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North Americas #1 Publication Covering Topics Important to Aviators and Aviation.

No.1

Vol. 1

MAGAZINE

Reg. Empire State Patent Office — Printed in Canada

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December 10, 1937

Exclusive!

Air Pirate NATHAN ZACHARY

Interview with Daredevil

SEE PAGE 4

THE FLAGSHIP ALOFT! Zachary’s “PANDORA” and her Escorts Photo by T. Lubsen / Location Pilot V. Bonilla

Secret Photos!

Inside the Cabin of a

PIRATE Zeppelin! SEE PAGE 8

A Pilot’s Dream Come True!

The Latest Cockpit Instruments

SEE PAGE 18

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TIRED OF BEING

SHOT DOWN BY PIRATES?

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DR. FASSENBIENDER’S

CRIMSON SKIES

INS TALLING

Insert the Crimson Skies CD into the CD-ROM drive, and follow the directions on the screen. If Setup does not begin automatically, refer to the Readme file on the Crimson Skies CD.

STARTING

Click

Start

, point to

and then click

On the Crimson Skies main menu, choose one of the following.

Campaign

Start or continue a campaign or replay a previous mission. Games are saved automatically at the end of each mission. To replay a previous mission, see “A Pirate’s Memoirs,” this issue, page 11.

Inst ant Ac tion

Jump straight into a dogfight! Select from an assortment of missions or design your own. For details, see “Instant Action,” this issue, page 27.

Multiplayer

Configure multiplayer games between you and your friends over a LAN, a modem, or the Internet. For more details, see Dr. Fassenbiender’s interview in this issue of

Preferences

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ATLAS MISSION MAP

Got the latest navigation equipment in your cockpit but you’re Can’t tell a river from a railroad at five thousand feet?

The solution to your problem is —

Atlas’s Deluxe Fast-Folding Water Resistant Mission Map!

Press ESC to examine the

map during any mission.

Resume Mission

Click here to close the map and

return to the mission.

Restart Mission

Click here to restart your current

Preferences

Click here to change the game,

audio, video, and control settings of

Crimson Skies.

still

mission.

lost?

Self-orienting compass: No need to turn the map sideways or upside down!

Quit Mission

Click here to exit the mission and

return to the cabin.

Handy paperclips are included to attach Mission Objectives and Reconnaissance Photos to the map. Also included—

free

—is a smudge-proof red wax pencil

to circle your objectives on the map.

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North America’s #1 Publication Covering Topics Important to Aviators and Aviation

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Registered with the Empire State Patent Office – Printed in Canada

Air Action Weekly—the

authority on the pilots, planes, and events in the skies of North America since 1928—has reason to be especially excited about this issue. Our featured pilot is that daredevil ace, debonair man of the world (some say bloodthirsty pirate), Nathan Zachary.

Mr. Zachary’s name has been splashed across headlines from the Nation of Hollywood to the Empire State—but until now, no official biography of this man of mystery has ever been published.

Our ace reporters have surreptitiously snapped photographs of Zachary’s base of air operations, the Pandora. Ever wonder what’s inside a pirate zep? You’ll get a look in this issue.

We also have articles on the latest aviation controls and flight tips from our experts.

This issue is bursting at the seams, Reader!

— Nero MacLeon

Senior Editor Air Action Weekly Press

Dr. Fassenbiender’s Crimson Skies

Learn more about this wondrous product. Install,

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Atlas Mission Map

Lost? Need a familiar landmark? Atlas’s special water-resistant

folding map will guide you through any mission. ..................................... 1

The Tall Tales & Many Lives of Nathan Zachary

Our featured pilot tells of his early career and how he turned to pirating. Is he a ruthless cutthroat or a pirate with a heart

of gold? You decide! ....................................................................................... 4

The Rise of Air Piracy and the Fall of the United States

An historical retrospective of how the blue skies over North

America turned crimson with bloodthirsty acts. ........................................ 6

A Pirate’s Home

Investigative reporter Patricia Clark snaps exclusive photos

of the Pandora, aerial base of operations for Nathan Zachary. ................ 8

A Pirate’s Memoirs

Exclusive bonus photos of Nathan Zachary’s secret private

scrapbook. View the exploits of his past adventures! ............................... 10

Blueprint Blues: Plane Construction Basics

From start to finish, now you can build the aircraft of your dreams! ...... 12

Prelude to Mayhem: A Pirate Briefing

Our fly-on-the-wall reporter sits in on one of Nathan Zachary’s

briefings and finds out how he chooses and arms his planes! ................ 14

Flight Basics

A reprint of one of our most popular articles. Learn the basics

of how to get your plane into the air—and keep it there! ......................... 16

Only the Best! Flight Instrumentation

Our engineers lay out the state-of-the-art cockpit instrumentation

and instruct you on how to use it. ............................................................... 18

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Fireman’s Combat Tips

Our weekly pointers for beginners and aces alike. ................................... 21

Crosshairs: The Experts Set Their Sights on Targeting!

Learn how to sight faster, shoot straighter, and smoke every pirate

that crosses your path. And we introduce the spyglass! .......................... 22

Eyes Wide Open: Views

Make sure you’re aware of everything in the air! Find out how to look

above, below, and even behind you without losing your bearings. ....... 24

Stunts—How to Gain Fame & Glory!

Fly your plane through the eye of a needle, and get people

to notice you! .................................................................................................. 26

Instant Action

Fill out our story questionnaire—choose when and where and what

you’ll fly—and launch into a quick showdown in the clouds. .................. 27

Multiplayer Games: An Exclusive Interview with Dr. Fassenbiender

Dr. Fassenbiender explains how to fly and fight with your

friends—or enemies—in a multiplayer game. .............................................. 28

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The TALL TALES & MANY LIVES of

NATHAN ZACHARY

IMAGINE OUR SURPRISE when Air Action Weekly received a telegram from Nathan Zachary asking if we’d like to interview him. Would we! Ace reporter Patricia Clark met with Mr. Zachary December 21, 1936, on Hilton Beach, Hawaii. Here, in his own words, is the story of one of today’s most controversial pilots ...

