The 62nd Fighting Falcons is a club operated by a group of air combat enthusiasts in Brisbane, Australia.  We use high-fidelity PC simulations to reproduce some of the challenges and excitement experienced by real combat pilots.

Our focus is on developing realistic skills in flying, combat and teamwork, to the limits of the simulations that we use.  As such, the club focusses almost exclusively on flying together as a team, in cooperative missions where we must coordinate and support each other against computer-controlled threats.

The group meets for a monthly LAN, where we engage in both training missions for newer members, and continuing 'live' combat missions in an ongoing simulated campaign for all members.

Because of the complexity of the simulations, and the need to keep the club focussed, we stick to just one simulation used by all members at all meetings.  Currently our simulation of choice is Falcon 4 Allied Force. <www.lead-pursuit.com/>

Other simulations that we recommend, although we do not fly them at official meetings, are:

• The IL-2 Sturmovik series, for WWII combat.
• Lock On, as an alternative modern-jet simulation with excellent flight modelling.
• DCS Black Shark for hard-core helicopter simulation.
• Microsoft Flight Simulator for general aviation.

The 62nd Fighting Falcons is a club operated by a group of air combat enthusiasts in Brisbane, Australia.  We use high-fidelity PC simulations to reproduce some of the challenges and excitement experienced by real combat pilots.

Our focus is on developing realistic skills in flying, combat and teamwork, to the limits of the simulations that we use.  As such, the club focusses almost exclusively on flying together as a team, in cooperative missions where we must coordinate and support each other against computer-controlled threats.

The group meets for a monthly LAN, where we engage in both training missions for newer members, and continuing 'live' combat missions in an ongoing simulated campaign for all members.

Because of the complexity of the simulations, and the need to keep the club focussed, we stick to just one simulation used by all members at all meetings.  Currently our simulation of choice is Falcon 4 Allied Force. <www.lead-pursuit.com/>

Other simulations that we recommend, although we do not fly them at official meetings, are:

• The IL-2 Sturmovik series, for WWII combat.
• Lock On, as an alternative modern-jet simulation with excellent flight modelling.
• DCS Black Shark for hard-core helicopter simulation.
• Microsoft Flight Simulator for general aviation.