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Offline CptTrips

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Online Flight Simulator History
« on: June 16, 2019, 08:33:45 PM »

Yes, yes.  Some chest-thumper will come in here and harumph that this was already posted in 2003 and 2005.

However, I just accidentally ran across it today and enjoyed re-reading it.  So for those who have not read this yet:

http://www.virtualpilots.fi/feature/articles/simhistory/

So who is going to play Hitech in the History Channel mini-series?   :D

I'm thinking the guy from Under Siege II:




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Re: Online Flight Simulator History
« Reply #1 on: June 16, 2019, 08:40:06 PM »
Sadly, we've lost the best Wild Bill.
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Re: Online Flight Simulator History
« Reply #2 on: June 27, 2019, 09:24:22 AM »
Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe and Red Baron 3D were my first sims. Much better than what followed like F-22 and FA-18. Red Baron 3D especially had great sound and realism for its day.

Offline Ramesis

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Re: Online Flight Simulator History
« Reply #3 on: June 27, 2019, 02:50:54 PM »
I may be revealing my age but.... I began playing flight
sims in the mid to late '70s with wire frame sims on a perkin-elmer 7/32
mini frame... and YES... the same Perkin-Elmer that screwed up the
Hubble mirror
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Offline Arlo

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Re: Online Flight Simulator History
« Reply #4 on: June 27, 2019, 06:21:39 PM »
Mig Alley Ace


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Re: Online Flight Simulator History
« Reply #5 on: June 27, 2019, 06:41:18 PM »
See Rule 19- Do not place sausage on pizza.
I am No-Sausage-On-Pizza-Wad.
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Re: Online Flight Simulator History
« Reply #6 on: June 28, 2019, 11:43:47 AM »
I thought COMBAT was what we used for communications before switching to pigeons........... :O
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