This is meant to be an historical campaign, based on the carrier battles of the Battle of the Eastern Solomons (22-25 August 1942) and the Battle of Santa Cruz. (25-27 October 1942) I named the campaign “Desperate Battles” because at this stage of the war the US Navy was fighting uphill. That is, they had fewer resources than the Japanese in many ways; inferior aircraft and less experienced pilots. In both battles, the Japanese are the attackers and the USN has to fight an aggressive defensive struggle.

This campaign revision set is a mostly historical sampling of the World War II exploits of the USS Essex CV9. I say "mostly" because US and Japanese task force compositions, ship names and types, dates and most locations are as accurate as possible. The actual ship/task group formations are my own design. The campaign incorporates new scenery, aircraft, ships and many new missions, set up in 4 separate campaigns with 119 missions. In this campaign set the USN is on the offensive. Out of all the actions in which she participated, I chose a good, representative sampling of the major engagements of this great warship from her first action until near the end of the war in the Pacific. She later served in the Korean conflict, the Cuban Missile Crisis and eve supported the Apollo missions, being decommissioned in 1969.

This is an historical campaign, based on the Khalkhin-Gol battles, also known as the Nomonhan Incident between the Soviet Union and the Empire of Japan in Mongolia. The conflict occurred in the border regions of Mongolia and Manchuria from 11 May until 15 September 1939. It began with a border dispute between Mongolia (a USSR ally) and Manchukuo (the name for the Japanese puppet government of occupied Manchuria). Historically, the incident ended in a decisive Soviet victory. Neither side wanted to go to war, and especially the Japanese, once the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany signed their non-aggression pact. That would have meant that Japan would then have to fight the Soviet Union alone, without her Axis allies. Both sides wanted peace This CFS2 campaign packet consists of only the Soviet side of the conflict, with 32 total missions, set up in a 23-mission long campaign, both air to air engagements and air to ground, offensive and defensive. In some cases, the numbers of aircraft are reduced proportionately because of the limitations of the sim. For example, in mission four, over 140 aircraft were involved in a massive dogfight, but I used only 70. My sources rarely gave exact locations for the starting points/bases and target or engagement locations throughout the campaign. Therefore, I used a best guess for these. Also, the CFS2 map is relatively flat and though changes in elevation are noted in Mission Builder, hills, valleys and some rivers do not show well when you fly the rolling steppe terrain. Geographic features are rare and are also, with a few exceptions, a best guess, using the source maps. Enjoy the air "war"!

An update for My Newest Heavily updated Concorde Sound Package, the idle was too quiet so I updated it be louder.

FSX/P3D de Havilland Canada DHC8-Q400 Package v2.0. The "Dash 8" Q400 (Q for Quiet) was originally developed and built by Bombardier, but was sold in 2019 to Longview Aviation Capital, who re-instated the de Havilland Canada brand. Includes 6 liveries: ASky Airlines (ET-AQD), Air Baltic (YL-BBV), Flybe (G-JEDI), Croatia Airlines (9A-CQB), Westjet Encore (C-GENU) and White (C-GKUK). New wide 2D glass panel and updated Premier Aircraft Design (PAD) VC V2.0, with a new complete set of XML gauges including multi-function PFD, MFD and EICAS screens. This aircraft is based on the beautiful DHC8-Q400 FSX model by Dreamwings, featuring a brand new Air file and much improved flight dynamics. All textures are very detailled with new alpha layers and reflections. All textures are DXT5. Improved night lighting, with a new set of effects. The new panels are using the following extra gauges: HGS, Ground Services, VSpeed, Altitude Callout, Icons32 and new Cockpit sounds. Most of these gauges are using the FSX XML Sound gauge by Doug Dawson. Realistic Pratt and Whitney PW150A sound file. Tested in FSX Acceleration (DX10) and FSX Steam Edition (DX9). Not tested in P3D but should work correctly up to V3. Sound effects may not work in V4.

FSX/P3D ATR42-500 Air Corsica. Air Corsica is based at Ajaccio Napoleon Bonaparte (Campo dell'Oro) Airport on the French Island of Corsica and currently have 1 ATR42-500 in their fleet. Model and VC by Virtualcol. Ex payware. Textured and assembled for P3Dv5 and should be ok in FSX and earlier P3D versions by Chris Evans.

Continuing on from Brighton part 1, this scenery moves west along the coast line of Hove to Portslade by Sea This scenery is better used in conjunction with Brighton Part 1

This scenery I am releasing in two parts at the moment, though I will be adding more parts to this. You can get the 2nd part to this scenery here Part 1 here is the main strip of Brighton covering 2 kilometers of the coast line from Hove to Brighton Marina. This is where all the main attractions are including the i360 viewing tower and the famous pier. I have colour corrected the textures removing the blue that is quite common with these google imports. I few issues I will be addressing here to do with the water clashing/height surrounding the pier. Installation guide included in the zip file and also the line you will need to add to your content.xml in order for the scenery to show in the sim

FSX French Bee Airbus A350-900 AGS V6.5. Ground animations and vehicles have all been upgraded. Model design and paint by Camil Valiquette. ( CamSim )

FS2004 French Bee Airbus A350-900 AGS AGS V6.5. Ground animations and vehicles have all been upgraded. Model design and paint by Camil Valiquette. ( CamSim )