’VE ALWAYS BEEN SURROUNDED BY wide-open

spaces. My folks told me I was born on a mesa under

a full moon. They said I tried to reach up and touch it. I don’t know if that’s true, but that image has always fascinated me. I’ve always tried to grab the biggest, brightest prize in the sky.

We were Gypsies, wandering what had been the American Southwest, doing odd jobs and somehow scraping by. My folks were often accused of stealing. They weren’t thieves, but they were poor and lacked the stature and eloquent words to defend their honor.

When I was sixteen, I lied about my age and joined the Army Air Corps. Six weeks later I was steaming toward Europe to fight in the Great War. Eddie Rickenbacker took me on as his wingman and taught me how to fly and fight. I collected a half dozen medals that first year.

But my career as a war hero ended when I met the German ace Wilhelm Kisler. He showed me I wasn’t invincible, downing my plane in the Alps where I was captured and stuck in a POW camp.

I rotted in that camp for a year before a couple of officers and I escaped—running smack into the Russian Front. We did the only thing we could: joined the Russkies and flew their junk biplanes. We called our squadron the Gypsies, and despite the long odds we held our own against the Germans.

When the Great War ended, the fighting in Russia unfortunately continued. The Bolsheviks overthrew the Czar. I was caught in the middle and had to choose

sides. It wasn’t easy because I had fought alongside Russian farmers, and officers, and was even decorated by Nicolas I— but in the end, I supported the People’s Army.

The Russians that I knew, however, changed. I watched the Red Army as they committed the same atrocities that had been inflicted upon them. I figured I had to somehow even the score, so I started flying the old noble families across the border to safety. While that eased my conscience, it also made me enemy number one of the Russian State.

I fled to England and attended Oxford University, returning in 1923 to the United

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States (it was still the United States then) with a law degree and a fat bankroll.

Having seen how the rich and privileged had abused their power, I had a notion to beat them at their own game. I entered the stock market. By 1929 I was rubbing elbows with the likes of Rockefeller, Ford, and other young upstarts like Howard Hughes. I lived in a mansion on Long Island with expensive cars and servants ... and I was never more miserable in my life.

You see, I hadn’t become any better than these tycoons. I had become one of them, stepping on little guys and not giving a damn about anyone but myself.

It was a relief when the stock market crashed and took it all away.

When the United States split, I started hearing of pirates in the air. That inspired me to return to a life

that promised no future but delivered a present worth living in.

Today, the world is out of balance. Maybe I can tip the scales. I attack the rich and powerful of any nation and take what they treasure most—their money. In doing so I may bring them down a notch and show them they are not untouchable.

Let me end with a quote from a sixteenth-century English pirate that sums up my philosophy: “We will live life to the fullest, spit in the eye of those that would hold us down, and will surely hang because of it.”

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The RISE of AIR PIRACY

and the FALL of the UNITED STATES

THE SKIES OF NORTH AMERICA are a dangerous place, but they weren’t always that way. Once upon a time America was united and stable. And not too long ago, automobiles, railroads, and steamers were the best way to travel, while airplanes were only a curiosity.

1 Pacifica 2 Disputed Western

Territories 3 Lakota Territory 4 People’s Collective 5 Industrial States of

America

6 Protectorate of

7 République de Québec 8 Maritime Provinces 9 Atlantic Coalition 10 Empire State 11 Columbia

Ontario

12 Protectorate of the

Outer Banks 13 Appalachia 14 Confederation of Dixie 15 French Louisiana 16 Protectorate of

Oklahoma

17 Republic of Texas 18 Arixo 19 Navajo Nation 20 Free Colorado State 21 Utah 22 Nation of Hollywood 23 Kingdom of Hawaii

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O WHAT HAPPENED? As the Federal government crumbled, the vast ma-

The first signs of change started with the post– World War I influenza epidemic. Isolationism grew in popularity as many fell to a disease brought back from Europe by returning servicemen.

President Woodrow Wilson’s push to form a League of Nations outraged U.S. citizens and allowed Warren G. Harding’s “New Independence from Europe” campaign to flourish. Harding called for greater separation from the world, and his Regionalist party adopted this as its platform’s theme. When the Regionalists won office in 1920, they used their new power to promote Prohibition.

In 1923, however, President Harding died. His successor, Calvin Coolidge, refused to support Prohibition and the Federal bill languished in congressional committees.

Meanwhile, Prohibition became a battle between ideologically distinct regions in America. Checkpoints appeared on state borders as authorities tried to restrict the flow of alcohol. Many states used these checkpoints to levy unofficial—and highly illegal—tariffs.

In 1927, a new and deadly strain of influenza ravaged the country. States closed their borders and converted their liquor checkpoints into quarantine-enforcement sites. Smugglers and raiders adopted the airplane to avoid the limitations of ground-based transportation.

The election of 1928 suffered from low voter turnout, as most people avoided large groups for fear of contracting influenza. The Regionalists launched their “Strong State” platforms and effectively curtailed the Federal government’s power.

In October of 1929, the stock market crash was the final blow to the United States. Regionalism had decimated the national economy and Washington D.C.’s call for financial assistance from state governments was universally rejected.

On January 1, 1930, Texas seceded from the United States, with California, the Carolinas, Utah, and New York quickly following their lead. Unable to mount the political and military campaign necessary to hold the United States together, Washington was now powerless.

jority of the nation’s military deserted or swore allegiance to their native states. Many sold their skills as mercenaries or bandits.

North America’s fascination with airplanes now became a necessity, as commerce between the new independent nations ground to a halt. Brushfire wars demolished the intercontinental railway system, and the highways quickly fell into disrepair or were sabotaged. The automobile, once destined to become the national shipping vehicle, gave way to gyrotaxis, aerobuses, and the large cargo zeppelins that commanded the skylines.

“Air pirates” captured the public eye during this period of turmoil. Small, disorganized bands of thrillseekers and publicity hounds, these pirates began crime sprees that would inspire others.

The first serious pirate threat came in 1931. Jonathan “Genghis” Kahn—a former businessman from Chicago—created the infamous Red Skull Legion. The Skulls moved into Utah (posing as People’s Collective militia) where they stole a military zeppelin.

