PC Pilot

The Complete Guide to Computer Aviation
by Steve Smith

APPENDIX II
RESOURCES

Where to Find It

AdLib
350-80 Franquet Street
Ste-Foy, Quebec
Canada GIP 4P3
800-463-2686
418-529-9676

Sound boards (easy to set up)

Advanced Gravis
101-3750 North Fraser Way
Burnaby, BC
Canada V5J 5E9
604-431-5020

Joysticks, sound boards, and pointing devices

Air Combat U.S.A.
Box 2726
Fullerton, CA 92633
800-522-7590

Fly real airplanes (Marchetti trainers) in real dogfights; only the bullets aren't real… or so they say. $595/day and a half and up.

ATI Technologies
3761 Victoria Park Avenue
Scarborough, ON
Canada M1W 3S2
416-756-0718

Video, sound, and multimedia products

Azuresoft
1250 Aviation Avenue
San Jose, CA 95110
800-282-6675

ELITE flight simulations; like Flight Simulator, only even more serious (and complex). Not for day-trippers.

Bruce Artwick Organization, Ltd.
2004 Fox Drive
Champaign, IL 61824
217-356-9796

Developers of Flight Simulator and add-on disks

Chips & Bits
Box 234
Rochester, VT 05767
800-699-4263

Computer game mail-order outfit; careful perusal of C&B's ads will reveal new software long before developers will admit its existence (but don't assume it's available just because it's listed).

CH Products, Inc.
970 Park Center Drive
Vista, CA 92083
619-598-2518

Flight Stick, Flight Stick Pro; Virtual Pilot, Virtual Pilot Pro; Game Card III—all good stuff

CompuServe
5000 Arlington Center Boulevard
Columbus, OH 43220
800-848-8199

On-line service featuring flight sim forums, scenery-file downloads, and modem-to-modem play for hungry dogfighters

Covox Inc.
675 Conger Street
Eugene, OR 97402
503-342-1271

Voice Blaster: a software (TSR)/hardware (headset) device that plugs into Sound Blaster, Thunderboard, or Tandy Sensation, allowing voice control of F-15 Eagle, F-117A, Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe, Chuck Yeager's Air Combat, Gunship 2000, and Their Finest Hour, but not—unfortunately—Flight Simulator

Creative Labs Inc.
1901 McCarthy Boulevard
Milpitas, CA 95035
800-998-5227

SoundBlaster sound boards are the ne plus ultra of sixteen-bit audio gear, but hard to set up (tech support no help)

Domark Software, Inc.
1900 South Norfolk Street (202)
San Mateo, CA 94403
415-513-8929

Super VGA Harrier, a high-res (but otherwise undistinguished) sim, and the incredible Flight Simulator Toolkit (which has nothing to do with Microsoft's Flight Simulator). Bored with me-too sims? Think you could do better? FST empowers you to design complex aircraft, scenery, and scenarios with the ease of an Etch-a-Sketch. Every sim should come with something this good. Unfortunately, your creations cannot be incorporated into other sims.

Dynamix
Box 485
Coarsegold, CA 93614
800-326-6654
209-683-4468

Aces Over Europe, Aces of the Pacific, Red Baron, add-ons

Electronic Arts
Box 7530
San Mateo, CA 94403
800-245-4525
415-571-7171

Chuck Yeager's Air Combat (also for the Mac)

Flight Deck Software
Box 425
Williamsburg, VA 23187
800-955-4359

Instrument Flight Trainer-Pro, software for "serious" student-pilots—little entertainment value but a great technical education in IFR flight.

Flight Link
4280 Green Meadow
Chico, CA 95926

More software for "serious" student-pilots, combined with specialized hardware

Flightmaster
421 West Jefferson (22)
Dallas, TX 75208
214-264-3652

Yoke, throttle, and pedals with built-in resistance (to simulate control feedback)

GEnie
401 North Washington Street
Rockville, MD 20850
800-638-9636
301-340-4000

An on-line service featuring a multiplayer version of Air Warrior

Konami
900 Deerfield Parkway
Buffalo Grove, IL 60089
708-215-5100

Air Warrior (the stand-alone version)

LogiTech
6505 Kaiser Drive
Fremont, CA 94555
510-795-8500

Sound boards and pointing devices

LucasArts Games
Box 10307
San Rafael, CA 94912
800-782-7927
415-721-3300

Secret Weapons of the Luftwaffe, Their Finest Hour: The Battle of Britain

Media Vision
3185 Laurelview Court
Fremont, CA 94538
800-348-7116
510-770-8600

Sound boards and CD-ROM readers (I have their very Art Deco CDPC-XL and love it…although installation was a bear)

MicroProse Entertainment Software
180 Lakefront Drive
Hunt Valley, MD 21030
301-771-6700

Gunship 2000, F-15 Strike Eagle III, F-14 Fleet Defender, F-117A Stealth 2.0

Microsoft, Inc.
One Microsoft Way
Redmond, WA 98059
800-426-9400

Flight Simulator 5.0 and add-on disks, Microsoft Mouse (serial or bus)

MicroWINGS, Inc.
381 Casa Linda Plaza (154)
Dallas, TX 75218
214-324-1406

A large, hyperactive SIG (Special Interest Group), comprised mostly of Flight Simulator fanatics. They stage the largest, most ebullient aviation-oriented jamboree since Tailhook 1991. One of the few forums where computer pilots actually meet face-to-face.

