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Microprose B17 is coming to fs2020 and 2024!

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  • This is not my usual type of plane to fly but I might get it just because of all the fun MicroProse gave me going back to the 80s!

  • Wow! Who remember this?  

  • F117 was F19 v2. What happened was that there were all sorts of rumors running around about the Stealth Fighter long before it was declassified. A bunch of supposedly in-the-know outfits decided

Wow! Who remember this?

 

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This is not my usual type of plane to fly but I might get it just because of all the fun MicroProse gave me going back to the 80s!

Rick Abshier

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56 minutes ago, ricka47 said:

This is not my usual type of plane to fly but I might get it just because of all the fun MicroProse gave me going back to the 80s!

Now you are showing your age LOL, I might have to get this as well for nostalgic purposes. 

To add to your comment Red Storm Rising was a huge favourite of mine on my Commodore 64 (Now showing my age !!) 😆

 

Richard

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Yeah I had Red Storm Rising.  Their stuff and Spectrum Holobyte..."thems were the days"

I'll probably get this just to support the (new/rebooted) Microprose.

It's their first go-around with an MSFS plane though, isn't it?   I figure it won't quite be up there in terms of fidelity, but I'm ok if that happens.  Everyone learns/improves and if the Microprose is like the old Microprose, they will be good eventually.

 

Rhett

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A classic aircraft and a day 1 purchase.

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Just to fly it won't mean much.

Simulated bomb runs would make it worthwhile, otherwise it's probably a pass for me.

 

F15 Strike Eagle and F117a for the Amiga. 

My first flight sims. I can remember coming home from the bar somewhat tipsy and thinking it was a good idea to do a night time carrier mission with the stealth plane. The sun was coming up outside when I finally put that polygon plane down on the deck. It was like finding a black cat in a coal cellar during a power outage but that HUD... 

From then I was addicted to simming. 

Russell Gough

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1 hour ago, sloppysmusic said:

F117a for the Amiga.

Dredging up a memory here but was it called the F-19? Was my first flight sim too.

2 hours ago, Tektolnes said:

Dredging up a memory here but was it called the F-19? Was my first flight sim too.

F117 was F19 v2.

What happened was that there were all sorts of rumors running around about the Stealth Fighter long before it was declassified. A bunch of supposedly in-the-know outfits decided it was the F-19 and that it was a curvy shape. I remember I had a toy F-19 plane that looked like something out of an old 60s space adventure:

 

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Then when the F117 was revealed, Microprose went back and remade the game with slightly better graphics, a plane that looked like the real thing, and a few other improvements.

 

And man did I spend a *lot* of time in both of those games.

 

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It is a plane i have had the honor of flying on... I flew on the  Nine oh Nine replica which subsequently crashed In Dallas I believe.  Had the honor of flying with a gentleman who completed his sorties in WWII but on the B-24....

The videos show how cramped it was in there and the walkway to pull the pins.  They also had the roof turret off so you could literally stick your head out...

Humbling doesn't even begin to describe it...   Funny story is I saw it fly over my house and followed it to the local airport where I discovered you could pay for flights.  I have done both the 17 and the 24 but unfortunately the P-51 was booked 😞 

If anyone is interested... 

https://photos.app.goo.gl/U7ia9M8orCjgTP6f9

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But none of us are old enough to remember...

Edited by Fielder

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Wow i love these ancient beasts. I will not fly it probably, but will get it just to be able to look at it if it's done properly.

 

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2 hours ago, Fielder said:

 

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But none of us are old enough to remember...

Speak for yourself !👴

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