Low-intensity border skirmishes between the new nation-states continued through 1935. Amidst the chaos, bootleggers and pirates thrived. Scores of new militias, most determined to defend their states, battled increasingly colorful and flamboyant raiders. The Redmann Gang, the Red Skull Legion, the Black Swans, and other pirate groups pillaged across national boundaries. The nation-states continued to subsidize their air wings but also began offering Letters of Marque to pirates, allowing them to legally attack the nation’s rivals.

Today, North America is a continent politely at war with itself. Rival militias fall on each other in defense of their own national interests. Pirates and privateers challenge these militias for control of the skies, and they are often victorious.

The air lanes are the new frontier, where a single individual with skill and nerve can make all the difference. Today’s flyers are men and women to be applauded, feared, but above all respected, for as long as they can push the envelope and maintain their hold on the skies. We have given them this power. The sky is the limit—but five thousand feet up makes for a long fall from glory.

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A PIRATE’S HOME

AFTER INTERVIEWING MR. ZACHARY, I was invited to tour his fabulous zeppelin, the Pandora. With the help of AAW’s technical crew, we rigged a tiny concealed camera to get our readers exclusive photos of the interior of this airborne pirate fortress. Don’t ask where that camera was concealed, please! —Patricia Clark

HE CAPTURE OF THE PANDORA marks a mile-

stone in Nathan Zachary’s pirate career. According

to reliable sources, Nathan took a job as third officer on the Empire Air cargo zeppelin, Fulcrum, and then hired his gang as crewmembers. Once aloft, Nathan and his men took control of the airship. They set down the captain and crew in a Pennsylvania wheat field ... and sailed off into infamy.

The airship was originally designed to carry two escort fighter planes, but serious modifications to the zeppelin’s superstructure allow it to carry a squadron

The Pandora

Gas Capacity: 26,002,340 ft. Length: 1,378 ft. Diameter: 182 ft. Useful Lift: 384,470 lbs. (192.7 tons) Engines: 12 Dynometric V16,

440 h.p. each Propellers: 4 Jaray L.Z. Maximum Speed: 84 m.p.h. Flight Ceiling: 13,000 ft. Full Speed Endurance: 10,000 mi.

Broadside cannon

of at least six planes. It has six broadside cannons and .60-caliber machine gun nests that protect each engine nacelle.

Mr. Zachary tells us that he renamed the zeppelin Pandora in honor of Pandora’s box, which, according to Greek legend, contained the innumerable plagues of humanity, yet also contained the Hope that has comforted humanity from misfortune.

Which part he and his gang represent, he never told us.

Engine nacelle

Typical Load—

Cargo: 75,000 lbs. Fuel: 86,400 lbs. Oil: 6,050 lbs. Ballast: 10,000 lbs. Crew: 7,200 lbs. Food Supplies: 54,000 lbs. (30 days) Aircraft: 60,000 lbs. Spares: 60,000 lbs. Free Lift: 25,820 lbs.

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Inside the fortress

While certain sensitive sections of the zeppelin were declared offlimits, I obtained this photo of Nathan Zachary’s cabin aboard the Pandora. Mr. Zachary’s personal touches are everywhere in this room: the inch-thick Persian rug, the mahogany Louis XXVI desk, the Picasso sketch alongside the pinup calendars, and his framed collection of medals from the Great War and the Russian Revolution. Velvet curtains adorn the windows along one side of the gondola, providing a commanding perspective of the

horizon and blue skies. Another window (seen in photo above) opens to the interior of the zeppelin so Mr. Zachary can observe the internal workings of his flying fortress. One can see in the background the zeppelin’s steel frame and the launch bay with planes ready for action.

CHANGE MEMENTO

A picture frame with many photographs layered inside. (Mr. Zachary

apparently lives up to his reputation as the consummate ladies’ man.) Click here to change the picture.

NEXT MISSION

Nathan Zachary’s map and notes for his upcoming daredevil escapades. Click here to proceed to the next mission briefing. (See “Prelude to Mayhem: A Pirate Briefing,” this issue, page 14.) Games are automatically saved after every mission.

PREVIOUS MISSIONS

Nathan Zachary’s personal letters, news clippings from his past adventures, and more! Click here to view the memorabilia or replay a mission. (See “A Pirate’s Memoirs,” this issue, page 10.)

PLANE CONSTRUCTION

The blueprints and detailed specifications for Mr. Zachary’s next customized plane. Click here to design and purchase aircraft. (See “Blueprint Blues: Plane Construction Basics,” this issue, page 12.)

RETURN TO MAIN MENU

Click here to exit the cabin.

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A PIRATE’S MEMOIRS

ACE AAW REPORTER PATRICIA CLARK steals a rare glimpse of Nathan Zachary’s secret and personal scrapbook (sorry Nathan—we couldn’t resist). Its pages are crammed full of newspaper clippings, postcards from exotic locales, photographs, kill markers, and handwritten, perfumed correspondence.

FTER EVERY MISSION, Mr. Zachary returns to his cabin and re-

views the performance of his Previous Missions. Each mission covers

multiple double-page spreads in his scrapbook.

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To flip the pages of the scrapbook, use the paper arrows taped to the edges of the scrapbook. To return to the current mission from any other page, click the Current Mission marker located at the top of the book.

To see the memorabilia of any other previous mission, click View All Missions. At the table of contents, select the mission you want to review, and then click View Mission. You can also replay previously saved missions from here by clicking it and then clicking Replay Mission.

To return to Nathan’s cabin, click Return to Cabin on the desk below the scrapbook.

Mission Memorabilia

The first page of each mission has newspaper clippings, photos, and other remembrances of Nathan’s adventures. To enlarge these items, simply click them. To export and save a particular favorite, click the Export to Desktop button, which appears next to some of the enlarged scrapbook elements.

Kill Markers

On the opposite page are rubber

stamp–style “kill markers” of vari-

ous planes. The numbers indicate how many of that par-

ticular model plane Nathan

shot down on his last mission. Red-starred markers represent ace pilots! These markers are updated to reflect the statistics of Mr. Zachary’s best score.

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Mission Results

At the bottom of the right page are Nathan’s performance statistics for this mission. The two tabs Most Recent and Best to Date let him compare his recent results. Click Replay Mission to try and beat the best score!

