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 a defensive struggle. The dates, times and locations of each engagement (mission) are as close as possible to the actual ones. Ship names, locations and courses as well as aircraft numbers and types are as accurate as possible. Attack angles and targets are set up to give historical results, but you, the player can change history (slightly). The campaign consists of various missions; recon, strike, defensive and land based as well as carrier based. Random chance plays a big role in the numbers of defensive aircraft and in some cases, whether or not a target will be there at all. Call signs and aircraft skins however are not historical. Carrier task forces are set up to sail into a 15 knot wind on takeoff and landing. Using the alternate dps provided for the Usio ships and the FDG alternate files for US aircraft should make this campaign even more realistic and challenging.

An historical (with one "what if" mission) battle history of the USS Saratoga throughout the course of WW2. The player will find himself flying a fighter, divebomber or torpedo plane in randomly selected missions. Also, he may find himself randomly flying as a wingman, rather that the leader of the flight of bombers (but not fighters).

This campaign is a mostly historical commentary of the World War 2 exploits of the USS Essex. The US and Japanese task force compositions, ship names, dates, and most locations are as accurate as possible. In this campaign, 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 ship from her first action until near the end of the war in the Pacific. Random choice will have you flying either a fighter, dive bomber or a torpedo bomber or maybe as a wingman.

WWI AI Handling Upgrade Version 1.0 By John P Fortin (AKA Polar_Lion) In an attempt to improve the handling of the AI aircraft, I have made some modifications. I have thoroughly researched every aircraft. Using books and internet sites to obtain my data. I have even calculated such things as the CID of each engine. All to give the best performance of every aircraft while staying as close to historic as possible. The .cfg and .air files were made to help the AIs dogfight better but still retain the players handling. So the Stock Aerocrate's Nieuport 17 will handle the same as my edit for the player. The AIs should fly with less crashing and a bit more responsiveness. I only changed the entries in the DPs that effected the AIs. That means the Damage profile is unchanged. Enjoy This download requires the Aerocrate's aircraft available here: http://www.aerocrate.com

Following the F3, here's then the upgrade of the Alphasim Gloster Meteor F8 with 8 new skins and new panel.

These textures will give your Meteor a much more realistic and detailed look than the old originals. And a new widescreen monitor panel is included as well.

The Aeroplane Heaven Spit MK1 really needed some new skins and a better panel. So here it is: 9 new skins New 1680x1050 widescreen 2D panel Reworked dynamic shine, weapons etc

A double pack of the UK's future carriers for use in CFS2 as AI ships. Based on a variety of press release images from the past few years two versions are included: HMS Queen Elizabeth in STOVL configuration with ski jump, and HMS Prince of Wales as and angled deck 'cat and trap' CTOL configuration. Includes sample mission and SDK (FSDS source files and textures for editing).

A re-modeled Type 26 Frigate for use in CFS2 as an AI ship. Based on 2012 press release images she is very different to my previous Type 26 release. Fully landable and sinkable. Includes sample mission and SDK (FSDS source files and textures for editing).

Repaint- Albatros DV Sachsenberg Skin for Aerocrate's Albatros DV By John Fortin (AKA Polar_Lion) The repaint is of Gotthard Sachsenberg Albatros D V of mid 1917. Original Aircraft: Gary Aumaugher and Model by David Eckert This download requires the Aerocrate's Albatros D.V aircraft available here: http://www.aerocrate.com/documents/Alb_DV.zip