MDM Systems
756 Tyvola Road (105)
Charlotte, NC 28217
800-732-2800
704-523-7400

FS-100 flight simulator, a combination hardware/software package for "serious" student-pilots (the hardware includes a flight yoke and switch panel)

Mission Studios, Inc.
1644 Colonial Parkway
Inverness, IL 60067
708-991-0598

JetFighter III and add-on disks (for Jet-Fighter II, see Velocity Development Corp.)

North American Top Gun, Inc.
St. Augustine Airport
4900 U.S. 1 North
St. Augustine, FL 32095
904-823-3505

Dogfight in a World War II-era AT-6 Texan…the plane that trained real pilots

Nova Logic, Inc.
19510 Ventura Boulevard (200)
Tarzana, CA 91356
818-774-0600

Comanche Maximum Overkill and add-on disks

Novel Twist, Inc.
572 Royal Palm Drive
Melbourne, FL 32935
407-254-6484

Instrument panel simulator and rudder pedals (requires Flight Simulator) for "serious" students

Micro Systems International
1143 Monroe Street
Carleton, MI 48117
800-944-3410

RawCopy copy deprotection software (it works!)

Onur6 Enterprises
Box 763
Aberdeen, MD 21001
410-272-1858

Headset and face shield (a lot lighter than a real helmet) for role-playing zealots

Origin Systems
Box 161750
Austin, TX 78716
800-245-4525

Pacific Strike, Strike Commander and add-on disks

Pacific Aircraft
14255 North 79 Street
Scottsdale, AZ 85280
800-950-9944

Well-finished aircraft models with correct unit markings

Precision Flight Controls
9723-A Folsom Boulevard
Sacramento, CA 95827
916-721-7613

Makers of (expensive) professional pilot-training control systems

Roland Corp.
7200 Dominion Circle
Los Angeles, CA 90040
213-685-5141

The best sound boards in the business

Showcase Model Co.
Box 470
State College, PA 16804
800-441-9524

Large selection of nicely finished aircraft models at reasonable prices

Sierra On-Line
Box 485
Coarsegold, CA 93614
800-743-7723

The ImagiNation Network (nee the Sierra Network), features an on-line version of Red Baron

Spectrum HoloByte
24900 Mariner Square Loop
Alameda, CA 94501
800-695-GAME
510-522-1164 (tech support)
510-522-3584 (admin)

Falcon 3.0, MiG-29 and add-on disks, Tornado

Sporty's Pilot Shop
Clermont County Airport
Batavia, OH 45103
800-543-8633

Top mail-order outfit for real pilots. No computer stuff, but excellent books, videos, and training manuals. Plenty of airwear, too: jackets, flight bags, etc.

SubLogic
501 Kenyon Road
Champaign, IL 61820
800-637-4983
217-359-8482

Air Transport Pilot, add-on disks for Flight Simulator 4.0 and 5.0, Flight Light (a beginner's flight simulation), and the unforgettable Night Mission Pinball, which had little to do with flight but everything to do with simulation

TekMate
15307 Parkville
Houston, TX 77068
713-440-7364

Jiffy Facility Locator III, Scenery Enhancement Editor add-on disks for Flight Simulator 4.0

ThrustMaster, Inc.
10150 SW Nimbus Avenue (E7)
Tigard, OR 97223
503-639-3200

Flight and weapons control systems, rudder pedals, game card, cockpit mock-ups. A really gung-ho outfit.

ThunderSeat Technologies, Inc.
6330 Arizona Circle
Los Angeles, CA 90045
800-884-8633

ThunderSeat, styled like an ejection seat and hooked up to your sound board—this gizmo gives you a real kick in the pants.

Turtle Beach Systems
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue (33)
York, PA 17404
717–843–6916

Dumb name, great sound boards(expensive but worth it)

U.S. Fighter Squadron
Hanger No.5
Fleming Field
South St.Paul, MN 55075
800–867–4867

Dogfighting school featuring Marchetti SF-260 trainers

Velocity Development Crop.
4 Embarcadero
San Francisco, CA 94111
800–856–2489
415–274–8840

JetFighter II and add-on disks (for JetFighter III, see Mission Studios, Inc.)

Wagner Computer Products, Inc.
Oswego Road
Pleasant Valley, NY 12569
914–677–3794

Microflight, an elaborate hardware add-on (yoke, pedals, and a dashboard avecswitches and sans instruments) that connects through your PC'S serial port

Zenith Books
Box 1
Osceola, WI 54020
800–826–6600

Gigantic selection of aviation books

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