More Photographs, Newspaper

Clippings, and Records

On the following pages there may be more clippings and pictures taken by observers as Nathan risked his neck flying his plane through ridiculously cramped quarters! Unfortunately this reporter didn’t have time to take a careful look at the remainder of this intimate record of his daring exploits. Only Nathan Zachary knows for sure what secrets are there.

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PLANE CONSTRUCTION BASICS

ANY PLANE IS A GOOD PLANE as long as it gets you up in the air, but if you’re planning to customize your own aircraft, then the AAW engineers have a few tips for you.

VER WONDER WHY AIRCRAFT

MANUFACTURERS build planes

the way they do? Why not use a Rolls-Royce Merlin II engine in the Curtiss-Wright J2 Fury instead of the stock R-1800-C? Because of the tradeoffs in weight and aerodynamic performance—and the ultimate limiting factor: cash!

To design a new plane from scratch, click Plane Construction in the Pandora’s cabin. Then, name the plane you’re about to design, click OK, and you’re ready to start working with the plane construction blueprints.

These blueprints keep track of every detail of your plane. Along the top of the prints are the aircraft’s name and your current construction costs. A note indicating your available cash is paper-clipped to the upper-right corner.

In the lower-left corner, the maximum weight capacity rated for your currently selected airframe and its current weight are shown, along with performance bars indicating the plane’s overall top speed, agil-

ity, armor, and offensive capabil- ity. As you alter your design in the

prints, these bars will change—add an extra set of machine guns and the offensive capability of your plane will increase.

BLUEPRINT BLUES:

Now that you know how to read the prints, you’re ready to customize. To page through each blueprint, click the tabs along the bottom. Start with the first tab, Air- frame, and then continue sequentially through all the tabs. Don’t skip any of the steps or you could end up trying to fly a plane without an engine!

To select the specific components on each blueprint, use the

drop-down lists. Statistics and descriptions of the components appear in the lower-right corner of the blueprints as you scroll through the lists.

Airframe

Your airframe determines the maximum weight of the craft. If you start with a heavy frame, you may have superior structural integrity, but don’t think you’ll be as nimble as a lighter plane.

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Engine

You get what you pay for. Expect to dole out the green for superior horsepower.

Armor

Add armor plating on your hull to protect yourself from bullets and rockets. Select armor for the nose, tail, and wing sections.

Guns

Guns can be mounted in any of four available positions. Each position may hold one gun or a pair of guns. If a pair of guns is installed into the same position, they must be the same make and caliber.

Hardpoints

Rockets attach to structurally reinforced hardpoints on your wings. Each wing can have a different number of hardpoints, but no more than a total of eight per airframe.

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When your plane is ready, click the Ready to Purchase button to view the overall cost and weight breakdown of your plane. If you’ve added too many components or exceeded the weight capacity of the

airframe, you won’t be able to purchase the plane. If you need more cash to make the purchase, click the Sell Planes button to see what you can unload from your inventory. Click the Purchase Now button to finalize the sale, or go back through the blueprint tabs to make any necessary changes.

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PRELUDE TO MAYHEM: A PIRATE BRIEFING

WHEN OUR FLY-ON-THE-WALL REPORTER INFILTRATED

the Pandora, she got more than she bargained for—now, for the first time in any North American publication, we bring you a first-hand, no-nonsense account of how pirates prepare their aircraft and brief their crew for treasure-finding expeditions, raids, and other acts of aerial audacity!

O ENTER THE MISSION BRIEFING, click Next Mission in Nathan

Zachary’s cabin on the Pandora. Nathan’s plan of attack is announced

as the details of the mission unfold on a large map.

To replay the mission briefing, click Replay Briefing. To return to Nathan’s cabin, click Return to Cabin. To ready your plane for the mis- sion, click Go to Flight Check.

Flight Check

Use this clipboard to doublecheck your plane and your wingman’s plane for the mission you’re about to fly—you won’t get another chance once you’ve launched! Next to the plane silhouettes are lists of the caliber and type of ammunition loaded into the aircrafts’ guns as well as the types of rockets on the planes’ hardpoints.

If you want to fly a different aircraft on the mission, click Change Plane. To switch ammunition or rockets, click Change Ammo. Both procedures are discussed in detail on the next page.

A list of mission objectives is paper-clipped to the side of your Flight Check form. It’s a good idea to review your goals and consider which plane and ammo best suit the mission at hand. When you are ready to launch, click Fly Mission. If you have any questions about

your objectives, run through the mission briefing again by clicking

the Return to Briefing button, lo- cated below the clipboard.

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Ammo Selection

Select the type of ammunition for you and your wingman by scrolling through the drop-down lists for each gun. Descriptions of the ammunition appear next to the plane.

Select rockets by scrolling through the drop-down lists for each hardpoint. Descriptions of rockets appear on the right side of the clipboard.

Accept or cancel your ordnance selections by clicking the Accept Loadout or Cancel Loadout button below the clipboard.

Plane Selection

When changing planes, you can review the specifications for all available aircraft by scrolling through the drop-down lists for you and your wingman. When you select a plane, its speed, armor, and agility appear next to its silhouette, as well as its guns and available hardpoints. To use a plane for a multiplayer or instant action mission, select it and then click the Export button.

After you have chosen planes for you and your wingman, click Accept Selections to return to Flight Check—or if you wish to cancel the changes, click Cancel Selections. In either case you return to Flight Check.

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OME PILOTS TAKE TO THE SKIES like they were born with wings. The

rest

of us struggle and learn the hard way at the school of hard knocks.

Thankfully, the advanced aileron and rudder controls of today’s planes make it easier than ever for beginners to take to—and stay in—the big blue.

LAUNCHING AND DOCKING

Modern combat planes rarely touch the ground. It’s more likely that they launch from, and dock with, an airborne zeppelin.

Launching is the easy part—you drop from the zep,

start your engines, and off you go.

Docking is a bit tricky. Zeppelins deploy a retrieval hook to catch your plane. Guide your plane under the belly of the zeppelin from the rear, and then line your nose up with the hook. Get as close as you can and match your speed to that of the zeppelin. Once you hook up, the zeppelin’s crane reels you in.

