The year is rapidly closing on our Special Events calendar and it has been quite a year indeed. HiTech Creations has increased these special events due to popular demand, just one more reason why we continue to be the number one World War 2 Flight Simulator on the market.
This week features an AHXARL on the 20th; for the uninitiated that simply means we are having an XTreme Air Racing League and this week we are using the “Rocket Plane,” the Me163, for the race.
On the 21st we will have the final Snapshots of the year, finishing off the Pearl Harbor scenario. Come prepared for surprises and challenges that will test your abilities.
We have been fielding questions lately about one of our special events, namely Snapshots. If you take a look at our special events calendar you will see that there are two Snapshots remaining this month, on the 21st and 28th, both dealing with Pearl Harbor.
Snapshots are run once a week, they are open to anyone, and require no pre-planning. Snapshots have been described as one-shot Scenarios with planning done on the spot in the heat of the action. These truly are a true test of your flying skills so we strongly encourage anyone who wants a real test on Aces High to sign up for next Wednesday’s Snapshot and do battle against other flight sim gamers.
Why is Aces High the number one combat flight simulator on the market? For one reason it is technologically superior to other flight sims, but we at HiTech Creations also think it is because of all the special events we offer that give you an opportunity to test your skills against the best in the world.
This week is no exception! On the 13th we have XTreme Air Racing; on the 16th an FSO is offered; the 17th there is a Scenario you won’t want to miss and on the 18th is an SEC Frame 3. For a complete schedule of upcoming special events go to http://www.ahevents.org/events-calendar.html.
Today HiTech Creations wants to turn its attention to the Battle of Tarawa, fought between November 20-23 1943. Chances are excellent that unless you are the most hardcore of World War 2 enthusiasts you have never heard of the Battle of Tarawa, but trust us when we say the 35,000 American troops that fought there will never forget it.
This is one of those battles fought in an area that had no other importance than its location, similar to so many battles fought in the American Civil War, small hamlets or crossroads that had military significance, but to the casual observer should never have been important enough to fight over. By 1943 the United States had its sights set on a massive operation across the mid-Pacific, to the Philippines and then to Japan. In order to accomplish such an operation air bases needed to be established on islands across the Pacific. The Marianas Islands were crucial for this plan to succeed, for control of the Marianas meant an offensive against the Marshall Islands would succeed. Unfortunately, one small island, the island of Betio, on the western side of Tarawa Atoll, stood in the way of this grand plan. The entire plan, then, hinged on the taking of Betio in the Tarawa Atoll.
The Japanese were fully aware of the importance of Tarawa and it was heavily defended by 2,619 troops when the United States 2nd Marine Division launched its attack. After three days of intense fighting the island was under American control but the fighting had cost 1,696 American lives and 4,690 Japanese lives. The figurative road to the Marshall Islands was now open and the next stage of the offensive could be planned.
We hope you are enjoying these brief glimpses of the battles of World War II. We at HiTech Creations consider an understanding and appreciation of World War II helpful for anyone serious about playing Aces High, our number one combat flight simulator. Specifically when playing one of our many Special Events an understanding of the actual events is helpful in devising plans for your flight sim action. We are also convinced that one of the important reasons why Aces High is the number one Flight Simulator World War 2 version is because our staff and volunteers are avid history buffs; that appreciation shows in our attention to detail in devising each new version of our flight simulator.
If all of this is Greek to you then we invite you to try our free two-week trial; we are convinced that once you do you will be hooked and ready to fly the Aces High skies right alongside all of us.
Recently the daughter of Josef Stalin died. Lana Peters was 85 at the time of her death; she was a famous author and known worldwide as the daughter of the Soviet dictator. At HiTech Creations things like this just bring back a flood of memories about Josef Stalin himself during World War II.
In fact, a few weeks ago was the 68th Anniversary of the Tehran Conference when President Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin met to plan the next stages of World War 2. To historians and history buffs like us this is the kind of information that fuels our engine as we try to continue to improve Aces High; we aren’t satisfied with being the best combat flight simulator on the market; what we want is to continue to be the best flight sim for years to come.