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Rowan's Battle of Britain
Rowan's Battle of Britain
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MY INTEREST IN ROWAN'S FLIGHT SIM:-
MY INTEREST IN ROWAN'S FLIGHT SIM:-
With various interests in the Battle of Britain for longer
than I care to remember, I followed the
development of the power and potential of pc's
and flight sims longing for the day when the
required spec was reached to enable a definitive
Battle of Britain sim to hit the shelves. My
first experience of the Battle in a 3D
environment saw myself getting hours of pleasure from
early sims covering the subject such as 'Their
Finest Hour' and 'Reach for the Sky', together
with a lot of imagination adding the missing
graphical quality!
The Battle of Britain Film totally changed my
life, I left the cinema in awe at the sheer
visual spectacle of brown/green spitfires and
hurricanes peeling away down towards the white
cliffs of the south coast and mass formations of
aircraft embroiled in battle on high. The flight
simulation of an Me109E chase across the sea and up
over cliffs at the IWM at Duxford, England helped
fuel my longing for a decent pc sim. I find the
Battle scenes very photogenic.
I shall be happy, I said, when the flight sim
comes along that will enable me to pursue a lone
Me109E across the glistening sea, rise up over
the white cliffs and chase it on up through the
valleys of Kent amongst the trees. Its been a
long wait to experience that Battle of Britain
film thrill again but Rowans Battle of Britain
flight sim is the first to deliver that,
certainly in a visually spectacular way,
especially once the add-ons of its band of
devotees are introduced. There is also the extra
bonus of being able to take command of the Ops
Room, watching and controlling the plots and
other tactical considerations, scrambling,
standing down etc the units involved. I am also a
keen European Air War flyer as this sim was the
first to do the Battle in an acceptable manner
and I still prefer its cockpits to those in Rowan
for the authentic look.