How to install Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe on Windows 10 or Windows 11

How to install Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe on Windows 10 or Windows 11

Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe is a World War II-themed flight simulation game developed by Microsoft, released in 2002. It focuses on the European air war from 1943 to 1945, allowing players to experience intense dogfights, bombing missions, and ground attack operations. 

The game features a dynamic campaign where players can choose to fly for the United States Army Air Forces, the Royal Air Force, or the Luftwaffe. With a variety of historically accurate aircraft, customizable missions, and realistic flight physics, CFS3 offers an immersive experience, capturing the strategic and tactical challenges of aerial combat during one of history's most intense conflicts.

In this post I will show you how to install Combat Flight Simulator 3: Battle for Europe on Windows 10 or Windows 11 modern PC.

What do you need to make the installation

To complete the installation of Combat Flight Simulator 3 on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC you will need the following programs or software:

• Installation CDs or .ISO images (Download / Mirror)
• Patch 3.1 (Download / Mirror)
• No CD Patch (Download / Mirror)

Installation process

This is a standalone and straight forward installation process which is explained with more detail in the following video:

How to install Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. on Windows 10 and Windows 11

How to install Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. on Windows 10 and Windows 11

Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. is an exhilarating flight simulation video game that combines fast-paced aerial combat with strategic gameplay. Set in a near-future world, the game puts players in the cockpit of advanced military aircraft as they engage in high-stakes missions for a private military corporation.

Featuring a dynamic combat system, players can execute tactical maneuvers, employ an array of weaponry, and navigate diverse environments from bustling cities to vast open skies. The game offers a mix of realism and accessibility, with intuitive controls, advanced HUD systems, and a variety of customizable planes. 

With both single-player campaigns and multiplayer modes, H.A.W.X. delivers an immersive aerial warfare experience, placing players at the center of global conflicts and high-octane dogfights.

What do you need to make the installation

To complete the installation of Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC you will need the following programs or software:

• Tom Clancy's H.A.W.X. installation CD or .ISO image (Download)

Installation process

This is a standalone and straight forward installation process which is explained with more detail in the following video:

How to install Fighter Pilot on Windows 10 and Windows 11

How to install Fighter Pilot on Windows 10 and Windows 11

Fighter Pilot is an arcade-style simulation game published by Electronic Arts in 1998. A game with simplified controls, physics, and tactics allowing beginners to the field to still have fun.

The game's plot is set in the Middle East, you will fly 24 missions in 4 different planes. Missions range from escort, to patrol, to attack. A multiplayer mode is also included.

What do you need to make the installation

To complete the installation of Electronic Art's Fighter Pilot on your Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC you will need the following programs or software:

1. Electronic Art's Fighter Pilot installation CD or .ISO image (Download / Mirror)
2. WineVDM. Allows modern 64-bits PCs to run 16-bit Windows programs. (Download)

Installation process

This is a standalone and straight forward installation process which is explained with more detail in the following video:

How to install Jane's Longbow 2 on Windows 10 and Windows 11

How to install Jane's Longbow 2 on Windows 10 and Windows 11

Longbow 2 is the sequel to Jane's AH-64D Longbow from the Jane's Combat Simulations series. In this game the player is a pilot of an AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter.

A fully dynamic campaign engine is used to create challenging missions and a random mission generator can be used to create a wide variety of missions. Gameplay is dynamic in the sense that new missions are generated automatically.

The game features a command structure, allowing the player to command other helicopters, including OH-58 Kiowa scouts and UH-60 Black Hawk transports.

The game's primary campaign features a fictional war between the United States and the Islamic Republic of Iran in which Iranian forces invade nearby Azerbaijan in early to mid 1990s.

What do you need to make the installation

To complete the installation of Jane's Longbow 2 on your Windows 10/Windows 11 PC you will need the following programs or software:

• Jane's Longbow 2 installation files (Download / Mirror)

Installation process

This is a standalone and straight forward installation process which is explained with more detail in the following video:

How to install FLY II on Windows 10 or Windows 11

How to install FLY II on Windows 10 or Windows 11

Welcome to the world of Fly! II, a flight simulator developed in 2001. Fly! II is the second release of their fully featured flying simulation for Windows PCs that supports a wide range of peripherals. Supporting all DirectX and Force Feedback enabled devices, it offers a fully immersive gaming experience.

Fly! II is a highly realistic flight simulator whose detailed functionality explores everything from ultra-light aircraft to big airliners, military bombers, and reconnaissance aircraft, such as the world's fastest airplane, the SR-71 Blackbird.

Five main scenery areas are supplied: Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Dallas/Fort Worth. Flight briefing and flight planning are included and can use many of the supplied navigation aids. Following planes are included: Cessna 172, Piper Malibu, Piper Navajo Chieftain, Beech King Air B200, Hawker 800XP. Aircraft systems are accurately simulated, requiring proper sequence of actions to, for instance, start the engine.

What do you need to make the installation

To complete the installation of FLY! II on your Windows 10/Windows 11 PC you will need the following programs or software:

• Fly! II installation files (Download / Mirror)

Installation process

This is a standalone and straight forward installation process which is explained with more detail in the following video:

1K Subscribers on Youtube and new Patreon page!

