Carrier Strike Force (Flight Simulator X / 2004 Add-On) PC

Carrier Strike Force continues the excitement of aircraft carrier operations. You'll take the seat on board new aircraft and fly from three new carriers. On board the Charles de Gaulle the powerful catapult gets your mighty Rafale M airborne in just a few hundred feet. And during recovery you'll want your tailhook to catch the steel cable to bring your muscular aircraft to a screeching halt. Fly the new F-35 JSF and the Harrier in vertical flight from the HMS Illustrious and USS Bonhomme Richard. HMS Illustrious or "Lusty" as she is known by her crew is the second of three Invincible Class aircraft carriers and features the AV-8B II Plus Harrier aircraft similar to that on the front cover. 4 Gas Turbine Olympus engines power "Lusty" making her a marinised version of Concorde with a top speed in excess of 30 knots. The USS Bonhomme Richard is an amphibious assault ship with a primary mission of embarking deploying and landing elements of a Marine force in amphibious assault operations by helicopter landing craft amphibious vehicles or combination of theses means. In this package you will be landing a F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter on her decks. Charles de Gaulle was commissioned in September 2000 and is a 38 000t nuclear-powered aircraft carrier constructed at Brest in Brittany. Following sea trials in 1999 she had the deck lengthened by 4.4 metres and can operate a fleet of up to 40 aircraft including the Rafale M fighters included in this package. New technology has meant that the aircraft carriers in Carrier Strike Force actually move presenting the flight simmer with a real challenge to land the aircraft on a heaving deck. This also means you can deploy the carrier anywhere in the world to simulate actual training missions and more. Each aircraft is dressed in authentic paint schemes and with beautifully rendered graphics including animated flight control surfaces and accurate flight models.