THROTTLING

The joystick throttle controls the speed of your plane. Maneuvers with high angles of attack (the steepness of your climb) require more throttle than other maneuvers; otherwise, your aircraft can lose lift and stall.

MANEUVERING

There’s nothing like the rush as you pull out of an inverted roll and brush your undercarriage against the treetops ... but before you rookies get carried away and try a stunt like that, let’s go over the fundamentals.

Climbing

Pull back on your joystick. This pitches your plane upward. If you continue to pull back you’ll complete a forward loop. Make sure you’re flying fast enough or the aircraft can stall.

Diving

Push your joystick forward. This pitches your plane downward. If you keep the stick pushed forward you’ll continue to curve downward and complete a downward loop. Unlike climbing, speed is not a problem because you’ll be accelerating due to gravity. Altitude, however, is a problem. If you’re not high enough when you start this maneuver, you’ll hit the ground!

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Due to overwhelming reader requests, we’re reprinting one of our most popular articles (originally in AAW, May 16,

1933), covering the basics of how to get your plane into the air.

Rolling

Moving your stick to the right or left raises the flaps on one wing while lowering the flaps on the other. This rolls your plane right or left. There are three common maneuvers associated with rolling: the aileron roll, inversion, and banking.

Aileron Roll Move your stick sideways. Roll and continue through a full 360-degree revolution until you’re back where you started.

Banking The last basic maneuver associated with rolling is banking. Roll your plane a quarter of a revolution so one wing points up, the other down—then pull back on your stick as if you were executing a climbing loop. This will bank the plane into a tight turn.

Inversion If you stop halfway through an aileron roll, you will be flying upside down, or “inverted.” It’s useful to invert your plane in conjunction with half of a downward loop—a quick way to reverse your direction and end right-side up.

Turning

Twist your joystick to move the tail rudder right or left. This points the nose of your plane right or left and allows you to turn without banking.

There are dozens of more complicated combinations that incorporate these basic maneuvers. Practice the fundamentals and you’ll soon be flying like an ace.

BAILING OUT

One last thing to learn: what to do if you fail to fly well. Press CTRL+X to release the canopy and jump. Be careful, though, if you’re in a pusher prop like the Devastator. More than one pilot has tried to escape death only to leap back into their propellers. It ain’t pretty.

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UR ENGINEERS MODIFIED THE COCKPIT of a Hughes Devastator. They

didn’t skimp either. Notice the classic burl wood and burnished steel trim.

The layout of gauges may change, however, in different planes’ cockpits.

EDITOR’S NOTE: The spyglass is so specialized that it’s covered in its own article: see “Crosshairs: The Experts Set Their Sights on Targeting.”

Compass

Spyglass (see page

23)

Rocket display

Speedometer

Damage

indicator

Artificial horizon

Gunnery display

Altimeter

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Let’s start with the basics …

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Our choice for altimeter is the Janas Rex because it’s simple and easy to read. The longer needle marks hundreds of feet and the shorter needle indicates thousands of feet. This one has a special low-altitude warning light that flashes red when you drop below 100 feet.

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Green Yellow Red

ROCKET DISPLAY

The Bluedevil rocket display tracks the status of the rockets loaded on your plane’s hardpoints. Similar to the gunnery display, the type of rocket armed and the remaining rounds are shown. The display’s needle points to color-coded crosses along the edge of the gauge:

Green Yellow Red

The pilot may switch rockets

loaded on her hardpoints by using

F5 key to cycle forward

the

F3 or F4 to switch

Ample ammunition. Running low. Gun is empty.

Several rounds remain. Few rounds remain. No rounds remain.

through the rockets (or F6 to cycle backward).

One feature we especially like about this system is that it automatically selects the next available rocket to launch if you run out of the rounds loaded on a hardpoint.

DAMAGE INDICATOR By far our

favorite gauge is the Crispen Mark V damage indicator. No need to strain your neck in an inverted roll to see if your tail is shot to pieces—just one glance at this beauty will tell you if you can continue to soar through the clouds or if you need to limp back to the hangar. An outline of your plane is divided into right and left wing, nose, and tail sections. These are color-coded, indicating levels of damage for that section:

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FIREMAN’S COMBAT TIPS

STEVE “FIREMAN” KELLEY JR.—CAPTAIN of the Republic of Texas Air Rangers, an ace ten times over, decorated hero of the bush wars ... and still flying strong— gives us this week’s insights on combat in the air.

VERY DAY NEW PILOTS GREENER than a grove

of sapling dogwoods ask me what my secret is.

How did I rack up fifty-two confirmed kills—five of those aces themselves? And how did I do it while keeping my hide in one piece? Well, there is no one secret in this business ... actually, there are two: know-how and numbers.

Know-How

Know your planes. Flying a heavily armed and armored Kestrel or the nimble Bloodhawk? Study every aircraft you come across and be ready to exploit your enemy’s tender spots ... while learning how to protect your own.

For example, if your opponent is a Bloodhawk, don’t ever get in front of his gunsights. Get on—and stay on—his tail. On the other hand, if you’re flying a Kestrel, you can afford to chip some paint off your hull before getting into trouble—so you might risk that head-tohead confrontation.

Always check your loadout of ammunition and rockets with a careful eye. In every circumstance, there’s a best weapon that can be used to your opponent’s demise. Don’t use dum-dum rounds if you’re flying against a thick-skinned Warhawk. Plan on taking out a zep? Don’t make the mistake of loading only flak rockets. These are slip-ups you won’t live to repeat.

Look around (see “Eyes Wide Open: Views,” this issue, page 24) and spot your enemies. If you notice bullet holes stitching your wing, it’s pretty much too late to do anything. Try to know where all the bad guys are—not just the one you have targeted.

You want to get behind your enemy (unless they have a backward-firing turret) and, likewise, you want to keep them off your backside.

When approaching an enemy plane try to be higher—that gives you more maneuvering options. For example, a smart flyer will know how to trade his altitude for speed and vice versa. Dive to catch a faster aircraft ... but if you need to slow down (a dangerous thing to do in a dogfight!), then climb straight up.

