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Fighter Tactics instructions, such as deflection shooting or how to perform overhead approaches from the same or the opposite course. Mission types included escorting bombers as well as fighter interceptions, which were generally quite challenging and gave a great view of the
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has a cockpit view, switchable with the keypad for a look around the aircraft. Instruments are few: airspeed, altimeter, bank and pitch, fuel, rate-of-climb, RPM, compass and indicators for fuel and engine/airframe damage. The cockpit also had levers for landing gear, speed brakes (if equipped) and
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just for its extensive manual. It's 127 pages of history, tactics, theory and aviation lore and includes fold-out maps of the battles in which you can fly. It's truly a spectacular production and almost worth the price of the game by itself." The game was also well received by the reviewers of
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Part One: The Early Years, 1982 - 1989 (2006-04-28).
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244:Battle of the Coral Sea
164:Combat flight simulator
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308:Battlehawks
297:Battlehawks
216:Pacific War
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368:Navy Cross
827:DOS games
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419:Reception
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352:Air Medal
325:Aichi D3A
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100:Artist(s)
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670:Compute!
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415:(2004).
406:WarBirds
403:(1994),
397:(1994),
391:(1992),
370:and the
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493:Reviews
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