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- From: galenr@hpgrla.gr.hp.com (Galen Raben)
- Date: Mon, 27 Jul 1992 21:39:19 GMT
- Subject: Re: For flight sim fans ...
- Message-ID: <36520001@hpgrla.gr.hp.com>
- Organization: Hewlett-Packard, Greeley, CO
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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games
- References: <1992Jul20.190731.17629@cos.com>
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- In comp.sys.ibm.pc.games, acura@cbnewsi.cb.att.com (james.r.feeney) writes:
-
- >This is a bit off the topic but I remember reading in Car & Driver (yes, C&D)
- >about an outfit near San Diego that ran an air combat "school". This company
- >was started by an airline pilot who I believe was ex-Navy. He purchased some
- >Italian turbo-prop two seat trainers and painted them in US and Soviet colors.
- [ stuff deleted ... ]
- >The guys from C&D, Rich Ceppos and their technical editor Csabe (sp?) decided
- >to fly themselves. Apparently your "gun" is a laser that activates a smoke
- >canister on the other plane. This is how you score a "kill". Also the entire
- >flight is recorded for you on video from the cockpit. I remember that Csabe
- >threw up into his mask.
-
- >Has anyone ever heard of or been to this place? The article was in C&D about
- >a year ago so I don't know if it's even operating anymore.
-
- >Jim Feeney
-
- I just read an article this morning in rec.aviation about a place based at
- the San Jose Jet Center that sounds strikingly similar to this, dunno if it
- is part of the same outfit or not but they seem to be very much operating!
- I would have cross-posted the article here but it was copyrighted :-(
- At any rate the outfits name is "Air Combat USA" and can be reached at
- 800-522-7590 (I would guess they would require you to have your pilot
- certification?)
- Sounds like a good time!! Wish someone would do that here in the Denver
- area.... :-)
- - Galen -
-