Having trouble lining up your targeting sights on a more maneuverable opponent? Try slowing down as you bank; that’ll shorten up your turn radius so you can keep up with their fancy aerobatics.

Parting Shot

Just remember ... the unpredictable can—and does— happen up there. A lapse in concentration in a dogfight is fatal, so stay as sharp as a broken bottle in a barroom brawl. Good luck, Greenhorns!

Numbers

When I was in school, I was lousy at numbers and math. Fortunately, up in the air you won’t have to worry about anything like a binomial theorem—but you do have to have a feel for things in motion, how fast they’re going, where the heck they are, and where they’re trying to go.

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The EXPERTS SET THEIR SIGHTS

on TARGETING!

WELCOME TO OUR WEEKLY column on how to sight faster, shoot straighter, and smoke every pirate that crosses your path! This week, in addition to the usual tips, we showcase a new gadget our AAW engineers have found: the spyglass.

EPENDING ON YOUR COCKPIT AND VIEWPOINT

(see “Eyes Wide Open: Views,” this issue, page 24),

you’ll have either the lead crosshair sights and the targeting sights or just the lead crosshair sights.

The targeting crosshair shows where the nose of

your plane is pointed.

The lead crosshair accounts for the velocity of your plane as it twists and rolls. This sight shows where your bullets will fire.

If the lead and targeting crosshairs line up, you’ll fire dead ahead.

Lead

crosshair

Targeting

crosshair

SELECTING TARGETS

To select a target or mission objective, use one of the following commands. (See the back cover of this issue for complete joystick controls.)

To target Press

Next enemy or objective Previous enemy or objective Nearest enemy or objective

Next allied aircraft Previous allied aircraft Nearest allied aircraft

Next non-aircraft target Previous non-aircraft target Nearest non-aircraft target

SHIFT+E

CTRL+E

SHIFT+W

CTRL+W

SHIFT+R

CTRL+R

Nearest attacker under crosshairs Nothing

When you select a target, you’ll see additional information. If your target is in your forward field of view, you’ll see the target’s name.

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If you’re close enough, the target is enclosed in brackets (red for enemy, green for friendly, and blue for neutral targets and objectives), making it easier to sight even behind cloud cover.

If the target is not within your forward field of view, you’ll see the name of the target, the direction you need to turn your plane to face it, and an arrow that points toward the target.

When you destroy a target, another is automatically selected (if one is available).

The SPYGLASS

Ever wanted to see who or what is flying under or behind you? Now you can.

The spyglass is a gyroscopically stabilized optic system that displays a magnified view of your selected target. This enlarged image rolls along the edge of your windshield, with an arrow that always points in the direction of your target.

The spyglass system is toggled on and off by press-

SHIFT+S . It automatically shuts off when the

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EYES WIDE OPEN: VIEWS

IN A DOGFIGHT, if you lose your opponent in a bank of clouds, the glare of the sun, or a blindspot, it could be over for you faster than you can say “hit the silk.” Eyes Wide Open is AAW’s column on strategies to stay aware of everything in the air!

HIS WEEK SOMETHING DIFFERENT: We preview

the view options now standard in all the latest air-

craft designs. Boy, have we gotten an eyeful! There are now some tricks you can pull that you could never attempt in the old days.

First, you can cycle among a normal Cockpit view, an Exterior view, and a First Person view by pressing the

F8 key.

EXTERIOR VIEW

well as most of your instruments.

shows more terrain as

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Another view option is the Chase view. Press F7 and your vantage becomes fixed relative to your plane— you’ll see your aircraft approach and then zoom past your viewing angle. It’s a great shot for those budding Hollywood directors!

Finally, you can press L to track a targeted plane. Your viewpoint will center on this target regardless of the orientation of your plane. Press L again to get out of this mode.

In any view, you can look to the side, behind, above, or below by using the hatswitch on your joystick or the keys on your numeric keypad. Using the hatswitch or these numeric keys “snaps” your point of view in the specified direction.

Look up/left

Look

left

Look up/ left/rear

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Look back

Look up/ right/rear

Look forward

up/right

Move camera back

Move camera closer

Look right

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If you press the J key in conjunction with the hatswitch or numeric keys, you will smoothly turn your point of view in the specified direction. Press the K key to return to the “snap” look mode.

CAMERA VIEWS

To see Press

Above your plane In front of your plane From the left of your plane From the right of your plane

At any time you can access one of four cameras to check on how your plane is fairing from the comfort of the cockpit.

F9 F10 F11 F12

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STUNTS—HOW to GAIN FAME & GLORY!

WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW YOUR NAME? Want them to point at your plane—whispering with admiration, or maybe feeling a touch of fear—as you buzz overhead? How about a few snapshots in the local newspaper? Or do you want the mere flash of your colors to make even the most notorious pirate think twice about tangling with you? Then, Reader, you’ve turned to the right page as we present AAW’s ongoing special fea- ture on aerial reputation.

OMEM PILOTS

measure their suc-

cess by the thickness of their wallet, the number of hours logged in the big blue, or how many tons of cargo they’ve lifted from New York to New Orleans. But for those who know better, the real measure of a pilot can’t be held or tallied with a number. The real measure of your worth is fame.

You increase your fame by shooting down other pilots (the bad guys ... not your own wingmen), capturing zeppelins, performing dangerous airborne maneuvers, and other awe-inspiring feats. This week we explore the “dangerous airborne maneuvers” part of fame-building.

DANGER ZONES

Danger zones are tight spaces that can challenge even a seasoned flyer. Keep your eyes peeled for tunnels, narrow canyons, open hangars, and any other seemingly impossible-to-navigate spaces that will get you noticed fast when you fly through them!

Your wingmen might have a few suggestions, too, so listen up. They’ll let you know if you’ve accomplished a noteworthy stunt.

Another benefit of these danger zones is their ability to remove the competition. Squeeze your plane through a train tunnel and see if that pirate on your tail has the guts to follow! He’ll either break off his attack or learn the hard way that cramped quarters, blinding speed, and a shaking hand make a lethal combination.

And don’t forget to check the newspapers afterward. Your picture could be splashed across the front page—or maybe even make a Hollywood newsreel—all excellent additions to the scrapbook!

