.

The SimHQ Monthly Calendars for = March=20 2005

Download a calendar by = clicking on the=20 thumbnails. The files are approximately 250 kb.

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Steve Serdikoff of Three Wire Photography = provided this=20 image of the Breitling Fighters. The P-51D, = P-40G,=20 Spitfire Mark IX and F4U-1 were taken at the = Duxford=20 2003 Show. Thanks, Steve!
This Silent Hunter III = image is our=20 fourth in a series of monthly calendars = featuring Silent=20 Hunter III. Thanks to the Development Team for = providing=20 the image.
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This months S.C.S. Dangerous Waters image is = the=20 Orion. It is the third in a series of monthly = calendars=20 featuring the just released naval combat sim. = Thanks to=20 Sonalysts and Battlefront.

 Fran Mulhern sent in this = LOMAC=20 screenshot of a sunset RTB flight. Looks great=20 Fran!

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