The basic fighter for most NATO countries for several decades, this aircraft deserved a place in FSX. For the last year Aerosoft has been working on a high detail model of this aircraft and now you will see the Fighting Falcon fly into the virtual world of FSX.
The F-16 Fighting Falcon is a multirole jet fighter build by General Dynamics for the US Air Force. The lightweight fighter became the ubiquities fighter as it was exported to 25 nations and a record breaking production of over 4,400 aircraft. Updated every decade it remains the basic fighter for nations worldwide. Apart from being a very serious fighter it remains about the most enjoyable aircraft to fly with the superb maneuverability and power that allows vertical climbs. Visibility is unparalleled in the frameless bubble canopy. This enjoyment remains fully intact in FSX.
The Aerosoft version includes the most used versions in the highest possible detail. The realism of this product is so great that parts of it are sold to professional users and it is used in the first stages of training of pilots in 3 countries.
In FSX the F-16 is a joy to fly, with the controllability of a light aircraft and capable of altitudes of 50.000 feet and speeds exceeding Mach1. It is extremely agile yet easy to control (it will fly where you point the nose) it allows you to explore the environment of FSX like never before.
Features include:
- A, AM and C models
- General Electric F110-GE-100 and Pratt & Whitney F100-P-220 engines
- F-16C Block 50/52 Current and A MLU cockpits
- 21 different external models
- 21 different flight models
- 61 different liveries
- Integrated Control Panel, Data Entry Display.
- Air target radar with tracking options
- Navigation display including terrain display
- Realistic Stores Management Screens
- Realistic Heads Up Display (actually sold for professional use)
- Semi realistic In-flight refueling possible from every AI Airliner
- Includes two demanding and realistic missions to test your skills
External loads:
- AIM-120 AAMRAAM
- AIM-9 Sidewinder
- Smokewinder
- AIM-2000 IRIS-T
- GBU-12 Paveway II
- AGM-88A HARM
- External wing 370 tank
- Conformal fuselage tank
- AN/ALQ-131 ECM pod
- AN/ALQ-184 ECM pod
- External fuselage tank 300
- AN/AAQ-33 Sniper
- AN/AAQ-28 Litening
- AN/ASQ-213 HTS
Countries covered include: Belgium, Chile, Denmark, Egypt, Greece, Italian, Israel, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Singapore, Taiwan, Turkey, USA, Venezuela
Please note that this product is 100% focused on flying the F-16 and none of the offensive and defensive systems are modeled (though the radar allows tracking AI aircraft). There are also no ground objects that appear when parking brakes are set etc. Every last byte has been used to model the pure aircraft. So do not expect bombs that fall off, missiles that speed toward targets or ground power units.