Well,..............I bit the bullet and bought it, and what a nice piece of work it is! 8)
It put's the USS George Washington CVN 73 in four locations; Gulf of mexico, Bay of Biscay, the Persian Gulf, & the Sea of Japan.
It includes 6 aircraft; The F-14 Tomcat, F-18 Hornet, E-2C Hawkeye, CH-46 Seaknight, AV-8B II Harrier, & S-3 Viking.
Is compatible with Fs2k2 & 2k4, and has ArrCab too! 8)
I havent yet tested the cables, but will let ya know as soon as I do, heh, I was too exited to go for a landing, besides it will take alot of practice approaches before I even dream of puttin the wheels on that deck.

Hmmm, no their stationary SaVas, and here's an exerpt from the readme file;

Scenery Features
Javier Fernández created the USS GEORGE WASHINGTON CVN 73 included in Flight Deck III with numerous enhancements made by Richard Hogen. The end result in Flight Deck III is a complete aircraft carrier including:

·      Hard/Landable surface
·      Night Textures
·      Pop-up Blast Shields
·      Airport Facility Directory entry
·      NDB
·      VOR
·      ILS
·      Personnel on deck
·      Detailed lower/hanger deck

The USS George Washington CVN 73 has been positioned in 4 different locations in Flight Sim including:

·      Gulf of Mexico: C73P (off of Pensacola, FL)
·      Bay of Biscay: C73B (off the coast of France and Spain)
·      Persian Gulf: C73G (off the coast of Saudi Arabia and Iran)
·      Sea of Japan C73J (Between the Koreas and Japan)

Aircraft Animation
All of the planes in Flight Deck III have advanced animation. You’ll find features like those listed below on most the Flight Deck III planes.

·      Main Exit opens
·      Secondary Exit opens
·      Folding Wings/Blades
·      Extending Tail-Hook
·      Refueling Probe

Yeppers,.............here ya go Pete. 8)



Ready to go!


On Deck, at night.

DVC, on Approach, ( yeah I know, was way too high for this one  )

Rodger that Pete, yeah,...................Im lovin it,..........big time!
The arrestor cable program so far is working, I know the catapult does,.........that was cool!!
Heh, heh, but as yet i havent been able to get her on the deck to test the cable catch. But Im confident it does, I just got to get a grip on the approach.
I allmost made it on this one but again was too high as you can see. Also note the operational FLOLS(Fresnel Lens Optical Landing System) in this shot of me overshooting( again )


I'll get it yet, I had her lined up good this time, but was just too chicken

I may get it but I gave myself a sort of personal ban on all abacus products because I have been very dissappointed the last few times I bought from them.

Yeah Flyboy, eh, heh, I'd been passing it up for a month for the same reason. But I didn't have anything better to do with the 30 bucks it cost, so this time out to the store, so I went for it.
I gotta admit I've got some other Abacus stuff as well and wasnt impressed, but this one,........well you bet im happy with it.
Thanks for the comments friends, and here's a few more.

Heh, I gotta try driving around down here with one of my vehicles.

Early morning, sea of Japan,(sorry it's so dark)



heh, this guy was too interested in watching the cameraman to notice me taking off.

See ya....................


Later guy's gotta get back to work.

almost forgot to ask  !

How did you get below the deck to explore the hull of the carrier?

How did you get the traffic and people on the flight deck?

Iask because I have been trying to figure that out when I used the program in FS2002 and I never got it to work for me!

Thanks Chuck 

Though when I purchased mine it said created for Fs2002 and didn't have that playable with Fs2004 sticker on it. So I think I might have to cough up that extra $20 to get the upgrade disk.  I just purchased it October and got a new computer and played Fs2004 on it and now I am stucky!

Well I will try it anyhow and see what happens! Thanks for replying!

Sam