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KI-201 FIREDRAGON (ME-262A-1)

February 20, 2017 — The Nakajima Ki-201 Karyū was the Japanese Army’s attempt to produce a jet plane based on the German Messerschmitt Me-262. the Army Air Force was trying to perfect their design at the same time the Japanese Navy Air Force was working on the Nakajima Kikka attack plane, taking what was being learned about jet aircraft from the Kikka and applying it to a fighter design. And although both were designed by Nakajima there is no evidence of cooperation between the two teams. READ MORE →

MARINE SPITFIRE MK. V

February 20, 2017 — The Supermarine Spitfire was designed as the British equivalent of the Messerschmitt 109. It was produced by Supermarine, a company that had previously built racing seaplanes, and it was this seaplane design that was used as a basis for the fighter. It had a particular elliptical wing design that gave it an added advance in maneuverability and drastically decreased air drag. READ MORE →

A6M2-N “RUFE”

January 24, 2017 — The A6M2-N “Rufe” fighter was a single-crew seaplane based on the Mitsubishi A6M Zero. Constructed as an interceptor and fighter-bomber by the Nakajima company, the Rufe was hastily built as an interim aircraft while designs for a more competent floatplane (the Kawanishi N1K1 Kyofu) were perfected.
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BUFFALO MK. I (F2A)

The F2A Buffalo was already on its way out by the time the United States entered World War 2, the planes considered overweight and too cumbersome to fly. But the RAF considered them good enough for their pilots, ordering 170 of the 339Es to bolster their efforts in the tropical Far East. READ MORE →

HURRICANE MK. IIB

The Hurricane fighter was built by Hawker Aircraft after the RAF asked for a low wing monoplane in response to the increasing threat from Nazi Germany in the mid 1930s. The improved Mk (Mark) IIb first took to the air in June 1940, and although it was classed as a Mk II the only difference from the earlier Mk I was that it used the Merlin XX engine, increasing the top speed to 342 mph (550 kmh) at super-high altitude of 22,000 feet. READ MORE →

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‘LINGUA FRANCA’ UPDATE LIVE NOW ON STEAM AS EARLY ACCESS TITLE ‘FLYING TIGERS: SHADOWS OVER CHINA’ PREPARES FOR MULTI-LINGUAL RELEASE

January 12, 2017 — As Flying Tigers: Shadows Over China gets ready for international release, a decent number of translations are being prepared for implementation courtesy of today’s Lingua Franca update. Soon, air-combat action gamers in Germany, France, Poland, Spain, China, Japan, Mexico, Taiwan, Russia, Brazil, and more countries, can take to the skies in their native language. READ MORE →

KI-43-I0 “OSCAR”

It was no secret that Japanese airpower ruled the skies over the Pacific at the beginning of World War II. But even with this knowledge, the appearance of a new, faster and lighter airplane caught the Allies utterly by surprise.

The new airplane was the Nakajima Ki-43 Hayabusa “Oscar”, a brand new single-engine tactical fighter that had been in development for the past 18 months.

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FIGHTER-JETS, HVAR-EXPLOSIVE WEAPONRY, GOBI DESERT MAP, ROCKET MATCH MULTIPLAYER MODE, AND MORE ADDITIONS IN LATEST STEAM UPDATE FOR FLYING TIGERS: SHADOWS OVER CHINA

Sweden, October 10, 2016 — Independent air-combat action game developer Ace Maddox is pleased to announce that its latest FTSOC Steam update has gone live. New features include ROCKET MATCH, a fresh multiplayer mode that lets 2-16 players go head-to-head over the Chinese-Mongolian Gobi desert in a variety of fighter-jets, including the American P-80A “Shooting Star” and the Japanese Ki-201 “Fire Dragon” (Me-262a).

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FLYING TIGERS: SHADOWS OVER CHINA

Air-combat action based on the historical events of America’s secret volunteer squadrons that defended China against Japan in the China-Burma-India theatre of World War 2.

RCMX: REVOLT

In the 90s, console racing games for the Super Nintendo and SEGA Mega Drive were all the rage. Titles like Rock ’n Roll Racing, Micro Machines, and Super Off Road became highly popular, sold millions, and left an unforgettable cultural mark in the process.

PROJECT FUMEAX

In early 1948, a group of US Air Force officers was working on a secret research project in the California desert codenamed MX981. The purpose of MX981 was to test how extreme gravitational forces from fast-moving fighter jets would impact the human body.

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