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Tour Of Air Combat Zone

Flight Op's
When you're group arrives at Air Combat Zone you'll check in with your Mission Commander at flight operations. Here you'll notice our quality selection of Air Combat Zone merchandise so you can choose to take some of the experience home with you.

Ready Room
After checking in at flightops you'll be directed to the ready room. Here, you group can watch some high action air combat DVD's, check out our aviation library or get the competitive juices flowing with a game of foosball or darts. Comfortable leather couches and surround sound make the ready room a great place to relax before your mission starts and throughout your time with us.

Combat Skills Development Center
When your mission starts, you're "pilots" begin their mission by developing their Hornet pilot skills with your Mission Commander on our PC simulator stations. These PC sims are equipped with the same throttle and stick you'll use when flying our CF-18 Hornet simulators. You'll be introduced to the basic flight skills, aircraft controls and cockpit instrumentation you'll apply on your rmissions.

Briefing Room
The next step is your mission briefing. Your Mission Commander will review everything you covered on the PC sim's and any additional intel you'll need to deploy into combat. During the briefing you get all the information you'll need to complete your mission like an ace!

Conference Room
When holding a unique team building seminar, sales meeting or group event, our facilities are sure to meet your needs. Whether we setup the room for a meeting, seminar or presentation, our group and corporate event room is well equipped including a projection system perfect for presentations or movies. Catering options range from ordering in pizza to catering in Quiznos Subs or the ultimate: a fully catered meal from "On The Move, A Catering Company" can be arranged to ensure your pilots "Eat Well".

Flight Line
The excitement builds and al last you're off to the flight line, home of our Hornet simulators. Our flight line is equipped with 4 F/A-18 simulators that are networked to give you the excitement of live head to head combat action with the others on you're rmission! Your mission commander will be in the tower to support you throughout your mission.

CF-18 Hornet Combat Flight Simulators
With functional instrumentation, HOTAS controls and a live Heads Up Display, flying our simulators is like flying the real thing. This ain't no video game!

Multi-Media Tours
Need a less static Tour? The following links will take you to a Flash tour of Air Combat Zone or to several iLOOKabout Inc. virtual 360 degree view images of parts of our facility including our simulators. Our 1 minute Video Intel Briefing at the right is also a great tool to help give you a better understanding of just what Air Combat Zone and jet fighter entertainment are all about.

• Flash Tour Of Air Combat Zone
• iLOOKabout 360 Images Of Air Combat Zone

Intel Brief On Our CF-18 Combat Flight Simulators

Capt. D. "Super Dave" Pletz, 2004 CF-18 Hornet demo team pilot and many other "been there, done that" front line fighter pilots have all describe our simulators the same way,"AWESOME". P. "Pitch" Molner, ex-CF-18 pilot, air show performer and current Alpha jet driver said "I've flown the new CF-18 sim - yours is very good in comparison". Fact is, our 4 CF-18 Hornet fighter jet combat flight simulators are the closest thing to actually flying a Hornet available to the public. Our ability to fly live action head-to-head dogfights against each other is functionality only available to military Hornet pilots in the last few years.

The following list outlines just some of the major features of our four simulators:

• HOTAS Equipped Joystick And Throttle
Replica combat jet joystick and throttle with functional HOTAS (Hands On Throttle & Stick) Controls give finger tip control of the plane and its major systems.

• Working HUD
Providing key flight and combat data without having to look down inside the cockpit, the Hornet's HUD (Heads Up Display) keeps the pilots head out of the cockpit and finding targets.

• Live Cockpit Instrumentation
3 MFD's (Multi Function Displays), including working menu selection buttons, as well as engine and auxiliary flight instruments provide all the weapons, radar , flight and navigation information you'll need to complete your mission.

• Giant View Of The World Around You
The 8' x 6' WOTC (World Outside The Cockpit) screen gives an IMAX like sensation of motion.

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Functional Buttons And Switches
You're in control of weapon selection, radar mode and sub-mode selection for both air-to-air and air-to-ground combat, countermeasures, landing gear, flaps, tail hook, auto pilot mode selection and engagement, navigation controls, and much, much, much more. Over 70 functional buttons and switches in all.

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Networking For Live InterACTION!
All four of our simulators are networked together so pilots can interact together in our cyber skies. Whether is a group search & rescue mission, a communications challenge or a live action Top Gun dogfighting competition, the connectivity of our our simulators keeps the group engaged together.

Don't worry though. While a cockpit full of functional controls sounds overwhelming, you won't need them all on your first mission. We'll show you how to use the joystick and throttle to fly the plane and 5 buttons and switches and you'll be off on your first air combat mission in the Hornet. Experienced pilots and flight sim enthusiasts can go far beyond the basics by just asking for more. This makes our missions suitable for people with all levels of ability.

At the end of the day it's important to note that no one is expected to go out and defend the nation at the end of a mission in one of our simulators! Our events are all about exceeding your event goals with the fun and thrills of a fighter pilot experience like nothing you've ever see before. An experience that has impressed people from actual pilots of fighters like the F-14 Tomcat, F-15 Eagle, F-16 Viper and the CF-18 Hornet all way to those who've never seen a jet. So don't wait, click here to contact us for more information on booking your mission today so your team can experience our Leading Edge CF-18 Hornet fighter jet combat flight simulators.