Games Description
Strike Fighters: Gold is a multi-faceted flight-simulation game that features one of the most versatile combat aircraft of all time – the McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II. The core of the game is traditional combat flight-simulation – the player takes command of a thundering jet fighter and engages in aerial dogfight with enemy fighters while seeking and destroying ground targets. The game is set in the 1960s – when aviation technology was still primitive, but advancing at a rapid pace. Some missiles and guided weapons are available later in the game, but true to history, they remain somewhat unreliable and inaccurate. Most air battles involve visceral, in-your-face gunfights, and the player’s skill at outmaneuvering his opponents remains the key to victory and survival.

• Jet combat simulation game set in the 1960’s when aviation technology was still primitive but advancing at a rapid pace.
• Fly 10 legendary fighters from the early jet age, each meticulously rendered to every detail. Choose from F-100D Super Sabre, 4 versions of A-4 Skyhawk (A-4B, A-4C, A-4E, and A-4F), and 5 versions of F-4 Phantom II (F-4B, F-4C, F-4D, F-4E, and F-4J).
• 3-D virtual cockpits with working gauges and dynamic lighting effects.
• Engage in blood-draining, G-pulling, action-packed dogfights against 10 different types of enemy, including MiG-17 ‘Fresco’, MiG-19 ‘Farmer’, MiG-21 ‘Fishbed’, Su-7 ‘Fitter’, Il-28 ‘Beagle’, Tu-22 ‘Blinder’, and An-12 ‘Cub’.
• Random mission generator for maximum flexibility and replayability.
• 3 new campaigns featuring high-flying combat action over fictional Middle Eastern sands. Campaign missions are randomly generated for different outcome each time.
• Fully scalable difficulty options to challenge both novice and expert pilots.
• Open architecture for future expansions and user-mod support. Download thousands of user-created skins, aircraft, terrain, missions, campaigns, and editors already available on the Internet for the original Strike Fighters: Project 1.
  
  

• Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
  
• 500 MHz
  
• 128 MB RAM
  
• 500 MB
  
• DirectX 9.0 supported 3D card with 16 MB of video memory.

THE STORY OF FLIGHT 1903-2003
Orville Wright's achievement of flying a powered aircraft for the first time in 1903 was the fulfilment of man's dream of taking to the skies.

In this fascinating film we chart the rapid progress of the aeroplane from a contraption that could barely carry the weight of a man over a few hundred yards to a sleek machine capable of spanning the globe at supersonic speed.

The programme features beautifully filmed, original colour footage of restored aircraft from different decades. The experience of flight is enhanced by the use of on-board mini cameras and interviews with pilots together with high quality archive footage which captures the atmosphere of ghe period.

We also get an insight into the development of engines from props to jets and the aerodynamics that enabled aircraft to fly progressively further and higher culminating in man taking his first steps on the moon. Development was further accelerated by two World wars where aircraft became decisive weapons with some of the most important battles being fought out in the skies.

Finally, the programme shows how in peacetime the aeroplane has opened up the world of foreign travel to both business people and holiday makers.