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== | ==Aircraft Review: B-25 Mitchell== | ||
The B-25 served in almost every theatre in World War II. From Europe to the Pacific, the Mitchell was there. One of the most famous missions accomplished by B-25s was the Doolittle Raid on Tokyo, when a group of 16 B-25s attacked the Japanese mainland, raising morale in the United States, and changing the priorities of the Imperial Japanese Navy, and possibly changing the direction of the war. | |||
The flightgear model looks good on the outside. The author has done a lot of work on the textures, and this is improved even more by some excellent liveries made by Gooneybird that have been added to the B-25 base package by the author. The landing gear, engines and canopies are all carefully modelled, too. | |||
The Cockpit is a little bit threadbare, with no chairs, two pilot figures, and the standard six instruments, which is more than enough to fly with. The only other issue I could come up with was the lack of weapons, but that is only an aesthetic problem. The B-25 handles nicely both on the ground and in the air. I can't talk about accuracy, however, as I have never flown in a B-25, so I don't know how it 'feels' in the air. | |||
The Mitchell sounds great, too! | |||
''Review by Armchair Ace'' | |||
==From the community== | ==From the community== | ||