Path: utzoo!mnetor!tmsoft!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!ccu.umanitoba.ca!herald.usask.ca!alberta!ubc-cs!uw-beaver!rice!bcm!dimacs.rutgers.edu!seismo!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uakari.primate.wisc.edu!caen!uwm.edu!ogicse!pdxgate!eecs!algoa From: algoa@eecs.cs.pdx.edu (Gregory Bowers) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.games Subject: Re: Good flight simulator for Amiga? Message-ID: <1483@pdxgate.UUCP> Date: 7 Feb 91 21:57:06 GMT References: <7455@crash.cts.com> Sender: news@pdxgate.UUCP Lines: 48 uzun@pnet01.cts.com (Roger Uzun) writes: >[] >jpn@castle.ed.ac.uk writes: Elements from all four home nations were >involved in the Battle Of Britain >And he seemed upset, my question is what are all four home nations? >Just curious. Why would he be so upset when people mention English and >German planes anyway? I am at a loss to understand what his complaint >was. >-Roger >UUCP: {hplabs!hp-sdd ucsd nosc}!crash!pnet01!uzun >ARPA: crash!pnet01!uzun@nosc.mil >INET: uzun@pnet01.cts.com I lived in England for one year when I was six, so I'm not really an expert, but: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is made up of the what is sometimes called the four home nations: England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. England, Scotland and Wales make up Great Britain, and with Northern Ireland, the United Kingdom. Why did he seem upset. Perhaps because the English have long dominated the UK, and the Scots, Welsh, and Irish get a little annoyed when the RAF, which is British, is refered to as English. It's kinda like saying that BattleHawks 1942 allows one to fly Californian planes and Japanese planes, just because California is the most populous state. Now that I've said that, I know that most people use England, Britain and the UK interchangeably. Anyway all those of you who didn't no what was what now know. If I've made any mistakes please follow up to this article. Now about the Flight Sims. Their Finest Hour is a great game, just a little slowon my A500. Great on a 3000 though. Also, I like F-19 Stealth Fighter, disk stuff sucks (1 drive only, seems to use 512K, crashes when wrong disk is inserted) but I love the game. Update is fast enough, plenty of missions. So far, with little practice I completed a mission in Central Europe on the hardest level with 970 pts. Finally Fighter Bomber: I don't like it when an F-5 is gaining on my Strike Eagle with FULL AFTERBURNERS!!! So I don't play it. How about a game simulating a Panavia Tornado (not Fighter Bomber's "simulation"). Amiga is die beste! 'n IBM is 'n rekenaar? Die Mac is net 'n vrot appel! algoa@eecs.cs.pdx.edu Portland TrailBlazers now 39-9 and KICKING ASS!