1K Subscribers on YouTube and new Patreon page!

I wanted to make a celebration stream. Unfortunately, I forgot to activate my microphone at the beginning of the beginning of it and that part was left silent. Basically, the news I wanted to share in this video were that my channel has finally reached 1000 subscribers! 

Also, I wanted to let you know that I'm setting up a new Patreon page to raise money for a new HOTAS/Joystick so I can go back to the more complex flight sims we all like. 

Yes, my last HOTAS, a Thrustmaster T.Flight HOTAS X went kaput.

Stream Chapters

I divided the whole stream in segments so you can jump straight to the part you're more interested in:

1. 01:35 Beginning of the stream. 1k subs 1k thank you!
2. 02:50 Introducing my new Patron Page.
3. 04:25 Entering the Game
4. 09:55 The Action begins!
5. 25:00 Mission Accomplished!
6. 25:45 Telling the news again. Now the MIC is active!

How to Install Black Knight Marine Strike Fighter on Windows 10/11

How to Install Black Knight Marine Strike Fighter on Windows 10/11

Released by SE Software in 1995 for MS-DOS, Black Knight is an air combat F/A-18 Hornet flight simulator. It features 50 different combat missions, 8 training missions as well as a free flight mode.

A built-in mission creator is also available. Features included a flight instructor mode which offered instructions at every key point of flight or combat; flight recorder to play back your flight viewed from various angles; and digitized engine and cockpit sounds from actual F/A-18 Hornets.

In this post I will show you how to install Black Knight Marine Strike Fighter on a Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC.

What do you need to make the installation

To complete the installation of Black Knight Marine Strike Fighter on your Windows 10/Windows 11 PC you will need the following programs or software:

• An MSDOS emulation program (I use this one)
• Black Knight Marine Strike Fighter installation files (Download / Mirror)

Installation process

This is a standalone and straight forward installation process which is explained with more detail in the following video:

How to install Lock-On Gold / Flaming Cliffs on Windows 10 and Windows 11

How to install Lock-On Gold / Flaming Cliffs on Windows 10 and Windows 11

Lock On Gold is an updated version of Lock-On Modern Air Combat released in 2003. This new version has many improvements including but not limited to a new Russian aircraft, the Su-25T and Flaming Cliffs campaign.

The theatre of operation is the Black Sea, and a fictional conflict sees the deployment of both American and Russian forces to the area. Look out for SAM sites and US and Russian carriers.

In this post I will show you how to install Lock-On Gold / Flaming Cliffs on a Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC.

What do you need to make the installation

To complete the installation of Lock-On Gold / Flaming Cliffs on your Windows 10/Windows 11 PC you will need the following programs or software:

• Lock-On Gold Installation CD/Image (Download / Mirror)
• Lock-On Flaming Cliffs add-on installation image (Download / Mirror)
• Patch 1.12a Installation file (Download / Mirror)
• Patch 1.12b Installation file (Download / Mirror)
• No DVD files pack (Download / Mirror)

Installation process

This is a standalone and straight forward installation process which is explained with more detail in the following video:

How to Install DCS: Black Shark on Windows 10 or Windows 11

How to Install DCS: Black Shark on Windows 10 or Windows 11

DCS: Black Shark is a PC simulation and combat game of the Russian Kamov-50 (Ka-50) attack helicopter and is the first title in the Eagle Dynamics Fighter Collection simulation series: "Digital Combat Simulator" (DCS). 

DCS: Black Shark offers an unprecedented level of realism in regard to flight dynamics, instruments modeling, avionics systems, and weapon systems.

In this post I will show you how to install DCS: Black Shark on a Windows 10 or Windows 11 PC.

What do you need to make the installation

To install DCS: Black Shark on your Windows 10/Windows 11 PC you will need the following programs or software:

• DCS Black Shark installation CD or CD image. (Download / Mirror)
• DCS Black Shark Patch 1.0.2 installation file. (Download / Mirror)
• DCS Black Shark Keygen file. (Download / Mirror)

Installation process

This is a standalone and straight forward installation process which is explained with more detail in the following video:

Black Night Marine Strike Fighter (MSDOS / 1995) Download

Black Night Marine Strike Fighter (MSDOS / 1995)

Black Knight is an air combat F/A-18 Hornet flight simulator. It features 50 different combat missions, 8 training missions as well as a free flight mode. A built-in mission creator is also available. Features included a flight instructor mode which offered instructions at every key point of flight or combat; flight recorder to play back your flight viewed from various angles; and digitized engine and cockpit sounds from actual F/A-18 Hornets.

Black Night Marine Strike Fighter (Intro Video)

The following is the video intro of the game that you can watch every time you open the game. The video is available at my Youtube channel to which you are invited to subscribe if you like flight simulation video games.

Download the game

Since this game is an old one and has been under the abandonware classification for quite some time, it is available to download for free on several pages. Here are the links of some of the pages this game is available.

• My Abandonware
• Archive.org
• DOS Zone (Play it in your browser)