The only limits to your fame are imagination ... and your nerve. So, test yourself, pilots. Live dangerously or not at all.

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INSTANT ACTION

INSTANT ACTION IS AAW’S FORUM for pilots who want to tell their own tales of aerial combat.

HERE ARE TWO WAYS TO fly an Instant Action mission. You can

select a story in the Table of Contents, click View Story, scan the

details of the mission on the facing story page, and then click Fly Mission. Or you can tell your own story by customizing the mission with the drop-down lists on the story page.

To customize your own adventure, fill in the specif- ics of your mission, such as number of wingmen, the planes they’ll fly, location, and the details about your opponents. Next, check your (and your wingmen’s) guns and ammunition by selecting Pilot or Wingmen and then clicking Weapon Loadout.

To customize a plane for an Instant Action story,

click Build Custom Plane at the bottom of the screen.

Finally, click Fly Mission to launch into INSTANT

ACTION!

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MULTIPLAYER GAMES: AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW

with

DR. FASSENBIENDER

DR. FASSENBIENDER IS NORTH AMERICA’S preeminent mechanical whiz, a patent-holder of numerous generator and engine designs, and best known for his aviation and autogyro inventions. In this week’s issue, the good doctor talks with AAW editor Nero MacLeon about Crimson Skies and shows us how aspiring pilots can get serious combat experience!

AAW: How does one go about making a multiplayer

Dr. Fassenbiender:

it’s as simple as clicking Multiplayer on the main menu. Then, establish a network or Internet connection by selecting the connection type you want—MSN Gaming Zone, LAN IPX or TCP/IP, Internet, or modemto-modem.

connection

To start a multiplayer game,

, Doctor?

MSN Gaming Zone:

must first create a free Zone ID and install the Zone software. After you’ve done this, enter a Crimson Skies game room and start playing! Note: The host of a Crimson Skies game on the Zone is the first person to enter a game room. For more information, go to http://www.zone.com/ and click Help.

To play on the Zone, you

LAN IPX or LAN TCP/IP:

With either of these connections you play on your local area network (LAN) using an IPX or TCP/IP protocol.

Internet:

you play on the Internet using a TCP/IP protocol by entering the IP address or DNS name for the computer you want to connect to.

Modem-to-Modem:

connection, you play with two computers using modems by entering the phone number of the computer you want to connect to.

With this connection,

With this

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Players list

Players

buttons

Chat box

Information window

Message window

AAW: And if I want to fly my own

plane

DF:

Simply click the Build Custom Plane button to

design your own plane from scratch.

AAW: Now I’m ready to

DF:

Yes, you decide to either host a game or join a game already started by another player. If you click Host, you’ll be prompted to name the game session, select an optional password, and set the maximum number of players allowed in the game.

If you click Connect, you will see a games list screen. This list can be sorted by game name, number of players, mission type, environment, or even status. To update the list, just click Refresh.

After you click a game and then Join Game, you are asked to enter a callsign for the session, select a pilot voice, and provide the password if the host requires one.

AAW: So what is this

DF:

This is where players form teams, review the game

settings, or alter them if they happen to be the host,

host

game lobby

join

customized

a game?

business?

and communicate with one another before entering a multiplayer game.

The Players list shows the players’ callsigns in the current game. The host’s callsign tops the list, followed by the other players in the order they joined. The numbers next to the callsigns are the players’ ping times in milliseconds [ed. note: this is the time it takes the game server to respond to that player]. The boxes adjacent to these numbers show the players’ status: checked means the player is ready to enter the game, and not checked means the player is not ready.

Te a m :

To create, join, or leave a team, click the Create Team, Join Team, or Leave Team button (only one is available at any given time, depending on your current team status).

Boot:

The host may boot any player back to the games list screen by selecting the player’s name in the list and then clicking Boot.

Ready:

click Ready. The host cannot start a game unless all players are ready.

When you are ready to enter the game,

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AAW: How do players

communicate

with other

players in the lobby?

DF:

Communications from other players appear in a large message window. The text color is the same color as the player’s name in the Players list. System messages are gray and enclosed in brackets.

Players type their messages in the Chat box. To transmit messages, they press ENTER or click the Send button.

AAW: What are these

tabs

on the upper-right

of the interface?

DF:

Here players can choose their planes and ammunition. All players can view the mission options, but only the host can modify them.

Under Mission Options, the host selects the mission, environment, victory conditions, allowable team sizes, and details on allowed lives. The host may also

outlaw certain aircraft components and/or ammunition by clicking Select and filling out the Outlaw Components form. When components have been outlawed, players are alerted to the changes and all of their planes are reset to the default selection.

Under Select Plane, plane selection works the same as for any standard flight check [ed. note: see “Prelude to Mayhem: A Pirate Briefing,” this issue, page 14]. If the host allows customized planes, they may be imported from the player’s custom planes directory [ed. note: see ”Blueprint Blues: Plane Construction Basics,” this issue, page 12].

Under Select Ammo, players load ammunition onto their plane. Outlawed rocket and ammunition types cannot be selected.

AAW: This is remarkable! How do I start?

DF:

Each player must select Ready. When all players

are ready, the host starts the game by clicking Launch!

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CREDITS

Air Action Weekly, a subsidiary of the Atlas World News Conglomerate, is published simultaneously in eight nations of North America and abroad, with headquarters in Manhattan, Hollywood, Houston, London, Dublin, and Paris. The Atlas News staff spans the globe and puts their lives on the line to bring you tomorrow’s headlines today! We are…

Executive Officers Founder and Editor Emeritus: Jordan “Nose Art” Weisman; Founder and Chief Investigative

Officer: Dave McCoy; Chief Executive Officer: Ed Fries; President: Eric Straub; Director of Business: Stuart Moulder; Chief Financial Officer: Dave Luehmann; Publisher: Jon “Albatross” Kimmich; Chief Researcher: Jo Tyo; Circulation Director: Ed Ventura; Logistics Officer: Matt “UncleDaddy” Gradwohl; Chief Operations Officer: Craig Henry.

