About This File
FS2002/FS2004 Northrop F-5B Freedom Fighter of the Hellenic Air Force. A superb aircraft that the author used to fly as a Hellenic Air Force pilot. This repaint represents an F-5B Freedom Fighter as it used to fly with 343rd Squadron of Hellenic Air Force, during the 1990's. The F-5 Freedom Fighter was a very successful aircraft during its 30 year carreer in HAF as a fighter, bomber, multi-role aircraft until the early months of 2001 when it was finally released from active duty. This aircraft is based on a very realistic FS model, with realistic features, made by FSD International. The package contains realistic sounds made by Angelos Hatzikatakos. A new, based on real photos and diagrams 2D panel, was made by Nick Karatzides who also modified for FS purposes the official checklist by Northrop. A very complete flight manual (60 pages) which can be read with Adobe Acrobat is included. The panel uses plenty of realistic gauges to simulate the real F-5's cockpit. The HUD gauge is made by Eric Marciano, afterburner flame effects by Jan Rosenberg and fuel jettison gauge by Doug Dawson. This package is for experienced flightsimmers and virtual pilots who have a "good feeling" on the controls and do not "kick" the contol stick while flying...It is for people who want to know how it looks to fly with a modern fighter. The package contains visual effects, night lighting, fine looking mechanical parts movement, contrails, realistic gears extracting / retracting etc. By Nick Karatzides. (See also F-5B_FIX.ZIP)