September Editors Picks

FS2002


P38 Night Fighter 09/26/02
The Lightning was designed in 1937 as a high-altitude interceptor. The first one built, the XP-38, made its public debut on February 11, 1939 by flying from California to New York in seven hours. Because of its unorthodox design, the airplane experienced "growing pains" and it required several years to perfect it for combat. Late in 1942, it went into large-scale operations during the North African campaign where the German Luftwaffe named it "Der Gabelschwanz Teufel"--"The Forked-Tail Devil."
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p38m11dc.zip
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BAE Hawk Lift 09/15/02
Hawk LIFT has been designed to provide performance, and cockpit displays, that are fully compatible with both current and future generations of front-line combat aircraft, with their glass cockpit environments. As well as providing an exceptional training platform, Hawk LIFT is highly effective in secondary operational roles, and can deliver a substantial weapons load of up to 3,000 kgs by night, as well as by day, and also in adverse weather conditions.
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dsb_lift.zip
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Mi-8 09/15/02
The standard medium transport helo of the Soviet Union and 40 other countries, 8 grows from the Mi-4 and became, together with its derivatives Mi-14 / 17 the world's most produced helicopter design with more than 10000 units built.
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Mi8MT.zip
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B-26C-15 Marauder 09/15/02
Martin B-26C-15 Marauder, S/N 41-34938. "Big Ass Bird" was from the 12th Air Force, 319th Bomb Group 438 Bomb Squadron based in Rufisque, French West Africa in the Mediterranean Theater of Operations. She flew 145 missions between June 1943 and November 1944 in North Africa, Italy and southern France and was the fastest plane in the group. Her first crew was led by Lt. T. C. Rammelkamp but was flown by other crews including Lt. Lawrence E. Stephens. She was shot up badly on her 55th mission and again on her 59th, but remained a lucky ship.
b26c16c.zip