Operations Staff Editor-in-Chief: Laura Fryer; Regional Sales Manager (North American Nations): Chris Cocks;

Regional Sales Manager (Europe): Peter “Mango” Parsons; Researcher: Tim “Squire” O’Brien; Chief of the FAA: Phil “Airsick” Knowles; Art Director (London Office): Douglas “Urich” Herring; Typesetting Engineer: Chris “Fonts” Lassen; Staff Aviator: John “Mongoose” Guyer; Manager, Dept. of Redundancy Dept: Victor “Baron” von Beck; Union Delegate: Bob “Mr. Wolf” Crocco; Farm Purchasing Associate: David “Auger” Henry; Copy-Boy: Bob “Beemer” Gutmann.

Foreign Offices Le Grand Chef des Malcontents Somptueux: Anna “Harvey” Farr; Chief of Moscow Operations:

Kazuyuki Shibuya; Chief of Casablanca Operations: Takayoshi Asahina; Chief of Asian Operations: Kazuyuki Kumai; Chief of British Affairs: Kaoru Ito; Chief of Madrid Operations: Victoria Olson; Manager of International Translations: Toshio Sato; Chief Travel Coordinator: Yutaka Hasegawa; Special Intelligence Coordinator (Parisian Office): Laurence Krzemien-Smith.

Dublin Team Chief Controller: Paul Delany; Chief Mechanic: Jonathon Young; Flying Ace: Michael “Mickster” Ivory;

Field Reporter: Suzanne Boylan; Staff Aviator: John O’Sullivan; Wingman: Kerrie Power.

Staff Photographers Combat Photographer/Illustrator: Vic “Fokker” Bonilla; Free-Fall Specialist: Todd Lubsen. Freelance Photographers Frank Woll, Tom Peters, Lex Story, Edison Girard, Ron “Eagle Eye” Lemen. Field Reporters John Hudgens (Republic of Texas); Ken Kato (Pacifica); Aaron “Jabroni” Ueland (Lakota Territory);

Dan Foy (People’s Collective); Brennan Priest (Industrial States of America); Kelly Bell (Empire State), Ramon “Cheezdawg” Romero (Maritime Provinces); Derek Carroll (Atlantic Coalition); Eugene Evans (Dixie); Mike Sartain (Appalachia); Lane Reichert (Outer Banks); Damien Neff (French Louisiana); Kevin Loza (Free Colorado); Mike Lyons (Arixo); Mitch Gitelman (Navajo Nation); Heinz Schuller (Utah); Eddie Smith (Hollywood); Sandra Garavito (Hong Kong); Leon Gor (Hawaii); Heather Carlson (London); John Kane (Paris); Duane Decker (Moscow).

Flight Crew Ground Crew Technician Foreman: Todd “Andy Gibb” Squire; Wingman Avoidance Expert: Erika

“Adara” Carlson; Commander, Combat Engineering: J.J.J. “None of them stand for Jay” Banchero Jr.; Big Rocket Expert: Michelle “Battle Angel” Gamboa Stenson; Live Grenade Specialist: Mike Pondsmith; Experimental Aircraft Pilot: Chris “Blue Max” Chamberlain; Mile High Club Chairman: Dave “Sgt. Skeyle” Blumberg; Scout Pilot: Paul “Idaho Kid” Reed; Ordnance Preparation: Mark “4AM” Forrer; Arial Recon: Matt “MEGAMAN” Alderman; Test Pilot: Jim “Stickman” Bosler; Tarmac Crew: Scott “Scooter” Luse; Engine Mechanic: Mark “Nitro” Heinen; Chief Zeppelin Engineer: David “Big Z” Kern; Weapons Specialist: Russ “Pyro” Phillips; SonoBuoy Deployment Specialist: Mark Selander; Stress Tester: Stuart “Scribbles” Compton; Hardware Configuration: Paul “Mr. Happypants” Gradwohl; Nitro Experimenter: Joe “Scrapbook Picture Gluer” Mullenix; Ace Pirate: Steve “Sea Wolf” Kastner; Director of Disinformation: Stan “Trust Buster” LePard; First Aid Specialist: Jesse Janosov; Hangar Janitor: Brian “Avenger” Soderberg.

Stunt Team Andy Glaister, Jim “Shaft” Reichert, Chris Hadden, Nigel Keam, Randy Shedden, Melody Litovkin. Other Pirate Liaison Officer: John “Black Flag” Howard; Saint of Circumstance: Tom “T-man” Sternberg; Art Smug-

gler: Daniel “Treetop Flyer” Dociu; Beverage Specialist: Gary “Reaper” Hinger; Animal Trainer: Graham “Qi-Qi” Kays; Undercover Operations: Eric “Shifty” Nylund; Bombsight Calibrator: David “Mountain Man” Blevins; Paid Informant (Hollywood): Eric “Alan Smithee” Trautmann; Special Correspondent to the Black Swan: Dana

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Who Saved Your Bacon?

ANY GOOD PILOT WILL TELL YOU ...

Nose down

WEAPONS & TARGETING

Fire guns

Fire rocket

Cycle guns

Cycle rockets

Target next enemy/

objective

Target next ally

Target next non-aircraft

Target nearest attacker

under crosshairs

Target nothing

Toggle spyglass

VIEWS

Look direction

Cycle views

Access camera

Look

direction

Right roll

SPACEBAR

F3, F4

F5, F6

SHIFT+S

1–9 (numpad)

F7, F9–F12

MANEUVERING

Point nose up

Point nose down

Roll right

Roll left

Turn right

Turn left

Level out

THROTTLING

Increase

Decrease

Adjust throttle

Activate nitro-

boosters

OTHER

Access mission map

and in-game menu

View all controls

Chat

Chat to team

Double game speed

(single player only)

DOWN ARROW

UP ARROW

RIGHT ARROW

LEFT ARROW

PERIOD (

COMMA (

SHIFT+L

PLUS (

MINUS (

1–9

ESC

GRAVE (

SHIFT+

BACKSPACE

)

Fire rocket

Fire guns

Left roll

Target nex t non-aircraft

Cycle guns

Cycle rockets

Target nex t enemy/objective

Views

Nose up

Tur n (rudder twist)

Spyglass

Throttle

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